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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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The documentary film "When Silence is Golden" follows the director in her quest to lift the silence on the gold mining activities of a Canadian mining company near a small town in western Ghana. Through her journey, we meet the inhabitants of this town who, despite efforts by the government to silence them, cannot hide their anger and are eager to express their grievances. The director is also confronted with the impact of her presence, as a Westerner, within the community.

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"We Buy, Who Pays?" is a documentary about Western companies producing clothes and shoes in developing countries. It shows us the problems of working conditions, like low wages, forced overtime, health issues, child labor, and chemicals destroying land and groundwater. What can be done to solve these problems? We visit factories in India and talk to suppliers, laborers, NGOs, and farmers who give their point of view. Do Western companies take any responsibility? Leaders from H&M and other bi... more

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When xenophobic attacks broke out across South Africa in 2008, many were caught off guard, shocked by violence that felt like a violation of the principles of their newly democratic nation. Over two months, 62 people were killed, hundreds injured, and many more left homeless. In the midst of the violence, many young people picked up pangas. Other youth, clad in the bright greens and maroons of their school uniforms, looted neighborhood shops while some of their classmates, refugees themselves, fle... more

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At least two years, twelve hours every day, memorizing over 6000 verses from Koran–that is what small kids have to do in Hifz-Khana. Many parents send their children very willingly to this special department of a madrasa, the Islamic orthodox school. Generally, cameras are strictly forbidden; filmmaker Shaheen Dill-Riaz still managed to enter and observe in these madrasas in Bangladesh. The result is a film that approaches very carefully this unique religious practice, which is contradictory to th... 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 based on a heterogeneous group of activists who stand for the transsexual and transgender community.

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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 to make adults come face to face with the truth that violence against children degrades everyone, including the perpetrators. As adults struggle to redeem themselves from the guilt of causing so much pain to the children, the children demonstrate that their spirits and imagination are larger than their short years of experience woul... more

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The forgotten land of West Papua is under brutal Indonesian military occupation. Its tribal people are being slaughtered and their unique environment destroyed. But the world is doing nothing to stop it. In 1963, in violation of international law and with U.S. assistance, Indonesia occupied and colonized the West Papuan homeland in the western part of New Guinea. Since that tragic event, the West Papuans asked for a fair referendum and want their independence. At least 100,000 indigenous Papuans hav... more

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"Only One Boss" proves that everything we know about conflict, we learned in pre-school. This nine-minute film invites you to laugh and cringe as a pair of three-year-ol...more
 
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Faith after the Holocaust is a theme that is rarely touched upon in Holocaust-related documentaries, let alone examined deeply. This documentary film attempts to explore, in a...more
 
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Unemployed Muslims in West Bengal make up nearly 35% of those registered with employment exchanges in the state but only 3.3% have jobs. As more young men and women leav...more
 
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A makeshift gold mine on the remote Diosso hillside in Burkina Faso has attracted a swarm of gold diggers and dynamite blasters, healers and dealers, vendors an...more
 
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A foreign Thai worker was wounded by a missile launched from Gaza to the south of Israel days before the war in Gaza. After two years, without the ability to work and his debt...more
 
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