Even junk can be beautiful: Barbara Hashimoto’s art installation was built with a year-long collection of shredded junk mail.

Produced by Hassan S. Ali and Dorothee Royal-Hedinger

For the Lakota tribe in South Dakota, growing industrial hemp is not just a risky business — it’s a means of survival.

“Standing Silent Nation” by Suree Towfighnia and Courtney Hermann chronicles the ongoing legal battle between the government and the Lakota over their right to grow and sell industrial hemp on tribal land.

Produced by Hassan S. Ali and Dorothee Royal-Hedinger

Fresh Cut goes mano-a-mano with Jay Bonansinga, writer/director of “Stash,” a controversial new comedy about men and the things they hold most dear: their porn stashes.