 | All of Me: A Story of Love, Loss, and Last Resortsby Alexandra Lescaze The “Girls” have been friends — and morbidly obese — for years. But now, having weight-loss surgery is about to upset everything they thought they knew about health, happiness, friendship, and love. Independent Lens |
 | Almost Homeby Brad Lichtenstein and Lisa Gildehaus Shot on location in a nursing home, Almost Home tells the real stories of aging: couples both bonded and divided by disability, children torn between caring for their parents and their children, nursing assistants doing unsavory work for poverty wages, healthy elders fearful of moving to the dreaded nursing home, and a visionary nursing home director committed to changes that would shuck the nursing home stigma and alleviate such dread. Independent Lens |
 | And Thou Shalt Honor...by Harry Wiland and Dale Bell This two-part series explores the increasing role caregiving for aging loved ones in the lives of all Americans, regardless of income, ethnic background, or geographic location. |
 | Be Like Othersby Tanaz Eshaghian and Peter Wintonick An intimate and unflinching look at life in Iran through the eyes of young men choosing to undergo sex change surgery, Be Like Others explores the implications and sacrifices of those living on the fringes of an Islamic society. Global Perspectives Collection, Global Voices |
 | Beautiful Sonby Don King and Julianne Yamamoto King Through one family's struggle to save their child, Beautiful Son explores the complex and sometimes controversial world of autism. |
 | Body and Soul: Diana and Kathyby Alice Elliott Two determined women become advocates for all people with disabilities, and begin a grand experiment in living independent lives. |
 | Born in the U.S.A.by Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider A critical look at the birthing industry in America, and an exploration of shifting beliefs about women, technology and the perceived ability to control natural events. |
 | Cookedby Judith A. Helfand Cooked looks at the repercussions from the 1995 Chicago heat wave — the most traumatic in U.S. history — and its relationship with Chicago's entrenched poverty, economic and social isolation, and racism. |
 | Crank: Darkness on the Edge of Townby Todd Jarrell Crank is an anatomy of one Tennessee town’s waking nightmare and a nation’s struggle against methamphetamine addiction. |
 | The Creek Runs Redby Bradley Beesley, James Payne, and Julianna Brannum The Environmental Protection Agency calls the former lead mining town of Picher, Oklahoma one of the most toxic places in America, but a dwindling population still calls it home. The Creek Runs Red explores the human response to environmental disaster, and the complex connections between people and place. Independent Lens |
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