Firelight Media Popular Movie

An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).

genus: Documentary

cast: Carl Lumbly

The absorbingly cinematic Ascension explores the pursuit of the “Chinese Dream.” Driven by mesmerizing—and sometimes...

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Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978,...

genus: Documentary

cast: Claire Janaro

When Jennifer Laude, a Filipina trans woman, is brutally murdered by a U.S. Marine, three women intimately invested in the case--an activist...

genus: Documentary

cast: Naomi Fontanos

A visual journey into the mind and soul of Pulitzer Prize–winning author Navarro Scott Momaday, relating each written line to his unique Native...

genus: Documentary

cast: N. Scott Momaday

Birthing A Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney explores the story of forced reproduction in the antebellum South and reveals the agency of Mary...

genus: Documentary

cast: Tera Hunter

Documentary feature about 11-time Jeopardy! champion and Internet iconoclast, Arthur Chu.

genus: Documentary

cast: Arthur Chu

A documentary examining the 1955 murder of a 14-year-old black boy from Chicago while visiting relatives in Mississippi, and the broad impact of his...

genus: Documentary

cast: Andre Braugher

An intimate and kaleidoscopic voyage behind the closed doors of the Chinese birth tourism industry in the U.S.

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An intimate portrayal of a quest for love and acceptance at any cost, Q depicts the influence of a secretive matriarchal religious order on filmmaker...

genus: Documentary

cast: Hiba Khodr

With sharp humor and a critical sense of curiosity, comedian CJ Hunt documents the fraught removal of four Confederate monuments in New Orleans. As...

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This inspiring documentary chronicles the extraordinary life of Ruby Duncan, an activist who fights the welfare system and becomes a White House...

genus: Documentary

cast: Ruby Duncan

FOR OUR CHILDREN unites maternal voices of resilience and solidarity in a poignant cinematic journey. Directed, produced and co-written by...

genus: Documentary

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After 20 years of living in the United States, an undocumented family decides to return home. Little do they know it will be the most difficult...

genus: Documentary

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Explores a variety of underground hazing rituals that are abusive and sometimes deadly. The journey to understand hazing culture reveals a world of...

genus: Documentary

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An Act of Worship is Pakistani-American filmmaker Nausheen Dadabhoy’s lyrical portrait of the last 20 years of Muslim Life in America as told...

genus: Documentary

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Three brave cheerleaders take on the NFL, battling the massive, male-dominated sports league for recognition — and a raise.

genus: Documentary

cast: Lacy Thibodeaux-Fields

Marcus Garvey: Look for me in the Whirlwind uses a wealth of archival film, photographs and documents to uncover the story of this Jamaican...

genus: Documentary

cast: Robert Hill

Filmmaker Stanley Nelson's look back at the 40 years he spent summering at Oak Bluffs, a black-oriented resort community on Martha's Vineyard.

genus: Documentary

cast: Stanley Nelson

A generation of California men endure decades of solitary confinement and, against all odds, launch a protest to regain their freedom.

genus: Documentary

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