Op-Docs

In a small town in Kentucky, an immense replica of Noah’s ark looms over the countryside.

Five women share the experience of being treated less like a person than like a body — like flesh.

Self-help guru Louise Hay’s “Hayrides” drew in thousands during the hopelessness and government neglect of the AIDS crisis.

Through a day of role-playing, a group of students get an eye-opening introduction to the careers that may await them.

A mother told her daughter to keep her father’s absence a secret. Years later, they look back on the stigma they faced as a single-parent family in South Korea.

“Why would I want to hear about death and destruction? I’d rather hear somebody made a hole in one yesterday.”

Livestreaming your life to a devoted audience is big business. What happens when the cameras are off?

A daily routine becomes a symbol of resilience for a New York artist.

For a forensic cleaner in Mexico City, healing is at the core of his service.

I don’t know how I feel about adulthood, so I called my middle school friends.

After 57 days in a coma, Julio Lumbreras awoke to learn he had been one of Spain’s earliest Covid-19 patients.

In this short film, go bird-watching through New York City’s parks with Robert DeCandido, known locally as “Birding Bob.”

Lusia Harris led her team to three national championships, scored the first basket in women’s Olympic history and was officially drafted by the New Orleans Jazz in 1977.

Moath al-Alwi has never been charged with a crime, but has spent over 19 years at the U.S. military detention camp in Cuba. In a new short film, see the art he makes to survive.

Stable, affordable housing was out of reach for a San Francisco Bay Area family. So they built a home without a house.

In 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell made a breakthrough in astronomy. But as a woman in science, her role was overlooked.

What does love look like? This intimate short film captures the relationship between the artist Wilfrid Wood and his boyfriend-muse, Theo Adamson.

As an investigative reporter, Jason Berry exposed the church’s systematic cover-up of sexual abuse. Somehow, it wasn’t enough.

Musician Topaz Jones and directing duo rubberband. reimagine the Black ABCs in this Sundance-winning short film.

Devon Michael was a rising child actor in the 1990s. Until he auditioned for “Star Wars.”

On July 14, 1970, members of the Young Lords took over Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx. Among their demands? Accessible, quality health care for all.

is work working for us?

The director Rona Segal learned filmmaking in the Israel Defense Forces. Now she turns the camera on her fellow soldiers.

From period pains and hip dips to bullying and catcalling, five girls talk about the trials of growing up.