4by Tim Slade and Joanna Buggy In four corners of the globe on four different days throughout the year, four violinists and a small ensemble of their musician friends come together to perform one of the most well loved pieces of music in the world; Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons. Global Voices, Global Perspectives Collection | |
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorryby Alison Klayman Ai Weiwei is arguably the most internationally celebrated Chinese artist of the modern era. At heart, he is a troublemaker with a serious agenda: to challenge the oppression of the Chinese people by their government with rebellious and irreverent gestures. His activism has cost him his freedom repeatedly, but he never seems to lose his childlike approach to serious dissidence executed with a wink. Independent Lens | |
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 | |
Circus Schoolby Guo Jing and Ke Dingding Take a rare look into one of China's most treasured commodities — acrobats. Circus School reveals the rigorous physical training students must endure as they prepare for a national competition. Global Perspectives Collection, Global Voices | |
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 | |
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 | |
Double Exposureby Kit-Yin Snyder An artist and self-proclaimed “old Chinese lady” sets out to explore her own identity and prove it’s never too late to take a risk by making her first film at the age of 68. 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 | |
Garbage Warriorby Oliver Hodge and Rachel Wexler Garbage Warrior tells the story of maverick architect Michael Reynolds, his crew of renegade house builders from New Mexico, and their fight to introduce radically different ways of living. Global Perspectives Collection | |
Gypsy Caravan: When the Road Bendsby Jasmine Dellal A rare and dazzling look inside the world of top Romani performers, who transcend social isolation and community poverty through their music. |
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