The Right to Read shares the stories of a courageous activist, a teacher, and two American families who fight to provide our youngest generation with the most foundational indicator of life-long success: the ability to read.
However Long addresses the question that all human beings need to ask themselves: how do you want to live the rest of your life? The film is an intimate portrait of four women living with incurable (metastatic) cancer and the unique support group that connects them all. As these women process challenging questions about how to live the rest of their lives, themes like resiliency, hope, and ferocious honesty emerge as they gain clarity and begin to accept their terminal diagnosis.
A doctor in Utah fights to save the lives of people in a maligned population, a population that nobody cares to save.
Dying in Vein is a deeply personal exploration of opiate and heroin addiction through a cinéma vérité style that drops you directly into the lives of an addict in recovery, a couple trying to get clean, a family grieving the loss of their son and an Emergency Room Physician trying to save one patient at time. Through these stories, the film explores the contemporary belief of 'living life pain free' and the shame and blame that exists around addiction. The film looks at the impact of socioeconomic class on our broken treatment system, and how a group of emergency care physicians are working to save their patients from the opiate crisis.
Kick Like A Girl is the story of what happens when “The Mighty Cheetahs," an undefeated third grade girls soccer team competes in the boys' division. With humor and honesty, this documentary reveals the reality of gender stereotypes and what "Kick Like A Girl" really means on and off the playing field. The film is narrated by 8-year-old Lizzie, a self-described soccer girl, who doesn't let Type 1 diabetes, elbow blocks, or grass stains interfere with her desire to compete. Refreshing and triumphant, Kick Like A Girl reminds us all of the lessons learned in competitive athletics and how sports has been one of the most effective instruments of social change in our lifetime.
A documentary short that shares the story of community health workers in rural Alabama. African American communities in the United States experience higher rates of disease and death when compared to other ethnic groups. In Eutaw AL, poverty, few medical resources, and low education levels contribute to cancer health disparities. Additionally, internalized fear and shame around cancer has compounded the issue. In response, a group of women have joined together to help close the racial disparities gap by providing access to life saving cancer screenings.
In 2002, filmmaker Jenny Mackenzie’s four-year-old daughter was the 3rd generation in her family to be diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.
91-year-old Herbie Loveitt is a lobsterman in Georgetown, Maine, who still fishes with about 75 lobster traps.
Invisible Disabilities examines the lives of two charismatic adults with special needs and the daily challenges they face.