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The Bit Player

The Bit Player

A film about Claude Shannon, father of information theory: a playful genius whose name is largely unknown though his work revolutionized nearly every aspect of modern life.

Eating Animals

Eating Animals

Filmmaker Christopher Quinn examines the environmental, economic, and public health consequences of factory farming. Topics include animal rights, pollution, and the use of antibiotics and hormones.

Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf

Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf

An immersive and meditative documentary that reveals how the revolutionary landscape designer Piet Oudolf uses plants to evoke emotion, blurring the boundaries between nature and art, beauty and decay.

Accession

Accession

Shaped by a trove of letters enclosed with seed packets, ACCESSION reveals minor histories of American life.

Andy Irons: Kissed by God

Andy Irons: Kissed by God

Three-time world champion surfer Andy Irons struggles with bipolar disorder and opioid addiction.

Avengers: Infinity War

Avengers: Infinity War

Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk and the rest of the Avengers unite to battle their most powerful enemy yet—the evil Thanos.

Albatross

Albatross

"Do we have the courage to face the realities of our time and allow ourselves to feel deeply enough that it transforms us and our future?" Director Chris Jordan gives his answer in this gorgeous chronicle of environmental tragedy, recounting the decimation of a population of albatross by the plastic refuse littering its habitat.

The Feeling of Being Watched

The Feeling of Being Watched

When journalist Assia Bendaoui investigates rumors that her quiet, predominantly Arab-American neighborhood is monitored by the FBI, she exposes a surveillance program on a scale no one could have imagined.

The House of Tomorrow

The House of Tomorrow

A sheltered, socially-awkward teen living in a geodesic dome with his Buckminster Fuller-worshiping grandmother becomes friends with a green-haired heart transplant patient who introduces him to punk rock.

Island of the Hungry Ghosts

Island of the Hungry Ghosts

A trauma therapist on Christmas Island witnesses the annual migration of the island's land crabs and the deterioration of the human migrants held in the island's high-security detention center.

Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs

In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island garbage dump. When a boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet, the outcasts embark on an epic journey.

Symbiotic Earth

Symbiotic Earth

Scientific rebel Lynn Margulis challenged and ultimately changed the male-dominated scientific status quo with her theory that life evolves through collaboration, not competition.

Sensitivity Training

Sensitivity Training

A misanthropic scientist is forced into sensitivity training at work and forms an unlikely friendship with the bubbly woman assigned to be her coach.

Black Panther

Black Panther

T'Challa returns to the African nation of Wakanda to take his rightful place as king—and Black Panther. But he is drawn into a conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and the entire world at risk.

The Female Brain

The Female Brain

When a female scientist studies the differences between the male and female brain, her findings dictate how she lives her life.

Basmati Blues

Basmati Blues

A scientist creates genetically modified rice and is sent India to sell it to rural farmers.

The Cleaners

The Cleaners

A look at the shadowy underworld of the Internet where questionable content is removed.

    Phantom Thread

    Phantom Thread

    Set in 1950s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.

      Anote's Ark

      Anote's Ark

      As rising sea levels threaten to destroy the Pacific island nation of Kiribati, President Anote Tong works to bring the immediate threat of climate change to the attention of the international community.

      Mary and the Witch's Flower

      Mary and the Witch's Flower

      After she finds a flower that grants temporary magical powers, Mary must overcome an evil plot at a college of witchcraft above the clouds.

      This Business of Autism

      This Business of Autism

      A documentary following businesses across the United States that are employing adults with autism spectrum disorders.

      Deaf Short Films Program

      Deaf Short Films Program

      A collection of short films made by and/or starring Deaf artists, exploring the spectrum of communication and expression.

      Downsizing

      Downsizing

      When scientists discover how to shrink humans to five inches tall as a solution to overpopulation, Paul and Audrey decide to abandon their stressed lives, get small, and move to a luxurious new downsized community—a choice that triggers life-changing adventures.

      Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution

      Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution

      Filmmaker James Redford embarks on a personal journey across the US to meet pioneers of clean energy technology, finding them in some very unlikely places.