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  • Human Rights
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  • Environment
  • Arts, Music & Culture
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  • Urban Development
  • Politics
  • Asian Studies
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  • Gender Studies
  • Investigating Journalism
  • Genocide
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    Human Rights

    Central to ethics, law, philosophy and sociology, Human Rights documentaries address the most urgent international happenings today while advocating for concrete social and political changes.
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      Six female cartoonists from Mexico to Syria defy censorship with powerful satire on social justice, facing threats and violence. Their stories of resilience, filmed by top female directors, showcase art’s role in activism and the unbreakable drive for truth.Trailer
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      After speaking out on his torture, Bahraini footballer Hakeem al-Araibi faces arrest on his honeymoon, igniting a campaign to save him from extradition. The story follows his rescue led by Australian activists, pitting justice against political and royal pressures.Trailer
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      Kurdish singer Mutlu Kaya’s journey from Turkey’s Got Talent star to shooting survivor fighting for justice against femicide. The documentary highlights her resilience as she heals, finds strength in her family, and empowers women through music and activism.Trailer
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      Based on recently declassified files, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sam Pollard explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.Trailer
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      A rare 360 degree portrait, Ernie and Joe: Crisis Cops follows two police officers with the San Antonio Texas Police Department who are diverting people away from jail and into mental health treatment, one emergency call at a timeTrailer
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      In the 1980s, three young people barely out of their teens began a movement that would change global health forever. Bending the Arc tells their story.Trailer
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      Isis, Tomorrow traces the months of war through the voices of the children of militiamen trained to become suicide bombers, but also of their victims and those who fought them.Trailer
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      A portrait of the life of Liberian activist Silas Siakor, a tireless crusader against illegal logging and a symbol of resistance for a new generation.Trailer
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      Dolores Huerta fought tirelessly alongside Chavez for racial and labor justice and became one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century. The fight continues...Trailer
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      Unseen EnemyExamining the recent epidemics of Ebola, Influenza and Zika, Unseen Enemy makes it clear that epidemics bring out the best and worst of human behavior, and that their effect goes far beyond the terrible tolls of sickness and death. Trailer
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    Black & AA Studies

    Interdisciplinary academic field primarily devoted to the study of the history, culture & politics of Black people from the United States.
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      A delightful and modern Don Quixote taleTrailer
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      Guitar icon Buddy Guy reflects on his legacy.Trailer
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      A ground-breaking examination of the history of African Americans on the road from the early 1900’s through the 1960’s and beyond - a crucial window on issues of class, automobile culture, discrimination and national identityTrailer
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      The history of the "Scottsboro Boys," a group of African American men who were victims of a racist miscarriage of justice that became a national controversy.Trailer
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      Before Oprah, before Arsenio, there was Mr. SOUL!  Ellis Haizlip ensures the Revolution will be televised with SOUL!,  America’s first “Black Tonight Show.”Trailer
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      A Black 17 year-old gun violence survivor challenges a powerful white incumbent for a seat on Houston City Council. With one foot in teenagerhood and the other in hardball politics, Marcel McClinton comes of age before our very eyesTrailer
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      Based on recently declassified files, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sam Pollard explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.Trailer
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      Footage shot by a group of Swedish journalists documenting the Black Power Movement in the United States Trailer
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      A fascinating look into the life and times of U.S representative and activist, John Lewis. Using interviews and rare archival footage the film delivers an intimate account of Lewis's legacy and contribution to the Civil Rights MovementTrailer
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      “The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.” - Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to ArmsTrailer
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    Law

    Considering social policy and theories of justice, and how laws shape and are shaped by political, economic, and cultural forces.
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      How did we come to this moment, where free speech issues have never felt more complicated and urgent, and where the nation is wondering a new: what price are we willing to pay for free speech?Trailer
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      Welcome to Riotsville, U.S.A., a fictional town built by the U.S. military in the 1960s, where military and police were trained to respond to civil disorderTrailer
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      The 8th traces Ireland’s campaign to remove the 8th Amendment – a constitutional ban on abortion, forging a new progressive path when reproductive rights are threatened all over the worldTrailer
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      As the nation faces the end of Roe v. Wade, follow three women leading formidable anti-abortion organizations to witness the enormous influence they wield at the intersection and future of abortion and politics in America.Trailer
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      When Shu'aib Raheem tried to steal guns for self-defense, it sparked the longest hostage siege in NYPD history. NYPD psychologist Harvey Schlossberg fought to reform police policy to save lives by using words, not guns.Trailer
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      At this defining moment in American history, THE FIGHT follows a scrappy team of heroic ACLU lawyers in an electrifying battle over abortion rights, immigrant rights, LGBTQ rights and voting rights.Trailer
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      A secretive, high-tech gerrymandering initiative launched 10 years ago threatens to undermine our democracy. Slay the Dragon follows everyday people as they fight to make their votes matter.Trailer
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      The NRA's deadly war on gun reformTrailer
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      The improbable story of how Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who couldn’t get a job after graduating at the top of her law class, became a revered Justice of the Supreme Court and icon for gender equality and human rightsTrailer
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      Based on recently declassified files, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sam Pollard explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.Trailer
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    Environment

    Understanding our changing environment, and the impact which we can have on it (for better or worse) is key to the future of humanity.
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      The Here Now Project weaves together in-the-moment, self-shot footage from 2021—no narration, no talking heads—to create an unprecedented visual diary of the impact climate change is already having on ordinary people around the world.Trailer
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      In Finland's forests, young activists battle logging and political interests to save nature. Their commitment shapes a modern-day tale where ecological disaster or happily ever after lies in the hands of Minka, Ida, and their passionate allies.Trailer
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      An investigative journalist uncovers the money, influence, and alarming rationale behind covert efforts to control the most vital resource on the planet, in the latest exposé from filmmaker Gabriela Cowperthwaite (Blackfish)Trailer
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      Come back for seconds to explore the urgent challenges and potential solutions to our increasingly vulnerable food system in 'FOOD, INC. 2', a sequel that digs deeper into food corporate consolidation and its unchecked impacts on our planet and health.Trailer
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      Twenty years ago, the world's biggest chocolate giants signed an agreement to work toward abolishing child slavery. However, frequent reports show that the issue remains to this dayTrailer
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      The fate of the planet’s last untouched wilderness, the deep ocean, is at stake as a secretive international organization moves to allow corporations to strip mine the seabed for metals crucial to powering a carbon-free future.Trailer
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      The Slow Food Story is the essential one-stop critical guide to the history, ideas, structure, and membership of the Slow Food movement. Trailer
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      Yaara Bou Melhem’s documentary "Unseen Skies" explores state and corporate surveillance evolution through Trevor Paglen's audacious launch of artwork in space.Trailer
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      Nuclear Now explores the possibility of overcoming climate change and energy poverty through nuclear energy, with insights from director Oliver StoneTrailer
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    Arts, Music & Culture

    Creative expression blends tradition and innovation, communicating the essence of human thought and imagination.
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      Six female cartoonists from Mexico to Syria defy censorship with powerful satire on social justice, facing threats and violence. Their stories of resilience, filmed by top female directors, showcase art’s role in activism and the unbreakable drive for truth.Trailer
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      Kurdish singer Mutlu Kaya’s journey from Turkey’s Got Talent star to shooting survivor fighting for justice against femicide. The documentary highlights her resilience as she heals, finds strength in her family, and empowers women through music and activism.Trailer
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      Every movement starts with the gathering of stories.Trailer
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      Sabine Weiss (1924-2021) created a monumental body of work: thousands of faces, top fashion collections, and global photo reports. As a 20th-century witness focusing on society's margins, she was a Humanist photography icon. This film captures her final words and legacy.Trailer
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      Fouad Elkoury, a renowned Lebanese photographer since the 70s, captures Middle Eastern life amid war-torn Lebanon and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A new documentary offers an intimate look at his work, showcasing an emotional odyssey through exile, war, and resilience.Trailer
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      In a universe that erases its tracks, we humans are hellbent on leaving a trace. What can be saved?Trailer
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      A film charting the rise of Bob Marley and The Wailers to international stardom - made from footage shot in the early 1970s and lost for 30 yearsTrailer
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      A delightful and modern Don Quixote taleTrailer
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      The deep friendship between three young outsider goths is threatened when one of them falls in love and eyes a possible escape from the Danish province.Trailer
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      Glimpse into the contemporary music scene of Kinshasa featuring Brigade Sarbati OrchestraTrailer
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    Jewish Studies

