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Using never-before-heard recordings, rare archival footage and her best-known songs, this is the story of legendary singer and activist Nina Simone.

The story of Amy Winehouse, one of the most compelling and award-winning female vocalists of recent times, who died at age 27. Includes previously unreleased music, lots of archival footage, intimate interviews, and Amy's own words. 

Filmmaker Lacey Schwartz talks about growing up white and Jewish in Woodstock, discovering at the age of 18 that her father was Black, and making a documentary film about this discovery and how it changed everything for her family. Screening and other information here. 

Producer John Legend set out to document the desegregation of a Southern prom, and discovered that it would turn into a much larger story. Airs May 18.

Killswitch is about the battle for control over the Internet, framedby the story of two young hactivists, Aaron Swartz & Edward Snowden, who symbolize the disruptive and dynamic nature of the Internet.