Steve James Movies

Former indie film "guru" John Pierson takes his family to Fiji for one year to run the world's most remote movie theater.

FOCUS FORWARD - Short Films, Big Ideas is an award-winning series of 30 three-minute stories about innovators—people who are reshaping the...

At 31, filmmaker Joanna Rudnick faces an impossible decision: remove her breasts and ovaries or risk incredible odds of developing cancer. Armed with...

A documentary about neighborhood people creating change. Produced for the MacArthur Foundation by Kartemquin Films, this piece features six vignettes...

The New Americans follows a diverse group of immigrants and refugees as they leave their home and families behind and learn what it means to be new...

This forty-minute program was produced by the Criterion Collection in 2014

When a thriving, top-ranked African American elementary school is threatened to be replaced by a new high school favoring the community’s...

An educational companion piece to Hoop Dreams, Higher Goals features NBA star Isiah Thomas in a fast-paced, entertaining PBS special that encourages...

Why is minimum wage important? In 2013, Seattle became ground zero for the heated national debate about increasing the minimum wage to $15 per hour....