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100% USDA Certified Organic Homemade Tofu

100% USDA Certified Organic Homemade Tofu

Nikki spices things up at her mom's struggling tofu restaurant while working to afford her breast augmentation surgery.
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7LBS 8OZ

7LBS 8OZ

When a young mother moves into a Jersey City neighborhood full of long-time residents, her preconceptions are challenged by a new neighbor who shows her…
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A Change of Song

A Change of Song

A resourceful raccoon helps a fellow creature out of a bad groove.
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The Adventures of Sleepyhead

The Adventures of Sleepyhead

THE ADVENTURES OF SLEEPYHEAD follows Sleepyhead through a day in her dreamworld life.
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Art of Healing

Art of Healing

Engaging with art and artmaking can profoundly impact our mental, emotional and physical health. In this short-form doc, we hear stories about how one museum’s…
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b l u s h

b l u s h

A fit model develops a distorted sense of self and the world around her when her measurements are questioned.
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Bernard Checks In

Bernard Checks In

While away on a business trip, married ad salesman Bernard Wayland stumbles into the wrong motel room and finds himself confronted with a mischievous proposition.
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Birdsong

Birdsong

Amidst moving homes, a superstitious Indian American girl struggles to bury her pet bird in fear of it haunting her.
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The Body is a House of Familiar Rooms

The Body is a House of Familiar Rooms

An intimate magical-realist documentary combining paintings with live action footage to open a window on a man's experience living with a painful chronic illness called…
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Brothers

Brothers

BROTHERS follows a mother and her two sons as they come to terms with the death of their father. It examines what we remember about…
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The Businessman

The Businessman

On the way home from school, a young girl runs into a mysterious salesman who looks to instill the fear of financial insecurity and coerce…
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By Water

By Water

BY WATER was initiated through an unexpected voicemail message my brother left me 3 years after his disappearance. I saved this voicemail for more than…
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Catalina

Catalina

A queer man reunites with two of his childhood best friends for a weekend camping trip on Catalina Island.
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CATCHING SPIRITS

CATCHING SPIRITS

Destiny's been told she has seizures when she dances. What she doesn’t know is she has an ancient ability, a birthright of her Haitian lineage.…
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Change of Plans

Change of Plans

A young married woman under NYC quarantine lockdown gives a virtual tour of her spacious apartment in hopes of selling and getting away as another…
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Chicks

Chicks

A girly, cotton-candy colored slumber party unravels when a shy teen becomes the center of a bizarre nighttime ritual.
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The Cinema

The Cinema

A group of adolescent boys as they try to uncover the mystery surrounding their local haunted movie theater.
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Clam Shack Blues

Clam Shack Blues

Two aging New England clammers bicker about how to live out their twilight years, with only one of the brothers willing to risk life and…
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Cosmohedron

Cosmohedron

A surreal journey through the interconnections between all things.
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Cube Meets Sphere

Cube Meets Sphere

In a world of straight lines and right angles, a cube discovers a perfect sphere, but the closer he gets to this unusual object, the…
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D as in Do Not

D as in Do Not

D AS IN DO NOT is about a stand up comedian, Jenny, dealing with her mom's continual hints that she’s planning to end it all.
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Daddy’s Girl

Daddy’s Girl

A young woman's charming but overbearing father helps her move out of her wealthy, older boyfriend's apartment.
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Dam Road to Griffintown

Dam Road to Griffintown

The story of a narrow, dangerous road that starts in one New Hampshire town, and dead-ends in another. 300 years of politics created it, and…
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Dear Ani

Dear Ani

More than 20 years ago, an aspiring songwriter began a creatively obsessive correspondence with music icon Ani DiFranco, believing the replies were encoded in her…
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Dear Mama…

Dear Mama…

The death of Tupac draws different reactions from a father and his young daughter, forcing them to confront the emotional aftermath of their own tragedy.
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The Dog Heist

The Dog Heist

Adam's shady cousin, Brent, offers him the opportunity to have a car of his own just in time to take his crush to a concert.…
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Dragon Poets of Boston

Dragon Poets of Boston

Two underemployed dragons have a revelation when they audition for a podcast.
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Drone

Drone

A malfunction at a CIA press event causes a Predator drone installed with an ethical AI personality to go rogue as it attempts to understand…
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The Electricity in Me

