Love Inventoryby David Fisher and Yahaly Gat Enlisting his four reluctant siblings, an Israeli filmmaker goes looking for a missing person from their past, uncovering a secret that changes their family forever. Independent Lens, 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 | |
New Year Babyby Socheata Poeuv Filmmaker Socheata Poeuv grew up in the United States never knowing that her family had survived the Khmer Rouge genocide. In New Year Baby, she embarks on a journey to Cambodia in search of the truth about her family's past. Global Voices, Independent Lens | |
One in a BillionRavi Patel is almost 30 and still single, and his tradition-minded Hindu family is not happy. After he breaks up with his white girlfriend, he enters the semi-arranged marriage system in America. One in a Billion explores the influences of culture and identity on the most intense, personal, and important part of one's life — love. Independent Lens | |
Our Summer in Tehranby Justine Shapiro Jewish filmmaker Justine Shapiro and her six-year-old son experience the daily life of three middle class families from very different backgrounds in Tehran, Iran. | |
Project Kashmirby Senain Kheshgi and Geeta V. Patel Project Kashmir tests the limits of friendship and costs of war in one of the most dangerous and beautiful places on earth. Independent Lens | |
Relocated Mountainsby Matthew Metcalfe and Julia Parnell A Kurdish refugee risks his life by traveling back to his homeland to visit his grandmother before she dies. Global Perspectives Collection | |
Return to the Borderby NOJA and Sylvie Blum A Chinese-born filmmaker reflects on the personal ramifications of the political ideals of communism and socialism from his memories of a childhood in the border town of Dandong to his experiences in North Korea. Global Voices, Global Perspectives Collection | |
A Story of People in War and Peaceby Vardan Hovhannisyan After 12 years, journalist and former P.O.W., Vardan Hovhannisyan returns to the Soviet Union in search of answers to the war and lessons for peace. Global Voices, Global Perspectives Collection | |
This is My Picture When I Was Deadby Mahmoud Al Massad An imaginative look at what happens after four-year-old Bashir comes back to life after the assassination of him and his father, a top PLO lieutenant. Global Perspectives Collection |
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