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Titles added in the last six months

Note: If your institution subscribes to The Docuseek Complete Collection, some of these titles may not be available for viewing at your institution until the next quarterly update in September.

The Stairway to the Distant Past

Broke, with his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, hardboiled detective wannabe Maiku Hama is reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a borrowed bicycle. When Lily, a beautiful stripper from out of Hama’s past, returns to town, the fuse is lit on a criminal powder keg. Added August 20, 2026

Collective Eye Films | 1995 | 101 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults

True Believer

As her faith community betrays the Jesus they taught her to love, an evangelical filmmaker reckons with the political identity she built her life on. Added August 20, 2026

Collective Eye Films | 2024 | 90 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults

The Trap

When a string of young women in floral dresses are found dead, alarms are sounded throughout Yokohama about the possibility of a serial killer on the loose. But when all evidence points to hardboiled detective wannabe Maiku Hama, he has to fight against the clock and former allies. Added August 20, 2026

Collective Eye Films | 1996 | 106 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults

The Lavender Scare

In 1953, President Eisenhower declared gay men and lesbians to be a threat to the security of the country and therefore unfit for government service. In doing so, he triggered the longest witch hunt in American history. Added August 20, 2026

Collective Eye Films | 2017 | 77 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults

Yamato

Sakura, a shy teen rapper in Japan, lives near a U.S. base. When Rei, an American, visits, their unexpected connection helps Sakura overcome her stage fright. Added August 20, 2026

Collective Eye Films | 2016 | 118 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults

Plastic

After his shot at a record deal falls through, Jun transfers to sleepy Nagoya and begins busking songs by his favourite 1970s glam rock band, Exne Kedy. Added August 20, 2026

Collective Eye Films | 2023 | 104 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults

May Contain

May Contain a powerful feature-length docudrama highlighting the life-or-death stakes of living with food allergies—and the urgent need to normalize discussions around them. Added August 20, 2026

Collective Eye Films | 2025 | 78 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults

What’s Up Connection

When a Hong Kong teenager wins a trip to Japan, he unleashes a chain of events that will soon bring him from the secluded fishing village of Po Toi O to Tokyo, by way of Kamagasaki – the so-called slums of Osaka. Added August 20, 2026

Collective Eye Films | 1990 | 121 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults

LOOT

From remote Cambodian villages to elite art institutions in New York, LOOT is a daring look into the underbelly of the multi-billion-dollar art market and the deadly reality behind "blood antiquities" filling Western museums today. Added August 20, 2026

Collective Eye Films | 2025 | 87 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults

Desert of Namibia

21-year-old Kana works a disaffected job at a beauty salon, where the expectations placed on women her age are plain to see. Burning bridges, uncommitted and trapped in her own life, Kana makes her way towards the inner desert of her emotions. Added August 20, 2026

Collective Eye Films | 2024 | 137 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults