Bloodline: AIDS and Family, a film by Kristen Ashburn and MediaStorm showing an intimate portrait of African mothers, fathers, and children being crushed by AIDS. Ashburn's film invites viewers to come to know these families, and see the larger implications of the disease, as it snakes through whole villages. #

Heaven, Earth, Tequila by Doug Menuez and MediaStorm. For four years, photographer Douglas Menuez traveled through the state of Jalisco in Mexico, documenting the rich traditions, culture, and countryside around the the blue agave plant and its products, mescal, and tequila. #

Love in the First Person by Matt Eich and MediaStorm. At 20 years old, photojournalist Matt Eich had maturity dropped in his lap: his world-class career took off, just as his girlfriend became pregnant. Together they documented their budding lives, as they grappled with some very grown-up choices. #

Black Market by Patrick Brown and MediaStorm. The sale of bear paws, crocodile hearts, and other rare animal parts form the world's third-largest illegal market. Black Market explores the human passions and ancient beliefs that drive the trade and threaten its most endangered species. #

Fight Hate with Love by MediaStorm. For Michael Tabon, being black, young, and poor in America made incarceration feel inescapable. Behind bars he realized his true destiny: to be a one-man prison and premature death prevention power movement. #

Hungry Horse: Legends of the Everyday by Pieter ten Hoopen and MediaStorm. Stories of the struggles of poverty, drug use, loneliness, and loss, as well as the spirit of renewal, peace, and serenity through stunning landscapes and intimate oral histories. #

Driftless by Danny Wilcox Frazier and MediaStorm. Once at the center of the U.S. economy, the family farm now drifts at its edges. In Iowa, old-time farmers try to hang on to their way of life, while their young push out to find their futures elsewhere. Driftless tells their stories. #

The Sandwich Generation by Ed Kashi, Julie Winokur, and MediaStorm. Millions of middle-aged Americans are caring for their children as well as their aging parents. When filmmaker-photographer pair Julie Winokur and Ed Kashi took in Winokur's 83-year-old father, they decided to document their own story. #

A Darkness Visible by Seamus Murphy and MediaStorm. Based on 14 trips to Afghanistan between 1994 and 2010, A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan is the work of photojournalist Seamus Murphy. His work chronicles a people caught time and again in political turmoil, struggling to find their way. #