Documentary Feature

In the village of Tres Equis, nestled in a lush volcanic valley in rural Costa Rica, Doña Miriam Elizondo delivered more than 2,000 babies. Nearing 100 years old and a mother of 19 children, she is the last living ​partera, ​or traditional midwife, in the Turrialba Valley. Follow Doña Miriam and other women--a midwife, nurses, doulas and mothers– over several years as they bring life into the world and support each other. This film is a part of our Cucalorus Conversations program, which brings fresh new voices to the stage for post-screening discussions that focus on community issues like racial history, Indigenous culture, access to health care, and community building. Humanities experts join the filmmaker after the screening for extended dialogue.

An Indian immigrant mother helps her adopted twin daughters reconnect with their White birth mother and estranged Native American father, exposing raw class divides while transforming their understanding of identity and belonging. This deeply personal film draws from the director’s own journey to adopt. Blending observation and reflection, it explores open adoption and the ongoing effort to build genuine connections between children, birth parents, and adoptive families across race, class, and geography.

Deep inside Cuba's marshlands, Landi hunts crocodiles with nothing but his hands and a piece of rope, a dangerous feat to feed his family.

Every year, the Florida government invites the general public to compete in an invasive python removal contest in the Everglades.

In 1975, 45-year-old Sara Jane Moore fired two shots at President Gerald Ford in San Fran’s Union Square.

Filmmaker Suzannah Herbert takes a sharp look at the American South’s unreconciled history through a Mississippi town that mixes antebellum tourism with a community deeply divided over its past.

The story of how Mike “Mike Gee” Smalls, a rapper and plumber, went from humble beginnings to become a hip-hop star at a young age.

For Venida, For Kalief debuts the poetry of Venida Brodnax Browder, mother of Kalief Browder-an African-American teenager who inspired incarceration reform in the United States.

A powerful portrait of Al-Mu’assis Karriem AbdAllah, the Newark martial arts pioneer who became the first American to create his own system.

The lines between real life and reel life are muddied in the story of the Adams family: Toby, Zelda, Lulu and John.