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	o.com: Cybersex Addiction This startling documentary reveals how the internet contributes to alienation, especially in the area of human sexuality. In North America alone, more than 8 million people pursue sex online at least 11 hours a week. The internet has actually removed touch and human contact from sex more »
	Obedience The classic documentary that reveals the extraordinary actions average people will take to follow orders. more »
	Occupation: The Harvard Living Wage Sit-Ins In the last decades, colleges around the country have faced student protests over the wages paid maintenance employees. Harvard, the richest university in the world, is no exception. Students launched a peaceful protest and then a sit-in to win concessions. more »
	The Ochoa Affair: A Cuban Military Idol Toppled 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 »
	The Ocre People: Nomads of Namibia The people of Ova Himba in the desert of Namibia lived a harsh life as cattle herders, migrating between their encampments. The drought and the war in Angola forced them into shanty towns and took away their dignity. more »
	Odô Yá!: Life with AIDS This is the affirming story of how Candomble, a Brazilian religion of African origin, has become a source of strength and power for a group of AIDS sufferers in Brazil's cities. more »
	Of Fatwas & Beauty Queens A beauty pageant in Nigeria was the flashpoint for a cultural, political, and religious war in this impoverished country with its crumbling infrastructure. more »
	Of Two Minds Of Two Minds is an award-winning documentary that explores the extraordinary lives, struggles, and successes of three individuals living with bipolar disorder. more »
	Oh, You Black Bird: The Forgotten Holocaust of the Romanies A first hand account of how the Gypsies suffered during the Holocaust. more »
	Oil in Iraq: Curse or Blessing The history of the oil industry in Iraq from the time the country was formed after World War I, through the exploitation of its oil by Western oil companies until the industry was nationalized in the 70's. more »
	Old Bags' Club A humorous and inspiring look at women who have been abandoned by their husbands for younger women. more »
	Old Enough To Do Time: Juvenile Justice Policies This documentary investigates the results of a stern policy that allows juveniles as young as thirteen to be tried as adults and incarcerated with adult criminals. more »
	Old Like Me To find out how society treats older people, a young reporter, Pat Moore, disguised herself as a helpless 85-year-old woman. Here is a provocative film to help people understand the feelings and problems of being old. more »
	The Oldest Mother on the Block Many women over age forty soon realize that their own eggs have expired. These women decide to use eggs donated from a younger woman. This film follows three older women, as they struggle to achieve a pregnancy and later, as they cope with the unique problems of being an older mom. more »
	On My Own: The Traditions of Daisy Turner Daisy was one of thirteen children born to a former slave, who moved to Vermont in 1872, the first black family in that state. She is an amazing storyteller whose memories go back almost to the Civil War. more »
	On the Street (Olho da Rua) Street life in Rio de Janeiro is astoundingly varied. There are more ways to earn a living than any North American can imagine. In this colorful film, Sergio Bloch, who has a special affinity for recording the pulse of urban life in his native Brazil, presents a variety of performers, vendors and special artisans. more »
	On Wings Of Song The focus is on Deborah Salmon, a music therapist who helps terminally ill patients find spiritual and emotional nourishment during their last days. more »
	A One & A Two This is a portrait of Angelo, a widower after thirty-seven years of marriage, as he begins to build a new life. During the process of 'starting over' he discovered afternoon ballroom dancing -- a new passion that is becoming a senior phenomenon. more »
	One of Five: Families Coping with Mental Disorders Here are inspiring portraits of five loving families, each caring for an emotionally handicapped, or alcohol-addicted member, with often rewarding results. more »
	One of Us The filmmaker comes from a troubled Viennese Jewish family dislocated by the Nazis. Memories of her American childhood recur, when her emotionally ill brother bullied her mercilessly and terrible secrets were kept from her. more »
	One Summer in New Paltz: A Cautionary Tale This film focuses on the small village of New Paltz, N.Y. where the 26-year-old mayor Jason West stunned his neighbors and the nation by performing 25 same-sex marriages in defiance of state law. The film probes the debate on same-sex marriage as it relates to the Constitution and the family. more »
