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- In a divided America, Van Jones attempts to pass a landmark criminal justice bill - and finds himself under fire from all sides.
- During the recession, City of Trees follows three trainees and the directors of a stimulus-funded green job training program designed to put unemployed people back to work by caring for parks in DC.
- Found not guilty by reason of insanity, Lew, Calvin, Jimmy, and Kevin reveal their stories and share what it's like to have spent a collective 160 years in one of the nation's oldest mental institutions.
- This new six-part digital docu-series explores a community-based attempt to fight violence in Burkina Faso in the Sahel region of West Africa. Each episode profiles a community member in the small town of SAABA: a police officer, a Muslim cleric, a leader of a vigilante security group, a women's activist, and the tribal chief. In the final episode, all of the participants come together in an attempt to build security and resilience in a community on the border of Boko Haram and ISIS strongholds in West Africa. The series is an honest, authentic, people-centered view of a peace-building effort in an area drawing increasing international attention for its role in combating violent extremism.
- A Mississippi Love Story introduces the viewer to Eddie and Justin, together living what might otherwise be considered an ordinary life during an extraordinary time in history. It provides a glimpse into the relationships the two have with one another, and with family, friends and their Deep South hometown. Against the backdrop of legal battles about same-sex marriage, Eddie and Justin share their personal take on what love really means.
- Hearing about people's hopes and fears. Learning how to argue again. Complicating everyone's worldview. Understanding how people feel and challenging assumptions. This is not gotcha journalism. This is brutal honesty.
- Life as a Collage is a documentary made by seven DC students in an attempt to give a local artist and beloved teacher, Tim Gabel, a last chance to speak words of wisdom as he struggled with liver cancer. This film interviews and documents Tim's reflections and world outlook during the last stages of his life. The documentary started as a class at Sitar Arts Center in collaboration with Meridian Hill Pictures to teach students filmmaking. However as we began to make the documentary on Tim and his life, the class became something much different. Not only did us students learn about the technical aspects of documentary filmmaking, but we also learned so much from Tim about life, art and how to deal with death.
- Community Harvest celebrates the natural and cultural harvests of our community, documenting the dramatic transformation of a forgotten vacant lot in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, DC, into a majestic, public garden and collaborative green space. Created by an inspiring recipe of community volunteers, neighborhood youth, local non-profit organizations and city government support, the North Columbia Heights Green is ultimately a story about reconnecting people to the land. A longtime abandoned vehicle dumping ground, now the North Columbia Heights Green is a vibrant, sustainable and beautiful natural oasis nestled within the diverse urban fabric of Columbia Heights. Located in the alley space behind Red Rocks Pizzeria, off the east side of the 3300 block of 11th Street NW, the Green features dozens of community gardening plots, an orchard, a berry patch, a rain garden, butterfly gardens, a greenhouse, public learning and demonstration spaces, a stage for music and artistic performances, and an outdoor movie screen. The story of the North Columbia Heights Green creation offers a powerful example, demonstrating how dark alleys and abandoned lots across the city could also undergo a similar transformation, using public gardens and green spaces to build and strengthen communities.
- Porchfest tells the story of how a handful of Washington DC neighbors helped realize their collective desire to come together in an unforgettable effort to build upon their growing sense of community. The Porchfest story is told from the porches and sidewalks of Mount Pleasant's Hobart Street, locations that served as stages to share arts and culture with the community during the 2011 Porchfest. Yet the film explores broader, yet still simple themes, like the importance of knowing one's neighbor, particularly in the city. Porchfest aims to provoke and inspire residents across our city to think creatively about how they can bring their own block together.
- Doing it for Me is a unique documentary, exploring the dropout crisis in Washington, DC from a young person's point of view. Doing it for Me offers audiences the opportunity to empathize and engage with the complicated circumstances that lead young people to drop out. Across the 2011-2012 school year, only 61 percent of the city's young people graduated high school within four years and 1,953 youth left school without indicating if they were enrolling in another program. One in 10 DC youth aged 16-24 is not in school and unemployed. Jessica, Victoria and Precious' journey to better their lives, their education, and their friendship is an inspiring story that offers hope in the power of education, art and storytelling to change lives.
- Van Jones hosts a town hall with former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and former Republican Presidential candidate Carly Fiorina to discuss President Barack Obama's legacy and the Trump Presidential Inauguration.
- Van Jones hosts a live audience discussion with "The Daily Show's'' Trevor Noah, focusing on social justice issues that are likely to arise in the Trump presidency.