Behind the Rainbowby Jihan El-Tahri Can the deal between South Africa’s old apartheid regime and its new government withstand the test of time? Independent Lens, Global Voices, Global Perspectives Collection | |
Blessed Is the Matchby Roberta Grossman Narrated by Joan Allen, Blessed Is the Match is the first documentary feature about Hannah Senesh, the World War II-era poet and diarist who became a paratrooper, resistance fighter and modern-day Joan of Arc. Safe in Palestine in 1944, Hannah joined a mission to rescue Jews in her native Hungary. Hannah parachuted behind enemy lines, was captured, tortured, and ultimately executed by the Nazis. Global Voices, 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 | |
Cuba, an African Odysseyby Jihan El-Tahri and Tancrede Ramonet The previously untold story of Cuba’s support for African revolutions, Cuba, an African Odyssey reveals one of the Cold War’s most vigorous contests over resources and ideology. Global Voices, Global Perspectives Collection | |
Egalité for All: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolutionby Patricia Aste The story of history’s only successful slave insurrection and the man who lead it. Global Voices | |
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. Independent Lens, Global Voices | |
End of Waiting Timeby Perez Molero, Jesus Sanjurjo, and Valerie Delpierre During the long dictatorship of Spanish General Francisco Franco, hundreds of people were arrested, executed or disappeared. Today, the families of those who vanished have begun to search for answers about their relatives. Global Perspectives Collection, Global Voices | |
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 | |
Imeldaby Ramona Diaz Clips, interviews, home movies and more reveal how the former first lady of the Philippines courted, claimed, used, and abused power for nearly four decades. Global Voices, Independent Lens | |
Morning Sunby Richard Gordon and Carma Hinton This documentary tracks a generation that came of age during China’s Cultural Revolution (1966 to 1976) and explores the historical and ethical implications of this violent and dramatic era. Global Voices |
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