Specific Pictures
Award-Winning Non-Fiction Films
For the Love of Rutland

For the Love of Rutland

Broadcast Premiere in Season 10 of the acclaimed documentary series America ReFramed on World Channel and PBS. Now available on Video on Demand (PBS.org, Amazon Prime, Apple + TV). FOR THE LOVE OF RUTLAND explores the complex life of a blue-collar New England town as...
Latinos are Essential

Latinos are Essential

Produced by Specific Pictures with Latino Public Broadcasting for PBS.org at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, the 10 short films in the award-winning anthology series Latinos are Essential explore the lives of Latinos in communities all across the United...
Visiting Day

Visiting Day

Following a young psychologist and mother on a day-long visit to see her husband in federal prison, this short film is an intimate portrait of the personal and financial tolls that incarceration takes on prisoners’ loved ones. Viewable on The Atlantic....
New Muslim Cool

New Muslim Cool

This ground-breaking, multi-award-winning documentary feature follows the life of Puerto Rican American Muslim hip-hop artist Hamza Pérez, as he and his family and community navigate life in post-9/11 America. New Muslim Cool is more than another hybrid hip-hop story....
Street Knowledge 2 College

Street Knowledge 2 College

Executive produced by Latino Public Broadcasting and produced by Specific Pictures for PBS.org, Street Knowledge 2 College explores the lives of students and families at a unique, community-organized school in South Los Angeles. Run by the Youth Justice Coalition,...