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?

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Why Don't You Lose 5 Pounds?

The drive for perfection can power illness - and recovery.

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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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Psychology and Social Work

Featured Films

Wrestling Ghosts

Take It From Me

Toe to Toe

E Haku Inoa: To Weave A Name

Downpour Resurfacing

Never Enough

Read Me Differently

When I Came Home

When the Light's Red

All Films About Psychology and Social Work

Why Don't You Lose 5 Pounds?

Amma's Pride

Duties of My Heart

Always Danny

Benevolence: A Journey from Prison to Home

Juvenile: Five Stories

Momentum

Mama Has a Mustache

Do I Need This?

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

SPLIT UP: Divorce and the TEEN Years

See Memory

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