What's it like to dedicate your life to work that won't be completed in your lifetime? Fifteen years ago, filmmaker David Licata focused on four remarkable projects and the people behind them in an effort to answer this universal question.

In 1961, JFK gave young Americans the opportunity to serve their country in a new way by forming the Peace Corps. This new documentary explores the story of the Corps – taking viewers on a journey of what it means to be a global citizen.

Albert Einstein was a world renowned celebrity, greeted like a rock star wherever he appeared. He was also an outspoken social and political activist. This new documentary goes beyond the legend to tell the true story of our most famous savant.

Dr. Albert Schweitzer is remembered as one of the great humanitarians of the 20th century, a man who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work healing the sick in Africa. This docu-drama tells his remarkable story through the eyes of his wife Helene.

In India, a group of boys dream of becoming Chess Grandmasters. But this is no ordinary chess and these are no ordinary players. Algorithms is a documentary that transports us into the little known world of Blind Chess.

Every year nearly half a million children read 'Island of The Blue Dolphins,' the story of a Native American girl left alone for 18 years on a remote California island in the 1800s. This new documentary explores her true story.

The Pacific island nation of Kiribati is one of the most remote places on the planet, far-removed from the pressures of modern life. Yet it is one of the first countries that must confront imminent annihilation from sea-level rise.

A thrilling journey to one of the world's most perilous environments, Antarctic Edge: 70° South follows a team of scientists as they explore the West Antarctic Peninsula - the fastest warming place on earth.

Bellingcat takes viewers inside the exclusive world of the “citizen investigative journalist” collective known as Bellingcat as they search for truth in our era of fake news and alternative facts.

Precocious 20-year-old Michelle is legally blind and on the autism spectrum. Searching for connection, she explores love and empowerment outside the limits of "normal" through a sex-positive community. Her story of self-discovery celebrates outcasts everywhere.

Based on archaeologist Michael Coe's book and filmed in nine countries, Breaking the Maya Code is the amazing story of the 200-year struggle to unlock the secret hieroglyphs of the ancient Maya.

What is the right way to care for feral cats and who gets to decide? Cat City chronicles Chicago's love/hate relationship with feral cats. It tells the story of Chicago's outdoor cats and the communities who look after them.

Cold Refuge is about how swimming in cold water mitigates life's challenges such as grief, loss, disease, discrimination, disability, and stress. Marine mammals, birds, artwork, and open-water locations create a meditation on what it means to be fully present in the natural world.

Polluted by big business and failed by local, state and federal environmental protections...what do you do when the company you work for and live next to is making you sick? Company Town is a modern-day David vs. Goliath story.

This riveting film from Joe Berlinger tells the epic story of one of the largest and most controversial legal cases on the planet: the $27 billion “Amazon Chernobyl” case pitting 30,000 rainforest dwellers in Ecuador against U.S. oil giant Chevron.

Winner of the Grand Prize at Sundance in 1983, the newly restored Dark Circle provides a clear-eyed look at the Atomic Age, from Hiroshima to Rocky Flats, while detailing the devastating toll of radioactive contamination and toxicity.

Mixing verité footage, with home videos and family photographs, Dear Talula is a portrait of a woman whose grace and courage allow her to transform her breast cancer diagnosis into a journey of self discovery.

Winner of 10 international awards, Death by Design is a guided tour into the invisible world of cells, told through a collage of metaphors and interviews with cellular biologists. Includes the film The Life and Times of Life and Times.

Inspired by a curiosity about society's habit of sending edible food straight to landfills, this award-winning documentary follows filmmaker Jeremy Seifert and friends as they dumpster dive in the gated garbage receptacles of Los Angeles' supermarkets.

Octogenarian Jean Hill is deeply concerned about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - the world's largest landfill. She spends her golden years attending meetings and calling residents. As she prepares for one last Town Meeting, Jean faces the strongest opposition yet.

With stunning cinematography and a knack for capturing astonishing moments, Peter Mettler's enthralling, mind-bending new documentary is a tour de force that challenges our conception of time - and perhaps the very fabric of our existence.

The unlikely collaboration between a veteran choreographer and a young actor with cerebral palsy delivers astonishing proof that each and every body is capable of miraculous transformation.

