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Absences

ABSENCES, by award winning filmmaker Tatiana Huezo (The Tiniest Place), exposes the ever-intensifying phenomenon of enforced disappearance in Mexico and the ways it affects women.

Women Make Movies | 2015 | 26 minutes

The Absent House

Sustainable design in the tropics. The story of a Puerto Rican architect pioneering locally-suited green buildings for over thirty years.

Icarus Films | 2013 | 55 minutes

Affluenza

Diagnoses the 'disease' of materialism and prescribes its antidote, simple living.

Bullfrog Films | 1997 | 56 minutes

After Winter, Spring

An intimate portrait of an ancestral way of life under threat in a world increasingly dominated by large-scale industrial agriculture.

Bullfrog Films | 2015 | 74 minutes

Against My Will

The stories of three women who took refuge at the Dastak women's shelter in Pakistan, founded to help women fleeing abusive and murderous families.

Icarus Films | 2002 | 50 minutes

The Age of Discovery

This film offers a compelling prospect for living our later years as a unique, exuberant time of life on its own authentic terms. A group of wonderfully diverse individuals, 66 to 106, share their insights on life after sixty

Terra Nova Films | 2004 | 56 minutes

Al Otro Lado (To the Other Side)

An aspiring corrido composer faces two life-changing choices: to traffic drugs or unlawfully cross the border into the United States.

Icarus Films | 2005 | 70 minutes

The Alarm Rings Softly

Caribbean women use drama and reggae to fight domestic violence.

Bullfrog Films | 1996 | 12 minutes

Alien Citizen: An Earth Odyssey

Elizabeth Liang is a Cross-Cultural Kid (CCK). A CCK is a person who has lived in—or meaningfully interacted with—two or more cultural environments for a significant period of time during developmental years.

Collective Eye Films | 2022 | 90 minutes

All About My Sisters

Qiong Wang boldly explores her family's history and the ongoing consequences of China's one-child policy.

dGenerate Films | 2021 | 175 minutes