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Abortion Helpline
At the Philadelphia abortion helpline, counselors field nonstop calls from women and teens who are seeking to end a pregnancy but can’t afford to, illustrating how economic stigma and cruel laws determine who has access to abortion in America.
Women Make Movies | 2020 | 13 minutes
Aiming High
Focuses on Uganda's successful economic recovery in the wake of Idi Amin's regime.
Bullfrog Films | 2005 | 26 minutes
The Backward Class
Filmmaker Madeleine Grant documents the first dalit caste students as they attempt to take the Indian School Certificate exams to enter university.
Collective Eye Films | 2014 | 91 minutes
The Bad Kids
An extraordinary principal’s journey to help her students realize their potential
GOOD DOCS | 2016 | 101 minutes
The Bad Kids
An extraordinary principal’s journey to help her students realize their potential
GOOD DOCS | 2016 | 84 minutes
Barber Shop - Ep 4: Rio De Janeiro / Brazil
Brazil has well prepared itself for the Olympic Games of 2016, to embrace sports enthusiasts from all over the world. However, the people from the favela’s have, as always, been forgotten. Barber Shop Brazil talks about current state of the favela’s and of the common man’s fear, not of drug dealers, but of the police.
First Hand Films | 2017 | 26 minutes
Barber Shop - Ep 6: Pretoria West / South Africa
South Africa has known a turbulent history of occupation, discrimination and violence against the black population. The white middle class is slowly slipping away into poverty, resulting in violence, excessive drugs and alcohol abuse.
First Hand Films | 2017 | 26 minutes
Because They're Worth It
Micro-credit, education, health information, and hope provided to impoverished Chinese.
Bullfrog Films | 2000 | 24 minutes
Birth on the Border
Seeking a safer future for their children, two women from Ciudad Juárez, risk harassment at the hands of Border Patrol to cross the US-Mexico border legally to give birth in El Paso, Texas.
Women Make Movies | 2018 | 28 minutes
Bolivian Blues
Explores the success of new initiative to reduce widespread poverty.
Bullfrog Films | 2000 | 24 minutes
