Afghanistan Unveiledby Brigitte Brault Filmed by the first-ever team of women video journalists trained in Afghanistan, this uncompromising film reveals the effects of the Taliban's repressive rule and U.S.-sponsored bombing campaign on Afghan women. Global Voices, Independent Lens | |
Arusi Persian Weddingby Marjan Tehrani Iranian American filmmaker Marjan Tehrani chronicles her brother's return to Iran as he travels with his American wife to have a traditional Persian wedding and explore his lost heritage. Global Voices, Independent Lens | |
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 | |
Chronicle of a Disappearanceby Elia Suleiman A comic drama that investigates the spiritual effect of occupation and instability on the Palestinian people. | |
Docby Immy Humes The amazing adventures of novelist and Paris Review founder Harold Louis “Doc” Humes — featuring a paper house, the Hip Messiah, Don Peyote, Leary, Mailer, Auster, and the FBI. A story about ideas, drugs, literature, protest, and paranoia, that sheds light on American cultural history as well as an original mind. Global Voices, Independent Lens | |
First Person Pluralby Deann Borshay In 1966, Deann Borshay Liem was adopted by an American family and was sent from Korea to her new home. Growing up in California, the memory of her birth family was nearly obliterated until recurring dreams lead Borshay Liem to discover the truth: her Korean mother was very much alive. POV, True Stories | |
How Is Your Fish Today?by Xiaolu Guo Working on his latest screenplay in Beijing, Hui Rao is suffering from writer’s block when he begins to live as the character he is trying to create. Independent Lens, Global Perspectives Collection | |
In the Matter of Cha Jung Heeby Deann Borshay Liem Filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem goes on a quest to search for her “double” — a girl named Cha Jung Hee — in an attempt to resolve a case of mistaken identity when a South Korean orphanage switched their identities. POV | |
The Jew in the Lotusby Laurel Chiten and Lucia Small The story of eight Jewish delegates invited to India by the Dalai Lama to share the secret of the Jewish people’s spiritual survival in exile. | |
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 Voices, Global Perspectives Collection, Independent Lens |
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