Blue baby
Challenging 1000 years of punishment
Blue Baby follows formerly incarcerated youth through a prison alternative known as Boys Town. The documentary introduces eight offenders, showing the personal and societal shortcomings that led to their incarceration and then their subsequent enrollment at Boys Town. It captures their experiences over four years as they struggle toward graduation and return to public life.
American Tragedy 25
25 years after columbine
The mother of the most infamous school shooter in history tells what she wishes she’d done differently. Discussions around stopping mass shootings are usually bifurcated by politics: Gun control on the left and Mental health on the right. But the issues are interconnected. This moving story of a mother coming to terms with her own son gives us all a unique chance to step back and then step forward.
Public Enemies, Private Friends
The Abortion Talks
On December 30, 1994, a man carrying a black duffel bag entered an abortion clinic in Brookline, Massachusetts. By the day ’s end, two women were dead, a manhunt was afoot, a traumatized community was in mourning, and leaders on both sides of a divide wondered what they could have done to prevent it. Thus began a six year clandestine dialogue between enemies.