Health

Fast Food, Fat Profits: Obesity in America

With two-thirds of Americans currently overweight, Fast Food, Fat Profits: Obesity in America addresses the growing rate of obesity and the multitude of health conditions, such as diabetes and hypertension, that have become i...

The Lazarus Effect

The Lazarus Effect documents the successful treatment of HIV/AIDS patients in Africa. Directed by Lance Bangs and produced by Spike Jonze, the film focuses on the positive impact of free antiretroviral drug therapy on patient...

The Real Sleeping Beauty

The Real Sleeping Beauty tells the miraculous story of the recovery of Sarah Scantlin, who woke up and began to speak in 2005 after being in a coma that had lasted 20 years. As the first person ever to speak again after being...

Genetically Modified Food: Panacea or Poison?

Genetically Modified Food: Panacea or Poison addresses the controversy surrounding the creation of food by artificially altering the DNA structure of crops such as wheat and corn. Scientists have unlocked the ability to manip...

Detox or Die

Detox or Die is a personal, in-depth look at one man’s struggle with addiction and his determination to free himself from a prison of his own making. Filmmaker David Graham Scott directs and stars in this brutally honest exam...

The Way of All Flesh

The Way of All Flesh, by Adam Curtis, tells the story of Henrietta Lacks, who died of cervical cancer in 1951, and how her cells led to significant breakthroughs in medical research. Before Lacks’s death, cells were extracted...