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Six Americans from varied backgrounds - a single mother whose son was murdered in a tragic school shooting (from Sandy Hook) and her friend (from Atlanta), an ex-gang leader (from Los Angeles), an educator (from Newark), and two advocates of the Movement for Black Lives (both from Oakland) - who have all experienced violence come together for a shared experience of healing and transformation during a 10-day pilgrimage to India, following the intention behind Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. when he had visited India to deepen his understanding of nonviolence, nearly sixty years ago. What will they discover in India that can help reinvigorate nonviolence in America today?

For the first time in history an international People's Tribunal convenes in the Hague Court of Justice to investigate the mass executions of political prisoners in Iran during the 1980s. IRAJ is one of the survivors who lead this fight for justice. Together with other survivors he testifies against a crime that has been kept secret from the world for over 25 years.

#standwithme examines the realities of modern-day slavery, the role we play in it as consumers, and the importance of knowing the story behind what we buy. After seeing a photo of two enslaved boys in Nepal, Vivienne Harr is moved to help in the only way she knows how: by setting up her lemonade stand. As Vivienne's vision begins to show promise for something greater, she and her family must fight to avoid supporting the very thing they are up against.

Tim DeChristopher is Bidder 70, a young man who derailed an illegal BLM oil and gas auction in a courageous act of civil disobedience.

Expendable exposes a western government's brutal actions against Schapelle Corby, including withholding evidence, deceiving the public, orchestrating a media campaign, and deploying state organs for political expediency.

One Punch Homicide aims to reduce violence, reduce crime, reduce murders, and perhaps become the most watched film ever because adults worldwide will want teens to see it. It will force parents and educators to teach kids to NEVER hit someone first because of the consequences it could have for your victim, yourself, and the loved ones of both. It is about those who killed and those who were killed with one punch, and their loved ones. Much of it interviews five inmates in five states who killed someone with one punch. It examines about 40 incidents in the U.S., Canada, and Australia where someone was killed with one punch, and only one punch.