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Out of love for her newly adopted country, Sibel Edmonds agreed to join the FBI as a translator in the wake of 9/11. But the world of this young Turkish-American soon gets turned upside down. Sibel reports to her supervisors that one of her colleagues is secretly working for Turkish targets of top secret FBI investigations. As a "reward" for her whistle blowing, Sibel is fired from the FBI. Today she is fighting for the very ideals on which American democracy relies, and is facing, agains... more

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A celebration of perseverance and rebirth through the arts, this inspiring documentary follows a group of New Orleans teens as they stage a revival of the hurricane-themed musical Once on this Island.

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"Foreigners" is an animated documentary about foreigners who live in London. Based on interviews with ten young people from all over the world who live in the city, the film pieces together vignettes from multiple points of view that reveal London as an international metropolis that is both exciting and alienating. The interviews suggest a fresh look at contemporary English culture, and raise more fundamental questions about cultural differences and human nature.

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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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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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"Ellis Island", the film, is a short audio-visual piece of work shot in the surroundings of what used to be called the “immigrants’ squat”, close to the cross-Channel harbor and the former Cherbourg seaport. "Ellis Island" questions the condition and the place of the immigrant through a reflection on “biopower”; its starting point is the following concern: the way a society can create weak human beings such as “immigrants”. Homesickness, lack of future, and emptiness of presen... more

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A unique film essay from director Vladimír Mráz, testifying, without words, to the unrepeatable platitude, eminent banality, and inner perception in compelling elusiveness and simultaneously edifying time. The documentary registers the expansive metamorphoses in the city of Ostrava, the "heart of steel" of former Czechoslovakia, together with the daily life of its inhabitants, even in their most intimate moments, giving it both an unexpected coherence and contrast. Thi... more

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"Je ne suis pas moi-même" is a documentary that explains the contradictions in the African antiques world.
 
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"Will You Ever Forgive me?" is a feature-length film that documents four poignant stories told from children’s perspectives. Each story focuses on a child’s struggle t...more
 
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Keith Nolan always wanted to join the United States military but he’s deaf, an automatic disqualification according to military rules. In this talk, he describes his fight t...more
 
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NADA A VER (Nothing to See) tells the everyday life of a Brazilian jail and the men who live there together. Through their intimate stories, their gestures, and thei...more
 
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Flying in the face of this culture's extreme ageism, "Still Doing It" explores the lives of older women; partnered, single, straight, gay, black, and white: nine extraordinar...more
 
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In 1944 Aimée Stitelman saved Jewish children by helping them to cross the border between France and Switzerland. The authorities condemned her to prison. In 2002 the Swis...more
 
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