Solar Mamasby Mona Eldaief and Jehane Noujaim Jordanian wife and mother Rafea is leaving home for the first time — to attend a college in India that is training rural women to become solar energy engineers. Global Perspectives Collection, Women and Girls Lead, Independent Lens, Diverse Muslim Voices, Why Poverty? | |
Sons of Cubaby Andrew Lang Deep in the the unseen heart of modern-day Cuba, a group of unforgettable young boxers fights not only for their own dreams, for the fading memory of the Revolution. Global Voices | |
Southern Belleby Kathy Conkwright and Mary Makley Southern Belle is an insider's look at the 1861 Athenaeum Girls' School where young women from around the world signed up to become that iconic and romantic image of southern identity — the southern belle. | |
Speaking in Tonguesby Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider Four children — learning to be bilingual and bicultural — raise questions about what it means to be American in the 21st century. | |
Street Soldiersby Avon Kirkland San Francisco's Omega Boys Club reaches out to America's most endangered: young African American men. | |
Tangier Treehouseby David Shadrack Smith and Charlotte Mangin When a group of Moroccan street children are invited to take part in a treehouse building workshop, they find themselves and their lives unexpectedly transformed. | |
Teacherby Leslie Wiener The story of one man’s fight against AIDS in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and his attempt to help street children survive. Global Perspectives Collection, Global Voices | |
Team Qatarby Liz Mermin and Lawrence Elman Team Qatar follows the journey of five Middle Eastern teens from the world’s richest country as they are initiated into the cutthroat subculture of competitive high-school debating. Global Voices | |
The Graduates/Los Graduadosby Bernardo Ruiz The struggles and triumphs of Latino and Latina students from across the United States are explored through their own eyes in this documentary about the challenges faced in the American public education system. Women and Girls Lead, Independent Lens | |
A Touch of Greatnessby Catherine Gund Weaving stunning archival footage together with interviews of former elementary schoolteacher Albert Cullum and his former students, this is a portrait of the lives transformed by a maverick teacher who enabled children to embrace their own inner greatness. Independent Lens |
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