Finding Bobbi : a search for self / Green Planet Films
Search for self
Finding Bobbi tells the story of actor Bobbi Charlton's long, courageous journey through gender dysphoria. After half a life in the wrong body, Bobbi transitioned at the age of 53. This transgender woman's incredible story is funny, heartbreaking and ultimately life-affirming. It chronicles her experiences as a child, adolescent and adult struggling to understand and express who she really was at a time when there was no real acceptance of transgender people in mainstream culture. The film follows her return to the stage after a 23-year absence, playing Aunt Eller in a gender-bending production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic Oklahoma! at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Resistance : they fought back / Apsell, Paula S.
They fought back
We've all heard of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, but most people have no idea how widespread and prevalent Jewish resistance to Nazi barbarism was. Instead, it's widely believed "Jews went to their deaths like sheep to the slaughter." Filmed in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Israel, and the U.S., Resistance, They Fought Back provides a much-needed corrective to this myth of Jewish passivity. There were uprisings in ghettos large and small, rebellions in death camps, and thousands of Jews fought Nazis in the forests. Everywhere in Eastern Europe, Jews waged campaigns of non-violent resistance against the Nazis.

Lessons from the sunflower / Green Planet Films

The beauty and resilience of the humble sunflower inspires an artist's life, work and commitment to helping others face their own challenges following a devastating cancer diagnosis and make the most of a second go at life. Steven Csorba uses his experience as a cancer survivor, and the example of resilience and beauty in the struggle that he draws from a simple, common garden plant to help others understand how they too can overcome enormous challenges to healing, improve their overall health, discover a deeper purpose in life and ultimately find the happiness all of us yearn for.

Unbroken / Greenwich Entertainment (Firm)

UnBroken chronicles the seven Weber siblings who evaded certain capture and death and ultimately escaped Nazi Germany following their mother's incarceration and murder at Auschwitz. After being hidden in a laundry hut by a benevolent farmer, the children spent two years on their own in war torn Germany. Emboldened by their father's mandate that they 'always stay together,' the children used their own cunning and instincts to fight through hunger, loneliness, rape, bombings and fear. Their journey culminates with a painful ultimatum, when, separated from their father, they are told that they must declare themselves as orphans to escape to a new life in America. Unbeknownst to them, this salvation would become what would finally tear them apart, not to be reunited for another 40 years.

Asia / Attenborough, David.

Vast deserts, dense jungles, polar landscapes and tropical seas are explored in this dazzling journey across Earth's biggest continent, Asia. Witness the breathtaking variety of Asia's wildest places. From the vast Arabian Desert to the unexplored jungles of Indonesia; the biting polar wilderness of Siberia to the tropical coral seas of the Indian Ocean. Dramatic wildlife stories are captured in extraordinary locations, including the Tibetan plateau, the Gobi Desert and the Himalayas. The series features rare species of bears, rhinos and big cats, and showcases the surprising variety of animals that thrive in Asia's urban environments. Finally, meet the conservation heroes working hard to protect Asia's irreplaceable and unforgettable wild places and animals.

Every little thing / Kino Lorber, Inc.

"Author and wildlife rehabber Terry Masear has an ambitious goal: to save every injured hummingbird in Los Angeles. But the path to survival is fraught with danger. This film introduces audiences to Terry's diminutive patients through breathtaking slow-motion photography and emotional storytelling. Over the course of director Sally Aitken's moving documentary, we become deeply invested in baby hummingbirds like Cactus and Wasabi, celebrating their tiny victories and lamenting their tragedies. Through Terry's eyes, each bird becomes memorable, mighty and heroic. Her compassion and empathy serves as a reminder that grace can be found in the smallest of acts and the tiniest of creatures." --container.