Karla's Arrivalby Koen Suidgeest Karla's Arrival explores the subculture of Managua's second-generation street kids through the experience of a 19-year-old mother raising her child on the same streets she grew up on. Global Perspectives Collection | |
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 | |
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 Voices, Global Perspectives Collection | |
My Perestroikaby Robin Hessman and Rachel Wexler My Perestroika follows five ordinary Russians living in extraordinary times — from their sheltered Soviet childhood, to the collapse of the Soviet Union during their teenage years, to the constantly shifting political landscape of post-Soviet Russia. Global Perspectives Collection, POV | |
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 Voices, Global Perspectives Collection | |
Overbookedby Stefano Strocchi and Stefano Tealdi A polite Italian travel agent and an authoritarian Moroccan immigrant, two very different men from two different cultures, try to manage a diverse group of people traveling from Italy to Morocco. Global Voices, Global Perspectives Collection | |
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 | |
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. Global Voices, Global Perspectives Collection, Independent Lens | |
Sea Point Daysby Francois Verster The Sea Point Promenade in Cape Town was once once a bastion of apartheid exclusivity. Today it is a mix of age, race, gender, religion, wealth status, and sexual orientation. In a country that will not fully deal with past or present, is all as it appears? Global Perspectives Collection | |
Street Ballad: A Jakarta Storyby Daniel Ziv A young, gifted street musician searches for identity, legitimacy, and love on the frenzied streets of Jakarta, Indonesia. Global Voices, Global Perspectives Collection |
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