Children, Youth & Families

Breaking Ties focuses on three kids who are breaking their families' ties to poverty in the US. The film takes us inside the lives of these three kids, telling the story from their unique point of view while showing how poverty has molded their sense of the world and their future in it.

Children of Haiti

Directed by: Alexandria Hammond
Produced by: Alexandria Hammond

Following the day-to-day lives of three teenage street boys in the northern city of Cap-Haitien, Children of Haiti provides an intimate view of the country-wide orphan epidemic. 

Known as the Sanguine ('soulless') and forgotten by their own people, they have struggled for survival since long before the devastating 2010 earthquake. Three years in the making, this documentary captures the spirit of human survival, Haiti's beautiful landscape and rich history. 

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University and College	$250
High School, Community Libraries & Non Profits	$99

Children of IBDAA:
To Create Something Out of Nothing

CHILDREN OF IBDAA: To Create Something Out of Nothing is about the lives of several adolescents in a Palestinian children's dance troupefrom Dheisheh refugee camp in the West Bank. They use their performance to express the history, struggle, and aspirations of the Palestinian people, specifically the fight to return to their homeland. Through interviews and documentation of the children, the film offers insight into their families' displacement from their villages in historical Palestine, the physically and emotionally stressful aspects of life in a refugee camp, and the unique experience of participating in the politically motivated dance troupe. The story culminates in a visit by the children for the first time to demolished villages from which their grandparents were expelled in 1948.

Journey with Brazilian filmmaker Denise Zmekhol to the heart of the Amazon rainforest in search of the indigenous children she photographed fifteen years ago. This film invites you to see through the eyes of these remarkably resilient people whose lives are transformed by a road carved through their forest home by an outside world. From Chief Amir Surui’s embattled efforts to stop illegal loggers to the assassination of legendary rubber tapper Chico Mendes, this poetic and visually stunning film engages our senses and sympathies as global issues take on a profound human perspective.

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University and College (with PPR*)	$195.99
K-12, Public Libraries, Non-profits & Government (with PPR*)	$49.99
Home Viewing (without PPR*)	$21

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Dreams in Another Language

Directed by: Lucia Rikaki
Produced by: Lucia Rikaki

Dreams in Another Language is the story of the Faneromeni school in Cyprus where students from a mosaic of different nationalities are taught about acceptance, coexisting and the wealth of sharing cultures. The particular geographical and political set up of the school, situated only 500 meters from the Green line separating the country, provides interesting ground for reflection on recent Cyprus history and the recent history of the new migrating nations..

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University and College	$250
High School, Community Libraries & Non Profits	$99

Every Child Is Born A Poet

"The deeply felt resonance of "EVERY CHILD IS BORN A POET" derives from Piri Thomas' unique ability to connect with his own interior life of feelings, and then to verbalize them through his art to the rest of the world."
– Jon Gartenberg

A fiery mix of documentary, drama, & spoken-word poetry, EVERY CHILD IS BORN A POET explores the life and work of Piri Thomas, the Afro-Cuban-Puerto Rican author of the classic autobiographical novel Down These Mean Streets. The film traces Thomas’ path from childhood to manhood in New York City’s Spanish Harlem, El Barrio, from the 1930's through the 1960’s – from home life during the Great Depression, to membership in barrio youth gangs, from a life of crime through six years spent in prison to his emergence as a writer.

Special Educational 16 Page Study Guide Included

Left by the Ship

Directed by: Emma Rossi Landi and Alberto Vendemmiati
Produced by: Emma Rossi Landi and Alberto Vendemmiati

Two years in the lives of four filipino Amerasians, sons and daughters of US servicemen and local women, left behind in the Philippines when the US bases Closed in 1992.

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University and College (with PPR*)	$250
K-12, Public Libraries, Non-profits & Government (with PPR*)	$99

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Mai’s America

Directed by: Marlo Lopas

Mai's America is an intimate portrait of Mai, a spunky, mini-skirted daughter of Ho Chi Minh’s revolution who leaves cosmopolitan Hanoi on a high school exchange program.  Anticipating Hollywood, Mai crash lands in rural Mississippi…where her relationships with white Pentecostal and black Baptist host families, self-proclaimed rednecks, transvestites, and South Vietnamese immigrants challenge her long-held ideas about herself, about freedom, about America, and even about Vietnam.

"...This fine first feature is a disarming personal documentary that turns into a very moving consideration of...individual heroism. Winner of a well-deserved jury prize..."
- Variety

Born on Cambodian New Year in a refugee camp, Socheata grew up in the United States not knowing anything about her family’s past. She journeys to Cambodia to discover the secrets of how her family came together during the Khmer Rouge period. She finds that what her parents hid in shame also proves their great heroism. NEW YEAR BABY is a love story – a celebration of family and the power of commitment.

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Sons of Perdition

Directed by: Tyler Measom and Jennilyn Merten
Produced by: Julie Goldman, Tyler Measom and Jennilyn Merten

Sons of Perdition follows three teenage boys after they escape from the powerful FLDS polygamist sect and must fend for themselves in mainstream America.

For information on having the filmmaker speak about this film, please contact collective eye.

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University and College (with PPR*)	$250
K-12, Public Libraries, Non-profits & Government (with PPR*)	$99
Public Libraries (without PPR*)	$39.99

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DVD includes a special "family friendly" version that eliminates the cuss words from the film. Suitable for all ages.

The Heart Broken in Half

The "HEART BROKEN IN HALF" reminded me of Spike Lee's best work; as a documentary it taught me about street life in today's Chicago—and by analogy about many of America's inner-cities."
- Richard Schechner, Professor of Performance Studies, New York University

Gangs are society's ultimate devil figure. They symbolize transgression and embody the deepest fears of middle class citizens. Few filmmakers have dared or been able to get behind the headlines to confront the human reality and complexity of street gangs in urban America. Challenging stereotypes, this documentary gives voice to the street youths and reveals their underground culture. Here is an intricate web of symbols and passions, territory and brotherhood, honor and all to often, death.

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University and College (with PPR*)	$350
K-12, Public Libraries, Non-profits & Government (with PPR*)	$99
Public Libraries (without PPR*)	$39.95
Home Viewing (without PPR*)	$23.95

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Who Does She Think She Is?

Directed by: Pamela Tanner Boll
Produced by: Pamela Tanner Boll

From the producing team that won an Academy Award for Born into Brothels comes Who Does She Think She Is?, a film that examines some of the most pressing issues of our time: parenting and work, partnering and independence, economics and art. This gorgeously photographed film follows five women artists—from Hawaii to Sante Fe, from Ohio to New York—as they navigate the challenges of making work outside the elite art world.

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University and College	$249
High School, Community Libraries & Non Profits	$99
Home Viewing - House Party Kit (Includes DVD w/ special features, movie poster, 10 invitation postcards, 20 discussion cards and more! )	$29.95
Home Viewing	$24.95