S2.E4 ∙ Lecture 8- Setting the stage for Man

Documentary about Brazilian mothers who save their children thanks to the medicinal use of Marijuana, which is illegal in Brazil.

Before the silence shows life of dying people in a hospice. Seven people share their personal story, hopes, believes and religious thoughts. Every person deals with their fears and vision on the approaching death. Through their eyes we learn to think in a different way about hospices and experience how to make the last moments count. During these last months, it appears that life has more to offer to them, than they expected.

American DREAMers follows the journey of group of five undocumented youth and an ally who risk their freedom by publicly coming out as undocumented and walking 3,000 miles across America's heartland to organize for immigrant rights.

A Broken System chronicles how the death penalty system affects those behind the scenes. An exonerated prisoner, an executioner, a mother who's daughter was murdered, and a man who watched his own brother die in the execution chamber tell their stories about how they have come to oppose the capital punishment system in America.

Many ballet and dance films have been made. Incredibly, none tell the true story. Through the artists themselves and an unprecedented array of genius work by legendary choreographers, Twyla Tharp, George Balanchine, Susan Marshall, Edward Liang, William Forsythe and more, we feel the beauty and pain and truth distilled in the short life of a dancer. It is the most honest and thorough ballet film ever made. Rehearsal and performance footage is interwoven as never before. Access and immersion goes to the core. Stunning to watch, with implications for us all as we each struggle to find fulfillment in our own short life.

Once a hero, Firefighter Alphonse Sicignano is now fighting to survive. Like many who worked at Ground Zero, Al faces mental and physical ailments. But when he tests positive for cocaine while on duty, his whole world crashes down around him. Engulfed in a lawsuit with New York City and struggling with alcohol and substance abuse, Al is on the brink of losing his career, his wife and his two daughters. As the story evolves from 2001 to the present, his wife Suzanne is left picking up the pieces. His two daughters, Allie, just like her father and Chloe who never back down, will determine whether the father they love can bear 'The Weight of Surviving'