US Air Force JAG Attorney Yvonne Bradley volunteered to defend a man named Binyam Mohamed who was facing a death penalty case at Guantanamo Bay in 2005. Believing the detainees at Guantanamo were ‘the worst of the worst’ in the war on terror, Yvonne’s world was turned upside down as she arrived in Cuba and began to untangle an unimaginable case. Sp…

“Home is the center of everything. It is the issue where everyone can come to the table.” - Sara Terry In this episode we explore the compass that developers, bankers and real estate executives use when making decisions on land use and rights when it comes to others' housing security. Mobile home parks are the lowest rung on the pole of the America…

A visually stunning narrative documentary, NAKED GARDENS immerses audiences in the complex, unseen world of a family nudist resort in the Florida Everglades. Filmed over one season at this lush tropical campsite, the film follows the stories of individuals drawn to an unusual community, which promises both non-conformist values and, more importantl…

Wildcat follows the emotional and inspiring story of a young veteran on his journey into the Amazon. Once there, he meets a young woman running a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation center, and his life finds new meaning as he is entrusted with the life of an orphaned baby ocelot. What was meant to be an attempt to escape from life, turns out to be …

RANGER is a story about rite of passage. Set within Kenya’s Maasai homeland, an intimate and contemporary story of self-discovery unfolds, as 12 women become East Africa’s first all-female anti-poaching unit. Upending the male-dominated, reliance upon military-style training to make a wildlife ranger, Virginia, Liz, Momina and Damaris instead under…

Emelie Mahdavian's sweeping documentary BITTERBRUSH follows Hollyn Patterson and Colie Moline, range riders who are spending their last summer herding cattle in remote Idaho. Totally off the grid with only their dogs as companions, Hollyn and Colie brave inclement weather and perilous work conditions while pondering their futures. A portrait of fri…

At the heart of THE HOLLY is Terrance Roberts, an ex-member of the Bloods, who had since raised funds to open a youth center in his neighborhood, The Holly. Gang-member-turned-activist Terrance ends up shooting a man at a community event he organized focusing on non-violence. What unfolds is not black and white. The film reveals multi-level corrupt…

When a young woman turns to the camera for refuge, she ends up with a firsthand account of what will become the deadliest man-made epidemic in United States history. Filmed over thirty years, ANONYMOUS SISTER is director, Jamie Boyle's chronicle of her family's fall into opioid addiction, providing a poignant and timely study of what it means to ex…

After the inconclusive death of his young niece, filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax returns to his rural Michigan hometown, preparing to make a film about a broken criminal justice system. Instead, he pivots to excavate the depths of generational addiction, Christian fervor, and trans embodiment. Lyrically assembled images, decades of home movies, and e…

SPIRIT OF THE PEAKS is a film about the struggle for balance between two worlds. For Hunkpapa Lakota skier Connor Ryan, skiing in Ute Territory has always raised questions about being in reciprocity with the land and its people. As a skier who connects with the land through sport, he empathizes with the injustices that have displaced the Utes and o…

Multi-hyphenate, multidisciplinary artist Saul Williams brings his unique dynamism to this Afrofuturist vision, a sci-fi punk musical that’s a visually wondrous amalgamation of themes, ideas, and songs that Williams has explored in his work, notably his 2016 album MartyrLoserKing. Co-directed with the Rwandan-born artist and cinematographer Anisia …

MAXIMA follows Peruvian indigenous farmer Máxima Acuña in her fight to protect her land as she stands up to the largest gold producer in the world: US-based Newmont Mining Corporation. Throughout Máxima’s fight for justice, the film provides an illustrative case study in the tactics used by transnational corporations to commit human rights violatio…

GIRL PICTURE is a coming-of-age film from Finland that focuses on three young women over the course of three weekends. The girls are questioning their sexuality, and for one girl her lack of sexuality, navigating their relationships with their parents and each other, and reconciling with the idea that their childhood dreams may not be the direction…

A coming-of-golden-age film about Florida's most dedicated dance team for women over 60 - The Calendar Girls. A film that is shaking up the outdated image of "the little old lady", and calling for everyone to dance their hearts out, while they still can. Dawn talks with documentary filmmaking couple Love Martinsen and Maria Loohufvud about how they…

Rita Baghdadi's documentary SIRENS premiered today, on her birthday, at the Sundance Film Festival! What a way to celebrate a birthday! The film follows the Middle East's first all-female metal band in Beirut as they wrestle with friendship, sexuality and destruction in their pursuit of becoming thrash metal rock stars. In this episode we talk abou…

An intimate portrait of mothers and daughters and the effects of trauma, JACINTA follows a young woman in and out of prison as she attempts to break free from an inherited cycle of addiction, incarceration, and crime. Now streaming on Hulu. Follow the film: Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NbcehOCClU Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ja…

On this episode Dawn sits down with Colombian-American filmmaker Emily Cohen Ibañez for her documentary FRUITS OF LABOR. They discuss trickle down issues from systemic racism and immigration policies, children of immigrants having to step up to help support their families, food insecurity, and finding peace in connecting to our food and land. A Mex…

On this episode Dawn talks with documentary filmmaker Brooke Swaney for her newest film DAUGHTER OF A LOST BIRD. The film follows adoptee Kendra as she discovers her Native culture that she didn't grow up with, is welcomed in, meets her birth mother and other blood relatives, and learns more about how her story fits in with the bigger picture of IC…

"26x06 - Sally Phillips, Frankie Boyle, Lucy Porter, Neil Delamere - Moths, Football, Singing, Shopping" from dimsdale.co.uk was assembled into the "The Unbelivable Truth - Series 1 - 26 including specials and pilot" podcast by Dimsdale.Episode 159 of 159.

