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show image Ask Not
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As wars rage in the Middle East, the U.S. military is eager for more recruits — unless they happen to be openly gay.



show image Behind the Rainbow
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With the 2009 presidential election ahead, Behind the Rainbow is an untold account of South Africa's political problems, struggles and realities.



show image Between the Folds
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Between the Folds chronicles the stories of 10 fine artists and intrepid theoretical scientists who have abandoned careers and hard-earned graduate degrees — all to forge unconventional lives as modern-day paper-folders.



show image Beyond the Border - Más Allá de la Frontera
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Beyond the Border - Más Allá de la Frontera traces the painful transition made by four sons in the Ayala family who leave their family in Mexico to seek "una vida mejor" (a better life) in Kentucky, where they fight cultural, class and language barriers.



show image Black Gold
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Tracing one man's fight for a fair price, Black Gold is an eye-opening expose of the eighty billion dollar coffee industry.



show image Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity
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As hip-hop music and culture continue to redefine American life, its influence exposes the high stakes of the struggle to cross or maintain the cultural divide.



show image Butte, America
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Told through the experiences of five-generation families whose lives intersected key historical events, BUTTE, AMERICA explores the largely untold story of industrialized hard rock mining in Butte, Montana.



show image Craft in America
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This three-part series explores the history and significance of the craft movement in America and its impact on our nation’s rich cultural heritage.



show image The Creek Runs Red
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The Environmental Protection Agency calls the former lead mining town of Picher, Oklahoma one of the most toxic places in America, but a dwindling population still calls it home. The Creek Runs Red explores the human response to environmental disaster, and the complex connections between people and place.



show image The Devil Never Sleeps
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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.



show image Egalité for All: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution
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The story of history’s only successful slave insurrection and the man who lead it.



show image En Route to Baghdad
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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.



show image The Eyes of Me
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How do you see yourself, when you can’t see at all? Follow four visually impaired teenagers in Texas as they face the usual challenges of adolescence while simultaneously learning to navigate a world designed for the sighted.



show image Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
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Nestled at the edge of New Orleans’ fabled French Quarter, Faubourg Tremé is one of America’s oldest African American neighborhoods: it is also the origin of the civil rights movement in the South, and the birthplace of jazz.



show image The Fighting Spirit
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Three young boxers from Bukom, Ghana try to navigate the glittering prizefighting rings of Europe and North America through triumph and defeat.



show image First Australians
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This epic story combines landscapes, interviews, art and archival footage to present the birth of contemporary Australia from the perspectives of its first peoples.



show image A Girl's Life
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Author Rachel Simmons brings together the latest research on the psychological, physical and emotional development of girls.



show image Girls on the Wall
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A group of incarcerated teenage girls are given a shot at redemption in a most unlikely form: a musical.



show image Harlem in Montmartre: A Paris Jazz Story
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Based on the book by William Shack, Harlem in Montmartre: A Paris Jazz Story looks at the impact of African American performers and musicians during the great jazz era in Paris.



show image Heart Strings: The Story of the Kamaka Ukulele
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Heart Strings is the story of Kamaka Hawaii, an instrument manufacturing business run by four generations of one Hawaiian family.



show image Helvetica
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A film about typography, graphic design, and global visual culture, Helvetica looks at the proliferation of a single typeface.



show image I.M. Pei: Building China Modern
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After 70 years in the U.S., renowned architect I.M. Pei returns to his ancestral home of Suzhou, China to build a modern museum in this ancient city.



show image Imelda
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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.



show image Iron Ladies of Liberia
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Go behind the scenes with Africa’s first freely elected female head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, of Liberia.



show image Knocking
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Following two families who stand firm for their controversial and misunderstood Christian faith, KNOCKING reveals how Jehovah's Witnesses have helped shape history beyond the doorstep.



show image Lioness
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An intimate look at war through the eyes of women and the U.S. military policy that bans them from combat.



show image Lost Souls (Animas Perdidas)
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Set against the backdrop of increased attention to the U.S.-Mexican border, LOST SOULS (Animas Perdidas) looks at the impact of deportation.



show image Maria Tallchief
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Maria Tallchief's Indian name means "woman of two worlds" and this documentary deftly weaves together the different worlds of Tallchief, including ballet and her Osage Indian heritage.



show image Mine
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MINE tells the poignant and powerful story of animals left behind during Katrina, and of the struggles of hurricane victims to reunite with their beloved pets. A meditation on the essential bond between humans and animals – MINE is an equally compelling story of race and class, and the power of compassion, in contemporary America.



