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3 AMERICAS
A film by Cristina Kotz Cornejo
When tragedy strikes, 15 year old, América Campos is sent to Argentina to live with her anti-American grandmother Lucía América. América struggles to find her place with a grandmother she has never known and to hold onto a friendship with Sergio, a neighbor twice her age.
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ABSOLUTELY SAFE
A film by Carol Ciancutti-Leyva
At a time when more women than ever are getting breast implants, fewer voices than ever seem to be asking “Why?” And fewer still are asking “Are they safe?” ABSOLUTELY SAFE takes an open-minded, personal approach to the controversy over breast implant safety. Among the debate by plastic surgeons, toxicologists, attorneys, implant manufacturers, whistle blowers, government officials and activists, ABSOLUTELY SAFE introduces everyday women who find themselves and their breasts in the tangled and confusing intersection of health, money, science, and beauty.
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Adventure Divas: Science
A film by Holly Morris
Science Divas celebrates the work, spirit and accomplishments of contemporary women scientists, engineers and technology workers. This documentary series follows women who are pushing the intellectual envelope in today's science world to provide role models for young women interested in pursuing such professions. Adventure Divas: Science captures the grit, realities and passions of women engaged in dynamic field work all over the globe.
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AGAINST THE GRAIN: AN ARTIST'S SURVIVAL GUIDE TO PERU
A film by Ann Kaneko
Is freedom of expression a right or a privilege? This film highlights the passion and commitment of pioneering artists who resist censorship to tell the violent and explosive history of Peru. Four artists fight to express themselves under a repressive political regime. Their stirring artwork documents years of terrorism, corruption and the hard-line government of ex-president Alberto Fujimori. By recounting Peru's past, they contribute to a larger collective memory of Latin America and connect the experiences of this country to our own.
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All American
A film by Eva Saks
ALL AMERICAN is a feature documentary about international adoption, from director Eva Saks, whose documentary FAMILY VALUES won a Student Academy Award and screened at Sundance, Telluride, Tribeca, etc., winning the Planet Out Award, Jury Prize at Copenhagan GL and many other awards.
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American Toughie
A film by Katrina del Mar
A 60 minute experimental documentary film exploring the iconography of contemporary armor, Tough girls and how they got that way.
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THE AMERICAN VIRGIN
A film by Therese Shechter
THE AMERICAN VIRGIN examines the myths, misconceptions and cultural beliefs surrounding virginity. What is virginity? Who gets to define it? Why do we care so much about it? And how do our sexual choices define our identity, especially for women? From abstinence-til-marriage programs to teen sex comedies to hymen reconstruction, THE AMERICAN VIRGIN explores the ways in which anxiety and fascination with the concept of the "virgin" are linked to our cultural attitudes towards female sexuality.
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AN INTERVIEW WITH SIMONE WEIL
A film by Julia Haslett
What if you were convinced the world you lived in was headed for self-destruction? French thinker and political activist Simone Weil (1909-1943) was, and for good reason. Today her life stands as a testament to the idealistic compassion that ultimately killed her. An Interview with Simone Weil is an expressionistic documentary that tells Weil's story through evocative archival footage & photos, sequences, and animation, all culminating in the filmmaker's fantasy come true: an interview with Simone Weil. The result is a thought-provoking meditation on activism, faith, and documentary filmmaking.
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And The Money Will Follow
A film by Julia O'Farrow
'And the Money Will Follow' is a feature-length documentary that explores how spoken word artists make a living from doing what they love: writing and performing poetry. The film shows intimate portraits which allows the viewer to see what goes on beyond the page while offering glimpses into the lives of the person behind the poetry performance. The film reveals the artists' influences, motivations, hopes and dreams as well as the triumphs and the downfalls of trying to be a full-time poet.
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ANNA MAY WONG: 20th CENTURY ACTRESS
A film by Yunah Hong
A 60-minute documentary made about the life and times of Anna May Wong (1905-1961), a Chinese American film star and stage actress who achieved worldwide fame. It will explore Wong's personal life and reveal how an all-American daughter of a Chinese laundryman became an international star, a member of high society, and an activist in spite of racism and sexism. The film has been funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts and the Korea Society.
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ANOTHER LOST ANGEL
A film by Rachel Perkoff
A feature-length documentary about the poetic life and violent death of Kat Perkoff: writer, runaway, drug smuggler, bar owner, local icon… and the filmmaker's older sister. Comprised of archival footage, interviews, and "dreamlike recollections", this film began as a personal journey of sibling loss and quickly grew into a full-scale investigation of a life lived on the margins. Another Lost Angel explores notions of fate, identity, and memory as well as the seedy world of the New Orleans lesbian mafia subculture of the 1970’s.
