DRAMATIC FILMS
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FEATURES
Above and Beyond: The Fly Girls of WWII
ABOVE AND BEYOND, THE FLY GIRLS OF WWII, is a dramatic new series about the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) – the first women to fly for the US military. An untold story of WWII, told through the eyes of its women, the series follows a group of fictionalized young, patriotic, courageous young women and their champion, world-famous female aviator, Jackie Cochran, as they serve their country and break the gender barrier.
At the Bedside
A Chicago billionaire, in a last ditch bid to become mayor, announces an endowment to the largest public hospital in the city for their Palliative Care Department. The only problem is the hospital doesn't have one. Overnight, the CEO assembles a diverse team: a black female doctor, an Islamic chaplain, a trans male social worker and an Hispanic nurse practitioner. Trotted out for a major press event, they glimpse the enormity of the task ahead. The series follows their rocky, dramatic, and ultimately uplifting journey as they navigate politics to create real and meaningful palliative patient care.
Billy Mitchell: Prophet of Air Power
BILLY MITCHELL: PROPHET OF AIR POWER, tells the largely forgotten story of General William Mitchell who, as Commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces in France in WWI, witnessed firsthand the strategic importance of air power. An impassioned advocate for building a US air force, his prescient claim in 1923 that one day the Japanese would bomb Pearl Harbor, seemed preposterous to an Army and Navy steeped in the past. His unrelenting criticism of the military led to a sensational court martial that riveted the nation.
World of Tomorrow
WORLD OF TOMORROW is the story of Jamal, a twelve year old African American boy in Queens, NY, who witnesses his older brother’s accidental shooting in the shadow of the Unisphere – the symbol of unity from the 1964 World’s Fair. In his grief, Jamal forges an unlikely friendship with an old white groundskeeper, Danny, an amateur historian and serious archivist of the fair. Jamal’s explorations of the fairgrounds with a group of neighborhood kids, leads them into a mysterious and perilous underworld.
Documentary FILMS
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FEATURES
On the Warpath
ON THE WARPATH focuses on the role women and African Americans played in the massive domestic war effort of WWII, forever changing the face of the nation. President Franklin Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt are central characters revealing the political, industrial and social realignment taking place in the extraordinary effort to create the arsenal of democracy and defeat the Axis’ powers.
Stem Girls
STEM GIRLS is a documentary series profiling women in STEM – past and present - and their commitment to shaping a more humane future.
Seeing the Light
SEEING THE LIGHT profiles the individuals revolutionizing the way we look at end of life. Doctors, nurses, comedians, artists, authors, and undertakers, explore the cultural and medical taboos around death and suggest new ways of engaging our old nemesis – with understanding, humor and creativity.
Fly Girls
An Emmy award winning film for The American Experience, FLY GIRLS features the real life heroes of the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots of WWII and the men who flew with them - Paul Tibbetts and Chuck Yeager.
ANIMATION
The World Round
THE WORLD ROUND is an international, live symphonic event comprised of music and original animations from around the world that unites us in our common humanity.