Fatima’s petite frame and pretty face complement her pink boxing gloves, but her story is far from rosy. She is the protégé of Johnny, a trainer who teaches at-risk youth to channel their aggression in the boxing ring. Johnny helped Fatima get her act together, and now she helps others do the same. More...

Songs and films pay tribute to Ernesto “Che” Guevara, but he lives on most famously through Alberto Korda’s photograph of his somber yet fiercely proud face. This vibrant study of the image that has outlived the man traces the construction of a mythology launched by a revolution, adopted by worldwide rebellion, and exploited by capitalism. More...

The first North American Mardi Gras was not in New Orleans but in Mobile, Alabama in 1703. To this day, it is true to its roots—perhaps too true. Native daughter Margaret Brown explores the oldest, and still segregated, Mardi Gras in the U.S. and guides us through the parallels at the heart of these two cities’ juxtaposed celebrations. More...

Crane operators narrate this captivating short but the real stars are the cranes themselves, towering over London with the nobility of oversized sculptures. They enter and exit the frame with a grace not usually attributed to machinery, but with the aid of Eva Weber’s sophisticated style, we gaze upon them with awe. More...

German boxer Jürgen Hartenstein is a 35-year-old former middleweight champion hoping to revive his career. Max Plettau’s camera unobtrusively follows Hartenstein, uncovering a gentle demeanor and unassuming lifestyle that belie the typical image of pugilists and elevate his ambition to a noble quest. More...

“You can’t get there from here” never rang more true than in Boris Despodov’s fabulously droll road trip on Corridor #8—the Balkan antithesis of America’s Route 66. The EU-commissioned road project was meant to lift the economic hopes of residents along its route. But a decade and millions of euros later, little progress has been made. More...