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A charismatic but troubled youth strives for success at a strict new inner city charter school. His school has high expectations, but can it overcome the negativity of the community? more »
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Today, many ambitious young women in China feel they have to westernize their appearance through plastic surgery in order to get ahead. more »
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When Edmund Hillary made history in 1953 by conquering the peak of Mt. Everest with the help of his Sherpa guide, it changed forever the life of the Sherpas. This spectacularly shot film points out the ironic juxtaposition of eastern and western values and lifestyles now that the Sherpas have adjusted to their success as guides to adventurers. more »
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This is a haunting film that focuses on one survivor of the genocide and her experience of trauma, displacement, and hope as she makes a new life in Canada. more »
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Can is the seminal film about one Asian American man’s mental illness and his journey to break the silence in a culture where mental problems are viewed as shameful. more »
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Once a tropical paradise, the island of Vieques off the coast of Puerto Rico was expropriated by the U.S.Navy in the 1940¹s. Many of Its pristine beaches became launching sites to test explosive weaponry. Inhabitants were moved, their homes razed, to make room for the naval base. more »
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Carmelita Robertson, a black graduate student, and her co-worker, Dr. Ruth Holmes Whitehead, discover they both have roots in South Carolina.They suspect that one of Carmelita’s ancestors was a slave of one of Ruth’s forbears. They journey to South Carolina to explore their linked heritage, and to come to terms with a painful shared history more »
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Haiti is a nation caught in a tragic, downward spiral. Its economy is broken, its land denuded, and its children hungry. Combining vivid footage with interviews of those in the throes of events, the film documents the US and UN's failure to help a country in crisis. more »
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Salam Pax is an Iraqi journalist attempting to keep the world informed about his beleaguered country. His cantankerous and non-partisan blogs are regularly broadcast on the BBC. These were filmed in Najaf, Baghdad, Karbala, and the south of Iraq. more »
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A Diagnosed Boy chronicles the story of Lars as he seeks treatment for his son Silas, who has been diagnosed with a variety of developmental disorders. After learning about the theories of Israeli professor Reuven Feuerstein, who believes one should challenge children's mental skills to help them overcome their disabilities, Lars travels to Jerusalem to learn more. more »
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In a call center in India, young sales agents struggle to sell an unmarketable product and are at risk of losing their jobs. This poignant but humorous film points up the absurdity that can occur in the global telemarketing industry. more »
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In a bid to win reelection and position himself for a lifetime presidency, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega circumvents the Constitution and begins persecuting opposition. The former revolutionary hero’s actions unite activists in a protest movement to thwart his illegal maneuvers. more »
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Filmmaker/anthropologist Hugo D'Aybaury gained access to the Nuba Mountains and filmed the hidden civil war in Sudan that decimated the Nuba people, who are caught between the warring north and south. more »
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Tea played an important role in the British Empire's expansion as it sought to dominate trade throughout the world. A Scottish botanist successfully stole the secret of growing tea from China. more »
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The German army’s 1940 invasion of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg marked the beginning of a long ordeal for the nation’s people. For more than four years, Nazis occupied the country, eager to destroy its independence and integrate the Grand-Duchy into the Reich. more »
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The disturbing issue of "acquaintance rape" (also known as "date rape") is brought to life in this powerful short film. Two female high school students and the two boys who raped them describe their behavior and feelings before, during and after the attacks. more »
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Carmen Lomas Garza is a Chicana artist who creates images about the lives of Mexican Americans based on her memories and experiences growing up in South Texas. In this charming film, Carmen returns to Texas to revisit the people and places that inspired her work. more »
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Willa Beatrice Brown was the first African American woman in the U.S. to be a licensed pilot. Her
efforts were responsible for Congress' forming the renowned Tuskegee Airmen squadron, leading to the integration of the U.S. military service in 1948. more »
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A portrait of a family with three autistic children who have different degrees of the disorder. One with Aspergers is most verbal in defining his limitations. more »
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This film explores the lives of two Iranian prostitutes in an uncompromising but sympathetic manner. This cutting-edge film illustrates how prostitution functions in a country where it is banned and where adultery sometimes results in capital punishment. more »
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This unique documentary interweaves the story of the filmmaker—who grew up in Persia, today known as Iran—with the history of the country from the 1930s onward to the Islamic Revolution. more »
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Like thousands of New Yorkers who lived downtown, the filmmaker witnessed close-up the horrific events of 9/11. She grabbed her video camera and documented what it was like to reconstruct one's living space and life after the devastating event. more »
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What does one do when a terminally-ill loved one asks for help in committing suicide? This thought provoking film describes the dilemmas of several people who had to make difficult choices. more »
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Anthropologist and psychologist Peter Elsass studied two Indian tribes in Colombia and Venezuela over a 16-year period. In this film we see their different ways of dealing with encroaching white civilization. more »
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This disturbing documentary profiles a chilling subculture among American youth. Racist and "anti-racist" groups have been at war with each other, assaulting and even murdering one another to the consternation of their communities and the police more »
