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Psychology and Social Work

How do people whose minds depart from societal norms find happiness and acceptance in the world? And how does anyone find emotional recovery from trauma?

Featured Films

Wrestling Ghosts

Wrestling Ghosts is an intimate and heart-opening documentary about parenting, childhood trauma and healing.

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Take It From Me

An intimate look at how welfare reform affects the lives of four women.

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Toe to Toe

Winning isn’t always black or white.

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E Haku Inoa: To Weave A Name

A culturally minded look at mental health.

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Downpour Resurfacing

Addressing the repercussions of child sexual and physical abuse

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Never Enough

Do you own your stuff or does it own you?

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Read Me Differently

Understanding Learning Disabilities in Family Life

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When I Came Home

An Iraq veteran's struggle for survival after returning from the war

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When the Light's Red

How do you decide between help and harm?

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All Films About Psychology and Social Work

Amma's Pride

With her mother’s support, a trans woman fights for legal and societal acceptance of her marriage in India.

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Duties of My Heart

Deaf ASL poet Terrylene and dancers illuminate Barbara Barg's poem of resilience, "a revolutionary act in Barg's world."

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Always Danny

How one Chicago family dealt with the trauma of losing a child.

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Benevolence: A Journey from Prison to Home

Benevolence follows the journey of five women who leave prison and move onto a working farm in North Carolina.

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Juvenile: Five Stories

Five young people from across the country face their traumas and seek healing after their justice system experiences.

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Momentum

"Know when to pick your battles"…But, what happens when the fights pick us?

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Mama Has a Mustache

A short, quirky animated documentary about identity and family outside of the traditional gender binary, as seen through children’s eyes.

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Do I Need This?

Do I Need This? is a film about consumerism, excess, and the stuff from which happiness is truly made.

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Side by Side: Out of a South Korean Orphanage and Into the World

"An international journey through 9 stories of abandonment, relinquishment, orphanages, and inter-country adoption.

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SPLIT UP: Divorce and the TEEN Years

a roadmap for teens navigating divorce, and a cautionary tale for divorcing parents

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See Memory

A painter uses art to explore memory, PTSD, and breakthroughs in neuroscience. (PBS Broadcast Premiere 2025)

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Scattering CJ

The loss of one becomes the journey of many.

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