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A struggling young writer takes a job working as an assistant to a novelist with a wild reputation.

A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989.

A celebration of Argentine Gauchos, a community of cowboys and cowgirls living beyond the modern world's boundaries.

Set against the backdrop of the 2024 election, CARVILLE follows Democratic consultant James Carville as he navigates the current political landscape and delves into his famous, bi-partisan marriage to Republican strategist, Mary Matalin.

Follows five international women who participate in 'La Maestra', the only competition in the world for female orchestra conductors. Personal stories of survival in this one-of-a-kind event created to break another glass ceiling for women.

Guantanamo detainees are released into a year long program of de-radicalization in Saudi Arabia, with the eventual goal of finding jobs and starting families.

Trailblazing food writer Ruth Reichl examines the precarious state of America's food system. A Sundance Film Festival premiere.

An adoption dramedy based on the Italian graphic novel 'Una Zanzara nell'Orecchio' from Andrea Ferraris.

Pamela B. Green's energetic film about pioneer filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché is both a tribute and a detective story, tracing the circumstances by which this extraordinary artist faded from memory and the path toward her reclamation.

When two young sisters are torn apart, the eldest loses her identity and transforms into someone new in the name of belonging and resistance.

The Cabinet wife who spoke out during Watergate and the Nixon administration's campaign to gaslight her into silence.

Follows the behind-the-scenes odyssey to get Midnight Cowboy (1969) produced, as well as the tumultuous era in which the movie was released and embraced.

A portrait of the Los Angeles Philharmonic music and artistic director Gustavo Dudamel.

Four years after being shot with an AR-15 in her high school, Samantha Fuentes reckons with existential questions of hatred and justice as she prepares to confront her shooter.

VIVA VERDI. is an intimate glimpse into the lives of the celebrated opera singers and musicians currently living our their 'third act' while mentoring international music students who live among them at Milan's unique retirement home, Casa Verdi, built by Verdi in 1896. From these 'guests of Verdi,' age 77 to 107, comprised of international opera singers, ballet dancers, musicians, conductors and composers, we hear an extraordinary array of personal and professional stories filled with music, magic and passion, and ultimately learn why Verdi called this remarkable home his "best work." With "little altars" to Verdi in every corner at Casa Verdi, and music and memories in every room, the cross-generational mixing of young and old, held together by an implacable commitment and relentless passion for music, creates a highly charged atmosphere where the human spirit transcends both time and space. As stories of romance, tragedy and triumph abound from these living treasures, it's easy to see Verdi's vision thriving---a life-affirming reminder of how music moves us at a fundamental level; how nurturing artistic expression can be life-enhancing and nourishing to the spirit at any age; and how one distinctive retirement home has reclaimed and enriched thousands of artists' lives.

The Sharp Edge of Peace is a feature-length documentary that follows the only women on the Afghan government negotiating team as they navigate the hard road to peace and broker a shared political structure with the Taliban. A population exhausted by decades of armed conflict might accept peace at any price, but women don't want to see an agreement that costs them their hard-earned gains for equality. Afghanistan's wars have been global conflicts for decades, and the current negotiation is no different. The number of stakeholders is high, and each has its own objective. In a situation, this complex, the only way to get to peace will be with everyone at the table.

ART SPIEGELMAN: DISASTER IS MY MUSE explores the life and career of cartoonist Art Spiegelman including the creation and ground-breaking impact of his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel MAUS.

Art Cullen and his family and colleagues at Iowa's Storm Lake Times, fight-at the local level-for the survival of their biweekly small-town newspaper

A first-person memoir, a family saga, and an essay about how American culture views loss and impermanence.

An intimate, coming-of-age documentary following teenagers through their high school years in foster care.