An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.

Liz Gilbert finds herself lost, confused, and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly divorced and at a crossroads, Liz risks everything to change her life, embarking on a journey around the world that becomes a quest for self-discovery.

The rags-to-riches story of Chinese ballet dancer Li Cunxin who, at age 11, was chosen to train at Madam Mao's Beijing Dance Academy. In 1981, he defected from China and went on to become one of the world's greatest dancers.

For a nation that proudly declared it would leave no child behind, America continues to do so at alarming rates. Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim undertakes an exhaustive review of public education, surveying "drop-out factories" and "academic sinkholes," methodically dissecting the system and its seemingly intractable problems. However, embracing the belief that good teachers make good schools, Guggenheim offers hope by exploring innovative approaches taken by education reformers and charter schools that have-in reshaping the culture-refused to leave their students behind.