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Aimee’s CrossingDirected by: Tod Lending In this very intimate, honest and provocative character study, the story of juvenile offender Aimee Meyers unfolds over four years as she struggles to overcome her addictions and destructive behavior.
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 An Angel in the VillageDirected by: Glenn Holsten Produced by: Frances McElroy "AN ANGEL IN THE VILLAGE” deftly weaves Yeh’s Africa sojourn together with the story of her evolution from tradition-bound artist to social change visionary.” AN ANGEL IN THE VILLAGE is an inspiring documentary which traces the 20-year journey of Lily Yeh, a Chinese-born activist artist who uses art to create social change among residents of inner-city Philadelphia and Korogocho, Kenya.
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Angano...Angano, Tales from MadagascarDirected by: Marie-Clemence & Cesar Paes Angano...Angnao is a journey through tales and legends to discover Madagascar, a voyage between reality and imaginary, a subjective and impressionistic vision, tinged with humor and tenderness.
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Awara Soup (Le Bouillon d'Awara)Directed by: Marie-Clémence & Cesar Paes A very fresh approach to the questions of identity, immigration, and integration... The mixing of cultures in French Guiana through the cooking of... a magic dish.
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Ballot Measure 9Directed 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.
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Between Earth & SkyDirected by: Kalyanee Mam & David Mendez Torn from home and country and set adrift in a foreign world, three young Iraqi refugees struggle to find hope as they yearn for a lost past and face a desperate and uncertain future. Unique in its storytelling, Between Earth & Sky takes you into a world within – a world of lost dreams, quiet beauty and gentle strength.
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 Between Two WorldsDirected by: Taggart Siegel Produced by: Taggart Siegel & Dwight Conquergood Between Two Worlds: The Hmong Shaman In America powerfully exposes the struggle of Hmong refugees in America. This classic documentary traces the lives of three Hmong families displaces thousands of miles from their villages in Northern Laos and alienated in American cities. Renowned anthropologist, Dwight Conquergood, narrates the rich history of shamanic rituals and explains the similarity between Hmong beliefs and those of Aboriginal people of the Americas.
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 Blue Collar and BuddhaDirected by: Taggart Siegel & Kati Johnston Produced by: Taggart Siegel & Kati Johnston "BLUE COLLAR AND BUDDHA" is that rarity among documentary films - a compelling human document, a proactive statement, a moving exploration of both anger and gentleness. This is not merely a first rate film—it's an important one." This Dramatic Documentary explores America's most recent refugees, struggling against the mounting tension of a post-Vietnam era filled with guilt and anger. A group of Laotian era filled with guilt and anger. A group of Laotian refugees have built a Buddhist temple on a small farmstead on the outskirts of a resolutely blue collar town. Their efforts to preserve their culture and religious heritage have been greeted by several terrorist attacks upon their temple. Blue Collar and Buddha is a moving portrait of the experience of today's refugees and the dramas that results when East meets West.
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 Body MemoriesDirected by: Taggart Siegel & Sky Yeager Produced by: Taggart Siegel & Sky Yeager Body Memories is a wild and often comic ride, one man's journey inward to find meaning in his life. He becomes an archeologist of the soul, digging through the layers of his past. Evocative images blend with a riveting performance that uncovers family secrets and buried traumas. One part Spalding Gray, one part Pan's Labyrinth, Body Memories is more than a poignant and enchanting story, it is mythic revelation of hope and possibility.
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Bolinao 52Directed by: Duc Nguyen One boat with 110 passengers escaped from Vietnam. After 37 days of drifting only 52 survived.
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BombhuntersDirected by: Skye Fitzgerald Bombhunters is an engrossing examination of the micro-economy that has emerged in Cambodia of untrained civilians harvesting unexploded bombs as scrap metal. Part of a global economy, these individuals clear UXO from their land to protect their families from harm and to earn money to survive. Bombhunters is an eye-opening investigation of the residual effects of war experienced by post-conflict nations around the globe, and the complex realities of achieving “peace.”
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 Breaking Ties Directed by: Tod Lending 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.
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Children of HaitiDirected 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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 Children of IBDAA: To Create Something Out of Nothing Directed by: S. Smith Patrick 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.
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Children of the Amazon Directed by: Denise Zmekhol Produced by: Denise Zmekhol 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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CorrectionDirected by: Michael Mulcahy CORRECTION follows four recruits through the Arizona Department of Corrections seven-week training academy, and then over their first eight months within the state prison system. By exploring the complex relationship between correctional officer and prison inmate, this documentary tells a story about power, justice and the American prison system.
