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Jan Randall suffers from terminal cancer, fearing being bedridden. She rejects medication, opting to live her final days in a tent in her backyard to maintain autonomy and avoid hospitalization.

One of the first Black US college rugby coaches builds a new team at a white university in the south and finds that success isn't measured in championships.

Storied Streets explores homelessness across America by telling the stories of those who live it every day.

A documentary film short series about the passion and perseverance of female entrepreneurs.

In some parts of the world, children whose parents are sent to prison and who lack other guardians are locked away along with their parents. This eye-opening documentary tells the story of what it means for a child to grow up in prison and what hope exists for a better life. "Waiting for Mamu" follows internationally-lauded social worker and 2012 CNN Hero of the Year award-winner Pushpa Basnet, founder of a development center for children who would otherwise grow up behind bars in her native Nepal.

South of Beirut, Lebanon is a 68 year old refugee camp housing refugees from Palestine, Syria and Iraq. Many have lived in this camp their entire lives-- Mariam AlShaar is one of them. Now, Mariam has pulled the women of this camp together to do what has never been done before. They started with a small kitchen from a micro-loan. With nearly insurmountable political odds against them-- they look to start the first refugee food truck. Their journey is one of many ups and downs but it is the community that is built, their sense of hope and how they see themselves that makes this a moving, touching film about their journey. Mariam has been known as 'the crazy lady' and now she will show just how crazy she is.

Step into the journey of passionate educators and tenacious kids and their families on the south side of Chicago, who - despite incredible challenges - are determined to carve out a brighter future.