My Country, My Countryby Laura Poitras and Jocelyn S. Glatzer Telling the behind-the-scenes story of the January 2005 national elections in Iraq, this provocative documentary is a testament to the courage of people willing to put their lives on the line for the promise of democracy. POV, Global Voices | |
The Oathby Laura Poitras The Oath is a story about family, taxis, al Qaeda, Guantanamo Bay, and the U.S. Supreme Court. POV | |
People and the Landby Tom Hayes The Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the Occupied West Bank and Gaza cuts the fabric of this small part of the world like a knife, dividing everyone and everything. | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
Seoul Trainby Lisa Sleeth and Jim Butterworth Thousands of North Korean refugees risk their lives trying to escape their homeland and China, aided by activists via an underground railroad. Global Voices, Independent Lens | |
Storm of Emotionsby Yael Klopmann and Micky Rabinovitz Storm of Emotions chronicles the Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip and efforts to achieve democracy amidst great social and political turmoil. Global Voices, Global Perspectives Collection, Independent Lens |
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