Frontiers of Dreams and Fearsby Mai Masri Two girls living in refugee camps in Beirut and Bethlehem share the feelings and hopes of a new generation of young Palestinians. | |
Journals of a Wily Schoolby Sudeshna Bose Follow a young pickpocket through the streets of Kolkata, where he plies his trade and plays a real-life game of cops and robbers... Global Voices, Global Perspectives Collection, Independent Lens | |
Left by the Shipby Emma Rossi Landi and Alberto Vendemmiati Three young adults born to Filipino mothers by U.S. servicemen battle against social stigma, family problems, and identity-related issues 18 years after the last U.S. base closed. Global Perspectives Collection, Independent Lens | |
Mai's Americaby Marlo Poras When a spunky, mini-skirted daughter of Ho Chi Minh’s revolution leaves cosmopolitan Hanoi for a high school exchange program in rural Mississippi, her ideas about freedom, America, Vietnam, and herself are thrown into question. Global Voices, POV | |
Monkey Danceby Julie Mallozzi Their parents escaped Cambodia's killing fields — now dance helps three teens survive the minefields of urban America. | |
One in a BillionAfter he breaks up with his girlfriend, Ravi Patel — almost 30 and single — enters the semi-arranged marriage system in America. Independent Lens | |
Please Vote for Meby Weijun Chen Please Vote for Me follows 8-year-old students in an elementary school in China as they campaign for class monitor. Independent Lens, Global Voices, Global Perspectives Collection | |
Promisesby Justine Shapiro and B.Z. Goldberg A compelling and humorous take on the Middle East conflict from the perspectives of seven Palestinian and Israeli children living only minutes apart in Jerusalem but locked in separate worlds. Global Voices, POV | |
The Real Slumdogsby Zigzag Productions A journey into the heart of Dharavi, Mumbai (setting for the blockbuster Slumdog Millionaire, that looks at what it's like to live in Asia's largest slum, from the point of view of the residents themselves. Global Perspectives Collection | |
Refugeeby Spencer Nakasako Three young Cambodian American men return to the land of their roots wielding video cameras to document their experience of meeting fathers, sisters, and brothers for the first time. Global Voices, Independent Lens |
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