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 The Creek Runs Red Directed by: Bradley Beesley, Julianna Brannum, James Payne Produced by: Bradley Beesley, Julianna Brannum, James Payne “It gets in your blood,” says a resident of Picher, Oklahoma about his sense of hometown pride. His words, however, take on a powerful irony in this documentary about the toxic legacy of Picher’s lead mining industry. Since their town was declared a Superfund site in 1981, Picher’s residents have been forced to choose between preserving their image of the American dream and preserving their health. THE CREEK RUNS RED carries us into the heart of this sharply divided community to reveal with extraordinary intimacy and insight the full human tragedy of environmental catastrophe.
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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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Disenchanted ForestDirected by: Sarita Siegel We call them o-rang-u-tans, which literally means "forest persons" in the Malay and Indonesian languages. They are the only great apes native to Asia. Of all the apes, they are the closest to man in genetic makeup. And they face extinction.
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Dreams in Another LanguageDirected 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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 Every Child Is Born A PoetDirected by: Jonathan Meyer Robinson Produced by: Jonathan Meyer Robinson "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." 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.
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 Farmingville Directed by: Catherine Tambini and Carlos Sandoval Produced by: Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini The shocking hate-based attempted murders of two Mexican day laborers catapult a small Long Island town into national headlines, unmasking a new front line in the border wars: suburbia. For nearly a year, filmmakers Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini lived and worked in Farmingville, New York, so they could capture first-hand the stories of residents, day laborers and activists on all sides of the debate. This timely and powerful film is more than a story about illegal immigration. Ultimately it challenges viewers to ask what the 'American dream' really means.
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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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Food MattersDirected by: James Colquhoun & Laurentine Ten Bosch Let thy Food be thy Medicine and thy Medicine be thy Food Hippocrates. That is the message from the founding father of modern medicine echoed in the controversial new documentary film Food Matters from Producer-Directors James Colquhoun and Laurentine ten Bosch. With nutritionally-depleted foods, chemical additives and our tendency to rely upon pharmaceutical drugs to treat what s wrong with our malnourished bodies, it s no wonder that modern society is getting sicker. Food Matters sets about uncovering the trillion dollar worldwide sickness industry and gives people some scientifically verifiable solutions for curing disease naturally.
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Freedom on the FenceDirected by: Glenn Holsten and Andrea Marks Freedom on the Fence details the evolution of Polish poster art by revealing the unique role posters played in the social, political and cultural life of Poland, from WWII through the fall of Communism. The 40 min. documentary brings this story to life through interviews with leading Polish poster artists, and commentaries from both American and Polish scholars on the significance of the Polish poster as a cultural icon.
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From River To SeaDirected by: Susan Fink 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.
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Future of HopeDirected by: Henry Bateman FUTURE OF HOPE brings a unique insight into the positive side of the nation of Iceland. How are Icelanders adopting sustainable practices to grow and develop post financial crisis? How to protect and preserve Europe’s largest area of unspoilt nature to offer and enable Iceland to grow once more, but this time with sustainability at the core as an example to the rest of the world of what can be achieved. Future of Hope focuses on sustainable developments in organic farming, business, innovation, renewable energy and the environment - and is filled with positivity and emotion as we are taken on a story of struggle, determination and most importantly... hope.
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Girls on the WallDirected by: Heather Ross The teenage girls of Warrenville Prison are getting a shot at redemption in a most unlikely form: a musical based on their lives. As three fascinating inmates write and stage their play, they're compelled to re-live their crimes, reclaim their humanity and take a first step toward breaking free of the prison system. Given unprecedented access to this juvenile correctional facility by the State of Illinois, the powerful characters of GIRLS ON THE WALL will surprise you with their candor, intimacy, and unexpected sense of humor.
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Gridlockers’s Paradox: Buehler Shifts Gears Directed by: Scott Ray Becker Self-taught artist Stuart Buehler has a bad case of artistic gridlock. After his close friend and gallery owner William Jamison (Jamison/Thomas Gallery- Portland,Oregon & New York City) dies in 1995, huge loads of Stuart's unique work is returned to him, burying him under his own obsessive talents...until he starts the purging process. Relief comes in the form of the chaotic clean-up, including art jettisoned into the Willamette River and dolls floated down historic Tanner Creek, readings from Buehler's own "Gridlocker's Manifesto" and his final wild west get-away.
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 Growin’ Up Not A Child Directed by: Tod Lending Growin' Up Not A Child enters the violent living conditions of urban America and exposes communal violence on a scale that we never thought was possible in the U.S. Filmed in Chicago, it follows the lives of children living in dangerous communities who are making decisions that will affect the rest of their lives.
