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Breakin’ on the One
In 1981, a breaking battle between the Rocksteady Crew and the Dynamic Rockers in New York City sparks a movement that grows from its devastated borough origins to influence the highest ranks of sports and entertainment.
Desire: The Carl Craig Story
“Desire: The Carl Craig Story” is an intimate portrait of legendary techno producer, DJ and record label creator Carl Craig and an ode to his beloved city, Detroit. Raised in a middle class African American family. Carl’s parents fostered his artistic pursuits, even if that meant breaking with his family’s tradition of pursuing higher education. […]
Joybubbles
In the 1950s, a boy discovers he can control the global telephone system simply by whistling a magic tone. Born blind and hungry for connection, his early obsession with the telephone sparks a subculture that shapes the future of hacking and modern technology in the 20th century. Told through vivid archival footage and Joybubbles’ own […]
Wood Street
Two unhoused men turned community leaders— John and LaMonté —organize their neighbors in the face of displacement, addiction, and a failing social system. Their story is a powerful testament to resilience, solidarity, and the right to remain.
Warren King: King of Cardboard
Warren King transforms cardboard into sculptural reflections of his Chinese-American family’s immigration and his path from engineer to artist. Preparing for a Wisconsin homecoming show, King explores belonging through art.
Run, Hide, Fight: Growing Up Under the Gun
Gun violence is the leading cause of death for American children and teens. “Run, Hide, Fight: Growing Up Under the Gun” is a new 30-minute documentary about how gun violence affects young Americans, from PBS News Student Reporting Labs in collaboration with 14 student journalists from five U.S. cities: Philadelphia, Oakland, Washington D.C., Nashville, and […]
Wild Hope: Reclaiming Bear River
Over 150 years after suffering the worst massacre in U.S. history, the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation has purchased their ancestral homeland — called Wuda Ogwa, or Bear River — with a vision to return it back to nature.
Our Knotted Gun
Our Knotted Gun, the first docuseries on gun violence, takes the mass shooting that occurred at Michigan State University on February 13, 2023 as its entry point for an exploration of this epidemic in all its complexity over a period of three years. It does so by documenting a range of responses by a diverse […]
Artists in Residence
Purchasing a house together in 1950s NYC, three female artists–Lois Dodd, Eleanor Magid and Louise Kruger–defied societal norms and prioritized their art over traditional roles as wives and mothers. Through interviews with the women, now in their 90s, as well as their grown children, the film explores the emotional complexities of being an artist and […]
The Art of Weightlessness
An animated documentary exploring the life of Bill Shannon, a performance artist born with a degenerative hip condition who redefines movement through dance and skateboarding on crutches. The film captures Shannon’s innovative approach to physicality, turning perceived limitations into a powerful expansion of artistic expression.