The Electricity in Me

Years after giving up her newborn son for adoption, a woman confronts her trauma and memories of the man she calls "my monster."
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Ella’s Suite

Ella’s Suite

ELLA'S SUITE is a romantic short film set entirely in an elevator in 1940s New York City. The story follows Otis and Mary as they…
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Errand

Errand

After her partner is injured, a young woman goes searching for supplies in an apocalyptic wasteland. The only person who has what she needs is…
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Everything Wrong and Nowhere to Go

Everything Wrong and Nowhere to Go

A filmmaker starts seeing a climate psychologist to find peace of mind at what she’s pretty sure is the end of the world. The result…
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Foreign Uncle

Foreign Uncle

Sining brings his American boyfriend, Patrick, back to China to visit his family. After Sining inadvertently comes out to them, everyone's attitude towards Patrick goes…
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Georgia’s Line

Georgia’s Line

Georgia spends each winter as part of a mysterious all-female commune, whose members commit to a subsistence lifestyle and take a vow of silence. When…
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The Getaway

The Getaway

A criminal couple on the run from the FBI meet up after several years and reminisce about their most epic heist.
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Gussy

Gussy

As children, Miles and Rocky hunted a monster they thought they saw in the woods. Twenty years later, they're still searching.
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Half

Half

Half-Jewish, bisexual Jonah Dorman comes out to his girlfriend, shaking the foundation of their relationship and launching a tragicomic exploration of love and religion in…
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Headspace

Headspace

As the tensions and frustrations of life in a community house start to close in on him, a young man with Down Syndrome realises he…
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The House of Loss

The House of Loss

The elderly at the nursing home have their heads shaved. The protagonist who works there sees them but can't read their expressions. However, from one…
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How to Bury Your Mother During a Pandemic

How to Bury Your Mother During a Pandemic

A director documents his best friend’s grieving process shortly after the death of his mother. The film explores the limitations of traditional masculine friendship while…
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If Found

If Found

A lonely girl with a big heart and bad boundaries steals a dog.
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In A Glass Darkly

In A Glass Darkly

A lonely woman desperate to meet her husband during covid isolation mysteriously tests positive even after following all safety measures & not leaving the house…
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In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket

In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket

When it shrinks, it expands. It floats and it sinks. It separates but connects. When I think I’m watching them, they're actually watching me. A…
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J&S Auto

J&S Auto

J&S AUTO follows a day in the life of Joe Iwama—a 99-year-old Japanese American auto mechanic in Los Angeles who has been opening his auto…
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Kevin and His Sword, the untold story of the last hero

Kevin and His Sword, the untold story of the last hero

An unassuming LARPing-obsessed man discovers by accident that he is the LAST HERO in the Universe. He must overcome his own insecurities in order to…
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Keystone: Voices for the Little Fish

Keystone: Voices for the Little Fish

The people of Gardiner, ME work to provide fish passage around three historic dams on Cobbossee Stream for the first time in 270 years. The…
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Kissy and the Shark

Kissy and the Shark

Kissy is an 11 year old girl living on Terminal Island, Los Angeles, navigating a tempestuous relationship with her mother who is terminally ill. Whilst…
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La grogne

La grogne

A child by all means tries to gain her father's affection, but the family dog proves to be a fierce rival.
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Last Days of August

Last Days of August

Does a town still exist if nearly everyone has died or left? Using the photobook aesthetic, filmmakers Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck and Robert Machoian explore some nearly…
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Last Summer with Uncle Ira

Last Summer with Uncle Ira

Summer, 1991. Before he leaves for his last year at summer camp, closeted teenager Daniel shares a moment and a glass of lemonade with his…
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Leaving Home

Leaving Home

This film follows Mark Nash on his final five days as an employee on Star Island, capturing his rich history with the space, the uniqueness…
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Love in the Night

Love in the Night

On a Friday night, a loner goes out for a smoke, meeting a stranger with dark intentions.
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The Magic Act

The Magic Act

The New England ski industry relies heavily upon snowmaking to complete its season. Five children go behind the scenes to discover the magic of snowmaking…
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Mairzy Doats

Mairzy Doats

Following a friend's wedding, a couple return to their woodland cabin for a relaxing weekend, but a strange noise and a fixation on mortality threaten…
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Mammalian Diving Reflex