    Exploring the religion’s history, culture and philosophy and considering what Judaism means in the modern world.
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      The Lost Key, an award-winning film featured on Netflix, reveals lost teachings to turn a sexual relationship into a healthy, spiritual experience where two people become One.Trailer
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      How did we come to this moment, where free speech issues have never felt more complicated and urgent, and where the nation is wondering a new: what price are we willing to pay for free speech?Trailer
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       How can life go on after the horrors of Auschwitz and Buchenwald? Four Holocaust survivors talk about their lives afterwards.Trailer
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      A frightened look of a woman, from a rare self-portrait of a couple, leads the director to a shocking family story.Trailer
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      In HOUSEWITZ, daughter and filmmaker Oeke Hoogendijk tries to find out the reason behind her mother’s categorically refusal to leave her house.Trailer
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      The film explores the lives Orthodox-Jewish LGBT members who willingly choose to marry heterosexuals and raise a heteronormative family, obeying the rules of their societies while denying their own identitiesTrailer
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      The tale of a century-old rivalry between two progressive Jewish summer camps and their attempt at a newfound alliance, inspiring unity within today’s divided world.Trailer
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      Through film excerpts of Hollywood's most important Holocaust movies this documentary tells the story of the American film industry's complex and contradictory responses to the horrors of Nazi Germany.Trailer
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      When the living disregard those buried below, their ghosts wage war against this indifference.Trailer
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      Discovery of their Jewish roots threatens the communal life of the family in Brazil.Trailer
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    Urban Development

    Exploring space and design to understand how our built environment reflects history, economy and culture. The urban habitat as the key for understanding social structures and relations.
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      A love story of Alvar and Aino Aalto, Finnish masters of modern architecture and design, an enchanting journey to their creations and influence around the world.Trailer
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      Architecture, like everything else during the Soviet period, was under strict centralized supervision. While art and grand monuments were expected to advance the state narrative of communism as paradise on earth, sometimes the benign bus stops were overlookedTrailer
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      A portrait of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, revealing how displacement and destruction were used as an opportunity for neoliberal initiatives, drastically intensifying the city’s economic, social and racial inequalities. Trailer
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      Behind the curtains of the most unlikely kingdom on earth. This is China's Dwarves Empires, where little people stand tall. Or do they?Trailer
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      Mark Twain once said, "Buy land, they're not making it anymore." With the world’s farmland is at risk, this aphorism has become a matter of urgencyTrailer
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      "If buildings could talk, what would they say about us?" This 3D film project about the soul of buildings allows six iconic and very different buildings to speak for themselves.Trailer
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      Shallim is a rickshaw puller, an ordinary man with an old and tired rickshaw. He runs endless miles with it each day to allow him to support his family. Trailer
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      Fallen City As the survivors emerge from China’s worst natural disaster in decades, they speak for today’s Chinese generation thrust into the nation’s relentless pursuit of progress. Trailer
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    Politics

    Exploring the social and political systems at work in different corners of the world, this collection sketches international networks of politics and economics.
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      The extent of Russia's secret activities in the Nordics will surprise most people. The potential to undermine our democracies is a latent threat that requires the public's attentionTrailer
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      An investigative journalist uncovers the money, influence, and alarming rationale behind covert efforts to control the most vital resource on the planet, in the latest exposé from filmmaker Gabriela Cowperthwaite (Blackfish)Trailer
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      Twenty years ago, the world's biggest chocolate giants signed an agreement to work toward abolishing child slavery. However, frequent reports show that the issue remains to this dayTrailer
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      A political thriller that that goes inside the U.S. fundamentalist Evangelicals, revealing their power and influence on U.S. foreign policy, as they aim to fulfill the Armageddon prophecy and ultimately destroy our civilizationTrailer
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      A suspenseful look at the lengths people will go to gain freedom, BEYOND UTOPIA embeds with a courageous pastor as he works tirelessly to guide various individuals attempting to flee one of the most oppressive places on Earth: North KoreaTrailer
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      Where does someone turn when facing an unplanned pregnancy? The film is a window into the enigmatic centers that some call “pregnancy resource centers” and others call “fake clinics.”Trailer
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      The Lakota people's ongoing fight to reclaim the Black Hills is explored, focusing on U.S. treaty violations, land dispossession, and Indigenous resistance through historical and legal perspectives.Trailer
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      OYATE elevates the voices of Indigenous People , in the wake of the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests, as they are using their newfound platform to shed light on the wide array of injustices committed against them in an effort to embark upon the process of decolonization.Trailer
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      Welcome to Riotsville, U.S.A., a fictional town built by the U.S. military in the 1960s, where military and police were trained to respond to civil disorderTrailer
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      The 8th traces Ireland’s campaign to remove the 8th Amendment – a constitutional ban on abortion, forging a new progressive path when reproductive rights are threatened all over the worldTrailer
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    Asian Studies

