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Everyone says they're tired. Me? I fell asleep behind the wheel and knew something was really wrong

Jenny Lee-Gilmore had trouble staying awake in school, vivid sleep hallucinations and would wake up six to 10 times per night. Seven years after she first went to the doctor about being tired all the time, she was diagnosed with Type 1 narcolepsy.

Documentaries Short Docs November 26

1:51

Roadkill expeditions and a basement full of decaying food: behind the scenes on a film about rot

Time-lapses of rot in action show a surprising world where decay can be beautiful, tender and even human.

Nina Dragicevic

Documentaries Short Docs June 18

These 'microbial selfies' show how we all have wildly different germs, fungi and yeast growing on our hands

For the premiere of the documentary Wrought, directors Anna Sigrithur and Joel Penner asked guests to leave behind a handprint, which the pair then “developed” to create a unique snapshot of each person’s microbiome.

Documentaries Short Docs June 18

Your pet cat is probably a killer — but it doesn't have to be that way

Documentary examines the threat our feline friends pose to wild birds — and what cat owners can do about it

Documentaries Short Docs March 27

1:19

Patron the bomb-sniffing dog is a national hero in Ukraine

For 60 days, this cat survived on the 7th floor of a destroyed building in Ukraine

Documentaries March 28

A week after war broke out in Ukraine, these volunteers started to rescue pets trapped in apartments

Documentaries March 28

Meet Patron, the Jack Russell who's a key member of a Ukraine bomb squad — and a celebrity

Documentaries March 28

My New Moon Suit

Documentaries Short Docs February 15

Getting to Devon Island in Canada's Far North was so hard, it felt like traveling to the moon

Documentaries Short Docs February 14

Love, Leymo: A young autistic man reads a letter to his late mom who died of COVID-19

Documentary May 14, 2023

He's been searching for his granddaughter — ever since his extremist son was killed in the Paris attacks

Short Docs June 28

'I miss my mom a lot': A young man with autism writes a letter to his mother, a PSW who died of COVID-19

Documentaries Short Docs May 10, 2023

Black skaters make a space and a culture for themselves in 'Black Boys Skate Too'

Short Docs March 30, 2023

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