 | Lakshmi and Meby Nishtha Jain and Smriti Nevatia In this intimate examination of the relationship between Indian filmmaker Nishtha Jain and her young maid, Lakshmi, Jain holds up a mirror to her own culture and the pervasive caste system that can still determine an individual’s fate in life. Independent Lens, Global Perspectives Collection, Global Voices |
 | Made in L.A.by Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar Follow the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles sweatshops as they embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections from a trendy clothing retailer. POV, Global Voices |
 | The Mosquito Problem & Other Storiesby Andrey Paounov, and Martichka Bozhilova In a world instantly transformed by ideologies, regimes, and dreams of economic prosperity, characters’ lives intersect in a sinister past and nuclear future. Global Perspectives Collection, Global Voices |
 | Motherland Afghanistanby Catherine Gund, Sedika Mojadidi, and Jenny Raskin Nearly one in seven Afghan women dies in childbirth. Follow an Afghan American filmmaker and her father to his native Afghanistan, where he brings desperately needed medical attention and expertise to the women most susceptible to maternal mortality. Women of the World, Women and Girls Lead, Global Voices, Independent Lens |
 | On Wheels Brasilby Sergio Bloch Following the lives of people that push, pull, or pedal some kind of vehicle to earn their living on Brazil’s city streets, On Wheels Brasil establishes a relationship between the wheel’s movement and the inconstancy of life. Global Perspectives Collection, Global Voices |
 | Pickles, Inc.by Nitza Gonen and Dalit Kimor In the Israeli Arab village of Tamra, eight widows challenge social conventions and establish the Azka Pickle Cooperative, seeking financial independence for themselves and their children. Wide Angle, Global Voices, Global Perspectives Collection, Women and Girls Lead |
 | Poor Us: An Animated History of Povertyby Ben Lewis Explore the history of grand schemes to eradicate poverty, through a combination of animation, archival material, live action, anecdote, and humor. Global Perspectives Collection, Global Voices, Why Poverty? |
 | Power Tripby Paul Devlin What happens when an American energy conglomerate purchases a state-run electricity company in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia? Balancing hot tempers, high drama and widespread corruption, Power Trip explores the implications of globalization and privatization, the chaos of post-Soviet transition, and the real power struggle behind who keeps the lights on. Independent Lens, Global Voices |
 | Putin's Kissby Lise Birk Pedersen Nashi is an increasingly popular political youth organization with direct ties to the Kremlin. Officially, its goal is to support the current political system by creating a future elite among the brightest and most loyal Russian teenagers. But their agenda is also to keep the political opposition from spreading their views among the Russians. Global Perspectives Collection, Global Voices |
 | Recycleby Mahmoud al Massad Abu Ammar, one of thousands of ex-Mujahideen in Jordan, now struggles to support his family on his meager earnings from recycling discarded cardboard. After years of fighting against the Soviets in Afghanistan, Ammar struggles with his faith and the social realities of life in the hometown of the infamous al Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Independent Lens, Global Perspectives Collection, Global Voices |
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