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 | |
Our Disappeared/Nuestros Desaparecidosby Juan Mandelbaum They dreamed of a revolution that would transform Argentina. But what happened to this hopeful generation who suddenly “disappeared”? Global Voices, Independent Lens | |
Point of Entry: An Intimate Look at Modern ImmigrationCarlos is an illegal immigrant living in the United States with his wife and two children. His decision to leave Mexico, his parents and siblings weighed heavily on him, but he knew that for them to get ahead he would have to leave for America. He was 15 years old at the time. Today, Carlos is 30 and continues sending money home to his family. Global Voices | |
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 Perspectives Collection, Global Voices | |
Stranded: The Andes Plane Crash Survivorsby Gonzalo Arijon and Marc Silvera Stranded is a parable of human survival and extreme measures as a group of young athletes break society’s greatest taboo in order to survive after a plane crash in the mountains. Global Voices, Global Perspectives Collection, Independent Lens |
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