Name: Dear Mother
Duration: 40 min 32 s
Description: Climber and transracial Asian-American, Cody Kaemmerlen, searches for a connection with his birth parents after a near-death fall leaves him shaken and grasping for answers.

Climber and transracial Asian-American, Cody Kaemmerlen, searches for a connection with his birth parents after a near-death fall leaves him shaken and grasping for answers.

Dear Mother

What do a toddler, a painter, and Mark Ruffalo all have in common? In the KEEN Effect film “A Little Story About Forever,” they're working together to tell a story that makes the big, scary conversations of the day a little more hopeful.

A Little Story About Forever

Ultrarunner Karl Meltzer has long dreamed of setting the speed record for crossing the USA's Appalachian Trail. This is his third and final attempt to run the 3,524km (2,188 miles) in record time.

Karl Meltzer: Made To Be Broken | Trailer

Watch Nouria Newman take on some of the world’s hardest rivers in Patagonia.

Nouria Newman: Kayaking in Patagonia

Every sport has its Dog Town and Z Boys or Riding Giants. Nothing’s For Free is the real story of the birth and legacy of freeride mountain biking. Chronicling the blue-collar story and rise of a cult sport to a global phenomenon that put the race-driven sport of mountain biking on the map in the world of action sports and the mainstream. Outside Studios, in association with Freeride Entertainment, breaks boundaries in documentary filmmaking, taking a step beyond the talking head interview and deep into the mindset of its cast. Nothing’s for Free, features the biggest names in mountain biking from the early pioneers of adventure to modern-day internet superstars like Danny Macaskill and Brandon Semenuk.

Nothing's for Free | Trailer

Orlando Duque and Jonathan Paredes stare in awe at the cliffs they are about to leap from in Zambia, Africa. The Cliff Diving World Series has a host of stunning locales, but this is on another level.

The Smoke that Thunders | Trailer

Riverrunners examine how the Dolores River is a flashpoint of environmental injustice, along with how mismanagement and politics threaten Colorado’s undiscovered canyon country and the integrity of the entire basin. 

The River of Sorrows

Four young women attempt to make history and three-peat in the historic Little 500 bike race at Indiana University. Through their experience racing for Zana, they examine what it means to be a woman in sport.

Zana: Women of the Little 500

In 2022, as several states across the country passed anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, trans trail runner Perry Cohen refused to sit idly by. By forming a trail-running team of trans men to compete in states passing hateful legislation, Perry and his team express the freedom to be themselves on and off the trail.

Dear Mother

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