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(2011) Nepal’s decade-long civil war ended in November 2006 with a comprehensive peace agreement. Th... more
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Many of the entertainers who toured the Vietnam war were well known, but not all. Filmmaker Mara Wallis belonged to this lesser known group of freelance performers for ove... more
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Life is tough for two women, Belay and Zemu, who live in the small village of Kajima in northern Ethiopia. The shortage of food caused them to leave the village and travel with their kids to the capital, Addis Ababa for begging. Zemu and Belay support the family they left behind with the money they make as beggars. Several months later, they come back to the village with their small savings. This year, Zemu returned to a bad surprise. Rumors in the village told that her husband had donated som... more

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"X-Mission" explores the logic of the refugee camp as one of the oldest extraterritorial zones. Taking the Palestinian refugee camps as a case in point, the video engages with the different discourses —legal, symbolic, urban, mythological, historical—that give meaning to this exceptional space. According to International Law, the Palestinian refugee represents indeed the exception within the exception.

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Does everybody have the right to be beautiful? Miss Landmine is an art project that raises awareness of landmine issues and challenges traditional perceptions of disabled people. On the heels of a successful event in Africa, theater director Morten Traavik has now turned to Cambodia for the next edition of his controversial beauty pageant for landmine survivors. Faced with cries of sexism, exploitation, and a conservative Buddhist culture, Traavik seeks out new expressions of beauty in an increasingl... more

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"Memories of Rain" tells the story of Jenny C. and Kevin Q., two South Africans, her from the white world, he from the Black, who fought as commanders in the intelligence service of the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC) against the apartheid government. The film is not a historical study of the armed struggle of the ANC but the story of two people’s personal experiences, of how they grew up and became involved in the underground, of their goals and ideals, and of the struggle t... more

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There are laborers who took the long way round. They spent every day doing hard labor on the assembly line where they could hear even the sound of each other breathing. These laborers went up to the roof of the factory to stop layoffs and had to throw rocks and bolts at each other. They also had to watch as 22 laborers and their families who were pushed over the factory wall to leave on a long, long journey. Then they finally ended up at Daehanmoon (Daehan Gate) in the middle of Seoul. Thei... more

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The film "Don't let the Dream Die" is a documentary about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his contribution to the American Civil Rights Movement.

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"Verse Code" reveals the power of the word and the new ways of urban expression through the main representatives of Spanish hip-hop MCs. Top-notch artists such as Frank T, El Langui, Arianna Pueyo, Kamikaze, Juaninacka, VKR, Tremendo Menda, Rafa Lechowsky, and Falsalarma, among others, will take part in Verse Code. Led by a university professor and a professor of poetry, the documentary explores the origin of social rap and draws comparisons between present MCs and poets of other eras to demonstrat... more

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In 1974, a small group of parents became the first in the nation to publicly refuse blame for causing their children to have schizophrenia. They formed Parents of Adul...more
 
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“Warriors” is a documentary that puts forth a reflection about the sexual identity, an approach to the gender development and its “control strategies.” It is base...more
 
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Rupert Kathner and Alma Brooks were the Bonnie and Clyde of Australian showbiz. He was an artist (although some might say con artist!) and a dreamer. She was a secretar...more
 
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The Civil War may be long over but the spirit of rebellion is hard to extinguish, even in something as innocent as a girls' summer camp. "Southern Belle" examines the 186...more
 
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From May 2 to 3, 2012, the UN refugee agency and the government of Switzerland are co-hosting an international conference in Geneva on the Afghan refugee situation. Th...more
 
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