 | Downpour Resurfacingby Frances Nkara Blending experimental images with an intimate interview with therapist Robert Hall, this short film chronicles how one man transformed a childhood of abuse into a life of confidence and strength. Independent Lens |
 | Downside Upby Nancy Kelly Downside Up tells the story of how a blue-collar town in rural Massachusetts reinvented itself in the post-industrial economy by opening the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. Independent Lens, True Stories |
 | End of the Century: The Ramonesby Jim Fields and Michael Gramaglia End of the Century follows punk progenitors The Ramones through more than two decades of touring, recording, and bickering. Independent Lens |
 | Eroica!by Alan Miller Meet the world-class chamber ensemble the Eroica Trio as they navigate longtime friendships, work, home, and the pressure leading up to the premiere of a new symphony. Independent Lens |
 | Every Child Is Born a Poet: The Life and Work of Piri Thomasby Jonathan Robinson Every Child is Born a Poet is a multimedia chronicle of Nuyorican author Piri Thomas’s transformation from gang member and prison convict to acclaimed writer, activist, and educator. Independent Lens, True Stories |
 | The Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleansby Dawn Logsdon Nestled at the edge of New Orleans’ fabled French Quarter, Faubourg Tremé is one of America’s oldest African American neighborhoods: it is also the origin of the civil rights movement in the South, and the birthplace of jazz. |
 | Figures of Speechby Tommy Pallotta and Bob Sabiston Figures of Speech is a collection of regular people telling personal stories, while the film is overlain with transmogrifying graphics manipulated by a different artist. |
 | First Face: The Buck Starts Hereby Jim Wolpaw and Steven Gentile George Washington visited the home of artist Gilbert Stuart to sit for what is considered one of the most famous portraits ever created — Washington’s stoic image on the one dollar bill. |
 | First World Orderby Philip Mallory Jones Combining vérité video of arts and cultural practices, interviews, and computer-aided animation, First World Order lluminates the relationships between culturally and ethnically distinct and disparate Africans around the world. |
 | The Flute Playerby Jocelyn S. Glatzer and Christine Courtney The heart-wrenching journey of a survivor of Cambodia’s killing fields, and his work to heal himself and his country through music. POV, Global Voices |
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