Mammalian Diving Reflex

A young woman attends a party and receives a disturbing update on her ex-boyfriend.
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The Man Who Plays With Fire

The Man Who Plays With Fire

A cinematic portrait of James Beard-nominated chef Bryce Shuman.
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Mi

Mi

Father and son roam a forest where life is untamed and immense in the eyes of the young boy. Journeying to the bottom of a…
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Mister Backlash

Mister Backlash

Eleven-year-old Maan has just lost a friend and role model to an altercation with police. New to the block, Steve attempts to pressure Maan into…
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More Than I Want to Remember

More Than I Want to Remember

Fourteen-year-old Mugeni awakes to the sounds of bombs. As her family scatters to the surrounding forests to save themselves, Mugeni finds herself completely alone.
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More Than Real

More Than Real

A philosophical and theological exploration behind the world's first robot deity unveiled at a Buddhist monastery in Japan.
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The Mountain Meisters

The Mountain Meisters

Cranmore's weekly Mountain Meisters Race League is the longest and largest running community ski race league in the United States, recently wrapping up the 51st…
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Mrs. Osbourne

Mrs. Osbourne

The story of a young widow in England in the early 1800s who faces a trying encounter when she visits her best friend’s country home,…
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Mules

Mules

A high school hockey team of perennial losers, new coaches, and the lessons and moments that inspire a season to remember.
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Must Love Pie

Must Love Pie

A lonely man makes a love connection and someone dies.
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Never Again Para Nadie

Never Again Para Nadie

In the poorest city in Rhode Island, peaceful demonstrators tried to shut down a for-profit prison housing ICE detainees, only to be met with violence.
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NQR

NQR

On a late night subway ride, a struggling comedian faces her doubts.
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Out With It

Out With It

The Stanley family is gathering together at the request of the middle child, and only son, Teddy. Teddy, the confident and reliable law student has…
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Pam’s Kitchen

Pam’s Kitchen

A celebrated Trinidadian restaurant owner in Seattle battles mounting anxiety, racial tension, and financial insolvency to try and keep her community-oriented restaurant alive during Covid’s…
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PASSAGE

PASSAGE

In 1900 West Africa, Gamba, a village leader, confronts a new challenge that endangers his family and village.
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Passage

Passage

Karl Krüger confronts generational trauma and a 1900 mile expedition through the Northwest Passage on a Stand Up Paddle Board.
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Penny

Penny

A female chef attempting to make a romantic connection fights dark impulses as memories of her mentally ill mother bleed into current day life.
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Petunia

Petunia

An innocent couple takes a tour of their first house.
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Private

Private

A down and out Detroit private eye confronts his past and the class system in this up close and personal drama. A stark look at…
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Proof Of Loss

Proof Of Loss

After a wildfire takes their home, a father and daughter must find their way back to what remains: each other.
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Quiet Minds Silent Streets

Quiet Minds Silent Streets

A community plagued by gun violence turns to an unlikely solution: mindfulness and meditation.
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RANSACK

RANSACK

After a half baked home invasion goes awry, three teenagers struggle to reconcile their need for love and for painkillers.
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Rear View

Rear View

A driver for a mysterious ride-share app forms a tender connection with a new passenger, which could break the balance between life and death if…
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Rearranging Skin: A Love Letter to the World

Rearranging Skin: A Love Letter to the World

Divya Anantharaman, a visionary, Brooklyn-based taxidermist and queer woman of color, is transforming a once bloody and violent practice into a beautiful, ecological, and humane…
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Recorded Live! The Great American Family Jukebox Cabaret

Recorded Live! The Great American Family Jukebox Cabaret

Written by and starring Elle Shaheen, this production is a tribute and testimonial to the legacy of family. This televised special features Elle’s grandfather, Billy…
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Rips

Rips

A 9-year-old girl tags along with her mother to clean a big house, where she discovers that her favorite sweatshirt is a hand-me-down.
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Routine Interrupted

Routine Interrupted

ROUTINE INTERRUPTED tells the story of Stephanie Lay, a single mother who died suddenly, February 14, 2020. Stephanie left behind her beloved son, Bryce, who…
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Scabs

Scabs

A skin picker and his girlfriend dance around his compulsive behavior, which threatens to tear their relationship apart.
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Shut Up And Paint

