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FRONTLINE and the Investigative Reporting Program at U.C. Berkeley tell the inside story of Guatemalan teens forced to work against their will on an egg farm in Ohio. This investigation about labor trafficking exposes a criminal network that exploited undocumented minors, companies profiting from forced labor and the U.S. government’s role. The documentary is from the [...]

Erin Palmquist's debut feature documentary, From Baghdad to the Bay, had its world premiere at CINEQUEST 2018, where it was honored with the Jury Award for Best Feature Documentary. The film is just starting its festival run; check the official website for more information and a list of upcoming festival screenings.

A moving and intimate story of a family in transition, REAL BOY follows the journey of trans teen Bennett as he navigates adolescence, sobriety, and the physical and emotional ramifications of his changing gender identity. Through the process, his mother Suzy makes her own transformation — travelling a difficult road toward accepting that the daughter she raised [...]

https://vimeo.com/159885530 Why kill your own food? AN ACQUIRED TASTE delves into the inner conflicts of a new urban breed of young people: locavore hunters. Defying factory farms, a young, mindful generation learns to hunt as a way of connecting with the source of their sustenance. Vanessa LeMarie-Workman’s feature debut is "a profound reflection on what makes us [...]

https://vimeo.com/134142788 REAL BOY will have its world premiere at the British Film Institute's Flare Festival 2016 in London, UK. Tickets and more information available here. The North American premiere will be at the Independent Film Festival Boston (IFFBoston 2016). Tickets and information here. “REAL BOY is often raw and breathtakingly honest, but it is to the film’s credit [...]

"CHAU, BEYOND THE LINES" has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Documentary Short. Congratulations to Director/Editor/Producer Courtney Marsh and Producer Jerry Franck. Andrew Gersh was an editing and story consultant on the film. Read more here. "The setting of Chau, Beyond the Lines is initially a small Peace Camp for children suffering birth defects caused by Agent [...]

https://vimeo.com/84707673 "DADDY DON'T GO" premieres at DOC NYC 2015. Tickets available here. What lies at the root of America’s fatherhood crisis? Daddy Don’t Go takes an intimate look at the struggles of four diverse, disadvantaged NYC fathers to beat the odds stacked against them and defy the deadbeat dad stereotype. Fighting against homelessness, unemployment, bureaucracy and, [...]

https://youtu.be/54tHbaHci3A In this short film, part of the New York Times Op-Doc series, a former Pentecostal preacher starts a secular congregation in the heart of the Bible Belt. "In much of America, tolerance rules, but in some communities, especially in the Bible Belt, churches can still compel conformity in ways that make atheism a very costly [...]

https://youtu.be/GKdXyhjOurY The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) brings its signature journalism to public television in Fall of 2014 with Reveal, a four-part series presented by Oregon Public Broadcasting. Reveal is a first-of-its-kind television show that brings viewers deep into investigations and captures the drama and high stakes of the reporting process. Beginning with a lead documentary and [...]

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/spark SPARK: A Burning Man Story opens August 16th in New York and Los Angeles, followed by theaters nationwide. SPARK will also be available through iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and many on-demand cable systems beginning August 17th. Produced and directed by Steve Brown & Jessie Deeter. Read more at the official website. "Since we can’t all attend [...]