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H2 WorkerDirected by: Stephanie Black H2 Worker highlights the fundamental flaws in the H-2 programs to be addressed as Congress debates current immigration reform—and invaluable educational tool for learning about the history of the guestworker program and present day discourse. Available for the first time ever, this DVD includes an 18 minute video update made in 2009 about the present expansion of H-2A and H-2B guestworker programs in the U.S.
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 The Heart Broken in HalfDirected by: Taggart Siegel & Dwight Conquergood Produced by: Taggart Siegel & Dwight Conquergood 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." 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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IngredientsDirected by: Robert Bates Inspiring and rich with information, INGREDIENTS tells the story of America's local food movement and the chefs, farmers and activists who are revitalizing our broken food system. From innovative farm-to-table programs in New York to picturesque sheep farms in Oregon, INGREDIENTS gets to the roots of an alternative food system - healthy and sustainable.
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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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Legacy Directed by: Tod Lending Academy Award-nominated LEGACY is the unflinching chronicle of one family’s triumphant journey out of poverty and despair. Touchingly narrated by Nickcole Collins, a teenage girl wise beyond her years, the film follows the Collins family over five years as they slowly pull themselves out of the haze of poverty, drug addiction, and violence that plagues their public housing project in Chicago.
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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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Mai’s AmericaDirected 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.
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 Mirror DanceDirected by: Frances McElroy & María Teresa Rodríguez Produced by: Frances McElroy & María Teresa Rodríguez “The effects of the US/Cuba impasse has never felt more personal than in this true story of twin sisters......an incredible documentary. An emotional convergence of politics and family.” Two sisters. One passion. Romance. Revolution. Estrangement. MIRROR DANCE tells the story of Margarita and Ramona de Saa, twin sisters who danced with the National Ballet of Cuba, whose once inseparable relationship was torn apart by love and politics.
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 New Year Baby Directed by: Socheata Poeuv Produced by: Charles Vogl "...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..." 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. Special Educational DVD Packages:University Edition price $245
Community Edition price $65
Home Edition price $20
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 Omar and PeteDirected by: Tod Lending OMAR & PETE is a compelling and highly personal film that examines the social, economic, and personal barriers two ex-offenders face as they try to reintegrate into their communities and families. Following the two long-time friends for several years after what they hope will be their final prison release, the film reveals two divergent paths as one wrestles with addiction and fear while the other finds success and freedom through helping others.
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 One Man, One Cow, One Planet Directed by: Tom and Barbara Burstyn Produced by: Tom and Barbara Burstyn Modern industrial agriculture is destroying the earth: desertification, water scarcity, toxic cocktails of agricultural chemicals pervading our food chains, ocean ecosystem collapse, soil erosion and massive loss of soil fertility. Our ecosystems are overwhelmed. Humanity's increasing demands are exceeding the Earth's carrying capacity. A simple recipe to save the world? One man and a bucket of cow dung. Are you crazy?
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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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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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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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Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us?Directed by: Taggart Siegel From Taggart Siegel, director of the award-winning documentary The Real Dirt on Farmer John, comes a profound, alternative look at the global bee crisis. Taking us on a journey through the catastrophic disappearance of bees and the mysterious world of the beehive, this engaging and ultimately uplifting film weaves an unusual and dramatic story of the heartfelt struggles of beekeepers, scientists and philosophers from around the world including Michael Pollan, Gunther Hauk and Vandana Shiva. Together they reveal both the problems and the solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature. With closed captioning & German subtitles For more information visit:
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The Red TailDirected by: Dawn Mikkelson & Melissa Koch In 2005 Roy Koch, along with 4,400 airline mechanics, custodians, and cleaners, went on strike against Northwest Airlines, the fourth largest airline in the world. Northwest ("The Red Tail"), wanted to lay off 53% of their union and outsource their jobs. After a 444-day strike, 4,000 union members were out of work, including Roy.
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The Return of Sarah's DaughtersDirected by: Marcia Jarmel A story of three secular women’s journey into the Orthodox Jewish world. As they grapple or embrace, their experiences throw pat answers about tradition, community, and meaning into relief.
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Return to Tarawa: The Leon Cooper StoryDirected by: Steven Barber In 1943 US Navy ensign Leon Cooper was charged with protecting the lives of hundreds of US Marines in the first major US amphibious assault upon the heavily defended Japanese stronghold Tarawa, an island archipelago in the South Pacific. Sixty-six years later Leon decided to return to the scene of his first (of six) battle experience because he had learned that the remains of many Americans still lay where they fell during the battle of “Bloody Tarawa,” in unmarked graves. Academy Award nominated actor Ed Harris narrates this veteran’s emotional struggle with his past. For Mature Audiences.
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 RichartDirected & Produced by: Dawn Smallman, and Greg Snider, Far Away Films, LLC and Vanessa Renwick Best Video Documentary - Microcinefest While confined to a psychiatric ward at age 50, Richard “Richart” Tracy made this discovery: “If you want to get out of the hospital – start making art like this. They will get rid of you - fast!" Seventeen years later, he’s turned three residential lots into a massive maze of his artistic, sculptural visions. A true, original thinker, Richart's genius turns your waste into his inspiration. "Out of your garbage, I become you!" This documentary takes a trip through his yard, art, methods and his mind. Wait until you see what he keeps in his basement!
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 Ridin' & Rhymin': A Documentary About the Poetry and Perseverance of Cowgirl Georgie Sicking Directed & Produced by: Dawn Smallman and Greg Snider, Far Away Films, LLC "RIDIN' AND RHYMIN" captures the grace and grit of the remarkable Georgie Sicking: a cowboy, a poet, and a survivor. This sensitively crafted story reveals the uncomplicated wisdom and indomitable spirit of a sturdy soul who is an inspiration for us all.” Cowgirl poet Georgie Sicking pens tough rhymes for hard times. Whether on horseback, driving cattle across mountains, or onstage reciting to hundreds of fans, this intimate documentary captures the remarkable life of America’s most honored cowgirl poet. Featuring the music of Lisa Miller & Ian Miller (from Lisa & Her Kin), Wylie & the Wild West, Leon Autrey, and David Lipkind.
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Saudade Do FuturoDirected by: Marie-Clemence & Cesar Paes Saudade Do Futuro features the city of Sãu Paulo and its street poets. To the rhythm and rhymes of musical improvised poetry, journalist or simple maid, art-gallery director or cab driver, the immigrants from the Northeast tell us the beat of the megalopolis.
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Songs and Tears of Nature (Aux Guerriers du silence)Directed by: Marie-Clémence & Cesar Paes Shot in Lapland and Brazil, the film is about Man's relationship with Nature. We listen to the oral culture of the Saamis from the Arctic and Fulni-ôs from Brazil, then beyond ice fields, beyond trees, climates, skins, we discover the same idea: to preserve environment, we first need to preserve the diversity of culture, of language. An astonishing message of peace, dialogue and understanding.
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Sons of PerditionDirected by: 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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Space, Land and Time: Underground Adventures with Ant FarmDirected by: Laura Harrison & Elizabeth Federici Space, Land and Time: Underground Adventures with Ant Farm is the first film to consider the work of the renegade 1970s art/architecture collective Ant Farm, best known for its iconic land-art piece Cadillac Ranch. Radical architects, video pioneers, and mordantly funny cultural commentators, the Ant Farmers created a body of deeply subversive multidisciplinary work that questioned the boundaries of architecture and everything else in the process. Incorporating breathtaking archival video, new footage shot over ten years and animation based on zany period sketches, this film is about the joy of creation in a time when there were no limits.
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 The Split Horn: Life of a Hmong Shaman in America Directed by: Taggart Siegel Produced by: Taggart Siegel and Jim McSilver "It would be difficult for another documentary to equal the scope of Taggart Siegel's film "THE SPLIT HORN: Life of a Hmong shaman in America." The Split Horn is the sweeping story of a Hmong shaman and his family living in Appleton, Wisconsin. Documenting the journey of Paja Thao and his family from the mountains of Laos to the heartland of America this poignant film shows a shaman's struggle to maintain his ancient traditions as his children embrace American culture. American has become the testing ground for the enduring strength of Hmong culture. The evocative narrative captures the daily struggle to Paja Thao's family between two worlds.
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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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Vietnam: The Next GenerationDirected by: Sandy Northrop Over three decades after the "American "War optimism runs high in Vietnam. Peace has brought prosperity and a cocky self confidences. The eight young Vietnamese featured in 'Vietnam: The Next Generation', represent the modern face of Vietnam. They come from all walks of life-from all parts of the county—but together they embody the hopes and dreams and frustrations of this new Vietnam.
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Vietnam Passage: Journeys From War to PeaceDirected by: Sandy Northrop April, 1975. The helicopter carrying the last Americans in Vietnam lifts off the embassy rood in Saigon, and a quagmire that cost 50,000 lives is over. We are familiar with the American perspective on the war, but what about the Vietnamese? The "American" war touched the lives of every man, woman and child in the county. Here are six of their stories.
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Who Does She Think She Is?Directed 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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Women's PowerDirected by: Max Dashú Women's Power in Global Perspective offers a panoramic view of female leadership, creativity, wisdom, and courage, around the world and over thousands of years. It features a rich tapestry of women famous and anonymous, ancient and modern, with a strong emphasis on Indigenous history.
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