show image Morning Sun
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An exploration of China's Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) and the historical and ethical implications of this violent and dramatic era.



show image New Year Baby
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Filmmaker Socheata Poeuv grew up in the United States never knowing that her family had survived the Khmer Rouge genocide. In NEW YEAR BABY, she embarks on a journey to Cambodia in search of the truth about her family's past.



show image Objectified
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Through vérité footage and in-depth conversations, OBJECTIFIED documents the creative processes of some of the world’s most influential product designers, and looks at how the things they make impact our lives.



show image The Order of Myths
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Beneath the surface of pageantry at America’s oldest Mardi Gras lies a complex story about race relations and the ever-present racial divide in America.



show image P-Star Rising
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The story of a single-father who is determined that his 9- year old daughter become a rap star and thus redeem his deferred dream. We follow the father-daughter duo through the grit and glamour of the music industry, the struggles of being a single dad with no means, and the sacrifices a child makes in order to make her daddy proud.



show image A Panther in Africa
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Before leaving America for Tanzania, where he has lived in exile for over 30 years and struggled to reconcile his past with his future, Pete O'Neal founded the Kansas City chapter of the Black Panthers.



show image Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority
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A look at the life of Patsy Mink, the first Asian American woman and woman of color in the United States Congress.



show image Pickles, Inc.
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In the Israeli Arab village of Tamra, eight widows challenge social conventions and establish the Azka Pickle Cooperative, seeking financial independence for themselves and their children.



show image Recalling Orange County
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Examining the fierce recall election of Nativo Lopez, a school board leader and immigrant rights activist, RECALLING ORANGE COUNTY reveals both the cultural chasm and surprising alliances between the suburban establishment and a growing Latino community.



show image Recycle
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The life of an ex-Mujahideen soldier looking to build a peaceful life after years of fighting in the Soviet-Afghan war.



show image Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
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A look at the musical and political significance of composer, performer and pioneering pop music entrepreneur Sam Cooke and the circumstances that led to his murder.



show image Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre 1968
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SCARRED JUSTICE investigates the continued cover-up of the tragedy of 1968 on the campus of South Carolina State University and follows ongoing efforts to seek justice.



show image Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria
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When San Francisco police raided a popular late-night hangout for transgendered people in 1966, the patrons unexpectedly fought back, helping to launch a broader fight of human rights in America.



show image Señorita Extraviada (Missing Young Woman)
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The remains of more than 250 sexually assaulted girls have been found in the desert outside of Juarez, Mexico. The victims' relatives will not rest until these crimes are solved.



show image Seoul Train
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SEOUL TRAIN exposes the complex geopolitics and bureaucracy entangling the lives of thousands of North Korean refugees as they risk their lives trying to escape their homeland and China, often aided by activists via an underground railroad.



show image Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness for Change
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African American and white Catholic nuns helped make Selma a turning point for the civil rights movement and change the role of the Catholic church in America.



show image The Spirituals
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THE SPIRITUALS recounts an indigenous American music form's bitter histories through the work of a world-renown contemporary spiritual group.



show image Stranded: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors
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The extraordinary survival tale of a group of young men who lived for 72 days in the Andes Mountains after their plane crashed in October 1972.



show image Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
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The dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai whose simple act of planting trees grew into a global movement.



show image Water Flowing Together
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WATER FLOWING TOGETHER offers an intimate portrait of a remarkable dancer, Jock Soto, who retired from the New York City Ballet at age 40, after a 24-year career.



show image The Way We Get By
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On call 24/7 for the past six years, three senior citizens have made history by greeting nearly one million U.S. troops at a tiny airport in Maine.



show image Whatever It Takes
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WHATEVER IT TAKES follows principal Edward Tom, who envisions the Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics as a safe haven where children can focus on a rigorous and meaningful education. A dramatic, ultimately uplifting story with uncommon personal access.



show image The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
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THE WILD PARROTS OF TELEGRAPH HILL tells the true story of a bohemian St. Francis in San Francisco and his remarkable relationship with a flock of wild red and green parrots.



show image Witnesses to a Secret War
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WITNESSES TO A SECRET WAR tells the stories of three generations of Hmong refugees as they struggle with their personal and political legacies.



show image Young@Heart
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Documents the true story of the final weeks of rehearsal for the Young@Heart Chorus in Northampton, MA, whose average age is 81.Their music is unexpected, going against the stereotype of their age group, performing songs by James Brown and Sonic Youth.




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