After a 40 year nationwide 'War on Drugs,' the state of Washington has become a key battleground in the fight to legalize marijuana. But many marijuana advocates are vehemently opposed to I-502, the law that will legalize cannabis.

Award-winning filmmaker Daniel Karslake (For the Bible Tells Me So) tells the unforgettable stories of five regular folks who have had a significant impact on two of the most challenging, yet solvable, issues of our time: hunger and extreme poverty.

Food Beware visits a small village in the mountains of France, where the town’s mayor has decided to make the school lunch menu organic, with much of it grown locally. Will this experiment in safe food work?

Millions of rescue dogs from the rural South are transported to new homes thanks to the tireless efforts of a grassroots network of dog rescuers. Here is a true story about some of the intrepid women who are working together to save them.

In this provocative documentary, worldwide experts in the fields of futurology, anthropology, neuroscience and philosophy consider the impact of technological advances on the two certainties of human life: work and death.

From rooftop farmers to backyard beekeepers, Americans are growing food like never before. Growing Cities goes coast to coast to tell the inspiring stories of intrepid urban farmers who are challenging the way this country feeds itself.

Maurice Hilleman had a singular focus: to eliminate the diseases of children. From his poverty-stricken youth in Montana, Hilleman came to prevent pandemic flu, invent the MMR vaccine, and develop the first-ever vaccine against human cancer.

Maurice Hilleman had a singular focus: to eliminate the diseases of children. From his poverty-stricken youth in Montana, Hilleman came to prevent pandemic flu, invent the MMR vaccine, and develop the first-ever vaccine against human cancer.

Homo Sapiens 1900 is a stunning exploration of the history of eugenics, race hygiene and the quest to improve the human race featuring startling archival footage and long-hidden documents.

I’m Dangerous with Love is an underground adventure that traces one man’s risky journey into the world of shamanic ritual, and explores the subculture of ibogaine, a powerful hallucinogen used to cure drug addiction.

Told through poignant first-person interviews with victims, their families and professionals, In A Town This Size introduces an Oklahoma town and its long-ignored tragedy of child sexual abuse during the 1960's and 70's.

At 31, filmmaker Joanna Rudnick faces an impossible decision: remove her breasts and ovaries or risk incredible odds of developing cancer. Intensely personal and timely, this provocative film asks: How much do you sacrifice to survive?

Deprived of his sight at an early age, Wolfgang Fasser established a physical therapy retreat for disabled children where they use music and noise to communicate with others and gain control of their own bodies.

Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant looms just 35 miles from Times Square. With over 50 million people living in close proximity to the aging facility, its continued operation has the support of the NRC, yet has stoked a great deal of controversy in the community.

Shraysi Tandon's searing documentary exposes child labor and trafficking within the supply chains of the world's biggest companies: a harrowing account of children as young as 6 years old making the products we use every day.

President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, who brought democracy to the island nation after decades of despotic rule, now faces an even greater challenge: global warming. Just a 3-foot rise in sea level would submerge the whole country.

The Knowledge of Healing is an illuminating examination of Tibetan medicine, which is strongly rooted in Buddhist principles and has developed over two millennia into an amazingly successful method of healing.

Based on the acclaimed book by ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber, this award-winning documentary follows Sandra during one pivotal year as she works to break the silence about cancer and its environmental links.

Set in war-torn Congo and Liberia, Living in Emergency interweaves the stories of four volunteers with Doctors Without Borders as they struggle to provide emergency medical care under the most extreme conditions.

In today’s uncertain world, what is the meaning of home? As global crises leave millions both bound to and displaced from their habitats, the film explores what 'home' is – a concept universally embraced, but now in an unprecedented state of flux.

We spend a trillion dollars a year on high-tech tests, yet almost 20% of patients are misdiagnosed. Making Rounds reintroduces the oldest diagnostic method - listening to the patient - by following two leading cardiologists at Mount Sinai Hospital.

Acclaimed musician Kathryn Calder is touring the world with one of Canada’s biggest indie rock bands, The New Pornographers, when she receives devastating news: her mother, Lynn, has ALS, and a short time left to live.

Methadonia is the borderland between high and straight, where recovering heroin addicts on methadone "maintenance" exist. Passing the time on prescription drugs, addicts find themselves in Methadonia for years, or decades.

