Emily Buder
The Tale Is a Powerful, Messy Story About Abuse
At this year’s Sundance, Jennifer Fox’s film stood out for its harrowing exploration of the director’s own experience as a teenage girl.
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Your Brain on Depression
An animated short film illuminates the neuroscience of depression.
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All Cats Go to Heaven
A retired couple devotes their lives to caring for a plethora of elderly cats.
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The Balloonfest That Went Horribly Wrong
In 1986, 1.5 million balloons were released over Cleveland, resulting in an unforeseen tragedy.
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Stunning Time-Lapse Footage of Hawaii’s Kīlauea Eruption
Get up close and personal with the slowly erupting volcano.
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Scaling Buildings With the ‘Russian Spiderman’
A Moscow teenager scales the city’s tallest buildings, defying both gravity and convention.
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Among the First Climate Refugees in the U.S.?
The residents of Tangier island may be forced to abandon their home due to sea-level rise.
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Killing With Impunity, Every Three Days
In Colombia, social leaders and community organizers are routinely assassinated, while those responsible are rarely prosecuted.
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‘There Is No Real Freedom’
A WWII veteran is given the chance of a lifetime to reflect on his experience of D-Day.
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Your Collapsing Bridge
A cinematic poem about black identity, featuring footage of a catastrophic bridge failure
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‘We Don’t Know Ourselves From Within’
A widower finds new meaning in a dove—and, perhaps, a message from the other side.
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This Is Real Jailhouse Rock
The story of an improbable soul music LP, recorded in prison by inmates.
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A Devastating Story of Hate and Murder
After her husband was killed in a hate crime in Kansas, an American immigrant reevaluates her dream of the country.
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The Legal 'Pet-Poaching' Problem
In Miami, wild macaws are regularly captured for the pet trade—and under Florida law, it’s legal.
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When Mother's Day Means a Trip to Prison
Through an annual bus ride, a short documentary reveals the emotional impact of mass incarceration on children.
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The Ecstatic Empathy of Motherhood
A cinematic ode to the changes that new parenthood brings.
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'Take Me From Here. I Will Die Here.'
Two young girls escape Syria in an intimate short film, told largely through home movies.
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A Slave Who Sued for Her Freedom
An enslaved woman who jumped from a building in 1815 is later revealed to be the plaintiff in a successful lawsuit for her freedom.
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A Butterfly Effect at the North Korean Border
A South Korean violinist endeavors to stage a peace concert with musicians from his country and North Korea.
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A Victim of U.S. Chemical Warfare Achieves His Dream
An Oscar-nominated film follows a Vietnamese teenager who was exposed to Agent Orange as he becomes an artist, despite the odds.
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The Paraplegic Possum, the Cross-Eyed Cat, and the Fish That Can't Swim
A couple shares their quirky passion: caring for a menagerie of rescued animals with various disabilities.
