Shane Boris

Producer, Founder at Cottage M

Elementary Cool

A young woman turns the tables on an intruder with ties to her past, setting off a madcap romp of desire, destiny, and a coveted sombrero.

Break

Lee Gorewitz is a feisty, opinionated woman given to philosophical ruminations on the nature of things, even as she struggles to navigate the increasingly confused and confusing landscape of Alzheimer's disease. A PBS Indies / Independent Lens selection.

You're Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don't

Immediately after the US pullout from Afghanistan, Taliban forces occupied the Hollywood Gate complex, which is claimed to be a former CIA base in Kabul.

Hollywoodgate

The presentation of the 95th Academy Awards, given for achievements in films released in 2022, with major contenders including All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), The Banshees of Inisherin (2022), Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), The Fabelmans (2022) and Top Gun: Maverick (2022).

The Oscars

The cultural roots of coal continue to permeate the rituals of daily life in Appalachia even as its economic power wanes. The journey of a coal miner's daughter exploring the region's dreams and myths, untangling the pain and beauty.

King Coal

A filmmaker investigates her sexuality and lack of intimacy while in a long-distance relationship.

My Partner Lives in My Phone

Intrepid scientists and lovers Katia and Maurice Krafft died in a volcanic explosion doing the very thing that brought them together: unraveling the mysteries of volcanoes by capturing the most explosive imagery ever recorded.

Fire of Love

An all female Icelandic band tries to make it big in their middle age.

Band

Follows the man who survived an assassination attempt by poisoning with a lethal nerve agent in August 2020. During his months-long recovery he makes shocking discoveries about the attempt on his life and decides to return home.

Navalny

App developers lured a massive labor force by promising flexible hours with no offices or bosses-but with gig workers from Uber, Amazon, Lyft and more in front of the camera, the human cost of disruption runs deep.

The Gig Is Up

A terrifying origin story of the pandemic, DIAMOND PRINCESS chronicles the first and largest outbreak of the novel coronavirus outside China: the Diamond Princess cruise liner. Through never-before-seen footage from passengers and crew, we watch class divisions erupt as humanity misses its chance to contain Covid-19.

The Last Cruise

The world of Zeytin, a stray dog living life on the streets of Istanbul.

Stray

Scott Jones, a musician, was attacked outside of a Nova Scotia nightclub and left paralyzed from the waist down. "Love, Scott" follows him over the course of three years after this traumatic event.

Love, Scott

Filmed mostly in black and white, this is an intimate look at the many students, teachers, and staff whose stories interweave in the difficult landscape of modern high school, with the results of the 2016 Presidential election looming over the school.

Silent Rose

THE SEER AND THE UNSEEN is a magic realist documentary about invisible elves, financial collapse and the surprising power of belief, told through the story of an Icelandic woman - a real life Lorax who speaks on behalf of nature under threat.

The Seer and the Unseen

Political documentary and personal memoir collide in this exploration into the complex truth behind the unraveling of two Brazilian presidencies.

The Edge of Democracy

A radical, western re-imagining of Henry David Thoreau's classic, interlacing three stories about the trappings of 21st century life and those who dream dangerously of escape.

Walden: Life in the Woods

A new era is coming, and Warsaw stands uncomfortably at its edge. Art school classmates Christopher and Michal, on the precipice of their own coming of age, restlessly roam their city's streets in search of living forever inside the beautiful moment.

All These Sleepless Nights

'Olmo and the Seagull' is a poetic and existential dive into an actress's mind during the nine months of her pregnancy as she must confront her most fiery inner demons while trying to rewrite a new philosophy of life, identity and love. Underlying this hybrid film is mounting tension over what is real and what is enacted when one is performing one's own life.

Olmo & the Seagull

Berlin's Fuck for Forest is one of the world's most bizarre charities: based on the idea that sex can change the world, the NGO raises money for their environmental cause by selling home-made erotic films on the Internet.

Fuck for Forest

Independent Lens is an award-winning PBS documentary series that streams on the PBS App and airs on public television. Independent Lens documentaries focus on stories of underrepresented communities and universal challenges found across America. The series has been awarded numerous Emmys and Peabodys, and has been nominated for 10 Academy Awards.