CID Films
Sourlands
Now on Kickstarter to raise funding to complete the feature length documentary. Filmmaker Jared Flesher sets out to tell the story of the last green spot on the map between New York City and Philadelphia- a place defined by ecological wealth and memorable citizenry.
Give Me the Banjo
Following the Broadcast Premiere on PBS Fall Arts Festival in November, The Banjo Project will be available on DVD. Check local listings for times.
When Jane & Johnny Come Marching Homeless
Now raising funding on IndieGoGo- learn more about this film and the human cost of war for our veterans.
We Still Live Here
Now available on ITunes following the broadcast premiere on PBS Independent Lens. Also be sure to check out the companion site Our Mother Tongues for great interactive material from the film about Native Languages.
Made In India
Featured on The Economist Film Project site. Check out the stream for an excerpt shown on PBS NewsHour.
Electoral Dysfunction
We are proud to announce Electoral Dysfunction is one of eight films selected for production support from The MacArthur Foundation.
The 14th Victim
Self confessed Boston Strangler- Albert DeSalvo, wrote 33 letters to lead investigator, Phil DiNatale. The 14th Victim explores why DiNatale befriended the man he spent three years of his life hunting and how the fame of the case affected him and his family.
1913 Massacre
A once-thriving mining town in Michigan’s remote Upper Peninsula is still haunted by the tragic events that inspired Woody Guthrie’s song, 1913 Massacre.
Accelerating America
A remarkable portrait of an inspirational principal, two of his most challenging students, and a school that offers at-risk youth a second chance. Despite abandonment, poverty, and troubled pasts, America and Yazmine struggle to turn their lives around over the course of a single make-or-break year.
After A Fashion
Two women’s quest to determine whether we are what we wear and if so, can we overcome the clothes we were born into.
All Of Me
Follows a group of women who once were passionately involved in Size Acceptance and the Big Beautiful Woman (BBW) social community. Now, one by one, they are choosing to have the gastric band or gastric bypass weight loss surgery. Changing their lives in unexpected ways, setting them each on a journey of self-discovery.
American Spring: new media. new democracy?
American Spring explores what democracy looks like in the 21st century as new media changes the power dynamic between citizens, the media, and politicians.
An American Dilemma
This film in production retells the creation of Swedish economist, Gunnar Myrdal’s groundbreaking study, An American Dilemma, and compares Myrdal’s discoveries and findings to the conditions of race relations and social equity in our society today.
An Awakened Heart
A two hour PBS special that explores mysticism in the three Abrahamic faiths. Few who identify as Christians, Jews or Muslims are aware that the ideas and practice of mystical teachings are fundamental to each of their faith traditions. An Awakened Heart brings us into the lives, art, literature and practice of mystics today– and in history.
Angkor’s Children
Angkor’s Children is about three young women who are creating a new cultural identity through their artistic disciplines. Because of their strength, tenacity, and independence, they are putting a new face on women in a traditional society in Cambodia.
Another Day In Paradise
An in-depth look at the marginalized sport of alpine snowboarding, Another Day in Paradise focuses on the sacrifices and achievements of 32 year old Tyler Jewell.
The Art of Survival
At the U.S.-Mexico border, the difference between humanitarian service and illegal activity is not always black and white. This feature length documentary film explores an unusual and fascinating humanitarian response to cross-border migration.
ARTCIRQ
200 miles north of the Arctic Circle a group of Canadian Inuit created a circus.
The Astronaut’s Secret
A documentary about the life of Astronaut Rich Clifford, that uncovers how Rich and NASA kept his Parkinson’s disease a secret for 17 years. This film explores the impact of the end of the Shuttle Program on Rich’s life, and follows him as he speaks nationwide about Parkinson’s disease and inspires other with his positive message that ‘the sky is the limit.’
