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Max Powers is a Los Angeles–based documentary editor, producer, and director. He produced and edited Jane Elliott Against the World, directed the acclaimed feature documentary Don’t Be Nice, and edited projects including The Price of Freedom and Showtime’s VICE. His work has screened at Sundance, Tribeca, and AFI DOCS.
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A rural Iowa schoolteacher becomes a national voice against racism after leading a controversial 1968 lesson in discrimination with her all-white third-grade class. Now nearly 90, she refuses to hold back amid today’s fights about race, history, and power after a lifetime of speaking out.
A look into the inner workings of the NRA and its influence, featuring interviews with government leaders, NRA representatives and people whose lives have been personally touched by gun violence.
A team of young New York City Slam Poets finds its voice as it competes for the National Championship during the summer of 2016.
After serving decades of a life sentence, Dominic "Chip" Henry created a groundbreaking rehabilitation program so effective it earned him parole and a role with the Federal Bureau of Prisons—until, after a year of success, everything took an unexpected turn.
33 years ago Jim Abbott, born with only one hand, took the mound at Yankee Stadium and threw nine no-hit innings against a talented Cleveland Indians squad. This is the story of the struggles, doubts and fight that led Jim to that day.
