Be Good, Smile PrettyBy Tracy Droz Tragos and Chris Donahue As one of the 20,000 Americans who lost their fathers in Vietnam, a daughter embarks on an intense, personal journey to reclaim the memory of her father, who died in the war when she was an infant. Independent Lens | |
Bhuttoby Duane Baughman An intimate look at one of the most fascinating and important world leaders of our time, Benazir Bhutto. Global Perspectives Collection, Women and Girls Lead, Independent Lens, Diverse Muslim Voices | |
Bombiesby Jack Silberman When the United States dropped more than 2 million tons of bombs on Laos from 1964 to 1973, millions of cluster bombs failed to explode, leaving the country massively contaminated with “bombies” — as dangerous now as when they fell. | |
The Cats of Mirikitaniby Linda Hattendorf and Masahiro Yoshikawa When 9/11 threatens 80-year-old Jimmy Mirikitani's life on the streets of New York, the artist begins to confront his painful past and finds hope, humanity, and home. Independent Lens | |
Children of the Sunby Ran Tal and Amir Harel Tracing Israel’s kibbutz movement, Children of the Sun follows members of the Zionist elite from their birth in the 1920s and 1930s to the crisis that weakened the movement Global Voices, Global Perspectives Collection | |
China 21by Ruby Yang A portrait of a new generation raised under China's “One Child Policy.” | |
The Desert of Forbidden Artby Amanda Pope and Tchavdar Georgiev The Desert of Forbidden Art is an incredible story about a group of visionary Soviet-era artists and one man who risked his life to rescue their work. Independent Lens | |
En Route to Baghdadby Simone Duarte En Route to Baghdad is a portrait of the peacekeeping career of former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello, whose death in a 2003 Baghdad bombing attack became a tragic metaphor for the effort to bring stability to Iraq. Global Voices, Independent Lens | |
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. Global Voices, POV | |
The Gate of Heavenly Peaceby Carma Hinton and Richard Gordon The inner workings of the Tiananmen Square massacre and its aftermath. Frontline |
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