In a story that offers a new take on what it means to live with degenerative illness, three people grapple with a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. An optician pursues brain surgery; a mother raising a preteen daughter becomes a boxing coach; and a cartoonist struggles to draw as his motor control declines. Each pursues their life’s passions through equal measures of determination and adaptation.

When Jack Tuller—a man with a terminal brain tumor for the past 25 years—takes control of his destiny by choosing the time and means of his death, his family and friends struggle to accept his decision. Jack's best friend documents his three-year quest to die with dignity, culminating in a permanent going-away party. JACK HAS A PLAN is an inspiring and entertaining exploration of the nature of love and friendship, and the relationship of the personal...

Get a glimpse at the future of health and rehab through five individuals testing out groundbreaking new technology and programs. Judging by their stories, the future is bright.

Chris Bombardier is on a mission to become the first person with severe hemophilia to climb the Seven Summits, the highest mountain on each continent. He’s completed five of the climbs already, but he next faces the big one: Everest. Having trained with his mentor “Crazy Uncle Dave,” under his expert doctors' supervision and with his adoring wife's support, Chris is prepared for the mountain. What he’s not as prepared for are the Nepalese...

MSNBC Films presents THE TURNING POINT, a new documentary series from MSNBC Films and executive producer Trevor Noah. 'The Daily Show' host is no stranger to unpacking big political and cultural stories with his nightly monologue and news satire program. It's no easy task finding the funny in the dumpster fire of news. So, it makes sense that Noah's next projects won’t suffer from a lack of ambition. MSNBC Films, Time Studios, Noah's Day Zero Productions,...

Clients who come to us feeling lonely, isolated, and depressed, often struggle because they are walled off from both their own feelings and from others in their lives. The key to helping these clients is to pay close attention to their relationship with you, the clinician, in real time — the “here-and-now.” Using and then discussing video clips from his first session with Heather, a sad, lonely, and self-critical client who craves caring and...

The 1967 Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia overturned all laws forbidding interracial marriage. The Loving Generation tells the story of how a generation of Americans born to one black and one white parent experience race and identity in a divided United States.

For decades, African American comedian and filmmaker Robin Cloud had heard tales about the “Nebraska cousins,” a branch of her family that moved away from the East Coast to pass for white in the rural Midwest. In this six-part series, Cloud attempts to find and understand the motives of the relatives who left everything and everyone else behind, and documents how their progeny grapple with the revelation that they aren’t who they thought they...

Addresses a little-known topic: hair loss in women. The documentary focuses on Karène, the director’s wife, who suffers from alopecia and is ready to do anything to regain her self-confidence. Centering on the testimonies of Madeleine, 17, Jenny, 30, and Marie-Claire, 60, the film questions the concept of beauty by plunging into the daily lives of women from different generations. Produced as part of the Tremplin competition, in collaboration with...

Extreme drought conditions are increasingly threatening livelihoods, and no corner of the globe seems to be immune from its devastating consequences.