Screening Request Form

Thank you for your interest in screening an HHMI Tangled Bank Studios film. Our studio produces documentaries designed to engage, inspire, and inform audiences about scientists and their ground-breaking research. We aim to make our movies as widely available as possible, which is why we offer free and simple screening licenses for qualifying educational institutions and community organizations.

To get started on your screening event, please select a film below and complete the following form. Some films are subject to specific rights limitations, but we will do our best to facilitate your request whenever possible. Upon receipt of your form, we will need up to 10 business days to process your request.

Please reach out to us at Screenings@TangledBankStudios.org if you have any questions about the form, our mission, or further screening opportunities. Thank you!

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Blue Carbon

Told through the eyes of Grammy-nominated DJ and marine biologist, Jayda Guy, BLUE CARBON uncovers what could be our greatest ally in the fight against climate change.

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Flyways

Follow a conservation movement of bird-loving experts and citizen scientists as they mobilize to the challenge of understanding and saving shorebirds.

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Hunt for the Oldest DNA

Available to stream on PBS.org, HUNT FOR THE OLDEST DNA brings viewers inside one of the most scintillating scientific breakthroughs in years.

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Wild Hope

Wild Hope is an intimate, global series profiling everyday people, conservationists and scientists who are restoring and protecting our planet.

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The Battle to Beat Malaria

Emmy-nominated The Battle to Beat Malaria tells the story of a new vaccine that may finally help humanity triumph against one of the world’s deadliest diseases.

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Treasure of the Caribbean

The surprise discovery of an uncharted coral reef sparks a race to document its ecological riches—and protect them—before they’re lost.

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Ending HIV in America

ENDING HIV IN AMERICA explores the unexpected scientific journey that has led us to this pivotal moment: the end of HIV in America.

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My Garden of a Thousand Bees

Emmy- nominated MY GARDEN OF A THOUSAND BEES took home the Golden Panda Award at the Wildscreen Film Festival (the “Green Oscars") and won the IMPACT DOCS Award for outreach.

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Race For The Vaccine

Broadcast in the U.S. on CNN, the UK on BBC and around the world in spring 2021, RACE FOR THE VACCINE, which captured scientists developing the COVID vaccine at the height of the pandemic, reached millions of viewers at the moment the science was most needed.

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Nature's Fear Factor

A bold experiment to bring rare and fierce African wild dogs back to Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique reveals how predators—and the fear they trigger—play a surprising and crucial role in keeping wild ecosystems healthy.

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Oliver Sacks: His Own Life

Ric Burns explores the life of the legendary neurologist as he shares details of his battles with addiction, homophobia, and a medical establishment that accepted his work only decades after the fact.

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Rise of the Mammals

The course of life on Earth changed radically on a single day 66 million years ago. The impact ended the Age of Dinosaurs and launched our age, the Age of Mammals.

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Our Gorongosa

Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique has become one of the most celebrated wildlife restoration stories in Africa.

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The Serengeti Rules

An original theatrical film, and Emmy and Kavli award-winning PBS/Nature release, THE SERENGETI RULES tells the story of five pioneering scientists that flipped our understanding of nature on its head, and offers new hope for restoring our natural world.

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Backyard Wilderness

BACKYARD WILDERNESS will surprise and entertain viewers with the unexpected wonders of nature that are right under our noses—in our own backyards.

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Inventing Tomorrow

A Peabody award-winning story of passionate teenage inventors from around the globe creating cutting-edge solutions to the world's environmental threats. INVENTING TOMORROW premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018.

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I Contain Multitudes

I CONTAIN MULTITUDES leads a journey through the microbiomes of our planet–a realm of surprising alliances between microbes and larger creatures, including ourselves.

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The Farthest

THE FARTHEST tells the epic story of the perilous 40-year odyssey of the Voyager mission, which revolutionized our understanding of the outer planets and ushered humanity into the interstellar age.

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Second Genesis

Follow planetary scientist Carolyn Porco as she explores what it takes to look for life beyond Earth, and what conditions are required for life to exist.

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The Gene Doctors

Through intimate stories of families whose lives are being transformed, THE GENE DOCTORS takes viewers to the frontlines of a medical revolution.

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Amazon Adventure

AMAZON ADVENTURE tells the epic, true story of explorer Henry Bates’ fascinating 11-year journey through the visually stunning and biodiverse Amazon rainforest as a young man who risks his life for science in the 1850s.

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Can Alzheimer’s Be Stopped?

Meet everyday people confronting this devastating disease and the researchers hoping to slow its advance.

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The Lucky Specials

Set in southern Africa, THE LUCKY SPECIALS uses popular music from the region and weaves a dramatic storyline with important public health information about how to prevent and treat tuberculosis.

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Spillover - Zika, Ebola & Beyond

SPILLOVER extends to the new frontiers of disease detection, prevention, and containment. Travel the world with virus hunters who vigilantly watch out for the newest, deadly foes.

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Your Inner Fish

Based on the best–selling book by Neil Shubin, YOUR INNER FISH travels from Africa to the Arctic Circle to uncover the deep history of the human body–and how a colorful cast of ancient characters made us who we are today.

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Vaccines - Calling the Shots

VACCINES—CALLING THE SHOTS takes viewers around the world to track epidemics, explore the science behind vaccinations, and shed light on the risks of opting out.

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