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ARLENE FRANCIS - THAT CERTAIN SOMETHING
A film by Jackie Sanders
Arlene Francis was a powerful force in the early days of television. Mostly remembered for her appearances on 'What’s My Line,' she also revolutionized daytime television in 1954 as editor-in-chief of a high-tech news magazine on NBC called HOME. With rare archival footage and newly filmed interviews with Walter Cronkite, Mike Wallace, Liz Smith, Carl Reiner, Betty White, Hugh Downs and others, this film will re-establish the importance of her contributions to the television industry.
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ARUSI (PERSIAN WEDDING)
A film by Marjan Tehrani
Arusi (Persian Wedding) is a love story between an Iranian-American and his American wife as they travel to Iran despite tense and uncertain times in the region to have a Persian Islamic wedding. The film takes the opportunity at this crucial time in history of U.S. relations with the Middle East to explore the metaphoric connection between two culturally diverse individuals in marriage and two polarized countries in a relationship.
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AWAKEN THE DRAGON
A film by Liz Oakley
AWAKEN THE DRAGON tells the story of how the ancient Chinese sport of dragon boating is transforming the lives of a group of individuals searching for life after cancer. It is a story beyond survival…a story of reclaiming life…a story of awakening the dragon within.
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BEIJING TAXI
A film by Miao Wang
"Welcome to take Beijing Taxi...." Step into the heart of China¹s rapidly modernizing capital and witness its transitions in the run-up to, and aftermath of, the 2008 Olympic Games. Intimate portraits of Beijing taxi drivers connect a morphing cityscape and tales of citizens coping with the dizzying pace of change. Photographed in a cinematic, verité style, BEIJING TAXI takes you on a lyrical journey into a society riding the bumpy road to modernization. The destination is unknown.
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BETTING ON BLACK: THE HISTORY OF BLACK VEGAS
A film by Anita Womack
A 60-minute documentary, which will profile the little-known black community in Las Vegas. Black Las Vegas is the ultimate tale of two cities - one blue-collar community that helped build the city and the Hoover dam, and the other a community of black entertainers. Told through the stories of Ruby Duncan a welfare rights activist who staged the only protest march in the history of the city and Bob Bailey, an entertainer who in 1961 was appointed by the governor to investigate discrimination across the state.
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BETWEEN EARTH & SKY
A film by Kalyanee Mam & David Mendez
Between Earth & Sky, a feature length documentary, explores the human side of a war that has produced the world’s fastest growing population of refugees and internally displaced people. Intimate portraits of one Iraqi family and one Iraqi man and woman who have fled to Jordan and Syria, provide an in-depth, personal and exceptional glimpse into the lives of the Iraqi people struggling to find stability amidst the relentless chaos. The need to document their stories is overwhelming. The need to inform the public on the status of Iraqi refugees is critical.
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Binka: To Tell A Story About Silence
A film by Elka Nikolova
A one-hour documentary about the effects of communism, censorship and how the change of a political system affects individual artists by focusing on the work of Binka Zhelyazkova, the first woman film director in Bulgaria. Using her films as a starting point this documentary will explore Zhelyazkova's struggle to maintain her artistic identity during her endless clashes with the communist censorship and will address the legacy of communism on the younger generation of Bulgarian artists.
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Blindspot
A film by A film by Aimee Lagos
BLINDSPOT is a shocking story of suspense and the dramatic choice that one girl faces in a world driven by politics and fear. The year is 2014 and Caitlyn tells her parents she’s heading out for a night with her friends. What she finds down a dark alley is heart breaking and slams us headlong into the shocking reality of the dangerous future that likely awaits us if our country remains on its current course. Supported by NARAL Pro-Choice America.
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BLUE ALCHEMY: STORIES OF INDIGO
A film by Mary Lance
Indigo is a blue dye that has been used worldwide for millennia; a vibrant color laden with symbolic meaning; a commodity that was once central to international trade and colonial economies; and the reason that blue jeans are blue. BLUE ALCHEMY is an hour-long documentary videotape that will explore the history and importance of indigo, weaving stories about geography and culture, interviews with artists, artisans, and historians, and images of villagers using indigo into a video tapestry.