    The modern era is being shaped by the emerging economic and political power of the East, giving this area of study ever-increasing significance.
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      A suspenseful look at the lengths people will go to gain freedom, BEYOND UTOPIA embeds with a courageous pastor as he works tirelessly to guide various individuals attempting to flee one of the most oppressive places on Earth: North KoreaTrailer
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      A real-time portrait of 2020 unfolds as an Asian-American family in Trump's rural America fights to keep their restaurant and American dream aliveTrailer
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      A journey from the halls of Cambridge to Seoul, where a legendary Go master faces an unproven AI challengerTrailer
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      The economy of diaspora. China Reverse is the story of the Chinese community in Vienna and their relationship with their homelandsTrailer
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      With its exquisite natural beauty and emphasis on ‘Gross National Happiness’ Bhutan seems like a model for the rest of the world. But behind this idyllic façade there lies a more complex realityTrailer
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      A portrait of two girls during the last year of elementary school in Jogyakarta, Indonesia, where Islam is exerting an ever-growing influence over the educational system.Trailer
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      China HeavyweightIn central China, a Master coach recruits poor rural teenagers and turns them into boxing champions. The top boxers face dramatic choices - should they fight for the collective good as amateurs or for themselves as professionals?Trailer
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      Rubel is a fourteen year old boy smuggling rice from India to Bangladesh, crossing the river Ganga which acts as an international border between the two countries. Trailer
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      Buzkashi is a centuries-old sport that pits individual riders against one another. Here we follow Azam, a man shaped by tradition, who is forced to face the modern world that surrounds him.Trailer
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    Middle East Studies

    One of modern history’s defining ongoing conflicts, where issues of nationalism, religion and ethics vie for legitimacy and recognition.
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      An Arabic radio station in Israel becomes a front for covert operations, using propaganda and coded messages to wage psychological warfare and challenge the Arab world's rulersTrailer
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      Israel's military service is questioned through the experiences of young Israelis struggling with enlistment pressures. Innocence uncovers the personal cost of conforming, with lost lives and haunting diaries illustrating the impact of military duty on young souls.Trailer
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      Fouad Elkoury, a renowned Lebanese photographer since the 70s, captures Middle Eastern life amid war-torn Lebanon and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A new documentary offers an intimate look at his work, showcasing an emotional odyssey through exile, war, and resilience.Trailer
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      The Inner Tour is a sightseeing tour of the State of Israel of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank. Tourists in their homeland. The windows of the bus serve as a two-way mirror at the Palestinian tourists, at Israeli societyTrailer
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      Raed Andoni, director of "Fix ME", assembles an eclectic group of Palestinian ex-prisoners in order to rebuild the Israeli investigation center in which they were all imprisoned.Trailer
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      Seven women arrive in Israel by ship in the 1950s and 1960s and are sent straight to Dimona, a town recently established in the desert. Trailer
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      It takes a village to unite the most divided people on earth. Budrus shines a light on people who choose nonviolence to confront a threat.Trailer
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      The most widely used educational media tool teaching the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, a beautiful and deeply moving portrait of seven children on both sides of the divideTrailer
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      Holy FireThe Old City of Jerusalem is in the heart of the Middle East conflict. Measuring just a single square kilometer, people from three of the world's great religions rub shoulders in four distinct quarters, against the backdrop of some of the holiest sites in the world.
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    Gender Studies

