Iron Ladies of Liberiaby Daniel Junge, Siatta Scott-Johnson, Henry Ansbacher, and Jonathan Stack Go behind the scenes with Africa’s first freely elected female head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, of Liberia. Global Perspectives Collection, Women and Girls Lead, Global Voices, Independent Lens | |
Journals of a Wily Schoolby Sudeshna Bose Follow a young pickpocket through the streets of Kolkata, where he plies his trade and plays a real-life game of cops and robbers... Independent Lens, Global Perspectives Collection, Global Voices | |
Karla's Arrivalby Koen Suidgeest Karla's Arrival explores the subculture of Managua's second-generation street kids through the experience of a 19-year-old mother raising her child on the same streets she grew up on. Global Perspectives Collection | |
Lakshmi and Meby Nishtha Jain and Smriti Nevatia In this intimate examination of the relationship between Indian filmmaker Nishtha Jain and her young maid, Lakshmi, Jain holds up a mirror to her own culture and the pervasive caste system that can still determine an individual’s fate in life. Global Perspectives Collection, Global Voices, Independent Lens | |
Land Rushby Hugo Berkeley and Osvalde Lewat-Hallade Land Rush looks at how multinational agribusiness is threatening African farmers' ability to feed their communities. Global Perspectives Collection, Global Voices, Why Poverty? | |
Last Days of the Arcticby Margret Jonasdottir and Magnus Vidar Sigurdsson RAX is a photographer who has made a career of capturing the human faces of climate change, and the vanishing lifestyles of the Far North. Global Perspectives Collection, Global Voices | |
The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armeniaby Vardan Hovhannisyan and Inna Sahakyan Two elderly masters of Armenian tightrope dancing search for an understudy to carry on a dying tradition. Global Perspectives Collection, Global Voices | |
Last Train Homeby Lixin Fan and Mila Aung-Thwin Set against the backdrop of the world’s largest annual human migration, Last Train Home follows the Zhang family who travel home on Chinese New Year to reunite with their teenage daughter. POV, Global Perspectives Collection | |
Last White Man Standingby Justin Webster, Mette Heide, and Don Edkins Tom Cholmondeley, heir to the largest white-owned estate in Kenya, stands accused of murdering a black poacher on his land. The film follows the case and gives an in-depth look at its sociopolitical context. Global Perspectives Collection, Global Voices | |
Left by the Shipby Emma Rossi Landi and Alberto Vendemmiati Three young adults born to Filipino mothers by U.S. servicemen battle against social stigma, family problems, and identity-related issues 18 years after the last U.S. base closed. Global Perspectives Collection, Independent Lens |