	Onward Christian Soldiers The film follows the phenomenal growth and influence of the Christian Right, not only on American politics and diplomacy, but on American culture. more »
	Organs for Sale When Jim’s health begins deteriorating and his need for a kidney transplant remains unmet, he turns to the internet, where many donors abroad are eager to sell their organs. But once Jim arrives in Pakistan, he meets countless donors left with health problems and regret over their decision. more »
	Orhan Pamuk: Facing Up to Turkey’s Past Orhan Pamuk, Turkey’s best-known modern novelist and winner of the Nobel prize in 2006, became a pariah in his country overnight for speaking out about the Turkish role in the Armenian genocide. He insists the nation should know the truth about its history, and that there must be freedom of speech. more »
	Original Intent: The Battle for America Original intent is the judicial philosophy stating the US Constitution should be interpreted in the way the Founding Fathers understood it in 1789, rather than a flexible legal document meant to evolve with society. This film argues that the far right is using originalism to advance a radically conservative political agenda. more »
	The Other Side of the Fence A portrait of a Christian fundamentalist woman who was a militant anti-Choice leader but came to question the movement. more »
	Our Children At Risk This film examines why millions of today’s poor young children may fail to reach their full developmental potential and considers positive steps that may be taken to address this crisis. more »
	Our Families, Our Future Here is a portrait of the American family in crisis. Half of marriages now end in divorce, and 70% of children are brought up in single parent households. Yet there is a family support movement which is trying to solve social problems by strengthening families. more »
	Our God the Condor 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 »
	Our Honour and His Glory This film documents the tribal custom of honor killings which permits a family member to kill a woman who has sullied the family's moral standard. This film focuses on Palestinian villages where such killings are sanctioned and go unpunished. ( more »
	Our Lady's Our Lady's is the story of how one Boston suburban parish, energized by a dynamic leader, rose up against the powerful Church hierarchy to demand that their voices be heard. more »
	Our Land: The Struggle for Land Rights in Nicaragua The struggle for ownership of land in Nicaragua has been particularly bitter. This film takes an in-depth look at the history of agrarian reform policies since they were first instituted by the Sandinista administration in 1979. more »
	Our Mom's A Dyke This is a charming documentary about adolescent girls who had to deal with an unexpected complication in their suburban life: their mother announces that she was a lesbian. more »
	Our Nation: A Korean Punk Rock Community Our Nation is a stunning portrayal of how Korean youth are using punk rock to find a voice in a rapidly changing culture. more »
	Out At Work: America Undercover This disturbing documentary addresses the startling reality that in forty American states it is legal to fire an employee for being homosexual. Through moving case studies we learn of harassment in the workplace. more »
	Out from the Shadows This fascinating biography relates the life and times of Irène Joliot-Curie, the eldest daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie. Although less well known than her parents, Irene and her husband, Frédéric, made a contribution to nuclear physics that was of equally ground-breaking significance. more »
	Out in Suburbia: The Stories of Eleven Lesbians This remarkably honest and revealing documentary shatters the stereotypes held by many people unfamiliar with the gay community, showing that many lesbians have mainstream values and lead conventional lives. more »
	Out of My Mind An intimate portrait of twenty-three-year-old John Cadigan, the filmmaker’s brother who became seriously mentally ill while he as an art student at college. more »
	Out of Status In post 9/11 America, civil liberties have been curtailed in the name of national security, and immigrants have been separated from their families. This film follows four families whose lives were permanently altered. more »
	Out of the Mouths Of Babes Peter and Jill de Villiers of Harvard University, researchers in language acquisition, provide a clear and informative description of the child’s linguistic development. more »
	An Ox for a Baby This amazingly up-close documentary brings us into the lives of an Ethiopian couple, Yezina and Mesagnow. Yezina suffers from a fistula which causes her urine to constantly leak.Two million African women share her fate because tradition forces young girls into early marriages when their bodies are too immature to bear children safely. more »