Deep Rising
Punctuated by breathtaking images of deep-sea organisms, Deep Rising traces several decades of manipulations benefiting companies aiming for deep-sea mining extraction.
Ernest Cole, lost and found
Ernest Cole, an exiled photographer, exposed apartheid; Raoul Peck retraces his life, work, and rediscovered legacy.
Middletown
Fred Isseks led his students to expose a toxic waste conspiracy, a lesson in civic courage captured by McBaine and Moss.
Gan Tang, The Lake
In the summer of 2023, the government of Jiujiang launched the Gan Tang Lake Cleansing Project. Within weeks, this ancient lake with over two millennia of history was drained.
Union
A group of Amazon workers embark on an unprecedented campaign to unionize their warehouse in Staten Island, New York
CSE 2024
King Coal
The central Appalachian region, associated with coal mining, shapes local life. Elaine McMillion Sheldon's documentary weaves the past and present myths of this unique region. "King Coal" poetically explores the transformation of this environment, dominated by wild beauty and mysterious stories.
CSE 2024
Deep Rising
Punctuated by breathtaking images of deep-sea organisms, Deep Rising traces several decades of manipulations benefiting companies aiming for deep-sea mining extraction.
CSE 2023
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
This film traces the life of cultural and musical icon Buffy Sainte-Marie, an artist and activist for First Nations rights with a trailblazing journey.
CSE 2023
Framing Agnes
The film turns the talk show format inside out in response to media's ongoing fascination with trans people. The film breathes life into six previously unknown stories from the archives of the UCLA Gender Clinic in the 1950s.
CSE 2023
Rejeito
After the largest mining dam breaks in history, further dam collapses threaten millions in Brazil. A state advisor confronts the government's modus operandi, while dam refugees resist the mining companies' abuses in their threatened communities.
