A Healthy Baby Girlby Judith Helfand A woman who contracted cancer as the result of exposure to a synthetic hormone in utero documents her journey with humor and grace. POV | |
The Horse Boyby Michel Orion Scott When their son is diagnosed with autism, one Texas couple seeks the best medical treatment. Nothing works — until they discover their son’s connection to horses, and take a spiritual journey to Mongolia on an epic quest for healing. Independent Lens | |
House of Girlsby Karen Cooper Five young women share thoughts about the difficulties and joys of being alive and female. | |
I Stare at You and Dreamby Susan Mogul The filmmaker and three friends reveal their struggles, wounds and romantic entanglements in an intimate look at four lives in progress. | |
In the Matter of Cha Jung Heeby Deann Borshay Liem Filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem goes on a quest to search for her “double” — a girl named Cha Jung Hee — in an attempt to resolve a case of mistaken identity when a South Korean orphanage switched their identities. POV | |
In the Shadow of the Sunby Harry Freeland An intimate story about two very different members of a remote islands' albino community in Tanzania, as a wave of brutal killings targeting people with albinism sweeps their country. Global Perspectives Collection, Global Voices | |
The Jew in the Lotusby Laurel Chiten and Lucia Small The story of eight Jewish delegates invited to India by the Dalai Lama to share the secret of the Jewish people’s spiritual survival in exile. | |
Kelly Loves Tonyby Spencer Nakasako A young Southeast Asian couple wrestle with the nebulous cultural zone between first and second generation immigrant life. POV | |
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 | |
Letter from Wacoby Don Howard and Terri Clemens A humorous portrait of “the West’s most southern city,” a place governed by four principles: race, religion, death, and football. |
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