Actual Films

A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the riveting and rousing follow-up that shows...

Aspiring Chinese athletes and their international coaches arrive in the island of Hainan. Together, they attempt to become the country’s first...

Exploring the dramatic origin story of the climate crisis and how a political battle in the George H.W. Bush administration changed the course of...

Poignant stories of homelessness on the West Coast of the US frame this cinematic portrait of a surging humanitarian crisis.

In 1987, Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award and was thrust into the spotlight at 21 years old. Reflecting on her life...

Follow the Indianapolis Star reporters that broke the story about USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's abuse and hear from gymnasts.

Art & Science Collide weaves together compelling stories of artists participating in the Getty’s 2024-2025 Southern California art event, PST ART....

Three Navy SEALs leave their tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan with treatment-resistant, unrelenting psychological pain. They find themselves at...

World War II was not just the most destructive conflict in humanity, it was also the greatest theft in history: lives, families, communities,...

A documentary film about three cases of rape, that includes the stories of two American high school students, Audrie Pott and Daisy Coleman. At the...

It’s all hands on deck to rescue Florida’s last remaining corals, as a community of scientists and reef guardians unites against climate change...

Modern technology confronts ancient ritual in this profound and moving documentary. Teenager Chris Apassingok and his Yupik family live in Gambell,...

Follows the globe-trotting journey of President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, the lowest-lying country in the world, who, after bringing democracy...

Drawing upon recently declassified documents, archival footage and behind-the-scenes interviews, "Wonders Are Many: The Making of 'Doctor Atomic'"...

Lost Boys of Sudan is a feature-length documentary that follows two Sudanese refugees on an extraordinary journey from Africa to America. Orphaned as...

Spend a day in pre-pandemic San Francisco with Mercedes Weatherford, a quirky woman in her 70's who still works full-time. Over the course of her...

Splash, a team within the San Diego Women’s Basketball Association composed of women 85 and up are forever changed by the sisterhood that comes...

A cinema verité-style documentary distributed by the BBC, created by Actual Films, that provides a behind-the-scenes look at Annan's work as UN...

The pioneer Jews of San Francisco arrived from Germany during the Gold Rush and were instrumental in building the city. The roles they were relegated...