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THE BORINQUENEERS
A film by Noemi Figueroa Soulet
'The Puerto Rican Soldier' chronicles the untold story of the all-Puerto Rican 65th Infantry Regiment, the only Hispanic-segregated unit in Army history. Using rare archival footage and intimate interviews, the film will explore the exploits, triumphs and painful tribulations of the veterans who fought meritoriously in three wars. Although performing with distinction during the Korean War, the court martials of almost 100 men prompted its eventual desegregation. This program will shed light on this compelling story.
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Boy Code
A film by Deirdre Fishel
American culture, spearheaded by the media, projects an image of manhood defined by aggression and toughness. Boys then enforce this “code” and non-compliance can result in devastating harrassment. This atmosphere not only makes boys oppress girls and terrorize gay youth, it makes boys who want to fit in (but are ambivalent about aggression) live in a state of conflict. Boys desperately need a way to talk about this gender straitjacketing to develop the resilience to stand up and redefine masculinity. Using a hard hitting dramatic scenario from "off the record" interviews, "Boy Code" will engage boys in meaningful discussion about the often secretive, aggressive world they live in. The director's video on teen dating violence won a 2005 Cine Golden Eagle.
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BREAKING IN TWO
A film by Sabine Sighicelli
To the serious artist, creating art is not a career choice: it is an all-consuming quest. What happens when the artist becomes a mother? In the feature-length documentary BREAKING IN TWO, the filmmaker-mother meets with a cross-generational group of influential women artists who, from the 60’s to today, have faced ever-changing personal and political challenges to keep their art alive, their children healthy, and their heads above water. Together, they create a gallery “happening” in Los Angeles that explores their unique contributions.
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BURNT ORANGES
A film by Silvia Malagrino
'Burnt Oranges' is an experimental documentary about the long-term effects and repercussions, personal and social, of Argentina's 1970's state terrorism. Juxtaposing an intimate first person witness narration with interviews, documentary, and re-created footage, issues of memory, historical time, identity, love, loss and accountability emerge. Vividly depicting contemporary life in the city of Buenos Aires, and recalling events surrounding the time of military repression in the '70s, 'Burnt Oranges' presents compelling accounts of resistance and transformation.
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Can You Hear Me?
A film by Lilly Rivlin
Behind the daily inhumanity visited by Israelis and Palestinians is an intensely human drama. Unlike anything else on the subject, this documentary reveals the human and humane dimensions of the conflict through the words, deeds, and relationships of Israeli and Palestinian women peace activists on both sides.
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Carrie's Choice
A film by Jane Clark
Carrie is happily married, 9 months pregnant, and a successful architect. Her impending birth brings her back to an early experience.
1987. Young Carrie has a cutie pie boyfriend, and wins a prestigious one-time opportunity to study abroad. Life's great. Until she discovers she is pregnant. The film explores Carrie’s choices from keeping the baby, to adoption, and finally abortion. In the end it is a decision that ultimately Carrie alone must make.
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Caught Between Two Worlds: Iranians in America
A film by Persheng Sadegh-Vaziri and Simin Farkhondeh
We came to the US after the 1979 Islamic Revolution to find stability and peace. Yet we were often targeted because Iran had taken Americans hostage. We hid our identities. Now we are established in our American lives, but there are many scars. We explore this history by focusing on four characters who are settled in their American lives while dealing with two cultures and life between two very different countries.
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CHANGING FACE OF HARLEM
A film by Shawn Batey
A one-hour documentary focusing on the current revitalization of Harlem told from the perspective of residents and small business owners. This film looks at how residents confront the economic transformation of their community and how it directly affects them. “Changing Face of Harlem” explores the pride, love, and commitment these Harlem residents carry towards their community and their concerns for its future direction. Subject matters including employment, landmark preservation, Black economics, real estate, and early community development are examined in the film.
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CHANGING MY MIND ABOUT PALESTINE
A film by Nora Malone
An American woman takes a rollercoaster road trip through the West Bank that challenges her internalized stereotypes and perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Events through her camera lens are seen in juxtaposition to American media coverage, resulting in two stories that are chronologically parallel but completely different.
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CHRONICLES OF A PROFESSIONAL EULOGIST
A film by Sarah Jane Lapp
Why do we strive to create a verbal imprint of a dead soul? How does the individual figure into the collective spiritual mind? How does memory translate the faults of our loved ones? And, why and how does one learn to love a perfect stranger? Our five part hand-drawn animation explores the function of a memory industry and the place of individual humans in producing social nostalgia.
The first installment, "Field Report No. 3" (2006) won a Jurors' Choice Award from the 25th Black Maria Film & Video Festival. Official Selection: Seattle International Film Festival, South by Southwest Film Festival.
