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Living Memory

About Mali's ancient culture, and this culture's position in the country today. Exposes tensions in a society assailed by modernization, Islam and global tourism, yet confident that it will maintain its own distinctive character.

Sex and the Holy City

Investigates the impact on poor women and families of the late Pope John Paul's position on sex and reproductive health.

Drowning by Bullets

Exposes the massacre, cover-up, and the years of denial of what was undoubtedly one of the darkest nights in the history of France.

The Singular Story of Unlucky Juan

THE SINGULAR STORY OF UNLUCKY JUAN is a comprehensive, accessible examination of the particularities of the Cuban economy.

The Iron Ministry

Filmed over three years on what will soon be the world's largest railway network, traces the vast interiors of China on the move.

Rocky Road to Dublin

The last film screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 1968. A provocative, biting portrayal of 1960s Ireland: the stultifying educational system, the repressive, reactionary clergy, and the myopic cultural nationalism.

Waking the Green Tiger

By declaring that nature must be conquered in the name of progress, Chairman Mao ushered in an era of environmental degradation for China. Now, passionate activists strive to preserve their natural wonders, educate their compatriots and encourage public debate. Gary Marcuse's stirring documentary celebrates the brave souls at the forefront of China's new revolution.

Fang

A whole century of Western attitudes towards African culture packed into 8 minutes

Around India with a Movie Camera

Sandhya Suri skillfully weaves together archival footage—including hand colored sequences and a new score—to create a story about life across India from 1899 to 1947.

Travels in the Congo (Voyage au Congo)

A restored version of a remarkable documentary from the 1920s of André Gide's and Marc Allégret's travels through equatorial Africa.

I Cannot Tell You How I Feel

Filmmaker Su Friedrich moves her fiesty mother into an "independent living" facility.

Before the Flood

The residents of the historic Chinese city of Fengjie clash with officials forcing them to evacuate their homes to make way for the world's largest dam.

Eternity Has No Door of Escape

Brings viewers to the places and institutions in France, Switzerland, Germany, and Belgium where the history of "Outsider Art" unfolded and continues to unfold today.

Jamilia

A search for Jamilia, the title character in the novella by Chingiz Aitmatov about a young woman who rebels against the rules of Kirghiz society.

The Scientist, the Imposter and Stalin

Two extraordinary human destinies, caught up in the implacable political machinery of the burgeoning Soviet Union of the 1920s, prey to famine.

A Republic Gone Mad

In 1954, Luc de Heush filmed the traditional harmonious relationship between Tutsi herdsmen and Hutu farmers in the Central African kingdom of Rwanda, then still a Belgian protectorate. Forty years later, a million Tutsi perish at the hands of the Hutu in the first genocide of modern African history.

A Tribe of His Own

Indian journalist reminds us of the meaning of responsible journalism.

Still Waters

In his tiny, one-room, after hours, free school in Brooklyn, Stephen Haff teaches forty Hispanic kids reading, creative writing and Latin.

Plane Truths

With the "Pivot to Asia" increased activity at the navy base on Whidbey Island, WA is making life unbearable for locals and wildlife - collateral damage in the ever increasing militarization of our society.

The Heretic

Follows Rob Bell, former founder of a megachurch in Michigan, but now an influential writer and speaker, who spreads a message of love and inclusion and searches for what it means to be human.

The Poets

Follows two West African poets and lifelong friends, Syl Cheney-Coker and Niyi Osundare, as they travel through their home countries of Sierra Leone and Nigeria to explore what has shaped their art.

Justice at Agadez

Agadez, Niger: Alongside the laws of the state, another judicial system exists. The living heritage of the Muslim tradition.

Behind the Rainbow

An in-depth exploration into the internal conflicts of the ANC in South Africa, which led to Jacob Zuma's election as president.

Before the Flood

The residents of the historic Chinese city of Fengjie clash with officials forcing them to evacuate their homes to make way for the world's largest dam.

The Red Soul

Why do so many Russians still defend Stalin as a great leader and a hero? Russians speak openly about Joseph Stalin and their traumas, rooted in a violent history.

The Other Side of Everything

A Belgrade apartment divided in two—with one half that has been locked for more than 30 years—tells the story of Serbia's political turmoil.

A Man's Place

Confronted with unforeseen pregnancies and, in most cases, abortions, men reveal their feelings and thoughts.

Symbiotic Earth

Explores the life and ideas of Lynn Margulis, a scientific rebel who challenged entrenched theories of evolution to present a new narrative: life evolves through collaboration.

12 Days

Legendary filmmaker-photographer Raymond Depardon chronicles the patients of a psychiatric ward where justice and madness meet.

CERN

Stunning imagery and fascinating insight into the largest particle physics laboratory in the world, the Large Hadron Collider.

France (Les Habitants)

Documentarist Raymond Depardon travels through provincial France in a camper, gathering conversations with people from all walks of life.

Journal de France

A journal, a voyage through time. Depardon photographs France, Nougaret rediscovers the unseen footage he has so carefully kept: his first steps behind the camera, his TV reports from around the world, snatches of their memories and of our history.

A Quest for Meaning

Two childhood friends take an impromptu road trip attempting to uncover the causes of our current global crisis and discover a way to bring about change.

Open Bethlehem

The filmmaker comes home to Bethlehem to find the city being strangled by the Wall and ongoing Israeli settlements, and starts a campaign to keep Bethlehem open to the world.

Earth Seasoned: #GapYear

Diagnosed with learning difficulties, Tori finds her greatest teacher in nature, spending a "gap year" living semi-primitively with four other young women in Oregon's Cascade Mountains.

Jean Ziegler, the Optimism of Willpower

An in-depth look at the charismatic and controversial sociologist, professor and best-selling author Jean Ziegler and his endless belief in socialism

Silentium

An intimate look at the Benedictine Nuns of Our Dear Lady convent in the Swabian Alps.

A Dangerous Idea

Examines the history of the US eugenics movement and its recent resurrection, which uses false scientific claims and holds that an all-powerful 'gene' determines who is worthy and who is not.