"26x05 - Rufus Hound, Fern Brady, Ria Lina, Tony Hawks - Mushrooms, Milk, Monkeys, Children" from dimsdale.co.uk was assembled into the "The Unbelivable Truth - Series 1 - 26 including specials and pilot" podcast by Dimsdale.Episode 158 of 159.

"26x04 - Zoe Lyons, Richard Osman, Henning Wehn, Holly Walsh - Insects, Words, Parties, Supermarkets" from dimsdale.co.uk was assembled into the "The Unbelivable Truth - Series 1 - 26 including specials and pilot" podcast by Dimsdale.Episode 157 of 159.

"26x03 - Lucy Porter, Frankie Boyle, Sally Phillips, Neil Delamere - Dolls, Laughter, Tennis, Philosophers" from dimsdale.co.uk was assembled into the "The Unbelivable Truth - Series 1 - 26 including specials and pilot" podcast by Dimsdale.Episode 156 of 159.

"26x02 - Rufus Hound, Fern Brady, Ria Lina, Tony Hawks - Biscuits, Wives, Germs, Snails" from dimsdale.co.uk was assembled into the "The Unbelivable Truth - Series 1 - 26 including specials and pilot" podcast by Dimsdale.Episode 155 of 159.

"26x01 - Holly Walsh, Henning Wehn, Zoe Lyons, Richard Osman - Ancient Romans, Tea, Crustaceans, Balls" from dimsdale.co.uk was assembled into the "The Unbelivable Truth - Series 1 - 26 including specials and pilot" podcast by Dimsdale.Episode 154 of 159.

"25x06 - Rachel Parris and Marcus Brigstocke, Sarah Millican and Gary Delaney, Lucy Porter and Justin Edwards - Horses, Valentine's Day, Nudity" from dimsdale.co.uk was assembled into the "The Unbelivable Truth - Series 1 - 26 including specials and pilot" podcast by Dimsdale.Episode 153 of 159.

"25x05 - Sindhu Vee, Lloyd Langford, Zoe Lyons, Henning Wehn - Goats, Sound, Fighting, Ghosts" from dimsdale.co.uk was assembled into the "The Unbelivable Truth - Series 1 - 26 including specials and pilot" podcast by Dimsdale.Episode 152 of 159.

"25x04 - Frankie Boyle, Miles Jupp, Sara Pascoe, Holly Walsh - Glasgow, Religion, Spying, Puppets" from dimsdale.co.uk was assembled into the "The Unbelivable Truth - Series 1 - 26 including specials and pilot" podcast by Dimsdale.Episode 151 of 159.

"25x03 - Marcus Brigstocke and Rachel Parris, Gary Delaney and Sarah Millican, Justin Edwards and Lucy Porter - Marriage, Rabbits, Crisps" from dimsdale.co.uk was assembled into the "The Unbelivable Truth - Series 1 - 26 including specials and pilot" podcast by Dimsdale.Episode 150 of 159.

"25x02 - Lloyd Langford, Zoe Lyons, Sindhu Vee, Henning Wehn - Bananas, Squid, Vegetarians, Eurovision" from dimsdale.co.uk was assembled into the "The Unbelivable Truth - Series 1 - 26 including specials and pilot" podcast by Dimsdale.Episode 149 of 159.

"25x01 - Frankie Boyle, Miles Jupp, Sara Pascoe, Holly Walsh - London, Names, Divorce, Bats" from dimsdale.co.uk was assembled into the "The Unbelivable Truth - Series 1 - 26 including specials and pilot" podcast by Dimsdale.Episode 148 of 159.

"24x06 - Lucy Porter, Sean Lock, Zoe Lyons, Jack Dee - Poison, Heavy Metal, Painters, Winter Sports" from dimsdale.co.uk was assembled into the "The Unbelivable Truth - Series 1 - 26 including specials and pilot" podcast by Dimsdale.Episode 147 of 159.

"24x05 - Henning Wehn, Lou Sanders, Sindhu Vee, Neil Delamere - Guns, Magic, Berries, Crocodiles" from dimsdale.co.uk was assembled into the "The Unbelivable Truth - Series 1 - 26 including specials and pilot" podcast by Dimsdale.Episode 146 of 159.

"24x04 - Holly Walsh, Miles Jupp, Sara Pascoe, Frankie Boyle - Bread, ABBA, Men, Experiments" from dimsdale.co.uk was assembled into the "The Unbelivable Truth - Series 1 - 26 including specials and pilot" podcast by Dimsdale.Episode 145 of 159.

"24x03 - Henning Wehn, Lou Sanders, Sindhu Vee, Neil Delamere - Furniture, Birthdays, Phobias, Rocks" from dimsdale.co.uk was assembled into the "The Unbelivable Truth - Series 1 - 26 including specials and pilot" podcast by Dimsdale.Episode 144 of 159.