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National Bird director Sonia Kennebeck
Interviews
April, 28, 2017

Sonia Kennebeck Makes Film About the Human Cost of Drone Wars and Whistleblowing

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A Navy X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration aircraft takes off and flies for the first time Feb. 4, 2011, at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The Northrop Grumman-built aircraft flew for 29 minutes during the flight test. (Via Wikimedia commons)
Beyond the Films
April, 27, 2017

A Drone by Any Other Name: The Different Kinds of Drones

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Bricks and a Mic at a comedy club (From "Overload the Machine", a monthly comedy show at The People's Improv Theater.) Image courtesy Benjamin Ragheb on Flickr Commons
Beyond the Films
April, 21, 2017

Comedians Talk About Pushing Boundaries and Crossing Lines

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Coral Reef, in bluish tint, credit: USFWS/Jerry Reid
Lists
April, 21, 2017

Earth Day Watch List: 17 Films About Sustainability and Climate Change

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The Last Laugh filmmaker Ferne Pearlstein with director/writer/comedian Mel Brooks
Interviews
April, 20, 2017

Ferne Pearlstein Asks Comedians and Survivors: What Is Off-Limits in Comedy?

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Marijuana seeds
Beyond the Films
April, 20, 2017

Growing Industry: Why Weed Seeds Are Giving Way to Pot Clones

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(From the film SEED) Heirloom corn seed is one of lost seeds we have reclaimed and is being saved by farmers across the country.
Beyond the Films
April, 13, 2017

Banking on Seeds: Rare, Diverse, and Endangered

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Women sort seeds from vegetables at a farm, fron SEED
Interviews
April, 12, 2017

Filmmakers Share the Roots of their Seed Documentary

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Mark Barden's son Daniel Barden races the school bus in Newtown
Interviews
April, 3, 2017

Kim A. Snyder Tells Newtown Families’ Deeply Intimate Story

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headshot of man
April, 2, 2017

Newtown – “We Don’t Have a Teacher”

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The new Sandy Hook school (Robert Benson Photography, courtesy Svigals + Partners)
Beyond the Films
March, 31, 2017

Healing Places: Rebuilding After a Community Tragedy

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The Ovas bike brigade pose with bikes in front of a warehouse in East Los Angeles
Beyond the Films
March, 27, 2017

Girl Power: The Original #SquadGoals (and Just #Goals in General)

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