Follows animal rights lawyer Steven Wise in his unprecedented challenge to break down the legal wall that separates animals from humans, by filing the first lawsuits that seek to transform a chimpanzee from a 'thing' with no rights to a 'person' with legal protections.
The news from the Middle East worsens daily into a nightmare scenario - one eerily foretold in 2012 as two young, unlikely Syrian activists launch a radical plan for bringing democracy to their country, besieged by the brutal Bashar al-Assad regime.
Four million Americans dead. And they need not be. The Widowmaker uncovers a chilling tale of greed, ego, and a conspiracy of silence around that most vulnerable of human organs – the heart.
In both 2006 and 2010 Mentor, Ohio was selected as one of America's Top 100 Cities to Live. But over those five years, an alarming number of teens from this proud upperclass enclave committed suicide. 'Mentor' follows the families of two victims as they uncover a shocking history of bullying at Mentor High School. They realize what their children already knew: going to class meant a daily battle simply to survive. The families join forces in search of answers and justice, filing an unprecedented lawsuit against the school district for the death of their children that is met with willful denial and destroyed evidence. Through unflinching storytelling, 'Mentor' captures just how disturbing and dangerous protecting the status quo can be.
It has launched both purity balls and porn franchises, defines a young woman's morality-but has no medical definition. Enter the magical world of virginity, where a white wedding dress can restore a woman's innocence and replacement hymens can be purchased online. Filmmaker Therese Shechter uses her own path out of virginity to explore why our sex-crazed society cherishes this so-called precious gift. Along the way, we meet sex educators, virginity auctioneers, abstinence advocates, and young men and women who bare their tales of doing it-or not doing it. "How To Lose Your Virginity" uncovers the myths and misogyny surrounding a rite of passage that many obsesses about but few truly understand.
Original footage of speeches, campaigns and presentations delivered during Senator Ted Kennedy's 46 plus years in the United States Senate. Includes: Eulogy for Robert F. Kennedy, Democratic National Convention 1980, Dedicating JFK Library, Debating Minimum Wage Increase Bill, Addressing Students at M.I.T., Campaigning for Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention 2008 and more.