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This haunting animation film captures the surreal world of a child survivor of Teresienstadt concentration camp whose pain had not been recognized or shared. At twenty, she was given letters written by her mother and finally had a bridge to the past, but it took many more for her to break the silence. more »
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A documentary portrait of one of the most influential women of our time. Using never-before-seen archival footage and interviews, it weaves together the story of the scientist, adventurer, and international celebrity. more »
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This beautiful film explores the rich culture of rice, still the basis of survival for most people throughout the world, which is poised to change forever due to genetic engineering. more »
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The filmmaker of Chopin’s Afterlife is a pianist who explores the ways Chopin's music seems to connect people everywhere. Composers Lukas Foss and John Eaton, pianists Abbey Simon and Frederic Chiu are among the artists who engagingly express their love of Chopin's music. more »
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Introducing himself as a middle aged, middle income man, Timo Harakka is a Finnish Michael Moore, though less abrasive. He sets out to track a small investment he made in a Far East Fund.He learns he is invested in 55 companies in the 'digital universe’ and decides to discover where his money has gone and what effect it has made in different areas of the world. more »
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Collapsing prices on the world coffee market have thrown millions of growers around the world into poverty. Filmed in Nicaragua and Vietnam, the film describes the human consequences that the collapse of coffee prices has caused in producer countries. more »
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Through exclusive archival footage and eyewitness accounts the true depth of the tragedy at Chernobyl is revealed. more »
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This film provides an intimate view of one man¹s therapeutic journey to control his abusive behavior toward his wife. We witness his therapy sessions and the support he finds there during painful process of change. more »
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This award-winning film is a lively portrait of the Kuna Indians of Panama's San Blas Islands, determined to protect their rainforest homeland and survive the encroachment of the Western world. more »
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A tribute to both the pioneering and Native American women in the West at the turn of the century. more »
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"The film captures the spirit and resilience of a group of Korean women who had been forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese during World War II. Now in their sixties and seventies, they live together in a shared community where they heal from the shame of having been "comfort women." more »
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The white expatriate playwright Tug Yourgrau ("The Song of Jacob Zulu") returns to South Africa to find an enormous gulf between black and white still exists, but there are signs of change. more »
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An ambitious Chinese businessman tries to launch a commercial center in a small town in southern Sweden. But when Chinese capitalism and Swedish beaurocracy clash, struggle ensues. more »
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The Yawar Festival, a spectacular event in the southern Andes of Peru, pits a condor, symbolic of the Andean people, against a bull, the symbol of Spain. In the dramatic ritual battle the wildly flapping condor is tied atop the lurching bull. The film documents the significance of the ceremony for the indigenous people. more »
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