 | Front Wards, Back Wardsby William C. Rogers Fernald State School, America’s first institution for individuals with developmental disabilities, was founded in Massachusetts in 1848 and still operates today. It stands as a powerful case study of an endeavor in which the best of intentions go awry. |
 | Girl Wrestlerby Diane Zander Texas teenager Tara Neal wrestles through the last year that state guidelines allow her to compete with boys, amid conflict and pressures from family and community. Women and Girls Lead, Independent Lens, True Stories |
 | A Girl's Lifeby Tug Yourgrau Author Rachel Simmons brings together the latest research on the psychological, physical and emotional development of girls. Women and Girls Lead |
| Girls' Hoopsby Justine Richardson Through accounts of women aged 14 to 94, Girls’ Hoops examines girls’s high school basketball programs in the basketball-obsessed state of Kentucky. |
 | The Great Pink Scareby Tug Yourgrau and Dan Miller The little-known 1960 felony conviction of three gay Smith College professors marked the peak of sexual McCarthyism, pitting an individual’s right to privacy against national security claims. Independent Lens |
 | Herskovits at the Heart of Blacknessby Llewellyn Smith, Christine Herbes-Sommers, and Vincent Brown Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness examines the life and work of the Jewish anthropologist Melville Herskovits, whose writings challenged prevailing notions of race and culture. Independent Lens |
 | The Interruptersby Steve James A look at a group of men and women — most of them former gang leaders and ex-cons — that are trying to "interrupt" shootings and protect their communities from the violence they once employed. Women and Girls Lead, Frontline, Diverse Muslim Voices |
 | Larry v. Lockneyby Mark Birnbaum and Jim Schermbeck When Larry Tannahill and the ACLU challenge a proposal for mandatory drug testing in schools, because Tannahill believes it violates his 12-year-old son's rights, they meet with hostility and ostracism from the small community of Lockney, Texas. True Stories, POV |
 | The Learningby Ramona Diaz Four Filipino teachers are recruited to teach in some of Baltimore’s toughest schools. POV |
| Making Peaceby Tom Weidlinger A look at neighborhoods across the country where ordinary people are working together to make a difference — one person at a time. |
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