A rising star in progressive politics and new father, Ady Barkan’s life is upended when he is diagnosed with ALS. After a chance encounter with a powerful Senator on an airplane catapults him to fame, Ady and a motley crew of activists ignite a once-in-a-generation movement for universal healthcare, in a journey that transforms his belief in what is possible for the country and for his family.

Meet Janaé and Bella, two fierce abolitionists whose upbringing and experiences shape their activism and views on Black liberation. Through their lens, Unapologetic provides an inside look into the ongoing movement work that transformed Chicago, from the police murder of Rekia Boyd to the election of mayor Lori Lightfoot.

On North by Current, filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax returns to his rural Michigan hometown after the death of his young niece. Decades of home movies and ethereal narration reflect on struggles with grief and addiction as Madsen examines family, faith and trans identity.

In the small Mexican coastal village of El Roblito, 16-year-old Ñoño lives what seems to be an idyllic existence with his loving family. But he holds a secret. Defying gender norms, Ñoño works up the courage to tell his family he wants to live his life as a woman. Yet when violence interrupts a community celebration, he must face the reality of a country shrouded in machismo and transphobia.

Decades earlier, Mama Icha moved to the United States to help her daughter. However, she never lost sight of her hometown spending years sending money to build her dream house there. Now, at the end of her life, she boards a plane and flies back to Colombia where she bravely struggles with her loved ones.

A powerful coming-of-age story about Ashley, a Mexican-American teenager who is forced to become her family's primary breadwinner when ICE raids in her community threaten to separate her family.

POV Shorts, the newest series from American Documentary, begins its 4th season with Where I’m From, an episodic compilation of three short films dedicated to exploring family roots and all of the different ways our histories shape us.

An Indigenous painter returns home and discovers why his ancestors' stories cannot be forgotten.

Minding the Gap is a coming-of-age saga of three skateboarding friends in their Rust Belt hometown. The film explores the gap between fathers and sons, between discipline and domestic abuse and ultimately that precarious chasm between childhood and becoming an adult.

Funny, tragic and compassionate, Mayor follows Musa Hadid, the Christian mayor of Ramallah as he and the citizens struggle to move forward with increasingly difficult by the Israeli occupation of his home.