Jessie Deeter

Producer, Director

'Thank You, Surf Again' chronicles the activities of non-profit 'Surf For Life', a voluntourism organization that takes teams of volunteers to impoverished coastal communities. The film documents the building and completion of a high school in Nicaragua and relief efforts in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

Thank You, Surf Again

The Tunisian Revolution sparked the Arab Spring. But revolution was the easy part—as two women learned on the journey from protest to functioning government. Emna Ben Jemaa and Jawhara Ettis represent opposite sides of their country’s politics: One is a well-known journalist in the city, fighting for free speech. The other is a strict Islamist from a rural town, elected to help draft the new constitution. Despite their differences, both face the threat of extremists hijacking their fragile political process, and both Emna and Jawhara have to make difficult choices to balance their public political roles with their domestic environment.

Revolution in Four Seasons

Cullen Hoback investigates the origins of Bitcoin and its anonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto, exploring the potential of this cryptocurrency on the global financial system and who could hold immense power if it became mainstream.

Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery

No woman had won Individual Gold in Eventing since they were first allowed to compete in 1964. We follow Julia Krajewski, Lauren Billys, and Tamra Smith's pursuit to break the glass ceiling in this Olympic equestrian event held since 1912.

Hoof Dreams

Explores the rise and fall of the Synanon organization through the eyes of the members who lived it, from its early days as a groundbreaking drug rehabilitation program to its later descent into what many consider a cult.

The Synanon Fix

It showcases what psychedelics teaches people about consciousness, dying, addiction, depression and transcendence.

How to Change Your Mind

Historians, journalists and politicians reveal that, contrary to popular belief, socialism is in fact deeply American.

The Big Scary 'S' Word

After years of prescription medications failed her, a woman turns to the underground to try and overcome her depression, anxiety, and opioid addiction with illegal psychedelic medicine, like magic mushrooms and iboga.

Dosed

The Way Home

Do You Trust This Computer?

This movie follows California deaf athletes Jazmin Hernandez and Matt Klotz, both 15 on the road to the most unique, yet underfunded, sporting event in the world. A groundbreaking look at the state of deaf culture, the film unveils a deeply-rooted deaf world that Matt and Jazmin never knew existed.

Swimmer's Ear: A Journey to the Deaflympics

This seminal film tells the story of two women with opposing political views fighting for their different versions of a democratic future for Tunisia, the country that sparked the Arab Spring.

A Revolution in Four Seasons

A look at the personal and private life of the late Apple CEO, Steve Jobs.

Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine

Each year, 60,000 people from around the globe gather in a dusty windswept Nevada desert to build a temporary city, collaborating on large-scale art and partying for a week before burning a giant effigy in a ritual frenzy. Rooted in principles of self-expression, self-reliance and community effort, Burning Man has grown famous for stirring ordinary people to shed thei...

Spark: A Burning Man Story

Director Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, and the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors to chronicle the story of the global resurgence of electric cars.

Revenge of the Electric Car

Examines the role of the bottled water industry and its effects on our health, climate change, pollution, and our reliance on oil.

Tapped

A documentary about UN Force Commander Daniel Opande's work in civil war-torn Liberia, where in 2003 and 2004 he led 15,000 multinational troops in the disarming of the country's three warring factions.

Taking Guns from Boys

Hot Docs

A documentary that investigates the birth and death of the electric car, as well as the role of renewable energy and sustainable living in the future.

Who Killed the Electric Car?

FRONTLINE World, which ran from 2002-2010, was a magazine format one-hour documentary series which aired within the PBS series FRONTLINE. Each episode usually included three stories. FRONTLINE World was designed to provide more feature news coverage of the world and to develop a younger, more diverse group of on-air reporters and producers.

Frontline/World

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.

Independent Lens

FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world and American television's top long-form news and current affairs series since 1983.

Frontline

Artificial Intelligence: Monster or Shangri-La?

Do You Trust This Computer

The story of Theranos, a multi-billion dollar tech company, its founder Elizabeth Holmes, the youngest self-made female billionaire, and the massive fraud that collapsed the company.