Movies: Corporation For Public Broadcasting

  • 2016
    Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

    Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise (2016)

    Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

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    A celebration of Dr. Maya Angelou by weaving her words with rare and intimate archival photographs and videos, which paint hidden moments of her exuberant life during some of America’s most defining civil rights moments. From her upbringing in the De...

    Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
  • 2020
    Bulletproof

    Bulletproof (2020)

    Bulletproof

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    "Bulletproof" observes the age-old rituals that take place daily in American schools: homecoming parades, basketball practice, morning announcements, and math class. Unfolding alongside these scenes are an array of newer traditions: lockdown drills, ...

    Bulletproof
  • 2018
    Into the Amazon

    Into the Amazon (2018)

    Into the Amazon

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    A documentary re-telling of the remarkable and dangerous journey taken by President Theodore Roosevelt and legendary Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon into the heart of the South American rainforest to chart an unexplored tributary of the Amazon....

    Into the Amazon
  • 2020
    Cured

    Cured (2020)

    Cured

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    Mentally ill. Deviant. Diseased. And in need of a cure. These were among the terms psychiatrists used to describe gay women and men in the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s. And as long as they were “sick”, progress toward equality was impossible. This d...

    Cured
  • 2016
    National Bird

    National Bird (2016)

    National Bird

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    Sonia Kennebeck takes on the controversial tactic of drone warfare, and demands accountability through the personal accounts—recollections, traumas, and responses—of three American military veterans whose lives have been shaken by the roles they play...

    National Bird
  • 2013
    The Kill Team

    The Kill Team (2013)

    The Kill Team

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    In 2010, the media branded a platoon of U.S. Army infantry soldiers “The Kill Team” following reports of its killing for sport in Afghanistan. Now, one of the accused must fight the government he defended on the battlefield, while grappling with his ...

    The Kill Team
  • 2015
    A Ballerina's Tale

    A Ballerina's Tale (2015)

    A Ballerina's Tale

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    A feature documentary on African American ballerina Misty Copeland that examines her prodigious rise, her potentially career ending injury alongside themes of race and body image in the elite ballet world....

    A Ballerina's Tale
  • 2019
    The Silence of Others

    The Silence of Others (2019)

    The Silence of Others

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    The story of the tortuous struggle against the silence of the victims of the dictatorship imposed by General Franco after the victory of the rebel side in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1975). In a democratic country, but still ideologically divided, th...

    The Silence of Others
  • 2021
    Storm Lake

    Storm Lake (2021)

    Storm Lake

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    A dogged family-run paper in Iowa gives citizens the scoop on forces threatening to overwhelm their precarious small-town existence....

    Storm Lake
  • 2020
    City Hall

    City Hall (2020)

    City Hall

    6.42020HD

    An epic look at Boston’s city government, covering racial justice, housing, climate action, and more....

    City Hall
  • 2023
    The Lie Detector

    The Lie Detector (2023)

    The Lie Detector

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    In the first decades of the 20th century, when life was being transformed by scientific innovations, researchers made a thrilling new claim: they could tell whether someone was lying by using a machine. Popularly known as the “lie detector,” the dev...

    The Lie Detector
  • 2013
    At Berkeley

    At Berkeley (2013)

    At Berkeley

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    Direct cinema pioneer Frederick Wiseman takes an in-depth look at the preeminent American university during a fall semester that saw a vigorous debate taking place over tuition hikes, budget cuts, and the future of higher education in the United Stat...

    At Berkeley
  • 2017
    Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

    Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (2017)

    Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

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    The incredible saga of the Chinese immigrant Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown, New York. Accused of mortgage fraud by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., Abacus becomes the only U.S. bank to face criminal charge...

    Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
  • 2019
    A Woman's Work: The NFL's Cheerleader Problem

    A Woman's Work: The NFL's Cheerleader Problem (2019)

    A Woman's Work: The NFL's Cheerleader Problem

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    Three brave cheerleaders take on the NFL, battling the massive, male-dominated sports league for recognition — and a raise....

    A Woman's Work: The NFL's Cheerleader Problem
  • 2011
    If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

    If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (2011)

    If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

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    Filmmaker Marshall Curry explores the inner workings of the Earth Liberation Front, a revolutionary movement devoted to crippling facilities involved in deforestation, while simultaneously offering a profile of Oregon ELF member Daniel McGowan, who w...

    If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
  • 2021
    Try Harder!

    Try Harder! (2021)

    Try Harder!

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    In a universe where cool kids are nerds, the orchestra is world class and being Asian American is the norm, seniors at Lowell High School compete for the top prize: admission to the college of their dreams....

    Try Harder!
  • 1994
    Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool

    Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool (1994)

    Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool

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    A musical documentary accompaniment to the 1994 benefit compilation album concerning AIDS in the African-American community....

    Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
  • 2020
    The People vs. Agent Orange

    The People vs. Agent Orange (2020)

    The People vs. Agent Orange

    8.82020HD

    Two women fight to hold the manufacturers accountable for the Agent Orange catastrophe. Incriminating documents disappear. Activists are threatened. A helicopter technician secretly films the contamination exposing a massive cover-up....

    The People vs. Agent Orange
  • 2025
    Third Act

    Third Act (2025)

    Third Act

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    Filmmaker Tadashi explores his father Robert A. Nakamura's life as an influential Asian American artist and activist, while grappling with Robert's Parkinson's diagnosis, navigating themes of art, grief, and their father-son relationship....

    Third Act
  • 2017
    Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

    Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart (2017)

    Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

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    On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s 'A Raisin in the Sun' opened on Broadway and changed the face of American theater forever. As the first-ever black woman to author a play performed on Broadway, she did not shy away from richly drawn characters...

    Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart