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- Metascore76
- 2018
Birthright: A War Story
Birthright: A War Story examines how women are being jailed, physically violated, and even put at risk of dying as a radical movement tightens its grip across America. This is the real-life "Handmaid's Tale."

- Metascore70
- 2017
A World Without Down's Syndrome?
Sally Phillips fronts a film about Down's syndrome and the ethics of pregnancy screening.

- 2016
Unprotected
A documentary about the objectification of women as the result of the availability of contraception, from a Catholic point of view.

- 2018
The Elephant King
On one of the islands of Eritrea, "Under" the head of the savage wildlife hunters is seeking to enter the land of Ivory "the elephant home" and hunt the huge animals for sale to the king. Elephants were celebrating the birth of the king's son, Shadphant, whose birth was a disappointment. Because his obesity was a source of many problems. However, the attack on the island would make him closer to everyone's heart.

- 2017
Kunoichi kari: Jo jigoku no kei
Benimaru, is a Kunoichi, a professional female ninja assassin. Her latest mission is to get close enough to a feudal lord to assassinate him and steal a secret scroll. However, what happens when the hunter becomes the hunted?

- 2014
Mighty Ground
MIGHTY GROUND follows the journey of Ronald Troy Collins, a gifted songwriter living on the streets of Skid Row, and the impact he makes on those who come to love him.

- 2017
To Die with Honor
The movie is based on a real historic event. During French's invading war against China in 1885, the French army took over Zhengnan Guan located in the Guangxi Province. Wishing to protect their beloved country, the 70 years old General Feng Zicai and his two sons volunteered to join the battle. The general understood it would be a difficult battle to win as the French soldiers held much more advanced equipment, resources and weapons. To show his devotion and determination, he brought his own coffin alongside with him to the war zone. He also utilized his experience with the Zhangnan Guan terrain to pave out strategies, made weapons applicable to their situations. These actions bolstered the morale tremendously, and prepared them well for the war. As a result, although the Chinese soldiers sustained heavy losses, they turned the tide of the battle and won.

- 2017
Survivors Guide To Prison
You’re more likely to go to prison in the USA than any other country in the world, so should it happen to you, this is the SURVIVORS GUIDE TO PRISON with gripping commentary from inmates, officials, attorneys, celebrity activists and more.

- Metascore66
- 2018
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
This dynamic documentary will take a detailed look at the evolution of "disability" themes in entertainment, from film and TV to the Web, to see if the media has had a hand in transforming the societal inclusion of those with disabilities. Our in-depth investigation has gone behind the scenes to interview Filmmakers, Studio Executives, Film Historians, and Celebrities, and utilizes vivid clips from Hollywood's most beloved motion pictures and TV shows to focus attention on the powerful impact that entertainment and the media can have on society. Do disability portrayals in the media impact society? Or does the media simply reflect the publics ever-changing attitudes? This important documentary explores these questions and more to see if the media has had a hand in transforming the societal inclusion of the disabled, and to prove how an enlightened understanding of disability can have a positive impact on the world.

- 2012
In Search of Francis of Assisi
This inspiring biographical chronicle portrays the remarkable life, struggles, achievements and legacy of Saint Francis of Assisi, who revolutionized Catholicism in the 13th century. From Vatican City, Italy to the United States, some of the world's foremost Franciscan scholars illuminate how the beloved Saint Francis is incarnate in Pope Francis.d

- 2018
Burn the Ships
The NPF, a women's professional softball league that few know exists, has spent decades struggling for survival in a male-dominated sports world. Its players are forced to choose between their livelihood and their dreams, and this year they've been given another chance.

- 2017
Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace
Just weeks after VE day,Winston Churchill found himself in new battle:to be reelected Prime Minister. Confident of his victory after leading through WWII,he never expected his countrymen to turn so vehemently on their Great British Bulldog

- 2015
Olly Alexander: Growing Up Gay
Olly Alexander explores the mental health issues faced by members of the LGBT+ community.

