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5x5: Voices of Change from the Forests of Indonesia + Hope: Indigenous Climate Change Solutions
*New Film Added Fall 2020*
Five short films from Indigenous communities across Indonesia show their response to threats to their forests posed by miners, loggers, palm oil plantations and global warming. In the sixth film a Dayak Iban community inspires hope as it offers a simple solution to the global cllimate crisis.
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Global Environmental Justice | 2008 | 37 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
Agent Orange
A look at the long-term effects, on U.S. soldiers, the Vietnamese people, and the environment of Vietnam, of the spraying of Agent Orange on Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
Icarus Films | 2007 | 66 minutes
The Amahs of Hong Kong
Filipino women exploited as maids in Hong Kong.
Bullfrog Films | 1996 | 11 minutes
Angry Monk
Gendun Choephel, a legendary figure in Tibet, turned from the monastic life he was born to (as the reincarnation of a Buddhist lama), to become a fierce critic of his country's religious conservatism and isolationism.
Icarus Films | 2005 | 97 minutes
The Apology
Former 'Comfort Women' who were forced to serve Japanese troops during World War II tell their harrowing stories.
Icarus Films | 2016 | 104 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.
Icarus Films | 2018 | 72 minutes
Arrows Against the Wind
The Dani and the Asmat come face to face with the modern world in Irian Jaya.
Bullfrog Films | 1993 | 52 minutes
Arrows Against the Wind
West Papua, the "Amazon of Asia" is a vast tropical rainforest that has been occupied for 25,000 years. The Dani and the Asmat people have lived in spiritual harmony with the land for millennia. Now they are threatened by Indonesia's policy of assimilation and the destruction of their lands. This title has one or more clips.
Global Environmental Justice | 1993 | 52 minutes
Before the Flood I
Part I. The residents of the ancient Chinese cities of Fengjie clash with officials forcing them to evacuate their homes -- along with millions of other residents -- to make way for the massive Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River. This title has one or more clips.
Global Environmental Justice | 2005 | 147 minutes