 | Razing Appalachiaby Sasha Waters Freyer The last 40 families of Blair, West Virginia stay to fight America's second-largest coal company as mountaintop removal mining threatens their homes. True Stories, Independent Lens |
 | The Real Dirt on Farmer Johnby Taggart Siegel and Teri Lang Against all odds, John Peterson abandons conventional chemical farming and fights local hysteria to build a thriving organic farm and a progressive farm community. Independent Lens |
 | Scenes from a Parishby James Rutenbeck At St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Lawrence, Massachusetts, “Love thy neighbor” is easier said than done when immigration uncovers ethnic tensions that threaten to split the congregation. Independent Lens |
 | Sheriffby Daniel Kraus With the help of God, guns, and the hundreds of blood relatives that populate his jurisdiction, Sheriff Ronald E. Hewett oversees Brunswick County, North Carolina — a rural region fraught with murder, robbery, and the occasional theft of ceramic lawn ornaments. Independent Lens |
 | Short Stack: Lost & Foundby Christopher Newberry, Shira Avni, Keith Bearden, Dong Hyeuk Hwang, and Angelique Midhunter In friendship, one size fits all. Five short films explore the whimsical, comforting, and transformative powers of the bonds of friendship, from a fairground odyssey and a comic book obsession to identity, loneliness, and loss. Independent Lens |
 | Summer Pastureby Lynn True and Nelson Walker Summer Pasture is the unique love story of Locho and Yama, nomadic herders in Tibet faced with a difficult choice as their way of life begins to give way to the modern world. Independent Lens |
 | We Still Live Here - Âs Nutayuneânby Anne Makepeace The Wampanoag nation of southeastern Massachusetts revives their native tongue, a language that was silenced for more than 100 years. Women and Girls Lead, Independent Lens |
 | Welcome to Shelbyvilleby Kim A. Snyder On the eve of the 2008 election, the town of Shelbyville, Tennessee finds itself embroiled in a struggle to come to terms with a new wave of immigrants and grappling with what it means to be American. Independent Lens, Diverse Muslim Voices |
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