Shut Up And Paint

Painter Titus Kaphar looks to film as a medium in the face of an insatiable art market seeking to silence his activism.
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The Silent Whistle

The Silent Whistle

19-year-old girl Ming is a loner who works the night shift at a convenience store. One day near the spring festival, her neighbor Rui invites…
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Silver Lake Cleaners

Silver Lake Cleaners

A young Korean-American woman has an encounter that forces her to wrestle with the decision to leave her family and hometown behind.
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Smoke Eater

Smoke Eater

In 1981, a young girl spends a day at the fire station with her mother, the only female firefighter on the force, and witnesses what…
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Sold!

Sold!

When Tiffany, a young, enterprising real estate broker attempts to sell an old New England house with a dark past, her attempts are thwarted by…
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Stitch Breathe Speak: The George Floyd Quilts

Stitch Breathe Speak: The George Floyd Quilts

After witnessing George Floyd's murder on a cellphone video, individuals from a small New Hampshire church want to take action. With the help of their…
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Strange Beasts

Strange Beasts

STRANGE BEASTS is a look at the meteoric rise and fall of the Bacchus Marsh Lion Safari, as told through the eyes of Ron Prendergast.…
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Strawberry Shake

Strawberry Shake

A troubled young mother tries to win back her two kids with a pet rabbit and pink dessert.
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Tea Time

Tea Time

While having a tea party, a little girl loses her temper and things get bloody.
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Tell Me Something I Don’t Know

Tell Me Something I Don’t Know

On his 25th birthday, Cary brings his friends to the desert and requests one gift: for them to list everything they hate about him. A…
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Ten & Two

Ten & Two

TEN & TWO is a short film about a Black mother and son on a driving lesson that quickly turns into a survival lesson on…
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This Fog

This Fog

THIS FOG is a lyrical short film shot on the harbor islands of New Hampshire’s seacoast that attempts to capture our strange and lonely, sometimes…
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This Happy Moment

This Happy Moment

A man finds peace and says goodbye.
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Threads of Desire

Threads of Desire

A farmer's monotonous life in the Italian countryside is unsettled after she steals an elegant dress.
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Time & Temperature

Time & Temperature

With 700 years of tradition to his family's name, Venetian glass Maestro Gianni Toso offers wisdom on life, learning, and passing the torch to the…
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Troy

Troy

Troy has loud sex 24-7. Troy shares a wall with Thea and Charlie. Troy is ruining their lives... or is he saving them? A darkly…
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Tuesday Afternoon

Tuesday Afternoon

After 33 years in federal prison, 22 of which spent in extreme solitary confinement, Jack Powers embarks into a modern world, journeying across the Northeast…
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The Voice Actress

The Voice Actress

Kingyo, a veteran voice actress working in Tokyo, possesses a unique ability to see the soul in all things. The voice acting world is changing…
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Waiting Period

Waiting Period

24 hours. 3 women seeking abortions. 1 manipulative counselor. WAITING PERIOD is a foreboding psychological drama about the mind games, coercion and cruel imagery anti-choice…
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Walker

Walker

The documentary starts off by introducing Derrick Walker, a basketball player for the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Derrick is a competitive athlete who wants…
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We Are Here

We Are Here

What is it like to walk this land in the shoes of an immigrant under 30? Reflections of young adults who immigrated to the United…
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When the LAPD Blows Up Your Neighborhood

When the LAPD Blows Up Your Neighborhood

Tensions rise on a busy street as news organizations and local residents witness an extremely volatile situation turn into a literal powder keg.
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Where Land Ends

Where Land Ends

On a mile-by-two-mile island off the coast of Massachusetts, the last student at the last one room school house in Massachusetts is graduating and, with…
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Wild Magnolias

Wild Magnolias

Mentor and barber Bo Dollis Jr. teaches his proteges, Corey, JaCorey, and Alvon, the virtues of a subculture in New Orleans that instills pride and…
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Wuss

Wuss

Nine-year-old tomboy Xiaoyu always wants to hang out with a group of boys in her neighborhood, but when her chance would be at the cost…
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You Go Girl!

You Go Girl!

Audrey, a New York City comedian who can make a joke of any situation, faces a staggering challenge in the beautiful mountains of Oregon. Can…
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