 | Bill T. Jones: A Good Manby Gordon Quinn, Bob Hercules, Joanna Rudnick, and Keith Walker Bill T. Jones: A Good Man follows the Tony Award-winning choreographer Bill T. Jones as he conceives and executes a dance production based on the life of Abraham Lincoln. The New York Times claimed that Jones's "portrayal of Lincoln is likely to scandalize as many people as it delights." American Masters |
 | Billy Strayhorn: Lush Lifeby Robert Levi The composer of "Take the A-Train" and other Duke Ellington hits, Billy Strayhorn struggled with obscurity and prejudice as a successful gay man in the tumultuous middle of the 20th century. Independent Lens |
 | Brother to BrotherBy Rodney Evans, Jim McKay, and Aimee Schoof Bruce Nugent, the black gay writer who co-founded the journal Fire!! with Langston Hughes and others, inspires a gay teenager through memories of the Harlem Renaissance. Independent Lens |
 | Brothers Hypnoticby Reuben Atlas The brotherhood of the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble is literal. Not always willing subjects of a utopian family experiment, the eight boys were forged into a band as children by their father, Chicago jazz maverick Phil Cohran. Now as young men, making their way on the streets of New York and in the music business, with stardom on the horizon, they must test their father's ideals against their own brotherly vision. Independent Lens |
 | Deaf Jamby Judy Lieff Aneta Brodski, a deaf teen living in New York City, discovers the power of American Sign Language poetry. As she prepares to be one of the first deaf poets to compete in a spoken-word slam, her journey leads to an unexpected collaboration. Independent Lens |
 | Downside Upby Nancy Kelly Downside Up tells the story of how a blue-collar town in rural Massachusetts reinvented itself in the post-industrial economy by opening the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. True Stories, Independent Lens |
 | Every Child Is Born a Poet: The Life and Work of Piri Thomasby Jonathan Robinson Every Child is Born a Poet is a multimedia chronicle of Nuyorican author Piri Thomas’s transformation from gang member and prison convict to acclaimed writer, activist, and educator. True Stories, Independent Lens |
 | From Mambo to Hip Hop: A South Bronx Taleby Steve Zeitlin, Henry Chalfont, and Elena Martinez A former symbol of urban decay, the South Bronx is also known as a creative breeding ground and for its enduring cultural spirit. Voces |
 | Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadwayby Kelly and Lou Gonda, with Albert Maysles How did two women living in unimaginable squalor and total isolation become legendary icons? And how did their gothic story end up as, of all things, a Broadway musical? Independent Lens |
 | Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Childby Tamra Davis Director Tamra Davis pays homage to her friend, the iconoclastic artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in this examination of a brilliant life cut short. Independent Lens |
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