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Free the Mind

Free the Mind

Dr. Richard Davidson, a brain specialist, experiments with meditation and yoga as a means of helping soldiers with PTSD and children with ADHD.

El Ingeniero (The Engineer)

El Ingeniero (The Engineer)

Israel Ticas is the only criminologist working in one of Latin America's most dangerous countries.

Star Trek Into Darkness

Star Trek Into Darkness

After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.

Short Films, Big Ideas: The Science of Science Fiction

Short Films, Big Ideas: The Science of Science Fiction

The Seattle Science Festival presents five favorites from Seattle's own Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival, introduced by a pair of scientists delving into the facts behind the sci-fi.

Europa Report

Europa Report

An international crew of astronauts undertakes a privately funded mission to search for life on Jupiter's fourth largest moon.

Physics and Fastballs: The Science of Baseball

Physics and Fastballs: The Science of Baseball

Why is a curveball curved? What makes the sweet spot so sweet? Why do outfielders instinctively run in an arc instead of a straight line? And why have some physicists stated that, at least on paper, hitting a home run is impossible?

Upstream Color

Upstream Color

A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of their wrecked lives.

Particle Fever

Particle Fever

As the Large Hadron Collider is about to be launched for the first time, physicists are on the cusp of the greatest scientific discovery of all time—or perhaps their greatest failure.

Tim's Vermeer

Tim's Vermeer

Inventor Tim Jenison seeks to understand the painting techniques used by Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer.

Walter: Lessons from the World's Oldest People

Walter: Lessons from the World's Oldest People

Hunter Weeks and his fiancé set out on an adventure to meet the oldest people in the world and discover their advice for living life to the fullest.

Gravity

Gravity

A medical engineer and an astronaut work together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space.

The Illness and the Odyssey

The Illness and the Odyssey

Filmmaker Berry Minott searches for the cause and cure of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ALS, and other neurological disorders.

Watermark

Watermark

A documentary on how water shapes humanity.

As I Lay Dying

As I Lay Dying

Based on the 1930 classic by William Faulkner, it is the story of the death of Addie Bundren and her family's quest to honor her wish to be buried in the nearby town of Jefferson.

The Face of Love

The Face of Love

A widow falls for a man who bears a striking resemblance to her late husband.

Azul Intangible

Azul Intangible

A journey over and about the sea that portrays the diversity and charm of the seas of the Mexican northwest.

Computer Chess

Computer Chess

A 1980s-set story centered around a man-versus-machine chess tournament.

The Unbelievers

The Unbelievers

Renowned scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss cross the globe as they speak publicly about the importance of science and reason in the modern world.

American Hustle

American Hustle

Two con artists are forced to help the FBI entrap a corrupt politician.

The Great Flood

The Great Flood

After the Mississippi River flood in 1927, many rural Southern black people migrated north and created new music.

Her

Her

A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that's designed to meet his every need.

Infinitely Polar Bear

Infinitely Polar Bear

In Boston, a bipolar father takes over sole responsibility for his two spirited daughters while his wife attends graduate school in New York.

Aatsinki: The Story of Arctic Cowboys

Aatsinki: The Story of Arctic Cowboys

One year in the life of reindeer herders in Finnish Lapland illuminates the joys, complexities, and contradictions of living close to the land in the modern age.

Hard to Be a God

Hard to Be a God

Scientists are sent to the planet Arkanar to help a medieval civilization and rescue intellectuals.