Curious about the Montessori Method, filmmaker Alexandre Mourot sets his camera up in the oldest Montessori school in France (with kids from 3 to 6) and observes this child-centered educational approach for an entire year.

After the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi follows her father, a doctor who specializes in women's health, back to his war-ravaged homeland to help rebuild hospitals that serve women.

A snowboard accident leaves 18 year-old Forrest Allen unable to speak or walk. Tom Sweitzer, an eccentric music therapist, is determined to help Forrest. This is a story of the power of music to heal and transform lives.

Extraordinary changes are taking place in American medicine today. Driven by new scientific evidence, doctors are coming to understand that treating the body alone is not enough – the mind can also play a critical role in the healing process.

Extraordinary changes are taking place in American medicine today. Driven by new scientific evidence, doctors are coming to understand that treating the body alone is not enough – the mind can also play a critical role in the healing process.

March 11, 2011: A huge tsunami triggered by an 8.9 magnitude earthquake hits Japan, crippling the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, releasing radiation, and turning the residents of Futaba into "nuclear refugees."

This film offers a rare look into the complex, exciting and challenging world of being a nurse- its joys and sorrows and the many ways that nurses impact the lives of others. Over 100 nurses from across the country were interviewed for this film.

When documentarian Ed Pincus, considered the father of first-person non-fiction film, is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he and collaborator Lucia Small team up to make one last film - much to the chagrin of Jane, Ed's wife of 50 years.

The Open Road examines the personal and social impact of the impending retirement of America's 77 million Baby Boomers and probes the important social, economic, and cultural issues at stake.

Director Liz Canner embarks on a nine year odyssey as she follows the pharmaceutical companies who are racing to be the first to win FDA approval for a product to cure “female sexual dysfunction”. The prize: billions of dollars in profits.

ParaGold follows four equestrian hopefuls as they vie for a spot on the U.S. Dressage team for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. Despite severe physical disabilities, determination and the bond with their horses helps each in their pursuit of greatness.

Seldom has society come full circle in the cycle of a disease - from illness, to epidemic, to cure. Polio is the 20th century's most notable exception. This fascinating story is told here with thousands of photographs, films and interviews. Emmy award winner!

In this intimate portrait of an iconic seabird species, the filmmaker follows a wayward, starving California brown pelican, from her “arrest” on the Golden Gate Bridge into care at a wildlife rehabilitation facility.

The Penguin Counters follows Ron Naveen and his ragtag team of field biologists to one of the harshest corners of the planet, where they track the impact of climate change and ocean health by counting penguin populations.

Featuring stunning footage from seven winters in the Arctic, People of a Feather takes us into the world of the Inuit in northern Canada. Connecting past, present and future is the Inuit's unique relationship with the eider duck.

Peter Mettler's documentary Picture of Light is a mesmerizing tale about a filmmaker's journey to Canada's arctic in search of one of Earth's greatest natural wonder: the Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights.

Pink ribbons are everywhere from t-shirts to car ads. But who is really benefiting? Pink Ribbons, Inc. goes inside the story to reveal those who have co-opted what marketing experts have labeled a "dream cause."

This feisty yet informative documentary takes us on a journey around the globe to reveal the far-flung reach of plastic, and shed light on how it affects our environment, our bodies, and the health of future generations.

In Population Boom, director Werner Boote traverses the globe to examine the myths and facts about overpopulation. Speaking with everyone from demographic researchers to environmental activists, he comes to a surprising conclusion.

From Ground Zero to Northern Ireland to the Amish countryside, The Power of Forgiveness explores the psychological and physical effects of forgiveness, and reveals how forgiveness can transform your life.

This documentary explores Tai Chi as both a martial art and spiritual practice and tells the story of the remarkable life of one of its greatest masters, Cheng Man-Ching, a man who brought Tai Chi and Chinese culture to the West during the swinging, turbulent 60s.

Twenty years in the making, Proteus weaves a tapestry of poetry and myth, biology and oceanography, scientific history and spiritual biography around the story of biologist and artist Ernst Haeckel.

In this thrilling feminist documentary, four intrepid homemakers fight back against the nuclear industry to expose one of the worst cover-ups in U.S. history: the 1979 Three Mile Island meltdown.