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THE COMMANDMENT KEEPERS
A film by Marlaine Glicksman
THE COMMANDMENT KEEPERS is a one-hour documentary on the Commandment Keepers Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation, a highly observant African American synagogue founded in 1919 in Harlem, where it continues today, several generations later. The film is the dramatic story of a people caught between two worlds, Black and Jewish, a minority’s minority, struggling to hold on to its faith and identity despite the obstacles.
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Convention
A film by Rahdi Taylor, Norman Solomon, Jenny Warburg
Melanie Johnson, a passionate idealist, believes deeply in using the democratic process to create change, and in the Black presidential candidate she works for. Suddenly thrust into the world of a presidential convention, she faces cut-throat national politics, dealing delegates, and high stakes negotiations. And as a bi-racial beauty in love with a white reporter, the stakes keep going up as her chances for making her dream come true go down.
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Cowboys, Indians And Lawyers
A film by Julia Dengel
'Cowboys, Indians, & Lawyers,' a television documentary, follows the fortunes of two enemy camps as they struggle over the fate of the free-flowing Animas River. In an intimate portrait of the clash between old West and new, 'Cowboys, Indians, & Lawyers' takes us along as two unlikely nemeses bring their cases to the halls of congress, revealing the rich complexities of Western water politics and Anglo-Indian relations.
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CRAWLING AT NIGHT
A film by Kimi Takesue
Inspired by the acclaimed novel by Nani Power, CRAWLING AT NIGHT is a feature film that explores an unexpected love affair between two lonely people, each of whom has experienced devastating loss. Koji, a Japanese master ice sculptor, and Mariane, a waitress and aspiring singer, meet in the shadows of New York City where they struggle to connect and move forward with their lives.
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DANCE AROUND THE POOL
A film by Stephanie Rauber
A first generation Latino American woman confronts her incestuous father. In an attempt to comprehend him, she exposes surprising accounts of an entire family abused.
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DRESSED LIKE KINGS
A film by Stacey L. Holman
Husbands, fathers and breadwinners four Zulu men: Bhekizenzo Buthelezi, 49; Simon Khoza, 43; Adolphus Mbuyisa, 52; and Thulani Mbatha, 43 give a rare glimpse into their lives outside of the oswenka (to swank) competition. Dressed Like Kings will: disclose the mystique of swanking, see how it impacts the family, and witness the growing opposition which may very well effect the fate of this fifty-year old tradition within the Zulu culture.
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A DROP OF LIFE
A film by K. Shalini
A DROP OF LIFE is the story of two women, one of rural India and the other from the urban United States, and the convergence of their shared struggle for access to clean drinking water. Filmed and stylized as a futuristic science-fiction film, A DROP OF LIFE points a dynamic global visual eye on the impact of water privatization.
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DRY MOON
A film by Andrea DeGette
A southern drama that follows Gracie Lee, a child of the woods, as she is forced to become part of her small town society when she unexpectedly has twins and tries to raise them by her unorthodox means. The film defines a line between nature and civilization, and shows the barriers in between. DRY MOON questions the ethical code in this small town as it exposes the hypocrisy and double standard of its inhabitants.
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Eat Industry: One Family's Road Trip Through the American Food System
A film by Lilach Dekel
One family embarks on an extraordinary journey to reconnect with the food they eat. In five months, husband and wife filmmakers and their two-year old daughter cover fifteen thousand miles in twenty-eight states; interviewing farmers, activists, agribusinessmen and other consumers to better understand what "good" food means and for whom.
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EL GENERAL
A film by Natalia Almada
'Mi Bisabeulo, El General' will be a feature-length experimental documentary. The filmmakers' great-grandfather, Plutarco Elias Calles was the president of Mexico from 1924 to 1928 and has been called: dictator, Iron Man, nun-burner, and the Father of modern Mexico. Plutarco Elias Calles was the president of Mexico from 1924 to 1928 and this is the story of the filmmaker trying to imagine, reconstruct and reconcile not only her family's history, but also the history of Mexico.
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The Elephant Garden
A film by Sasie Sealy
"The Elephant Garden," the latest film from award-winning director Sasie Sealy, traces the changing relationship between two sisters in North Carolina once boys enter the picture and forever puncture the innocence of childhood. The tale of Chloe and Elisabeth plunges ever forward into darkness until a fatal accusation is made and the line between imagination and reality is crossed
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EVERY DAY IS A HOLIDAY
A film by Theresa Loong
Chinese-American filmmaker Theresa Loong creates an intimate portrait of her father, a man fifty years her senior. In this documentary, we explore the bonds of the father-daughter relationship and place themes of growing older, immigration and racism in the context of "living history." Paul Loong talks of his experiences as a POW in Japan and his subsequent quest to become an American. We discover why, despite much suffering, "Every Day Is a Holiday."
