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		Ballot Measure 9 Directed by: Heather MacDonald Produced by: Heather MacDonald The Sundance-winning feature Ballot Measure 9 is the chilling chronicle of an historic gay-rights battle in Oregon.  As the anti-gay violence escalates, the film evolves into an exposé of hate politics that crosses lines of race, religion, and sexual identity. Awarded prizes internationally, this galvanizing classic continues to resonate for a new generation. Read More and View Trailer LICENSE PRICE University and College $250 High School, Community Libraries & Non Profits $99.95 Home Viewing $24.95

		Finding Face Directed by: Skye Fitzgerald Produced by: Skye Fitzgerald When she was sixteen, Tat Marina was brutally attacked by a jealous woman and her bodyguards who poured highly toxic nitric acid over her head in front of hundreds of witnesses. Finding Face investigates the fracturing of Marina’s family across transnational boundaries and documents the family’s disparate responses to the knowledge that none of Marina’s attackers have been arrested despite widespread knowledge of their identities. Read More and View Trailer LICENSE PRICE University and College $249 High School, Community Libraries & Non Profits $99 Home Viewing $24.95

		From River To Sea Directed by: Susan Fink Produced by: Susan Fink and Emerson Machtus From River to Sea is the emotional, heartfelt story about journeys, decisions and modern life-a story not unlike that of many women today. Every journey is a quest to return home, as shown through the filmmaker eye's, as she travels through Eastern Europe exploring her Jewish faith. Read More and View Trailer LICENSE PRICE University and College $250 High School, Community Libraries & Non Profits $99

		Out in the Silence Directed by: Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer Produced by: Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer OUT IN THE SILENCE captures the controversy that ensues when filmmaker Joe Wilson's same-sex wedding announcement is published in the newspaper of the small Pennsylvania hometown he left long ago. Drawn back by a plea for help from the mother of a gay teen being tormented at school, Wilson's journey dramatically illustrates the challenges of negotiating the morally charged issue of sexual orientation and the potential for building bridges when people with differing opinions approach each other with openness and respect. Read More and View Trailer LICENSE PRICE University and College $155 High School, Community Libraries & Non Profits $99 Home Viewing $25