Ron Taylor: Dr. Baseball is the story of an 11-year Major League pitcher, who after winning two world championships, embarked on a USO tour through Vietnam that would change his life. After visiting field hospitals, Ron devoted the rest of his life to medicine.

Kevin MacLeod is the world’s most-heard living composer – who nobody’s heard of. Royalty Free brings to life this remarkable musician, who allows anyone to use his music for no charge, from Hollywood studios to grandmas making cat videos.

This eye-opening film reveals how fossil fuel extraction and deregulation have harmed Appalachia and set the stage for environmental destruction nationally. It shows politicians and industry pitted against ordinary citizens defending their resources, health and communities.

Discover the strangely beautiful places where things go to die and meet the people who collect, restore, and recycle the world's scrap. SCRAP scratches beneath flaking paint and rusting metal to reveal the beauty and pathos in what we leave behind.

Seat 20D: Suse Lowenstein's Dark Elegy explores the many shapes grieving can take. After Pan Am 103 was brought down in Lockerbie, a mother whose son was on the flight spends 15 years creating an astonishing work of art.

Sex(Ed): The Movie offers a revealing, occasionally awkward, and often hilarious look at how Americans have learned about sex from the early 1900s to the present, and ultimately shows us that what we learn (and how we learn it) affects our identity.

In the desert of New Mexico, a group of scientists, entrepreneurs and innovators come together with an ambitious goal: to create a new vision for humanity, one that will pave the way for solving some of the world's most challenging problems.

Twenty years after a beloved local fisherman, Richie Madeiras, goes missing off the shores of Martha's Vineyard, a distant cousin locates Richie's indelible spirit in the stories of family, friends and the sweeping sea which has defined their lives.

Executive Produced by Martin Scorsese and featuring such visionaries as Jane Goodall and Stephen Hawking, this film invites us to contemplate the progress traps that destroyed past civilizations and that lie embedded in our own.

What do you do when your brother descends into a black hole of mental instability - starting with falling for a Nigerian email scam but eventually winding up involuntary committed into the hospital made famous by 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'?

Real women reveal their breasts and uncover personal truths in this gently provocative documentary exploring embodiment, womanhood, and the power of being seen.

Why does the uniquely cinematic language of film editing work? Using a wide array of fascinating clips, famed editor Walter Murch and others confront the mystery behind the profound naturalness of film editing.

After years of living with mysterious symptoms, a young girl and a scientist are diagnosed with a disease said to not exist: Chronic Lyme disease. The film follows their search for answers, landing them in the middle of a medical debate.

Upending the romance of running a farm-to-table business, The Soul of A Farmer follows Patty Gentry, a former chef, as she battles to earn a living on her Early Girl Farm on Long Island, which is on land owned by her biggest fan, Isabella Rossellini.

From Academy Award nominated Josh Aronson, To Be Of Service is a documentary about veterans suffering from PTSD who are paired with a service dog to help them regain their lives.

Oppenheimer's Manhattan Project culminated in the Trinity test: the detonation of the first nuclear bomb. In an instant, shrouded in secrecy, the world forever changed. Trinity explores the silences surrounding what was unleashed.

In this intimate cinéma vérité documentary, a Vermont dairy farmer risks losing the only home he's ever known to chase his dreams of dog mushing in Alaska.

An urgent look at the national drug addiction crisis that is ravaging local communities, Uprooting Addiction follows six diverse people, each affected by childhood trauma, who candidly share their personal stories of addiction and recovery.

Uranium Drive-In is the story of an economically devastated rural mining community in Colorado that finds itself hopeful for the first time in decades. Their potential salvation: a new uranium mill, the first of its kind built in the U.S. in 30 years.

What if our last act could be a gift to the planet — a force for regeneration? Determined that his final resting place will benefit the earth, musician and psychiatrist Clark Wang prepares for his own green burial.

A rural farm community becomes deeply divided when a wind developer looks to supplement the town's failing economy with a farm of its own - that of 40 industrial wind turbines. An eye-opener for anyone concerned about the environment and the future of renewable energy.

In this beautifully observed portrait of a family-owned vineyard in France, a motley team of laborers travels from the north to harvest grapes at a small Champagne vineyard run by an eccentric winemaker with a cult following.