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Since the start of the crisis in Greece, a growing number of young unemployed Athenian are moving to the countryside, hoping to change their lives for the better. The film follows 35 year old Theodoris, as he settles on the remote island of Ikaria. There, he discovers a society with a unique culture of autonomy and cooperation, and a people who live not only better, but longer than everyone else in one of the world's few 'blue zones' where inhabitans enjoy extraordinary longevity. Director Nikos Dayandas goes in search of the Ikarian secret, discovering how the islanders' radically diferrent lives are increasingly relevant to us in times of economic and social upheaval.

On September 17 2011, a worldwide social movement was born in New York City. This film documents who they are and what they protest.

Based on real life events of drug abuse.

A Cincinnati public school fights to break the cycle of poverty in its Urban Appalachian neighborhood, where senior Raven Gribbins aims to become the first in her troubled family to graduate and go to college. When Principal Craig Hockenberry's job is threatened, it becomes clear it's a make-or-break year for both of them.

Pull up a front row seat as two die-hard fans of "America's Team" spend their last season with the Dallas Cowboys at historic Texas Stadium, and scramble to preserve their place in America's parking lot.

"Cosplay" is the act of costume play, popularly seen from anime to comic conventions. See for yourself, a documentary covering its history in America, with many stories, many personalities, and the course it may take.