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. Independent Lens, Global Voices | |
Anatomy of a Springrollby Paul Kwan and Arnold Iger One man's journey from the food-filled streets of San Francisco to Saigon, as he searches for the secret ingredient to blend the traditions of his family's culture with his adopted American life. Global Voices | |
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 | |
Death of a Shamanby Fahm Fong Saeyang and Richard Hall Through a journey that takes her back to her roots in Thailand, a second-generation Mien American woman strives to come to terms with her late father’s death, his drug addiction, and the murder of her sister. Independent Lens, Global Voices | |
The Devil Never Sleepsby Lourdes Portillo The Devil Never Sleeps is a “whodunit” documentary about family secrets. Filmmaker Lourdes Portillo travels to Mexico to learn the truth about her wealthy uncle’s death. Global Voices | |
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. Independent Lens, Global Voices | |
The English Surgeonby Geoffrey Smith and Rachel Wexler A British neurosurgeon confronts the dilemmas of the doctor-patient relationship on his latest mission to Ukraine. POV, Global Voices, Global Perspectives Collection | |
In the Shadow of the Sunby Harry Freeland An intimate story about two very different members of a remote islands' albino community in Tanzania, as a wave of brutal killings targeting people with albinism sweeps their country. Global Perspectives Collection, Global Voices | |
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. Independent Lens, Global Perspectives Collection, Global Voices | |
Love Inventoryby David Fisher and Yahaly Gat Enlisting his four reluctant siblings, an Israeli filmmaker goes looking for a missing person from their past, uncovering a secret that changes their family forever. Independent Lens, Global Voices |
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