Film Library

A behind-the-scenes look at the largest American flag factory in the United States where a tight-knit team of diverse refugees and immigrants from twelve nations cut, sew and ship 5 million American flags a year. These flags fly over our government buildings, hang in our classrooms, and are carried in rallies, parades, protests, sporting events, and funerals. This is a film about the people who make our flag and follows where those flags go.

Controversial Afghan pop star and activist Aryana Sayeed mentors young hopefuls as they prepare to appear on a hit TV singing competition show. As the show’s female contestants Zahra Elham and Sadiqa Madadgar are on the verge of their dreams becoming reality, the Taliban returns to power.

When the highest grossing comedy, 9 to 5, starring Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman and Lily Tomlin, exploded on screens in 1980, the laughs hid a serious message about inequality in the workplace. Still Working 9 to 5 explores what has changed for working women over the last 40 years.

Art and Pep are the owners of the iconic bar Sidetrack, Chicago. And they’re also civil rights leaders who have been fighting for LGBTQ+ equality for decades, their activism is the focus of their struggle to live and love freely.

Andre’s film explores the May Natural History Museum of Tropical Insects, a place his family knows well: his step-father, RJ Steer, is the great-grandson of James Frederick William May, the founder of the collection in the early part of the 20th century.

During the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as the South Vietnamese people attempt to escape. On the ground, American soldiers must decide whether to obey White House orders or to risk treason.

A moving documentary portrait of artist and mother Susie Dureau, who uses painting as a way of processing significant events in her life.

When the reality of bonding with children who have grown up in institutions turns out to be more difficult than they imagined, the Diaz family hires two developmental psychologists to help them build their new family—through science.

A veteran breeder of pro-rodeo broncos contemplates turning the reins over to his daughter.

A courageous young woman takes the boldest step imaginable to confront her risk of having inherited the fatal, incurable Huntington’s Disease.

Lily Yeh is a global artist who is fueled by a belief that art is a human right, and that artists can create a foundation for profound social change. Slight of frame but large in spirit, the 70-year-old artist treats the world as her canvas.

Glena Avila is a single mother in her 30’s who decides to bank her future on a career as a mixed martial arts (MMA) cage fighter.