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Abortion: Add to Cart

With increasing burdens on clinics, activists are combining the power of abortion pills and the internet to provide self-managed abortions in a revolutionary way

GOOD DOCS | 2022 | 35 minutes

Alive!

What happens when five HIV-positive gay men spend a week preparing for their first solo parachute drop?

Icarus Films | 2014 | 80 minutes

The Chicago Maternity Center Story

The struggle to keep the Chicago Maternity Center open after 75 years.

Kartemquin Films | 1976 | 60 minutes

Cholesterol, the Great Bluff

A rigorous investigation on the cholesterol case, dealing with social, political, scientific and economical issues.

Icarus Films | 2016 | 82 minutes

Code Gray

Academy Award nominee for Best Short Documentary. Explores four open-ended cases in which nurses confront serious ethical dilemmas in their day-to-day work.

The Fanlight Collection | 1983 | 26 minutes

Congo: The Doctor Who Saves Women

Tens of thousands of women have been raped during 20 years of war in eastern Congo.

Icarus Films | 2014 | 52 minutes

Death Is But A Dream

While studying the dreams of the dying, a research team uncovers a genuinely uplifting look at death.

GOOD DOCS | 2021 | 81 minutes

Diabetes: A Heavy Cost

Diabetes will affect one adult in 10 by 2040. It is ruining lives and weighing heavily on public finances. The disease is still not being treated properly. A whole system has gone off track because patients either take too many drugs or can no longer afford them. Only the pharmaceutical industry seems to be thriving in this bleak health situation.

Andana Films | 2021 | 85 minutes

The Dirty War on the National Health Service

Filmed in Britain and the United States just prior to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, this timely and compelling documentary by BAFTA and Emmy award-winning journalist John Pilger reveals what may be the last battle to preserve the most fundamental human right of all—the right to health.

Bullfrog Films | 2019 | 106 minutes

From Bedside to Bargaining Table

This inspiring documentary looks at nursing from the nurse's point of view.

Women Make Movies | 1984 | 20 minutes