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Harambee!

by Liz Nealon

A family drama set in the housing projects of Brooklyn during the African American celebration Kwanzaa, starring Howard Rollins.

Hide and Seek

by Su Friedrich and Eva Kolodner

This coming-of-age story looks back at growing up in a world where you think everyone else is straight, and they assume you are.

House of Girls

by Karen Cooper

Five young women share thoughts about the difficulties and joys of being alive and female.

In My Corner

by Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg

Explosive portrait of young men coming of age in the world of a local community gym, evoking the need for positive role models and recognizing potential in young lives.

POV, True Stories

The Interrupters

by Steve James

A look at a group of men and women — most of them former gang leaders and ex-cons — that are trying to "interrupt" shootings and protect their communities from the violence they once employed.

Women and Girls Lead, Frontline, Diverse Muslim Voices

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Joe Strummer Rocks Again!

by Dick Rude

This eight-minute mini-rockumentary features legendary Clash frontman Joe Strummer on his last tour.

Journals of a Wily School

by 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...

Global Voices, Global Perspectives Collection, Independent Lens

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Kelly Loves Tony

by Spencer Nakasako

A young Southeast Asian couple wrestle with the nebulous cultural zone between first and second generation immigrant life.

POV

The Key of G

by Robert Arnold and Lindsay Sablosky

A developmentally disabled man and his friends attempt to redefine their roles as caregivers and client at the heart of an urban community alive with music, art and creativity.

Kiss My Wheels

by Miguel Grunstein and Dale Kruzic

A diverse and colorful group of adolescents with physical disabilities emerges -- luminous -- into the magic of national wheelchair basketball competition. Here they are not different.

True Stories

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