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One summer morning Kevin Morrissey dialed 911 to report a shooting and then turned his gun on himself. Discord between Kevin and his boss was later uncovered. Was the suicide a result of workplace bullying? more »
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This is a lively musical tribute to Ralph Rinzler who championed indigenous American music, first as a musician, then in field research and recording, eventually founding the Center for Folklife in the Smithsonian Institute. more »
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This innovative work is based on an actual letter by a teenager reaching out to understand a childhood of sexual abuse. more »
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A sensitive study of the effect on children when their mothers are incarcerated. more »
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The epidemic of AIDS in South Africa is huge and the government has been lax in addressing the problem.This film shows how an HIV- positive mother, Busi Maqungo, living in a shanty town in South Africa, has become an AIDS activist. more »
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This film looks at the issues of urban gentrification and preservation in Beijing today, as the old neighborhoods are being demolished for 'development' more »
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This fascinating film illustrates how religious differences, even on the basic level of dietary prohibitions affects the relationship of Malaysia's 12 million Muslims and 6 million Chinese. more »
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This powerful film focuses on issues of race, culture and identity in families in which there have been transracial adoptions. more »
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Since 1992 a white ballet dancer has been teaching classes to African children in the township.The program Dance for All has made a difference in their lives more »
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This is the story of a daughter whose father left the family when she was young to pursue his gambling addiction in Las Vegas. It follows the daughter's struggle to get her father off the streets and back into society. more »
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This video focuses on Soraya Altorki, originally from Saudi Arabia, who is now a professor of anthropology at the American University in Cairo. more »
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This beautiful film introduces Bharata Natyam dance, a classical Hindu dance form which originated thousands of years ago. Interwoven with the performance are explanations of the history and tradition of this art form. more »
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Using archival footage never before seen in the West, this epic film traces the history of the past hundred years on the Indian subcontinent with all of its religious, ethnic and political turbulence. more »
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When a revered military commander in Cuba was accused of drug trafficking and other crimes, the country was rocked by the televised show trial that ensued. more »
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In the dangerous, male-oriented world of Kandahar, home to drug smugglers and terrorists, a policewoman, Malalai Kakar is blazing the way for women. Unhindered by her heavy burka, this mother of six chases wife-beaters, murderers and thieves across Afghanistan. more »
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China's students are marching in formation and chanting miliary slogans. But behind the closed dormitory doors at Nanjing University, they act surprisingly similar to Western students. A frank look at the generation torn between communism and capitalism. more »
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This sensitive film takes a comprehensive view of autism by focusing on three children of different ages, with different behavioral patterns. more »
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This riveting documentary reveals that inside our mobile phones are illegally mined minerals, minerals that fuel conflict, create child slavery, and support other severe human rights abuses in the Congo. more »
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South Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal, opened in 1866, was once hailed as one of the shortest and most important waterways in the world. It is also one of the world’s dirtiest. With humor, the film shows how the community is trying to clean up the canal. more »
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The Fergana Valley, a fertile plain rich in gas deposits in Central Asia is populated by more than a hundred million inhabitants in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kirgizstan. This film takes an in-depth look at the Islamic fundamentalist threat in this strategic region. more »
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Her Brilliant Career examines discrimination in the workplace and politics, and highlights a controversial program for women executives in the US. more »
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Each day, thousands of women leave underdeveloped countries to seek work as domestics in more prosperous places. This film shows the human and sometimes tragic side of their stories. more »
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In the village of Longbaoshan, northwest of Beijing, inhabitants are trying to prevent their homes from being engulfed by ferocious sandstorms. more »
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Interweaving past and present and combining fabulous archival film
and photographs with current documentary footage, The Lacandon Maya
tells the story of an isolated community catapulted into civilization
within the space of one generation. more »
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Is Love Enough? provides a remarkable window on an unexplored phenomenon in a balanced fashion: can a mentally disabled person be a good parent? more »
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This film follows the migration of the aging hippies from the mountains of Kathmandu to the beaches of Goa in South India. It captures their lifestyle with all its ironies. more »
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This groundbreaking film profiles an experimental program recently begun in Switzerland: "sex workers" of both sexes provide sex for a fee to people who are physically or mentally challenged. more »
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In 60's and '70's race riots, a local high school in Bellport, NY became the scene of angry confrontations, resulting in its temporary closure and a police presence. By having access to video cameras the students were able to voice their grievances and effect change. Thirty years later the students meet again and view their footage. more »
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This report on the AIDS crisis in Africa shows that the disease cuts across the entire population, not just drug abusers and homosexuals. Checking the spread of the disease is complicated by poverty and cultural mores. more »
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Examining the sub-Saharan countries, this documentary clarifies the complex issues of health, politics, culture and environment and suggests why development efforts have been so disappointing. more »
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