Documents the partnership between students at Oakwood High School in Los Angeles, California, and the village of Kathikhera, India, to install a machine to manufacture low-cast sanitary pads. The machine's inventor, Arunachalam Muruganantham, was profiled in the film Menstrual Man.
Follows Maria, a Syrian migrant worker in Lebanon, for a decade as she harvests potatoes, protects her family, and is cut off from her homeland during the Syrian civil war.
Follows the students at Kabul's Skateistan, a nonprofit educational initiative that recruits impoverished girls and teaches them skateboarding and life skills.
Examines the status of reproductive rights and safety at abortion clinics in the United States primarily from 2016 to 2020 with a focus on poor women, women of color, and abortion providers.
Profiles American singer, musician, and civil rights activist Nina Simone, known as the High Priestess of Soul. Based on archival footage, diaries, home video, and rare recordings and features interviews with daughter Lisa Simone Kelly and guitarist/collaborator Al Schackman.
Focuses on Saba, who was shot in the face by her father and uncle for eloping with her boyfriend in Pakistan, as she undergoes surgery, legal proceedings, and pressure from her community to forgive.
Follows young adults Marideth Bridges, Caroline McKenzie, and Jessica Sullivan in their group therapy sessions for people on the autism spectrum as they prepare for their first dates, new social situations, and greater independence.
Profile of American artist Mindy Alper, who communicates primarily through sculptures and drawings and uses art to help her live with her mental illnesses.
Collects dance films, experimental works, shorts, home movies, and the Academy Award–winning documentary Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World by Shirley Clarke, who may be best known for her interview Portrait of Jason (1967) with a gay African American aspiring performer and her film adaptation of the play The Connection by Jack Gelber.
