Climate: A Few Degrees Less (2015)

An environmental documentary film about our connection to the landscape and the conversations that surround it.

"Anything that comes out of the South is going to be called grotesque by the northern reader, unless it is grotesque, in which case it is going to be called realistic..." Flannery O'Connor, 1958. Shy, funny, devout, disabled--words that describe one of the most acclaimed American short story writers of all time. Flannery O'Connor's stories about the southern U.S. have inspired writers, artists and musicians for decades with their dark humor and "gothic" sensibilities. "Flannery" tells the life story of a brilliant, young woman who died before she was forty through the eyes of contemporary writers and artists with cartoons, animations, never-before-seen archival footage and great music. Tommy Lee Jones, Alice Walker, Mary Karr, Tobias Wolff, Hilton Als, Alice McDermott, Bill T. Jones, Lucinda Williams--all share their opinions, their art and their music in this feature-length, NEH-funded documentary. How can people go to church AND commit murder, she wonders...?

After their lives are overturned by vicious online harassment, three women seek justice from the internet.

"Survival of the Film Freaks is a documentary exploring the phenomenon of cult film in America and how it survives in the 21st Century. Through interviews and fan events, the documentary will trace decades of film fanaticism up to the present, where the 'digital age' has transformed the way we experience movies."

Miniverse is an exclusive, original 4K CuriosityStream documentary film that takes viewers on a road trip across the Solar System, scaled down to the size of the continental United States. Astronaut Chris Hadfield hosts.

Desperate conservationists struggle against oil interests as native people in the heart of Ecuadorian Amazon vie to preserve their culture. A filmmaker-biologist reveals the rich biodiversity in peril and those who call it home.

Rusty Young, author of the best-selling novel Marching Powder, returns to Bolivia to uncover the brutal realities of the international cocaine trade.

From controlling our weight, to helping us learn, to washing our brain, and fighting off disease like Alzheimer's, around the world researchers are penetrating the mysterious world of sleep and deciphering its secrets.

Winner of Grand Prix Award at 2014 Life Sciences Film Festival. A documentary on the latest research on the origins of the microbiome; how microscopic events during childbirth have lifelong consequences for the health of our children.

Follow the spectacular journey of a Viking Age group (texas Jomsborg Elag), as they make their way across Europe, where they participate in massive-scale Viking reenactments and a series of epic competitive battles, including full contact fighting. Their adventure culminates in Poland, where swords clash at the 17th International Slavs and Vikings Festival at Wolin in the historic birthplace of the 10th Century Jomsborg Army.

Sherlock Holmes is the most adapted literary character in history, with millions of fans worldwide. But who is Sherlock Holmes, and how has the ever-popular detective influenced modern-day crime-solving, espionage and even space travel?

Follow this thrilling account into the heart of the Fugen-Dake volcano, where two famous vulcanologists were lost in action in 1991.

MAKING THE GRADE invites us into the world of the piano lesson. Every year teachers and students throughout Ireland prepare for graded musical exams. These exams can be pleasing for some but daunting for others. Each student has their own particular goal but reaching Grade Eight is considered a pinnacle. This endearing and uplifting documentary explores the bond between piano teachers and their pupils as they struggle through these grades. This is a story of the trans-formative power of music and the pride and happiness it provides both the students and teachers. It may inspire us all to keep making the grade.—Nell Roddy

The Kimberley in West Australia is home to various Aboriginal communities, where today most is in transition causing limbo and distress. Some have given up; others choose to fight both past and present demons to bring a change for the better to their people. In 'Dreams from the Outback' best friends Gabriel and Peter try to keep the ancient cultural traditions alive, with almost no support from the rest of their community. Felicity struggles to keep her family together after years of drinking and neglect and teenagers Billy and Jordan are brothers who meet for the first time. The boys spend the days getting to know each other, exploring the outback and their culture.

The incredible story of how The Beatles emerged from post-war Liverpool and turned music on its head with their changes from skiffle to rock 'n' roll and the creation of the Mersey Beat sound.

The Story of Looking sees Mark Cousins prepare for surgery to restore his vision. Cousins explores the role that visual experience plays in our individual and collective lives. In a deeply personal meditation on the power of looking in his own life, he guides us through the riches of the visible world, a kaleidoscope of extraordinary imagery across cultures and eras. At a time when we are more assailed by images than ever, he reveals how looking makes us who we are, lying at the heart of human experience, empathy, discovery and thought. He shares the pleasure and pain of seeing the world, in all its complexity and contradiction, with eyes wide open.

99% of those who carried out the murders in the Holocaust were never prosecuted. Why not?

Masha Drokova joins Nashi, a Russian ultra nationalist youth group, at the age of 16 and rapidly ascends its ranks, famously garnering a medal and the opportunity to kiss Vladimir Putin. The film details her growing disillusion with the group's leaders and her falling in with the anti-Putin opposition, especially a journalist and blogger named Oleg Kashin, who gets brutally attacked.

Lena Mae Perry's electrifying voice may surprise you, but the power of her gospel will never leave you in this lively celebration of a North Carolina gospel crew, their steadfast faith, and the songs that get them through.

An exploration of the world-changing activism and potential of the largest youth generation in history.

Follows a group of 4,000 teenagers as they run a government complete with elections, legislators, lobbyists, and political party bosses.

Called up for service in Iraq, several members of the National Guard were given digital video cameras. This film, edited from their footage, provides a perspective on a complex and troubled conflict.

"The Nicest Man in Stand-Up" is back with a comedy special filmed at the Celebrity Theater in Phoenix, AZ.

Follows the life of pop culture icon Pamela Anderson, including never-before-seen archival footage and personal journals.

Indigenous people of Canada share heartbreaking stories that reveal injustices inflicted by the country's child welfare system.

In this neon drenched behind the scenes documentary the Copenhagen Cowboy show creator Nicolas Winding Refn and his team detail how they brought the stoic heroine and dark fairy tale version of Copenhagen's netherworld to life.

In the months following the terrorist attacks in Paris, the youth has taken the night. A community has risen, that looks for belonging in a world they don't understand and seek to change the rules. Led by new faces and unheard groups, with their values and ideals, they open a new dialog, challenge the state and get ready for a new kind of revolution.

It tells the story of the courageous campaign of citizens and activists who faced violence and oppression in the struggle for the right to vote

This action-packed feature explores the backyards and zones our pro skiers can frequent every day (sometimes with a little extra effort and ingenuity).

Conclusion to In Search of Darkness trilogy. This chapter involves straight into video horror classics populated the bottom shelves rental store. Imaginative, gory, experimental and entertaining. These hidden gems are ripe for rediscovery.

One of the greatest comebacks of all time. Kyle Busch confronts his physical limits when he sustains what could be a career ending wreck in 2015 only to find a path back to the first of many Cup Series Championships.

A documentary of Extraordinary Journey of Pioneer Activist and Basketball Prodigy Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf

Charlotte Gainsbourg looks at her mother Jane Birkin in a way she never did, overcoming a sense of reserve. Using a camera lens, they expose themselves to each other, begin to step back, leaving space for a mother-daughter relationship.

Want to know how to steal half a million euros from thirty-nine different banks to fund social causes? Robin Bank - the story of a man who did this and how.

Honoring the life and legacy of the remarkable storyteller, activist and philanthropist Norman Lear; featuring an impressive lineup of celebrity guests and musical performances to celebrate his 100th birthday.

Volcanoes are responsible for creating the conditions for life to flourish on Earth, but they unpredictably still create through destruction. An adventurous photographer attempts a descent into a fiery crater.