A Mumbai dancer and a 75-year-old teacher bond in a true story of passion, struggle, and triumph.
Searching for Amani
What begins as a young aspiring journalist’s search for answers to his father’s death becomes a powerful coming-of-age story. Set in a Kenyan conservancy facing extreme drought, Searching for Amani follows a 13-year-old’s pursuit of truth as he uncovers the invisible forces of climate change threatening his home and future.

The Making of a Japanese
From the Oscar-nominated short comes the full-length feature The Making of a Japanese, an intimate portrait of childhood inside a Tokyo public school. Over the course of a year, 1st and 6th graders navigate daily routines and small dramas while learning discipline, empathy, and community, finding the balance between individualism and being respectful toward others.

And Still I Sing
Afghan pop star Aryana Sayeed mentors two young women competing on Afghan Star, until their lives are upended when the Taliban returns. As women’s rights collapse, they must escape Kabul and find safety in exile.
Global Stories
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A gay Romani couple from rural Hungary chase an impossible dream: making a musical of their lives.
An intimate look at childhood in Japan through a year inside a Tokyo elementary school.
A 13-year-old in Kenya investigates his father’s murder and uncovers a deeper climate crisis.
A farmer journeys from Malawi to America to save her village from climate change.
A Toronto carpenter builds shelters for the unhoused, igniting hope and a battle with the city.
In rural Pakistan, a mother and daughter build a school where deaf youth find voice and future.
An Afghan pop star and two Afghan Star hopefuls see their lives upended after the Taliban’s return.
In Hainan, China, young surfers aspire to join the national surf team and dream of the Olympics.
A group of people with disabilities treks across the Andes, battling for their human rights.
Powerful cleric Khadim Rizvi has one mission: to preserve Pakistan’s blasphemy laws.
Exposing the realities of Afghan women struggling to maintain their hard-won rights.
A Harlem playwright unearths the extraordinary pasts of his Bangladeshi immigrant parents.
Peacemakers call for an end to a war that has divided the Korean peninsula and its people.
Artists and activists fight to redefine belonging on both sides of the Atlantic.
A vivid portrait of the thousands of immigrants who disappear along the trail to America.
A crop of young poets and musicians advocating in support of the revolution in Sudan.
California farmworker housing rules force seasonal moves, upending Latinx students' education.