The Body Politic

THE BODY POLITIC team is honored to announce that the film and its POV broadcast have been nominated for the 2026 Realscreen Awards in the Non-Fiction – Social Issues and Current Affairs category.

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THE BODY POLITIC film team is honored to head to NYC on June 26 to celebrate the film at the Emmy® Awards! Most of all, we are extremely proud of Baltimore — that our city is healing and experiencing one of the lowest violence rates in recorded history. WE LOVE YOU, BALTIMORE!

The Clairidge cinema in Montclair, NJ as part of the North To Shore Festival Montclair Film Summer Showcase presented in partnership with POV|AMDOC, NJ PBS, DOC+ ORIGINALS, & LA Times Studios. Link: theclairidge.org/events/the-bod…

Dear NJ & NY folks were excited to announce the New Jersey theatrical premiere of THE BODY POLITIC, screening along with the incredible POV Short Documentary AMERICAN SEAMS followed by an in-person Q&A with all the filmmakers on Friday, June 27, 2025 at 7PM at

We are honored to share that THE BODY POLITIC has won a Silver Telly Award for Long Form Documentary! Link:  tellyawards.com/winners/2025/t…

Guess what, Baltimore?! THE BODY POLITIC is coming to Artscape this Sunday, May 25th, at 1:30 PM at the Baltimore Center Stage Theater — and the screening is free! artscape.org/programming/be…

Please share this post and let everyone in the Dallas/Fort Worth area know. BTW, this screening is free—you just need to RSVP at the link! Most importantly, please remember: 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔!!!!

Guess what?!? Our Emmy-nominated documentary THE BODY POLITIC will celebrate its Texas theatrical premiere on May 8, 2025, at 6:00 PM, at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, as part of the Lone Star Film Festival’s “Beyond the Festival” series. lonestarfilmfestival.com/event-details/…

Now more than ever—please, don’t forget to: PROTECT PUBLIC MEDIA!!! PS. A very special thanks to two unsung heroes of the film: Jessica and Lucas Goodenough!

We are humbled to be included among such a bold and powerful slate of documentaries. Our deepest gratitude to PBS, AMDOC | POV, ITVS, Black Public Media, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for partnering with us to bring this story of healing to audiences.

THE BODY POLITIC team is thrilled to announce that the film has been nominated for a 2025 National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Emmy Award for Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary.

The Politics and Govt #DocEmmys Nominees: - Battleground Texas (@VICENews) - The Body Politic (@PBS) - Carville: Winning is Everything, Stupid (@CNN) - From Russia with Lev (@MSNBC) - The Riot Report (@PBS) - The Sixth (@PrimeVideo @AppleTV) - Who's Afraid of Nathan Law? (@PBS)

After being celebrated with 3 awards at the 2024 Woods Hole Film Festival,including the Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature,THE BODY POLITIC is honored to be coming back for a special Dinner & Movie encore screening on Sat,Mar 29 @ 7PM in Redfield Auditorium in WoodsHole,MA

Now Streaming on @KinemaHQ WATCH HERE: kinema.com/films/the-body…

Doors open at 6:30PM and the screening is presented by the F&M College Film & Media Arts Program. Admission is FREE. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with film participant Erricka Bridgeford and the film’s Director Gabriel Francis Paz Goodenough.

The Pennsylvania theatrical premiere of THE BODY POLITIC will be held on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at 7PM in Lancaster, PA, at the Susan and Benjamin Winter Visual Arts Center Cinema on the campus of Franklin and Marshall College.

Please join us for a free online discussion Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at 9:15 PM Eastern / 8:15 PM Central / 7:15 PM Mountain / 6:15 PM Pacific. utahfilmcenter.org/film-screening…

We are excited to announce our Virginia festival premiere of THE BODY POLITIC will be on April 16, 2025, at 6PM as part of the opening night celebration at the Fredericksburg Film Festival fxbgfilmfestival.eventive.org/schedule/67bfc…