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When a housewife finds out she is pregnant, she runs out of town looking for freedom to reevaluate her life decisions.

American Meat is a solutions-oriented documentary chronicling the current state of the U.S. meat industry. Featuring Joel Salatin, Chuck Wirtz, Fred Kirschenmann, Steve Ells, Paul Willis, and farmers across America, it takes an even-handed look at animal husbandry. First explaining how America arrived at our current industrial system, the story shifts to the present day, showing the feedlots and confinement houses, not through hidden cameras but through the eyes of the farmers who live and work there. From there, the documentary introduces the revolution taking root in animal husbandry, led by the charismatic and passionate Joel Salatin. Stories are shared of farmers across the country who have changed their life to start grass-based farms, and everyday solutions highlight actions people can make to support America's agriculture.

Three teens navigate the turbulent waters of high school while exploring the role of disability in their lives.

Miserly husband lies hospitalized with brain tumor as wife, son enjoy lavish life. Unexpectedly recovers, dashing their hopes of inheritance. Dark comedic conflict ensues between tightfisted patriarch and free-spending kin.

Five young adults suddenly find themselves hunted by a malevolent entity, and must pull together to survive until dawn.

Darren Chambers is faced with the literal reality of choosing between life and death, but his time is running out. Before he can choose, a mysterious girl with pink hair puts his moral decisions to the test.

For nearly fourteen months, filmmaker David Dillehunt followed the rising Virginia based music group Astronomers, capturing a wide array of live performances, recording sessions, and countless candid moments. This sharp, often humorous feature length documentary traces their path to notoriety from solo, coffee house beginnings in Texas, to the historic Jefferson Theater, culminating in a stellar CD release show at The Southern Cafe and Music Hall in Charlottesville. Join band mates Nate Bolling, Alexandra Angelich, David Brear, and Graham Partridge for a truly entertaining, musical journey that showcases this talented group on its search for stardom.

In this film, January, a young, perceptive grocery store cashier, confronts Sam, a customer who has entered the store on a mission to kill himself. Although her methods of intervention are unusual, she makes the audience, as well as Sam, take a step back and look at the bigger picture.

This film honors The Crusaders. Led by budding activist, Yuri Kochiyama, women incarcerated in WWII Japanese American internment camps launched a letter-writing campaign to boost the morale of Japanese American soldiers.

Danny and Brian sell methamphetamine's to raise money do they can get Danny's mom a boob job. With the breast augmentation Mrs. Danny could work at hooters and make a better life for her self.

A modern day mean girl has an epiphany and tries to be good in some pretty bad ways.

Summer vacations in the province are family traditions. They stayed at a beautiful mansion in an isolated spot to relax. However, all of the excitement led to the mid-ever event, which will reveal the decade-old catastrophe.

Academy Award nominee David Strathairn (Good Night and Good Luck; Lincoln) stars in this achingly honest portrayal of a father and son struggling to relate after 5 years apart. Ray, who has just returned to his desolate hometown, deals with financial hardship, divorce, and isolation in the bleak Appalachian mining community. Haunted by a culture of repression and imposed stoicism, both Ray and his father attempt to reconcile their fleeting masculinity in the wake of physical and emotional abandonment while tensions rise from the subtext to the forefront and culminate in one moment of violent catharsis.

Smith is a recent college graduate who is nervous about the idea of moving to Chicago with his college sweetheart. In his frustration and confusion about the future, he finds solace in a tree who understands him.

A teenager struggles with the death of his father and the influence of his estranged older brother.

An English aristocrat visiting Norway falls in love with Thelma, daughter of a Viking-like Norse landowner, and this first part is an idyllic story. He marries her and takes her to England. Society women, one of whom has been infatuated with the young man, are disappointed, because Thelma is not only beautiful but has pretty manners and is popular. There is a very melodramatic conspiracy to break her heart by making her suspect her husband. It works and she runs away back to her Norway home. Her husband follows and the happy ending unites the two in the old Norse homestead.

As peace-builders Michael J Sharp (MJ) and Zaida Catalán were willing to risk their lives in order to bring peace to places of violence. While working as United Nations Group of Experts investigating atrocities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2017, they were kidnapped and executed. No Longer Theory gives us a glimpse of what motivates peace-builders to enter risky situations. MJ was considered a caring friend despite his elaborate pranks and pushing of boundaries. Zaida grew up knowing she wanted to change the world. She was a humanitarian activist set on making a change for these people. He loved the Congolese people, passionate to be a part of the solutions for people in areas of conflict. Their different motivations led them to a shared passion. Many journalists searched to find out who was at fault following their death. These stories of their roots, their journey to the DRC, and the events leading to their eventual deaths raise new questions: Who were MJ and Zaida? What inspired them to become peace-builders? How did their upbringing prepare them for the job with the UN? What would it be like to be in their shoes? MJ's father said "peace-builders should be as willing to risk their lives as those of our friends and neighbors who join the military." They were not perfect, but that did not stop them from engaging fully in the world around them.

3 Days is the drama/comedy film about the trials and tribulations of five college kids on the verge of winter break. Thomas, who lusts after Brittany, enlists the help of his four best friends to win her over. But in doing so each faces different situations that only seem to be getting worse as break approaches.

A young mother's ability to connect with her infant son is impacted by guilt associated with her ongoing opiate addiction.

Using Harrisonburg, VA as an example, this documentary traces the changes small towns across the U.S. experience as their traditional economies, landscapes, communities & cultures are threatened.

75-year-old Dan Bowman of Harrisonburg, Virginia, who lost his sight at age 12, became a piano tuner and crafts fine furniture using power tools and precision instruments. His creations have each raised as much as $3,000 for the annual Mennonite Relief Sale. He still has all 10 fingers, a lively wit and a theologically trained mind that makes for profound reflection.

A man hides a prisoner away in his unopened auto repair shop while trying to keep his wife from knowing about it.

This off-beat documentary follows two brothers, Matt and Aaron Sedeen who were born at home and were never issued hospital birth certificates or Social Security Numbers. They have lived in isolation from society for much of their lives. Before we started filming this documentary in 2008, the brothers were essentially foreigners in their own land. For most of their lives, their only window to the outside world was through Hollywood films. They have a unique and sometimes peculiar perspective of the world we live in. Now in their late twenties, they have dreams of making movies and dating women. Matt and Aaron have decided to get "documented" and enter the real world. The tone of the film is inspired as much by the vérité documentaries of the Maysles Brothers as by the organically-paced storytelling of This American Life. Socially Inept is a one-of-a-kind documentary that is equal parts comedy, slice-of-life, and character-driven quest.