Like, Date, Delete: Love and Sex in the Internet Age

Whether you're looking for casual sex or a soul mate, there's bound to be an app for that. Singles all over the world are browsing for similar-minded matches from their smart phones and other digital platforms. It's a digital revolution that has redefined dating in the modern age. The documentary profiles one specific sector of this captive audience: the population...

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Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert

From Beyoncé to Madonna to Paul McCartney, the Coachella music festival has played host to some of the world's most legendary performers. As a result, the festival itself has attained its own legendary status. Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert explores the history of the festival and how its managed to speak to generations of movie lovers. Attendees consider...

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Voyage of Curiosity

In November of 2011, NASA's Curiosity Rover embarked on its revolutionary mission to Mars. Less than a year later, it reached its destination. Voyage of Curiosity details the challenges of mounting this epic project, and what it hopes to find on the elusive red planet. The mission has been driven by key questions. Could life has ever existed on Mars? Is the planet...

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Boeing: Deadly Assumptions

In early 2019, the worldwide leader in aircraft manufacturing suffered a crisis. Separate plane crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia had left hundreds of passengers dead. Engineers were stumped until they eventually uncovered the culprit: the MAX 737 model was inherently faulty. Boeing: Deadly Assumptions details the inner workings of this investigation and exposes...

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Generation Like

Although it was first produced in 2014, Generation Like is an incredibly insightful and prescient take on the social media phenomenon. It's a culture that has since become a dominating factor in the lives of young people. Human interaction has morphed into something impersonal and driven almost solely by a need for instant justification. The number of likes a teen...

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The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story

The boy band craze of the 1990's set the music industry and pop culture ablaze. Lou Pearlman was the key architect in fostering this phenomenon into being. He recruited young and hungry vocalists, assembled just the right personalities, and created the most successful musical acts of the day, including NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys. He effectively defined the...

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Journey to the Pale Red Dot

As we lift our eyes to the night sky, we are faced with hundreds of glorious beaming stars. One of these - a red dwarf star known as Proxima Centauri - is closer than all of them. At "only" 4.2 light years away, it's practically our neighbor, holding the distinction of being the closest star to the Sun. In 2016, astronomers announced a startling discovery regarding...

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