    The field of Women and Gender studies has transformed from a fringe political position to a central tenet of modern academic study. This is a collection that showcases some of the main
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      Gladys Yupanqui in Peru, Magatte Wade in Senegal, and Selyna Peiris in Sri Lanka are 3 women transforming their communities through business. Their stories reveal the power of local entrepreneurs and the barriers women face in accessing economic opportunitiesTrailer
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      Six female cartoonists from Mexico to Syria defy censorship with powerful satire on social justice, facing threats and violence. Their stories of resilience, filmed by top female directors, showcase art’s role in activism and the unbreakable drive for truth.Trailer
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      Director Victoria Mapplebeck’s 20-year chronicle of motherhood, as a single parent to her son, Jim, captures life’s highs and lows. Shot across generations of smartphones, the film offers a raw look at resilience, growth, and the power of family amid hardship.Trailer
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      Kurdish singer Mutlu Kaya’s journey from Turkey’s Got Talent star to shooting survivor fighting for justice against femicide. The documentary highlights her resilience as she heals, finds strength in her family, and empowers women through music and activism.Trailer
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      Through exclusive testimonies and clandestine videos, We Iranian Women gives voice to courageous women in Iran who risked their lives to share their stories. The film chronicles their ongoing battle against patriarchy, corruption, and rigid religious and ideological beliefsTrailer
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      Against a backdrop of epidemic levels of disappearances and deaths in Mexico—an estimated 360,000 have died since 2006—a group of women put pressure on the government in this powerful portrait of female solidarity.Trailer
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      In El Salvador, where abortion is completely illegal, women who have had obstetric emergencies have been sentenced to up to 40 years in prison. The Citizen Group fights for women’s reproductive rights and works to free women unjustly imprisoned.Trailer
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      From birth in Algiers, Marie-Pierre wanted to wear dresses, rejecting her given name, Jean-Pierre. At 17, discovering a drag show changed her life. Becoming Bambi, she became a cabaret legend in 50s and 60s Paris.Trailer
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      Sabine Weiss (1924-2021) created a monumental body of work: thousands of faces, top fashion collections, and global photo reports. As a 20th-century witness focusing on society's margins, she was a Humanist photography icon. This film captures her final words and legacy.Trailer
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      In the '60s, hippies ignited a sexual revolution. In 2020, Seyran Ateş, a Turkish-German feminist imam, faces fatwas and bullets for sparking a similar change in Islam. Her global journey fights extremism, fostering peace and love within the faith. Join her revolution!Trailer
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    Investigating Journalism

    Media and communications are crucial to the dissemination and exploration of new pivotal ideas. These films explore the central role of journalism in shaping our relationship to the world around us.
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      The extent of Russia's secret activities in the Nordics will surprise most people. The potential to undermine our democracies is a latent threat that requires the public's attentionTrailer
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      An investigative journalist uncovers the money, influence, and alarming rationale behind covert efforts to control the most vital resource on the planet, in the latest exposé from filmmaker Gabriela Cowperthwaite (Blackfish)Trailer
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      The definitive inside story of the alt-right, following movement leaders as they ride a wave of racist ideas to viral fameTrailer
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      This unique and powerful film follows two Special Operations soldiers as they struggle with PTSD and reintegrating back into society in an uncensored look at the current epidemic of PTSD and severe mental trauma that create tremendous challenges for returning service membersTrailer
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      Enter a hidden third world shadow industry of digital cleaning, where the Internet rids itself of what it doesn't like: violence, pornography and political content. Trailer
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      Isis, Tomorrow traces the months of war through the voices of the children of militiamen trained to become suicide bombers, but also of their victims and those who fought them.Trailer
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      The North Atlantic Faroe Islanders relied on whale hunting for survival and tradition. But polluted oceans now make whales toxic, endangering their health. What once sustained them now threatens their children, forcing the Faroese to choose between tradition and safetyTrailer
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      The riveting stories of two modern-day vigilante groups and their shared enemy - the murderous drug cartels.Trailer
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      Life is SacredThe fearless Colombian philosopher-politician-teacher Antanas Mockus and his followers struggle for peace in a country with the longest running internal conflict in the world. This is a story about 4 years that changed a country forever. Trailer
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    Genocide

    These films constitute acts of testimony, paying tribute to the ongoing resilience of the human spirit in the face of the worst crimes ever committed against humanity.
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      Twelve years in the making, SHOAH is Lanzmann’s monumental epic on the Holocaust and features interviews with survivors, bystanders and perpetrators in 14 countriesTrailer
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      Isis, Tomorrow traces the months of war through the voices of the children of militiamen trained to become suicide bombers, but also of their victims and those who fought them.Trailer
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      Brunhilde Pomsel got closer to one of the worst criminals in world history than anyone else presently alive: she was the secretary for Joseph Goebbels. Now 105 years old, she tells her storyTrailer
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      In this highly-anticipated companion to The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer offers another haunting look at the Indonesian genocide, this time from the perspective of the victims.Trailer
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      An explicit and horrifying exposé of the final months of the Sri Lankan civil war, as told by the people who lived through it, providing direct evidence of a war that was supposed to be conducted in secret.Trailer
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      In this chilling and inventive Oscar nominated documentary, the unrepentant former members of Indonesian death squads re-enact some of their many murders in the style of the American movies they love.Trailer
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    Sociology

