 | Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greeneby Loren Mendell The unlikely story of America's original shock-jock — Petey Greene — who battled the system and his own demons during a time of civil unrest in the nation's capital. Independent Lens |
 | Art & Copyby Doug Pray Meet the real Mad Men (and women!) in Art & Copy, an intimate look at the people behind the curtain of modern consumer culture. Independent Lens |
 | At Home in Utopiaby Michal Goldman and Ellen Brodsky New York City cops in the Great Depression called it Little Moscow, but for the 2,000 Jewish immigrant residents of the United Workers Cooperative Colony, a.k.a. “the Coops,” it was their first taste of the American dream. At Home in Utopia bears witness to an epic social experiment, following two generations of residents and their commitment to radical ideas of racial equality and rights for tenants and workers. Independent Lens |
 | Banishedby Marco Williams From the 1860s to the 1920s, towns across the U.S. violently expelled African American residents. Today, these communities remain virtually all white. As black descendants return to demand justice, Banished exposes the hidden history of racial cleansing in America. Independent Lens |
 | Be Good, Smile PrettyBy Tracy Droz Tragos and Chris Donahue As one of the 20,000 Americans who lost their fathers in Vietnam, a daughter embarks on an intense, personal journey to reclaim the memory of her father, who died in the war when she was an infant. Independent Lens |
 | Behind the Rainbowby Jihan El-Tahri Can the deal between South Africa’s old apartheid regime and its new government withstand the test of time? Global Voices, Global Perspectives Collection, Independent Lens |
 | Bhuttoby Duane Baughman An intimate look at one of the most fascinating and important world leaders of our time, Benazir Bhutto. Women and Girls Lead, Independent Lens, Global Perspectives Collection, Diverse Muslim Voices |
 | 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 |
 | Blessed Is the Matchby Roberta Grossman Narrated by Joan Allen, Blessed Is the Match is the first documentary feature about Hannah Senesh, the World War II-era poet and diarist who became a paratrooper, resistance fighter and modern-day Joan of Arc. Safe in Palestine in 1944, Hannah joined a mission to rescue Jews in her native Hungary. Hannah parachuted behind enemy lines, was captured, tortured, and ultimately executed by the Nazis. Women and Girls Lead, Global Voices, 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 |
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