- 2017
Not Alone
Driven by a desire to understand why her best friend killed herself at 16, Jacqueline Monetta, gets teens suffering to share their struggles with mental illness and suicide attempts. Through her intimate one-to-one interviews, Jacqueline, and the audience learn about depression, anxiety, self-harm, suicide attempts, getting help and treating mental illness. As their stories unfold, they assure the audience that mental illnesses, like physical illnesses, can and should be treated.

- 2017
Ramblin' Freak
In the wake of a devastating personal tragedy, a struggling would-be filmmaker finds a revealing home video in an old camcorder purchased on eBay and takes off with his cat on a cross-country road trip to find its owner: "The Man Whose Arms Exploded"

- 2017
The Organizer
THE ORGANIZER is a portrait of Wade Rathke, the controversial founder of ACORN, as well as an exploration of the much maligned and misunderstood occupation - community organizing. Before it's infamous demise following several highly publicized scandals, ACORN had been the largest community organization in the US. Rathke, a former anti-war and welfare rights organizer founded the organization in Little Rock in 1970 and over the next decades shepherded its growth into a national political powerhouse for the poor. His entrepreneurial vision helped build ACORN but internal conflict and external pressures would lead to its tragic downfall. Undeterred, Rathke is now building new organizations around the world and trying to rebuild at home. With a wealth of archives and interviews, THE ORGANIZER is a film about people who have dedicated their lives to the often hidden, usually messy and always controversial job of building power for the powerless.

- 2017
Woman Walks Ahead
Catherine Weldon, a portrait painter from 1890s Brooklyn, travels to Dakota to paint a portrait of Sitting Bull and becomes embroiled in the Lakota peoples' struggle over the rights to their land.

- Metascore51
- 2017
Shut Up and Play the Piano
Follow Grammy Award winning musician Chilly Gonzales on his rise from Canada to the world's great philharmonic halls. Dive deep into his varied on-stage personas through newly shot interviews, old concert scenes, and imagined materials.

- 2018
Psychic: A Gift of Grace
A beautiful young woman has held a dark secret from her family. In this gripping documentary, she unveils her supernatural gift to the world.

- 2017
Untapped Together
For the thousands of people in the dance world, "Untapped Together," is a celebration of one of the most important parts of their lives. For the audience that only knows dance through "Hollywood" and "Reality Television," this one hour documentary will challenge your perspective and give you a picture of just how important the Dance Studio is to our communities and our culture.

- 2017
Not Without Us
At the U.N. Climate talks in Paris, two weeks after terrorists attacks created a state of emergency that outlawed all "unofficial" political gatherings, follow seven global grassroots activists as they attempt to unleash the only force that can prevent catastrophic climate change: the will of the people. Not Without Us documents a crucial moment in history, framing the root causes of the global climate crisis and the greatest inequality in the history of mankind, as one and the same. Seen from the perspective of frontline communities, the film interweaves the personal stories and motivations of the activists portrayed, conveying to a broader audience why the call for deeper and far reaching change is not only necessary, but also humane.

- 2016
Red Trees
Award-winning filmmaker, Marina Willer (Cartas da Mae), creates an impressionistic visual essay as she traces her father's family journey as one of only twelve Jewish families to survive the Nazi occupation of Prague during World War II. Photographed by Academy Award nominee César Charlone (City of God), the film travels from war-torn Eastern Europe to the color and light of South America and is told through the voice of Willer's father Alfred (as narrated by Tim Piggot Smith, Quantum of Solace), who witnessed bureaucratic nightmares, transportations and suicides but survived to build a post-war life as an architect in Brazil.

- Metascore57
- 2017
Risking Light
From the streets of Minneapolis, the aboriginal lands of Australia, and the killing fields of Cambodia come the powerful stories of three people who had the courage to step out of the haunting, tragic darkness of the past, risking everything to reach the light of their own compassion. Official websi

- 2018