Once a year, an annual pyrotechnics festival erupts through the small city of Tultepec, Mexico, transforming it into a blaze of sparks and flames. 

In this heartfelt coming-of-age story, we follow the life of Ying Ling, a 17-year-old trainee at a funeral parlor in Changsha, China.

Sold out - Part expose and part personal essay, this investigation into Inuit seal hunting is a scathing critique of armchair activism.

In one of the poorest neighborhoods in Israel, a group of immigrants form an internationally competitive breakdancing troupe.

A young filmmaker tells the story of her recovery from a temporary psychotic episode after an ISIS airport bombing in her home country.

In California’s San Joaquin Valley, a community struggles to find a consistent source of clean, affordable water.

High in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan, a stone block provides a rare spot of cell phone service and serves as the local “water cooler.”

Discover the capital of Brazil in this atmospheric tribute to the sights and sounds of Brasília—a unique, large-scale modernist achievement. 

This very first documentary on Brexit explores the furor that followed the vote and the deep cultural schisms that rose to the surface.

Two elderly brothers, who escaped a Stalinist labor camp in the 1940s, can't escape eachother in their family home in rural Poland.

This story of the troubling abandonment of thousands of rape kits exposes broader issues of rape response in contemporary America.

Buddhist nuns are now free to receive a prestigious degree previously reserved exclusively for monks, and they ponder the changes to come.

Witness a community’s singular quest for sustainable living in Mexico, set against stunning cloud forest landscapes and familiar struggles of modern life.

Dick Verdult is a shape-shifting, multifaceted artist and musician, raised in Guatemala, trained in Paris, and residing in the Netherlands.

More than 15,000 people disappeared during the internal armed conflict in Peru (1980–2000), and their loved ones demand justice.

In this special showcase we present five exciting ethnographic documentaries by emerging filmmakers.

Follow a First Nations photographer as she travels into the past, reconnecting with her ancestry, in this Award-winning stop-motion animation.

In the mountains of Kurdistan, an all-female military regiment works to keep its territory safe from ISIS.

Two Kenyan militiamen trade in their guns for sneakers and pursue the lifelong dream of becoming professional marathon runners.

Three honey experts in the United Arab Emirates wonder how long they can continue their work amid a rising honeybee crisis.

High in the mountains of Morocco, young women growing up in an agrarian community struggle with ambitions that exceed traditional roles.

Members of an Inuit community recount harrowing stories of being forced to go to a tuberculosis sanatorium thousands of miles from home. 

Bureaucracy begets heartbreak in this intimate story about Syrian refugees in the Netherlands.

Meet the irrepressible Eva Baron, a Tongan transgender woman and beauty-pageant contestant.

This vérité mid-length captures Lonnie Holley, self-taught Birmingham, Alabama, musician and visual artist, in all his unconventional brilliance.

Astronaut Charlie Duke describes in vivid detail the anticipation, sights, and sounds of his voyage to the Moon.

An acclaimed director turns the camera on himself as he grapples with encroaching blindness.

Learn the legend of Marrimarri, a giant spirit man who protects the ancestors of the Yawuru people of Western Australia.

This film offers a tribute to Fazil’s, a legendary New York City dance studio that served as many dancers’ second home.

3,000 Papua New Guinea residents fight to avoid being forcibly evicted as developers plan a five-star hotel and marina.

A struggling master coffin craftsman and his son from coastal Ghana are offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in the U.K.

Follow West Virginian priest Father Jonah Campbell in his spirited mission to usher Christian iconography into the digital age.

In 1984, a song called “Poi E” became a surprise hit, topping the New Zealand charts and setting in motion a resurgence of Māori music and activism.

Sci-fi creeps closer to reality as police use predictive software to preemptively target potential criminals.

Tel Aviv’s vibrant LGBT community seems to be at odds with legal structures that adhere strictly to the ideals of Orthodox Judaism.

Gripping and genre-bending, this musical documentary explores First Nations activism yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

A beloved and extravagant Rwandan radio host guides us through an ode to the female orgasm.

A Russian immigrant in Berlin returns home and observes her family’s age-old attitudes toward love and marriage with scorn and a little envy.

A Japanese priest leads a movement to excavate and repatriate the remains of Korean forced laborers who died on Japanese soil during WWII.

An Iroquois Lacrosse team fights to be recognized as from a sovereign nation by the Federation of International Lacrosse—and succeeds. 

Christophe Saber returns home to Cairo where his Christian parents receive death threats from the Muslim Brotherhood.

An Indigenous symbol is appropriated by white Australians amid a rise of extremist nationalism.