 | No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmosby James Chressanthis Two Hungarian film students escaped communist Hungary in 1956, with little more than a camera and a shopping bag full of film. Over the next 50 years, Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond would reinvent Hollywood moviemaking for an entire generation — and maintain an iron-clad friendship along the way. Independent Lens |
 | Operation Filmmakerby Nina Davenport Iraqi film student Muthana Mohmed — whose school was destroyed by American bombs — lands a dream job working on a Hollywood movie. Independent Lens |
 | The Paperby Aaron Matthews Through the eyes of Pennsylvania State University’s students, The Paper takes an in-depth look at the challenges facing the journalists of tomorrow. Independent Lens |
 | Paul Conrad: Drawing Fireby Barbara Multer-Wellin and Jeff Abelson Narrated by Tom Brokaw, Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire pays tribute to a legendary journalist and artist who epitomizes the fiercely independent voice that has been vanishing from American news media in recent years. Independent Lens |
 | Race to Executionby Rachel Lyon and Jim Lopes Through compelling personal narratives and the often unexpected results of research on race, justice, and the media, Race to Execution exposes the factors that influence who lives and who dies at the hands of the state. Independent Lens |
 | Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indianby Neil Diamond Kemosabe? Loincloths, fringed pants, and feather headdresses? Heap big stereotypes. Reel Injun is an entertaining trip through the evolution of North American Native people ("The Indians") as portrayed in famous Hollywood movies, from the silent era to today. Jim Jarmusch, Clint Eastwood, Graham Greene, John Trudell, and others provide insights into the often demeaning and occasionally hilariously absurd stereotypes perpetuated on the big screen through Hollywood's history. Independent Lens |
 | Signal to Noise: Life with Televisionby Cara Mertes A look behind the screen at TV's intense pursuit of viewers. |
 | Small Ball: A Little League Storyby Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker Follow the hope, thrills, and excitement of players, parents, and coaches as a team of 11- and 12-year-old Little Leaguers go from their small Northern California town all the way to the 2002 Little League Baseball World Series Championship in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. |
| Stranger with a Cameraby Elizabeth Barret and Judi Jennings By examining a single incident — the 1967 murder of a documentary filmmaker by an eastern Kentucky landowner — Stranger with a Camera raises questions about representation and interrogates the documentary medium itself. POV |
 | Sunshineby Karen Skloss Director Karen Skloss is herself the result of an unplanned pregnancy, and now finds herself pregnant and single in her 20s. She shares this intimate story of two mothers and the circumstances that afforded them very different options. Independent Lens |
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