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'Do the Math': 350.org Launches Grassroots Sequel to 'An Inconvenient Truth'

Sometime in the Spring of 2006, I went to the Harvard Square Movie theater with my parents and sat down to see a movie from former Vice...

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'Blackboard Wars': Oprah's Education Reality Show Reveals Reform Isn't Always Students-First

On the show and in education reform, students are mere backdrops that fuel exploitative drama.

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Participation, Not Marginalization: Using People's Stories for Social Good

Filmmakers capitalize on the stories of the underprivileged, but the subjects make no profit. A solution: help them to tell their own stories.

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A New Approach to Making Films That Matter

As documentaries are becoming more popular, filmmakers and funders alike must use data and resources to make films that tackle important social issues

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What Do Students Think About Standardized Testing? A College Freshman Plans to Find Out

"Listen" will document the emotional toll testing takes on students.

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Behind the Eli Porter Rap Battle: Is This the First Meme Documentary?

A new short film digs deep into the most infamous amateur rap battle in internet history.

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Far Away, So Close

Two new documentaries reveal the uncanny similarities between the problems plaguing schools Kenya and the United...

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LOOK: The Age of Stupid

The year is 2055, and climate change has wreaked havoc on the Earth and its peoples. One surviving man, an archivist played by...