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Education
Where Geeks Are Rock Stars: Documentary Spotlights an Urban School's Champion Chess Team
Brooklyn Castle tells the story of how chess transformed an entire school.
Education
New Documentary Seeks to Change the Conversation on Teacher Quality
Cameras followed 20 educators in Phoenix for three years as they sought to improve the quality of their teaching and their students' performance.
Culture
Ken Burns Talks New York Drunks, His New Prohibition Documentary
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns talks to GOOD about his best drinking story, his new documentary Prohibition, and American drinking culture.
Culture
What Is Your Favorite Documentary? The Community Answers
Culture
Make a Documentary—Starring You
With today's technology and a few expert tips, you can share your own unique tale like an ace documentarian.
Education
Literacy as a Weapon: A Radical Approach To Teaching That Put Bronx Teens on the College Track
The Power Writers program teaches, "If you don’t learn to write your own life story, someone else will write it for you."
Environment
Slideshow: Take A Trip Down the Ganges With This Documentary Film Crew
A trip down the length of India's holy river.
Education
Eighth Grader's 9/11 Documentary Set to Screen at Tribeca Film Festival
"The Second Day" tells the first-hand story of students and teachers living and working in the area around Ground Zero.
Culture
Watch These Nine Awesome Surf Documentaries
Surfing films are panning back to include the cultures and environments they document. Here are a few examples of the surf documentary sub-genre.
Education
Death of the Flip Cam: What's the Future of Video in the Classroom?
Teachers loved the easy-to-use video cameras for classroom projects. Now that Cisco's killed them off, what's next?
Environment
Spread the Word: Help Stop Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Today
It's a national call-in today to end mountaintop removal coal mining. Let's help them.
Environment
Chinese Village Fights Government and Chemical Industry, and Wins!
In China's industrial heartland, villagers stood up against runaway pollution, the chemical industry, and the government. And won.
Lifestyle
Feast Your Eyes on This Incredible Documentary About Bees
Colony explores the plight of bees through one family and a cast of beekeepers. Watch the trailer.
Business
#18DaysInEgypt, A Crowd-Sourced, Social Media Fueled Documentary in the Making
Using new technology and social media sites like Twitter and YouTube, a group of documentarians is creating a history of the revolutions.
Environment
The Climate Change Movie That Doesn't Care if You Believe in Climate Change
Don't believe in climate change? Don't give a shit about the polar bears? This new documentary is for you.
Environment
The Four Excellent Environmental Films That Got Oscar Nods
Four of the ten documentaries nominated for Academy Awards are environmentally-themed (but they're great by any standard). Trailers inside.
Education
GOOD Education: Best Practices
A roundup of lessons learned from GOOD's entire event series on fixing education in America.
Culture
Damon Winter Uses His iPhone to Photograph Afghanistan
The equipment matters far less than the subject-and the skill of the photographer, as Damon Winter proves in his new series for the Lens.
