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In Ghana, children as young as three and as old as sixteen are often sent away from home to work in bondage for small payments, desperately needed by impoverished families. more »
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From 1942 to 1944, nearly twenty-five thousand Jewish men, women, and children were deported from Belgium to Auschwitz. Fewer than fifteen hundred survived. This film raises and systematically answers the question: How did just a handful of Nazis, with the help—voluntary or unwitting—of the Belgian authorities, bring about their destruction? more »
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An exclusive portrait of a rarely-filmed religious community that separates itself from the world. It captures the day-to-day life of a people who have preserved their rural traditions. more »
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Renowned writer Stieg Larsson’s Millennium books—including The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo—are renowned bestsellers worldwide, spawning films in Sweden and in Hollywood. Though they are considered mysteries, Larsson’s partner Eva Gabrielsson explains their true intention as fierce social criticisms. more »
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At the beginning of "To Be or Not To Be," two mothers wonder if there is a place in the world for their two sons. Isaac Larsen and Willie Smith have Down syndrome. Eventually the two are admitted to a 'regular' elementary school program and the film then follows Isaac and Willie through their last year before sixth grade graduation. more »
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This charming film takes us into the world of students with special needs as they prepare for their school’s debutante ball. more »
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In Namibia, in one of the most desolate regions of Africa, lives the Himba tribe, one of the last tribes trying to maintain a traditional way of life. With the modern world pressing in on them and the real menace of HIV/AIDS, the Himba find their situation threatened from all sides. more »
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Vanessa enjoyed a loving, secure family life until the age of twelve when her sixteen -year-old sister began having schizophrenic episodes. From that moment on, life in the family was fraught with concern and anxiety for the mysterious, unpredictable and frightening behavior of her adored sibling. more »
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Jews have a long history in India. Although only a handful remain, they maintain their traditions. more »
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This film exposes the environmental and physical hazards faced by the underpaid coffee pickers in a typical coffee plantation. more »
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Mamoun, a quirky thirty-five year old Muslim man living in Skoura, Morocco, has never been married, although his culture demands it . Considering the separation of the sexes in Muslim society, the obsession with virginity, and the custom of arranged marriages, the film asks, how can love blossom? more »
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This powerful documentary provides the historical context for the establishment of the '60s Civil Rights Movement, and includes rare clips of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, and other activists. more »
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This multi-festival film is a portrayal of the fortitude of an immigrant "war bride" in America. Seventy-six-year-old Young-Ja Wike is one of the 10,000 Korean women who married American G.I.s. after the war. For them marriage was the only escape from the crushing poverty of post-war Korea. more »
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At age 36, Gary decided to begin the extraordinary process of changing his sex, which the filmmaker documents over a three-year period. Metamorphosis raises profound questions about gender stereotypes as Gary's fantasies collide with the realities of living as a woman. more »
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Three women and one man recall the childhood sexual traumas that destroyed their youth. They speak candidly about the recovery process which released them from symptoms that had plagued their lives. more »
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This multi-festival film captures the xenophobia of a number of Americans living in California along the U.S.-Mexican border. more »
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Because of a genetic predisposition, the Bedouin village of El-Sayed in southern Israel has an extraordinary number of deaf people. But when one child is offered a cochlear implant by the Israeli government, the community is conflicted over its potential impact on their unique culture. more »
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The artwork of unschooled Haitian artists, painting with riotous color and beguiling fantasy, is gaining appreciation in the outside world. more »
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The filmmaker, an educated African-American journalist, celebrates her 35th birthday and acknowledges to her dismay that she is STILL unmarried. The fact is, there is a shortage of available professional men for women like her. more »
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An extraordinary portrait of a Chinese ballet dancer who underwent one of the first sex change operations in China to become a woman. She is now the toast of the Chinese theater, despite having challenged very traditional institutions. more »
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Good Fortune is a rare and intimate portrait of two vibrant Kenyan communities, one rural, one urban, battling to save their homes and businesses from large-scale development organizations more »
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Walking the Line offers a harrowing view of the chaos, absurdity, and senseless deaths of Mexican illegal immigrants along the US-Mexico border when some American citizens take the law into their own hands. more »
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Living the Roller-Coaster explores the experiences of two young women attending Stanford University who were diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder more »
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Dr. Allan Levi is suspended from work and in trouble at home following behavioral episodes caused by his bipolar disorder. Filmed in the year after Allan's diagnosis, the film is an intimate and ironic portrait of a marriage and a family in crisis. more »
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This remarkable film retraces the life and work of the beloved artist Marc Chagall. Much of the narrative is told in his own words, drawn from his autobiography, interspersed with unique film footage of Chagall being interviewed as he paints. more »
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Novelist, filmmaker and Cornell physics professor Robert Lieberman, an Americanized child of Holocaust survivors, revisits Kew Gardens, which in the 1940's and 50's was an immigrant "village" a few subway stops from the heart of New York City. more »
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An important film that explores the skyrocketing rise of asthma in the last thirty years, with 5 million children affected. more »
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The meddahatts are women musicians who perform for other women in Algeria. Many are widowed or divorced and have fallen on hard times. Only a woman filmmaker could have penetrated this closed environment and captured on film such a spontaneous portrait. more »
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This colorful, lively documentary depicts the various sects of Hasidism which embody "D'vekut" in Israel. more »
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This award-winning film sheds light on the perils faced by Chinese miners as they unearth the ore that fuels China’s booming economy. more »
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This BBC film exposes how fundamentalist interpretation of the Koran in Pakistan leaves women vulnerable to be murdered for seeking divorce. more »
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This dramatized documentary drawn verbatim from testimony examines the painful story of the only known Jew to be lynched in America. Originally from New York, Leo Frank was the manager of a pencil factory in Atlanta in 1913, when he was falsely accused and convicted in the rape and murder of a worker. more »
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Two young soldiers, an Israeli and an Arab, encounter each other, fire their weapons; both are wounded. Using this as a starting point, the film explores the contrasting lives of the young men, giving a close-up, human view of the gulf separating them. more »
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A pilot program for curing drug addiction through the use of herbal medicine was developed by a doctor in Vietnam. We see astonishing recoveries. It is now being researched in the United States. more »
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This film captures the poignancy of a native people, the Bedamini in Papua, New Guinea, undergoing tremendous cultural change, moving from aggressive behavior that included cannibalism to a Western lifestyle more »
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Three and a half million people ride the New York subway system daily. This film explores this underground world in all its diversity. more »
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The terrible anti-Semitic massacre that occurred on July 4, 1946 in Kielce, Poland is chillingly retold by the Polish people who were there. Some express horror but others seem indifferent. more »
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This unique film explores Ndebele rituals and their art forms as well as their political empowerment. more »
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Jackson was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder at age 4. Now at age 9, thanks to early intervention, he is an accomplished second-grader, charming and gregarious. more »
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The five girls interviewed in the film Talk 16 are filmed again three years later. What emerges is an insightful portrait of growing up female. more »
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This Scandinavian-made film shows women of all ages and shapes enjoying themselves unselfconsciously during a summer's day at the lake. more »
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In the tradition of T.E. Lawrence of Arabia, Wilfred Thesiger lived among the Bedouins and explored the dessert. Archival footage and interviews with aging sheiks attest to his adventures and to his contributions in revealing this heretofore hidden world. (more) more »
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This short film explores the symbiotic relationship between the media, crime, and the judicial system and shows how today's 24/7 news culture and television dramas create a climate of fear. more »
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A gripping documentary that offers a compelling investigation of America’s death penalty, probing how race discrimination infects our capital punishment system. more »
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