Adventure Stories

December 2, 2022

UNFINISHED JOURNEY

Four women leaders who led the fight for equal rights in Afghanistan are forced into exile by the Taliban. Removed from power and their homeland, they join forces to build an international women’s network to free their country.
December 2, 2022

WE MUST TAKE WATER WITH US

A tale of land fraud, political espionage and environmental terrorism, set against the backdrop of a wild, remote beach that has become the most INSTAGRAM-ed tourist spot in Greece, Navagio (Shipwreck Beach).
December 1, 2022

WE ARE WISCONSIN

When a Republican Governor’s bill threatens to wipe away worker rights and lock out public debate, six ordinary citizens force their way into the Wisconsin State Capitol, and spend the next twenty-six days with hundreds of other citizens, building a movement that not only challenges the bill, but the soul of a nation.
December 1, 2022

STRIPPED & TEASED: TALES FROM LAS VEGAS WOMEN

STRIPPED AND TEASED goes behind the 'Showgirls' mythos to tell the true story of real women who live and work in Las Vegas -- the mothers, maids, waitresses, wives, cabdrivers, casino executives, and construction workers -- whose stories combine to represent a fascinating portrayal of the complexity of womanhood.
December 1, 2022

NO SWEAT

NO SWEAT lifts the label behind the so-called “sweatshop-free” movement and reveals just what lies between the threads.
December 3, 2022

TUNISIAN GIRL: TEN YEARS ON

A woman, a camera, a blog-- how one young woman’s brave words, shared online, calling for a free Tunisia helped to topple a dictator in 2011, but ten years on, who will continue her generation's struggle for freedom of speech and human rights in the new and fraught terrain of post-revolution?
December 1, 2022

MERCEDES: PORTRAIT OF A STREET SWEEPER

In the final months before the embargo is lifted, Mercedes works as a street sweeper in Old Havana and shares her life and dreams.
December 1, 2022

HOMEFRONT

More women are serving on the frontlines than ever before, but many return home to find that new battles await them. Lindsey tells her story.
December 1, 2022

AMASAN: WOMEN OF THE SEA

A poetic look at the dying art of the Amasan, or Sea Women of Shirahama, Japan, women who plumb the depths of the ocean without any technical diving equipment, holding their breath for up to two minutes at a time.