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THIRSTY follows the upstart campaign of a gutsy public defender as she strives to unseat the incumbent mayor of Oakland and also keep her family intact.

A story about two lacrosse teammates from opposite sides of the track.

TAKE IT FROM ME is the story of four women struggling against great odds to raise themselves and their families out of poverty in New York City. It is also an in-depth look at the human impact of the 1996 Personal Responsibility Act and its five-year limit on public assistance. Has welfare reform been successful? Are former public assistance recipients better off once they leave welfare? Shot over a two year period, TAKE IT FROM ME lets these women speak for themselves.

Captured over two years, "Daddy Don't Go" is a feature length documentary about four disadvantaged fathers in New York City as they struggle to beat the odds and defy the deadbeat dad stereotype.

Aisha is a young, Muslim-American woman studying abroad in London. She dates the roguish Rashid but lives with her devout, hijab-wearing cousin Fatimah. When her two worlds collide, Aisha is forced to reconcile her faith with her desires.

A young doctor in the South Bronx embarks on a research project to find out why black women are becoming infected with HIV at alarming rates. She takes us into the lives and relationship histories of her black, female patients to find out what social factors are putting them at risk. When she expands her research to include women across boundaries of race, class and country, she discovers a dangerous power imbalance that all heterosexual women face in the bedroom, but rarely discuss. ALL OF US is about HIV/AIDS but it is not a tragedy. It is a story of resilience, courage and activism.

Alan Joyce was born a fighter. He came into this life unwanted and unfortunate. Becoming a jiu-jitsu black belt and a father brought him stability, but he still feels unmoored due to his mysterious roots and troubled upbringing. Alan decides to do genetic testing in order to resolve his unresolved questions about his ethnicity and to hopefully connect with a living relative. Alan and his wife happily share the test results with their mixed- race kids who are excited to finally know what "their other half is." Alan is also grateful that he's discovered a cousin but perhaps the greatest gift of doing the 23andMe test is that Alan finally feels at peace with himself.