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Using striking archive and war footage in support of interviews with veterans, scientists, attorneys, the U.S. Air Force, the Veterans Administration, Dow Chemical and more; this film documents the extraordinary history of chemical warfare, agricultural herbicides, damage to the world environment, and the plight of Vietnam veterans and their families as they struggle for treatment of exposure to Agent Orange and dioxin.

"Home," "poverty," "window," are among the everyday words discussed in a five-year correspondence between American poet Lyn Hejinian and Russian poet Arkadii Dragomoshchenko. This dynamic exchange, combined with home movies, archival and new images from the U.S. and Russia, creates a stunning portrait of both countries and a provocative exploration of the relationship between language, culture and communication.

Break the Silence features raw, powerful interviews with 18 diverse cisgender and transgender women about their sexual & reproductive health histories. Challenging social taboo with unflinching candor, vulnerability, and often great humor, Break the Silence kickstarts vitally important community and classroom conversations around sexual education, health, autonomy, pleasure, and human rights.

Diagnosed with terminal leukemia, printmaking artist Brian D. Cohen reflects on his life, work, and relationships. Artifacts of the Present is a powerfully moving and poignant documentary portrait of an artist facing mortality, and immerses the viewer in Brian's home, workshop, and art. His son David composed the original music.

In Double Solitaire, the filmmaker uses the motif of games to tell the story of her Japanese-American father and uncle's incarceration as children in an internment camp during WWII, and the legacy of that experience up to the present day, including the effect of Redress and Reparations.

I Was Born in Mexico, But… is a creative portrait of a young woman who thought she was American but finds out as a teen that she is undocumented. Because she doesn't want to appear on camera, found footage from American culture illuminates her voice as she struggles with her new identity and the reality of not being able to legally drive, work or reside in the U.S.

In Kites and Other Tales, kite maker Tom Joe seeks to preserve the craft of kite making as well as the traditional Asian folklore behind it. Part of New Day's Visual Communications Collection.