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Every Mother's Son
A film by A film by Tami Gold
The journey of four women who transformed the most tragic thing that can happen to a parent into an opportunity for profound social change forms the backbone of the documentary.
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EXCEPTION TO THE RULERS
A film by Julia Dengel
A feature-length documentary which follows radio host Amy Goodman as she fearlessly documents the dark side of President Bush's War on Terror, criticizing the complicity of corporate media and offering the public a rare and cutting edge alternative through her radio and TV program, Democracy Now!
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Extreme Mom
A film by Joyce Draganosky
A 15 minute narrative that explores a woman's daily struggles in caring for both her elderly mother with Alzheimer's and her little daughter, who helps her learn to accept her mother as her child.
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FAST AND LOOSE
A film by Carrie Miller
Fast and Loose is a 1-hour documentary about America’s first women’s world champion. Tillie Anderson rode her bike in 6-day races during the Victorian Age.
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FLYING: CONFESSIONS OF A FREE WOMAN
A film by Jennifer Fox
FLYING: Confession of a Free Woman is about the new female sexuality and the new female crisis. For three years, internationally acclaimed filmmaker Jennifer Fox sets out on a quest no less daunting than to map female life and sexuality in the 21st century. She travels to 17 countries and talks to 100 women, 50 friends and 50 strangers -- all of diverse ages, backgrounds, and cultures. Together they answer the question: what is this modern female life all are living?
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For The Love Of Patria
A film by Elisha María Miranda
When Nuyorican activist Patría Ramirez' mother dies in the terrorist attack of September 11th, she returns to her mother's homeland to bury her ashes. Arriving in Puerto Rico she finds that the U.S. Navy is not only bombing the island, but transporting all the dead from the only cemetery on the island to an undisclosed location. In an act of fearless civil disobedience, Patría tosses herself across the graves and is arrested. While in jail she meets Vírgen Figueroa-the U.S. Federal Marshall and finds an unexpected connection.
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Forget Me Nots
A film by Dempsey Rice
A one-hour documentary that takes us on a journey to explore our oldest form of communication and personal history - storytelling. From Romania, a world still based in an oral tradition, to festivals across America, we will reach into the future to teach youth how to explore and tell their own stories. A window will be opened onto the growing popularity of storytelling as a penetrating, immediate, and personal alternative to the prepackaged hyper-reality of blockbuster films, sensational television, and multimedia entertainment.
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FREEHELD
A film by Cynthia Wade
Lieutenant Laurel Hester has three months to live. All she wants is for her pension benefits go to her life partner, Stacie. Laurel is told no – they aren't married. Freeheld is Laurel's passionate battle against injustice, a moving portrait of those who rally around her, and a dramatic chronicle of the ripples felt throughout New Jersey and the nation.
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GACACA: THE TRIALS
A film by Anne Aghion
The third film of a trilogy on the Gacaca justice and reconstruction process in Rwanda in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide. The film returns to the small community featured in "Gacaca, Living together again in Rwanda?" and "In Rwanda we say… The family that does not speak dies" as the Gacaca trials finally get under way. The essential final chapter in this extraordinary story of coexistence after cataclysm.
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A GIRL AND A GUN
A film by Cathryne Czubek
Approximately 17 million women in the United States currently own guns. Yet, the mere notion of a woman with a gun – the nurturer with an instrument of destruction – is both a visually and emotionally arresting paradox. This documentary is a striking portrait of 15 profoundly diverse women and the powerful role that guns have played in their lives. It is an unbiased exploration of a woman’s attraction to guns.
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GRACE PALEY - COLLECTED SHORTS (A.K.A THE STORY OF GRACE PALEY)
A film by Lilly Rivlin
Grace Paley—literary giant, national treasure, activist, teacher, mother and wife. Her short stories have been translated into 92 languages. This documentary will trace the life of this ordinary New York woman with extraordinary talent for poetry and prose through her own voice via her stories and the stories of her family, friends, colleagues and critics.
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GRANDMA HAS A VIDEO CAMERA
A film by Tania Cypriano
A documentary about the use of home video by the filmmaker's family, which portrays the lives of three generations of Brazilian immigrants during a 15 year period. From enchantment to disillusion, from idealization to conformity, we witness the universal reality of people who loose their original home, but not their hope to find the right place to live.
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