documentary films

Looks at how children in India get to school, and goes along with Indian students as they attend many different types of schools, in city classrooms, on mountaintops, and in buses, tents, and other unusual locations.

Burgeoning filmmaker Lamar spends his time honing his craft and learning about his grandfather's activism during the Civil Rights era. Shortly after deciding to do a video project on his grandfather's life, Lamar learns his grandfather was killed in an altercation with a White man, who is claiming self-defense. For the first time, Lamar experiences the racial injustice his grandfather talked about and uses his camera to keep his grandfather's legacy alive and continue his fight for justice.

Bel, eighteen, has lived her life in the aftermath of her mother's mysterious disappearance sixteen years ago, when Bel was a toddler--and the only witness to what actually happened. Wishing everyone would accept her mother is probably dead and move on, Bel is horrified when her family agrees to film a true-crime documentary, and then shocked to her core when her mother returns alive during the filming. The cameras still rolling, Bel must figure out if her mother is lying about what really happened, why, and if her mother is dangerous.

Revealed are the stories of Vietnam veterans and their children who have served in Iraq. Their stories examine the pride, challenges, fears, and the myriad of emotions they have experienced during and after deployment.

Discusses the fluidity of the definition of race, with demonstrations that challenge racial concepts, and input from sociologists, anthropologists, and other experts.

Groundbreaking investigation of fast fashion reveals that while the price of clothing has been decreasing for decades the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically.

Video recording following Hollywood director Tom Shadyac and his film crew of four around the world to discover what is wrong with the world and how they can help to fix it. Presents interviews with religious leaders, scientists, and notable humanitarians.

Tracks the overnight celebrity of Marla Olmstead, a toddler who creates gallery-worthy paintings on the dining room table of her family home. Sales of her paintings reach $300,000. Then the bubble burst. When a 2005 profile by '60 minutes' suggests that Marla had help making her paintings, the finger is pointed at her father, an amateur artist and night manager at Frito Lay. Almost overnight, her family is ensnared in a web of accusation and denial - the burden of proof placed squarely in their lap. Is Marla a child prodigy or an innocent victim of a hoax?.

In August 1945, the world was transformed in the blink of an eye when American forces dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and then Nagasaki. The destruction was unprecedented and the bombings precipitated the end of World War II. Contains archival footage and stunning photography. Interviews are from both Japanese survivors and the Americans who believed that their involvement would help end a brutal conflict.

Examines how the bottled water industry affects our health, climate change, pollution, and our reliance on oil.