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For over two years, numerous children disappeared on a Delhi suburb road. A nearby house hid gruesome violence and killings. Families persevered to apprehend the two neighborhood serial killers responsible and prosecute them.

A gripping, award-winning documentary about an irradiated Ukrainian artist's search for the truth about Chernobyl and his prescient and powerful warnings about Putin's plans for a coming Russian invasion.

The film takes place away from the glittering strip of mega casinos, but the greed of Sin City is just as pervasive on the desert outskirts. This is where a happy family learns of a forgotten fortune that may be buried beneath their home. Their lives are turned upside down. A sophisticated study of just how far people are able and willing to go if faced with the tempting prospect of easily acquired wealth.

A rich middle aged American woman unexpectedly discovers her true origin after her parents have died. Deeply moved, in the midst of an identity crisis, she decides to travel, hoping to find the natural mother she has never known. She therefore goes to a small and remote place in the south of Italy, Montedoro. She finds an apocalyptic scene when she gets there: the village, resting on a majestic hill, is completely abandoned and nobody seems to live there anymore.

Three Brazilian actresses decide to go to Índia to break into the Bollywood film industry. However, once they are inside the heart of Indian Culture and Mythology, their dreams and wills start to change on the contrast between the East and the West, the ancient and the contemporary values, between the individual the the collective yearnings.

When a young poet discovers a lost manuscript, he is drawn into the New York City literary world with the only key to an unsolved, 30-year-old murder.

"The Hydra" is a fast-paced suspense thriller and feature documentary about the sudden rise of ecstasy in Europe to epidemic levels after the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

Three countries. One passion to make a tower of hundreds of people, of their trust in each other, to get close enough and balance long enough, to go ten levels of humans high into the sky.

In spring 2011, poets and writers Joshua Ferris, Eliza Griswold, Bob Holman, Nathalie Handal and Christopher Merrill traveled to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal and UAE as part of a literary tour sponsored by the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. POSTCARDS is a series of short pieces about their trip including their experiences in Pakistan when Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. Special Forces.

On 11-11-11, Steve and Eliseo had a same-sex marriage ceremony in New York City. They met on November 11 and Steve first popped the question 11 years ago knowing that it could never be a formal marriage. When New York State legalized same-sex marriages in June, they knew they had to get married on 11-11-11! Both Steve and Eliseo started a boutique clothing line for small dogs and with the help of their pet Chihuahua, Martina, they recount their love and prepare for one of the first ceremonial gay marriages in New York City!

A Kiss for Gabriela tells the story of Gabriela Leite, the first sex worker to run for Brazilian Congress, who in 2010 faced down 822 opponents and a male-dominated political system and became a cultural icon in the process.

The poet Hal Sirowitz has been living with Parkinson's disease for almost twenty-years, but he continues to be vibrant and creative. He was one of the most popular poets in the United States in the 1990s and a regular on MTV and one of the original performers at the Nuyorican Poets' Cafe. Hal and his partner -- the writer Minter Krotzer -- have become advocates for people and families struggling with Parkinson's disease. HAL and MINTER is a funny and uplifting story about being a creative couple and finding your voice.

Look up from the busy hectic streets of New York City life, and you will see a flock of purebred pigeons flying in circles around an abandoned tenement building in Bushwick. Their aerial acrobatics are guided by their keeper, a street-wise Puerto Rico man nicknamed 2Tone. On the other end of Brooklyn, Goodwin and his pal, Super 13, tend their pigeon coop and flock of 300 birds. Each one trying to lure each other's pigeons away in order to get bragging rights. A beautifully shot documentary designed for online news and cultural publications. The film is told through the voices and perspectives of the pigeon keepers and brings the audience into this obscure and dying culture in New York City.

The infamous hoarder and poet Lamont B. Steptoe gives you a tour of his cluttered filled Philadelphia apartment and mind.

PRIYA, India's first female superhero has to protect her enchanted forest from greedy industrialists threatening to cut down all the trees. With the help of a little girl named Somya and the local villagers, they defend their home and reminiscent of India's Chipko movement. Priya shows Somya, who is suffering from asthma due to the toxic haze and the beauty of her forest and its power to heal Mother Earth and her.

India is going through extraordinary changes and entering the global market. This documentary focuses on how India's largest film industry "Bollywood" is transforming itself to appeal to a world audience and an emerging Indian middle class. The documentary follows two brothers, Sanjay and Kumar, as they try to make their big movie. We get a glimpse into the many dimensions of Bollywood and the people who make a living entertaining over 3 billion people a year.

PRIYA - India's first female superhero, embarks on a mission to stop the spread of Covid-19. She befriends a little girl named Meena to show her the sacrifices made by frontline healthcare workers and instill the power of courage and compassion during this difficult time. Along with her tiger Sahas, Priya helps to end the pandemic around the world.

A short documentary about African-American poet Lamont B. Steptoe, who is a long time resident of Philadelphia and Vietnam War Veteran.

"Ginsberg's Karma" is an insightful and entertaining look at a transformative phase in the poet Allen Ginsberg's life -- his first trip to India and how it changed him and the people around him. His adventures and what he experienced in India is the bridge between the Beat generation of the 1950s to the hippie counterculture of the 1960s in America. Ginsberg calls it "The Change" in his book, Indian Journals. While in India, he would experiment with mind-altering drugs, transcendental meditation, and become an activist. The documentary follows poet Bob Holman as he travels to India to piece together Ginsberg's life in India and interviews many of the writers who knew him during his trip.

A portrait of rural melancholia, SALT IN THE AIR exhumes the spirit of salt from a 3,500-year-old salt mine in a foggy and hardscrabble Carpathian Mountain village. With rhythmic pacing and intimacy, SALT IN THE AIR connects actual salt with the landscapes and the lives that salt touches. Innovative asthma clinics where patients inhale salt crystals. The enduring legacy of salt pork. And the salt-miners' struggle to sustain a solemn covenant with what was once the most valuable material on Earth.

Sahas is a magical flying tiger and Priya's loyal friend. Sahas grew up in the Sunderbans - a large mangrove forest in Eastern India formed by three great rivers and home to a diverse array of wildlife. One day, a careless campfire ignites the fragile forest threatening Sahas and her family of Royal Bengal tigers. Sahas has to guide the animals out of the engulfing inferno to the safety of the rivers. They begin a perilous journey of survival and imagination with the help of the goddess and guardian spirit, Bonbibi. Can they make it, and bring the forest back to life?

Sina Washington and her fabulous friends are competing in the biggest hair show competition in Philly - Hair Idol. Decide her fate in this interactive film series.

Jon, a spoken-word poet and New York City bike messenger stumbles up a lost manuscript from 1974 by Claire Wilks, a forgotten poet who was murdered. Initially intrigued by the possibilities of bringing attention to this important literary work, Jon quickly becomes obsessed to unravel Claire's unsolved murder. Drawn into New York City literary world, he encounters many poetry characters and landmarks, as well as sparks a romance with beautiful young poet, Angel.