Other Nature

A group of Black and Latin women activists in San José, California, drive a grassroots movement to remove police from their children's schools.

In a warehouse in the heart of Los Angeles, a dwindling handful of devoted craftspeople maintain more than 80,000 student musical instruments, the largest remaining workshop in America of its kind. Meet four unforgettable characters whose broken-and-repaired lives have been dedicated to bringing so much more than music to the schoolchildren of this city.

An elderly man living in obscurity in the suburbs of Los Angeles tells the story of when he inadvertently produced the world’s first up-close image of another planet in the summer of 1965.

Lisa is a retired firefighter and police officer in California. Years of isolation have led to a dwindling sense of purpose and joy in her life. Mike is a former battalion chief in California who suffers from severe sleep deprivation and has difficulty managing his anger. He is in search of an alternate therapy to get a sense of relief and improve his relationship with his family. After a lack of success with traditional psychotherapy and pharmaceuticals, they will attend a Mexico-based retreat to undergo psilocybin and 5-MeO DMT treatments administered by traditional healers.

In the town of Allensworth, California, residents join forces with Dr. Ashok Gadgil to fight for clean water and to preserve the town’s historic legacy, continuing the work of their families who lived in the town for generations.

When her mischievous daughter falls mysteriously ill, a single mother is drawn into Kathmandu’s supernatural underworld of shamans and secrets— where resilience may be their only path to redemption.

On August 28, 1971, Chez Panisse opened its doors in Berkeley, Calif. The restaurant merged fine dining with high-quality, locally and seasonally sourced food. Over the past half-century, founder and activist Alice Waters has inspired countless restaurants, chefs and home cooks, forging a movement of simple food made with local ingredients.