Richard Wiese travels to South Africa and discovers the charm of Cape Town’s penguins. At the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds he learns how endangered penguins are given a new lease on life.

Richard Wiese uncovers hidden treasure in the Big Apple: fossils. Meet renowned paleontologist, Ken Lacovara as he searches all five boroughs of New York City to find fossils in Grand Central Station and the walls of Saks Fifth Avenue.

The first step in Russia’s new Cold War with America began with the banning of the adoption of Russian orphans by US citizens. Soon this adoption ban was expanded to all countries that allow same-sex unions and formally combined the Kremlin’s anti-adoption campaign with anti-LGBT measures. The next victims of Putins’ anti-western rhetoric were the NGOs and Human Rights Groups, followed by Russian opposition. Anyone on Putin’s Blacklist is...

Directed by Jennifer Trainer, a former journalist and one of MASS MoCA's original builders, and narrated by Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep, the documentary tells the story of an unconventional museum, the small town of North Adams, MA it calls home, and the great risk, hope, and power of art to transform a desolate post-industrial city. Today, MASS MoCA is the largest museum for contemporary art in the world—but just three decades ago, its...

In the 1980s, Corey Pegues was embroiled in a life of crime as a member of New York City’s infamous Supreme Team gang. After a near-death gang confrontation, Pegues flees the city, only to return years later as a rising star in the NYPD. When Pegues speaks publicly in support of police reform, he becomes a target within the department and details of his former life are thrust into the spotlight.

In 1945, the US firebombed Tokyo, destroying a quarter of the city and killing 100,000 people. Now, in a society rapidly forgetting, three elderly survivors fight to leave behind a public record of their experiences before they pass away. Paper City explores what we choose to remember, and aim to forget—and what the consequences of that are.

A close-up of a small private company that delivers heating coal in the Prenzlauer Berg district of East Berlin. The feisty woman who runs the business does so with humor and understanding, and her seven male employees respect her. On the outside, they seem like tough guys but as they describe their lives, their vulnerabilities come to light. Their discussions range from the building of the Berlin Wall and possibly escaping to the West, to child abuse,...

This film tells the story of the country’s decline from the point of view of employees of the Berlin-Lichtenberg station snack bar. Between running back and forth to the kitchen and the bar, they talk about their personal experiences in East Germany. They share their resentments about their state and talk about deciding to retreat into their private lives. The camera also carefully captures travelers standing at the snack bar, such as young people...

This documentary short chronicles the first time a film has been translated and dubbed into Maya-Ixil, the native language of one of the Guatemalan indigenous groups that were targeted by State-sponsored genocide in 1982-83. Told from the perspective of Matilde Terraza, a young emerging leader from the Ixil community and the coordinator of the translation project, the film brings to light the ongoing work to preserve collective memory in Guatemala,...

Charismatic activist Jahmal Cole works tirelessly to build a better Chicago for the teens in his neglected community, even if it comes at the cost of his home, his family, and his safety.