 | Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathaiby Lisa Merton and Alan Dater The dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai, whose simple act of planting trees grew into a global movement. Women of the World, Global Voices, Women and Girls Lead, Global Perspectives Collection, Independent Lens |
 | Los Trabajadores/The Workersby Heather Courtney Focusing on the lives of Juan and Ramon, immigrant day laborers working in Austin, Texas, Los Trabajadores/The Workers explores the contradictions that haunt America's dependence on and discrimination against immigrant labor. Independent Lens |
 | Two Square Milesby Barbara Ettinger and Sven Huseby Two Square Miles tracks the conflicts in the small town of Hudson, New York as a proposed multinational coal-fired cement plant threatens to reshape the community. Independent Lens |
 | A Village Called Versaillesby S. Leo Chiang The story of a Vietnamese American community on the edge of New Orleans that fought the opening of a toxic government-imposed landfill near their homes. Global Voices, Independent Lens |
 | The Waiting Roomby Peter Nicks and Linda Davis The Waiting Room is a cinema verité portrait of a California city's public safety-net hospital as it struggles to handle patient overload in a swooning economy and a constantly shifting landscape of health care policy. Independent Lens |
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