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Meet Ms. Rebiya Kadeer, a human rights activist twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. She is the impassioned though graying exiled leader of the Uyghurs, a Muslim people whose ancestral home, East Turkestan, was annexed by the Chinese in 1949 and re-named Xinxiang province. more »
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This documentary tells the story of the eviction of the indigenous people from their lands in Tanzania, to make way for the creation of the world's most famous nature reserves. In Tanzania, one of the poorest nations in the world, the government, the tourist industry and conservation organizations have advanced the idea that Africans are intruders into what was once a pristine Garden of Eden. more »
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This film takes us to an inner city high school where students had serious discipline and learning problems. The teacher improved test scores by instituting exercise programs, as recommended by a Harvard researcher. more »
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This film chronicles the life of a remarkable woman who rebelled against what was expected of a Southern woman in the early part of the 20th century. At age 40, she began writing starting tales about the struggling black families who worked on her family's large plantation in South Carolina. Her third novel Scarlet Sister Mary won the 1929 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and became a bestseller at a time when American readers -- white or black -- were ostensibly not interested in rural African American life. more »
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When a massive earthquake struck China's Sichuan province in May, 2008, China's government seemed to present a new face to the world with increased media coverage and other signs of openness. As the months passed, what seemed to be a new China disappeared and Chinese media was told to stop covering the story. more »
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Girls In White Dresses follows the debutante season of six middle-class African-American young women in Oxnard, California. The film explores the history of the debutante tradition in the African-American community and whether it is still a valid "rite of passage" for African-American young women today. 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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The Chinese sculptor and painter Liao Yibai recounts his remarkable life. His childhood is depicted in his imaginative and ironic stainless-steel sculptures, reflecting the complex cultural relationship between China and the U.S. more »
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In 2002, a Swiss professor Alexis Keller launched the "Geneva Initiative." He succeeded in bringing Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table to continue discussions to find a peaceful solution of the Middle East conflict. This film is the record of these meetings giving the viewer an in-depth perspective of what happens during such negotiations. Since then, the Geneva Agreements have been a point of reference for all attempts to find a lasting solution for the 60-year-old conflict. more »
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This short film explores the symbiotic relationship between the media, crime and the judicial system. Through interviews with legal and communications experts, it shows how today's 24/7 news culture and television dramas create a climate of fear. more »
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Who decides how life ends? The patient? The family? The physician? The healthcare system? Last Rights is a compelling documentary film looking at the choices available to four dying people. The intent is to introduce viewers to the complexity of end-of-life choices. more »
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The film is a vivid character study of a strong minded lady in her declining years, confused between reality and delusions. more »
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How do you find a mate when your religion doesn't permit you to date? Muslims in Love shows us devout American Muslim young people pursuing love and marriage. more »
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k"No More Smoke Signals" is about Kili Radio, "Voice of the Lakota Nation," which broadcasts out of a small wooden house in the vast countryside of South Dakota. There, people converge to speak to the community about daily concerns and in doing so, strengthen their sense of identity. A film about the role of media, as well as an up-close look at present day life on the reservation. more »
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This hard-hitting film is the first to cover the shocking story of sexual harassment and rape of American women soldiers. Very few women have been willing to speak out, but four women, all in their twenties, and their families decided to talk openly about their ordeals. more »
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The use of embryonic stem cells for medical research is an issue that has unleashed passionate political controversy nationwide. The documentary explores both sides of the issue. more »
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Tourism has traditionally been presented as a factor of modernization and economic growth for poor nations. But it often develops at the expense of indigenous populations. This film looks at the issue in five countries: Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Honduras. more »
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Olga Samaroff, born Lucy Hickenlooper, had to battle anti-American sentiments and Old World prejudices against women, to forge her remarkable career as a concert pianist in the early years of the 20th century.. more »
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The U.S. has undergone the most dramatic demographic and cultural shifts in its history ; Latinos are expected to emerge as a potential American majority by 2050. This film shows how this growth has resulted in acute growing pains: conservative commentators railing against porous borders and complaining about illegal Latinos taking jobs away from Americans. The film also shows the increasing Latino vibrancy and optimism. more »
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Violence against women is the leading cause of death of women from fifteen to forty-five in Nicaragua. It has actually been called a public health problem, Some women are learning to break the cycle of violence. more »
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