    This field casts each and every one of us as possible subjects for research, uncovering the trends and forces that define and dictate human behaviour.
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      All work and no play is no way for kids to grow up.Trailer
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      First year medical students on the ultimate expedition to explore the inside of the human bodyTrailer
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      “The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.” - Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to ArmsTrailer
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      This Peabody award winning film follows the life of 10-year-old Ukrainian boy Oleg throughout a year, witnessing the gradual erosion of his innocence beneath the pressures of war.Trailer
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      An up-close and personal look at six teenagers inside their room, told entirely out of their self made videos posted on YouTube.Trailer
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      Doctors in a Parisian hospital are fighting a life-and-death battle. Everything’s got to be cheaper, quicker and more efficient. A glimpse of imminent burnout in the healthcare system.Trailer
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      A portrait of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, revealing how displacement and destruction were used as an opportunity for neoliberal initiatives, drastically intensifying the city’s economic, social and racial inequalities. Trailer
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      Richmond, CA is a community struggling with gun violence, stemming from a turf war which spans multiple generations. A local arts organization recruits young people to take part in an urban adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet.Trailer
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      Behavioural scientist Dan Ariely discovers the complicated truth behind what happens when we lie to each other.Trailer
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      The first film made in every country of the world on the same dayTrailer
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    Social Work

    Founded on the principals of social justice, empathy and understanding, social work strives to protect our society and safeguard its most vulnerable members.
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      Roll Red Roll is a true-crime thriller that goes behind the headlines to uncover the deep-seated and social media-fueled "boys will be boys" culture at the root of high school sexual assault in America.Trailer
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      Every Child Needs A FamilyTrailer
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      This unique and powerful film follows two Special Operations soldiers as they struggle with PTSD and reintegrating back into society in an uncensored look at the current epidemic of PTSD and severe mental trauma that create tremendous challenges for returning service membersTrailer
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      Featuring the heartbreaking stories of students across the country who have been pushed to the brink by over-scheduling, over-testing and the relentless pressure to achieve, “Race to Nowhere” points to a silent epidemic in our schools. Trailer
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      Following the inspiring journey of 26 year old, 58 pound Lizzie Velasquez from cyber-bullying victim to anti-bullying activist.Trailer
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      How can dyslexia, a persistent problem with learning to read, be as great a gift as it is an obstacle? Trailer
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      A coming-of-age film, following Kuba, a twelve-year-old boy from Poland who is left to take care of his little brother Mikołaj (8) after their parents are forced to leave them to work abroad. Trailer
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      "Like the Others" explores the delicate interplay of care and crisis at a Vienna child psychiatry center, revealing the struggle of patients striving to integrate into society amid mental health challenges.Trailer
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    Secondary Education

    This collection showcases our most popular films for younger audiences, helping to foster curiosity and awareness regarding key global issues and cultivating media literacy.
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      The Right to Read shares the stories of an activist, a teacher, and two American families who fight to provide our youngest generation with the most foundational indicator of life-long success: the ability to read.Trailer
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      A deadly virus. A world on its knees. A race to save humanity.Trailer
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      Would you go first?Trailer
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      A definitive, comprehensive documentary film on ADHDTrailer
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      Capturing the human drama behind NASA’s high-stakes Webb Space Telescope​,​ The Hunt for Planet B​ follows a pioneering group of scientists—many of them women—on their quest to find another Earth among the stars.Trailer
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      Ady Barkan’s life is upended when he is diagnosed with ALS, but a confrontation with a powerful senator catapults him to national fame and ignites a once-in-a-generation political movementTrailer
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      At this defining moment in American history, THE FIGHT follows a scrappy team of heroic ACLU lawyers in an electrifying battle over abortion rights, immigrant rights, LGBTQ rights and voting rights.Trailer
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      A secretive, high-tech gerrymandering initiative launched 10 years ago threatens to undermine our democracy. Slay the Dragon follows everyday people as they fight to make their votes matter.Trailer
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      A dogged family-run paper in Iowa gives citizens the scoop on forces threatening to overwhelm their precarious small-town existence.Trailer
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      THE BIG SCARY “S” WORD delves into the rich history of the American socialist movement and journeys with the people striving to build a socialist future todayTrailer
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    LGBTQIA+

    Celebrating and commemorating the history and culture surrounding sexual diversity and queer identity.
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      7 stories of LGBTQ people who chose to remain religious Jews and to build their lives, relationships, families, and everyday activities according to the Jewish religion.Trailer
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      In the '60s, hippies ignited a sexual revolution. In 2020, Seyran Ateş, a Turkish-German feminist imam, faces fatwas and bullets for sparking a similar change in Islam. Her global journey fights extremism, fostering peace and love within the faith. Join her revolution!Trailer
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      A biography of the author Scott Symons.Trailer
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      An Intimate Journey Into America's Mental Health CrisisTrailer
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