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Cultures of ResistanceDirected by: Iara Lee Does each gesture really make a difference? Can music and dance be weapons of peace? In 2003, on the eve of the Iraq war, director Iara Lee embarked on a journey to better understand a world increasingly embroiled in conflict and, as she saw it, heading for self-destruction. After several years, travelling over five continents, Iara encountered growing numbers of people who committed their lives to promoting change. This is their story. From IRAN, where graffiti and rap became tools in fighting government repression, to BURMA, where monks acting in the tradition of Gandhi take on a dictatorship, moving on to BRAZIL, where musicians reach out to slum kids and transform guns into guitars, and ending in PALESTINIAN refugee camps in LEBANON, where photography, music, and film have given a voice to those rarely heard, CULTURES OF RESISTANCE explores how art and creativity can be ammunition in the battle for peace and justice.
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Finding FaceDirected 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.
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Left by the ShipDirected 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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Life and DebtDirected by: Stephanie Black Jamaica, a land of sea, sand and sun... and a prime example of the complexities of economic globalization on the world's developing countries. With a voice-over narration written by Jamaica Kincaid, adapted form her non-fiction book "A Small Place," LIFE AND DEBT is an unapolgetic look at the "new world order" from the point of view of Jamaican workers, farmers, government and policy officials, who see the reality of globalization from the ground up.
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Peace CommandosDirected by: Skye Fitzgerald In what is often referred to as Africa's first 'world war', millions have died in the last decade in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Despite this horrific loss of life, it is currently one of the most under-reported humanitarian crises in the world. The film profiles the work of Search for Common Ground (SFCG), an innovative organization working to transform conflict in Congolese society through interactive street theater. The film observes the work of SFCG exploring the idea that a subtle disarmament must take place in order for lasting peace to emerge in a society fractured by decades of conflict.
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Out in the SilenceDirected 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.
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The Power of the PowerlessDirected by: Cory Taylor Czechoslovakia's "Velvet Revolution" is one of the most stirring episodes of people-power in recent history. Inspired by the courageous struggle of a handful of dissidents, and sparked by idealistic students demonstrating in the streets of Prague, Czechs and Slovaks brought an end to forty years of communist tyranny through bloodless revolution in 1989. The documentary features rare and never-before-seen interviews with key figures of the Velvet Revolution including Václav Havel. The Power of the Powerless documents this monumental achievement and asks why Czech youth are not being taught about their own history.
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This Way of LifeDirected by: Thomas Burstyn Peter and Colleen Karena live with their six kids and 50 horses in the almost wild freedom of New Zealand's isolated mountains, until Peter's escalating battle with his own father has profound consequences.
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The Witches of GambagaDirected by: Yaba Badoe The Witches of Gambaga is the extraordinary story of a community of women condemned to live as witches in Northern Ghana. Painful experience and insight come together to create an intimate portrait of the lives of women ostracized by their communities. This disturbing expose is the product of a collaboration between members of the 100 strong community of ‘witches’ and women’s movement activists determined to end abusive practices and improve women’s lives. Told largely by the women themselves, their incredible stories and struggles are conveyed to a wide range of audiences by the director’s narration.
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