S1.E106 ∙ Lightning Master

On Thanksgiving Day, 2011, Mary Eve Thorson stood in front of a moving semi-truck and ended her life. What happened to cause a gifted and well-loved teacher to commit such a public and brutal act? This documentary will focus on the chain of events which led to Mary's death, and provoked teachers in District 169 and throughout the state of Illinois, to speak out in horror and shame.

With just a small, black & white, hand-cranked camera, filmmaker Jake Mahaffy spent four years documenting the lives of three Pennsylvanian farmers.

Åsa has competed at elite level in both Figure (light bodybuilding) and Marathon for the last ten years but when she has her third child she develops a Postpartum depression and the whole family is in turmoil. She is torn between being a mom and being an elite athlete and has to face herself in an attempt to get free from the depression.

In 2016, the last textile weaving factory from the communist era in North-West China was demolished. 'Weaving' follows two textile worker families during the five year demolition process as they struggle to adapt to outside change while trying to keep their families intact. Where old and new social values collide, their story allows us to take a closer look inside China's changing family dynamic in an increasingly materialistic and complex society.

Drama documentary surrounding the events leading to the Soviet Union's invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.

Suspended between life and death, a Mexican American mother explores uncertainty through dance.