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Lost Sparrow

by Chris Billing

Three decades ago, two Crow Indian brothers ran away from home and no one knew why. Their sudden and mysterious deaths sent shockwaves through a tiny upstate New York community. Lost Sparrow is their adoptive brother's journey to bring Bobby and Tyler home and confront a painful truth that shattered his family.

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March Point

by Tracy Rector and Annie Silverstein of Longhouse Media

The journey of three teens from the Swinomish Indian Tribe who make a film about the threat from two local oil refineries.

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Means of Grace

by J. Clements

A glimpse into the lives of women who were diagnosed as schizophrenic and institutionalized in 1950s America.

Miller's Tale

by Rebecca Marshall

A personal narrative about the life and death of award-winning playwright and actor Jason Miller.

Moscow: X

by Ken Kobland

An impressionistic portrait of Moscow at the end of the Cold War, on the verge of a new beginning.

Motherland Afghanistan

by 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.

Independent Lens, Global Voices, Women and Girls Lead, Women of the World

My America ... Or Honk if You Love Buddha

by Renee Tajima-Pena

The filmmaker takes to the road to see what it means to be Asian American in our rapidly-changing society.

My Friend Paul

by Jonathan Berman

Two childhood friends grow up: one makes films, the other becomes a bank robber.

My Three Fathers

by Lisa Marie Russo

Masculinity, identity, family legacy, and paternal responsibility are explored through three dads and their relationships with their filmmaker daughter and her brother.

New Year Baby

by 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.

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