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Four violinists in four different corners of the globe perform one of the world’s most beloved pieces: Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons."
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74 SQUARE METERS
A social experiment that moves marginalized families into a middle class neighborhood in Valparaiso, Chile.
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ABC COLOMBIA
Through the eyes of children, ABC COLOMBIA explores the realities that nurture and perpetuate violence in a rural community controlled by paramilitary forces.
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AFRICAN SCHOOL
A series that captures the daily lives, concerns and personalities of young Africans and their teachers in Masindi, Uganda.
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THE ART OF THE HUNT
Opening up a world that has rarely been filmed, THE ART OF THE HUNT gives the viewer a unique understanding of an ancient African ritual between man and animal.
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AZTEC MASSACRE
For years, historians have claimed that the Aztecs welcomed the Spanish with open arms. Now, solid evidence proves the Aztecs not only resisted the conquistadors, they sacrificed, and even engaged in cannibalism.
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BANANAS
Juan “Accidentes” Dominguez is on his biggest case ever. On behalf of twelve Nicaraguan banana workers he is tackling Dole Food in a ground-breaking legal battle for their use of a banned pesticide that was known by the company to cause sterility. Can he beat the giant, or will the corporation get away with it? In the suspenseful documentary BANANAS!, filmmaker Fredrik Gertten sheds new light on the global politics of food.
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BE LIKE OTHERS
An intimate and unflinching look at life in Iran through the eyes of young men choosing to undergo sex change surgery, BE LIKE OTHERS explores the implications and sacrifices of those living on the fringes of an Islamic society.
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BEHIND THE RAINBOW
With the 2009 presidential election ahead, BEHIND THE RAINBOW is an untold account of South Africa's political problems, struggles and realities.
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BELARUSIAN WALTZ
In Belarus, Europe's last dictatorship, performance artist Alexander Pushkin uses his "patriotic" art to protest his government's policies and persecution.
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BLACK GOLD
Tracing one man's fight for a fair price, BLACK GOLD is an eye-opening expose of the eighty billion dollar coffee industry.
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BRIDGE OVER THE WADI
BRIDGE OVER THE WADI follows a group of young Arab and Jewish children for one year as their grade school attempts a bi-national and bi-lingual program.
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CASH & MARRY
A look into the lives of young men from the Balkans who seek out wives in order to obtain an Austrian passport.
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THE CAVIAR CONNECTION
A fishing roulette about the Rat brothers, cats, dogs and caviar.
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CHAHINAZ: What Rights for Women?
Through her curiosity and self-discovery, Chahinaz, a 20-year-old Algerian student, begins to wonder what life is like for women in other Muslim countries and around the world.
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CHILDREN OF THE SUN
Tracing Israel's kibbutz movement, CHILDREN OF THE SUN follows members of the Zionist elite from their birth in the 1920s and ‘30s to the crisis that weakened the movement.
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CHINESE SCHOOL
A year at a small town school in rural Anhui, China, where a group of families, teachers and children reveal stories of hardship, joy and success.
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CIRCUS SCHOOL
Take a rare look into one of China's most treasured commodities--acrobatics. CIRCUS SCHOOL reveals the rigorous physical training students must endure as they prepare for a national competition.
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COWBOYS IN INDIA
Aided by two inept locals, Director Simon Chambers investigates the poorest area in India where a tribe is fighting to save a sacred mountain from multinational mining moguls who say its resources will bring prosperity to the people.
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CUBA, AN AFRICAN ODYSSEY
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.
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DEEP WATER
The compelling story of the fateful voyage of Donald Crowhurst, an amateur yachtsman who entered the most daring nautical challenge ever--the very first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race.
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THE DICTATOR HUNTER
An American lawyer and son of a Holocaust survivor along with a Chadian survivor work in a fight against all odds to bring brutal dictator Hissene Habré to justice.
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DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT: A Nation's Journey
Directors Sabiha Sumar and Sachithanandam Sathananthan sit down with former President Pervez Musharraf, before he resigns from office, to address the army general's plans to establish democracy in Pakistan.
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DOPING FOR GOLD
Through personal stories, DOPING FOR GOLD unveils the price female athletes paid to bring Olympic pride to East Germany in the 1970s.
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END OF THE RAINBOW
END OF THE RAINBOW explores the human dimensions of industrial gold-mining in two remote locations: Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo and Guinea, West Africa.
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END OF WAITING TIME
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.
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THE ENGLISH SURGEON
A British neurosurgeon confronts the dilemmas of the doctor-patient relationship on his latest mission to Ukraine.
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ESCAPE FROM AUSCHWITZ
The story of two young Slovak Jews who managed to escape and help save as many as 120,000 Jews by sharing their detailed account of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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FAIR PLAY
A troupe of actors--most with learning disabilities--confront the challenges of being different, while rehearsing The Choice, an acclaimed play about abortion.
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THE FIGHTING SPIRIT
Three young boxers from Bukom, Ghana try to navigate the glittering prizefighting rings of Europe and North America through triumph and defeat.
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FIRST AUSTRALIANS
Produced by top Aboriginal filmmakers, FIRST AUSTRALIANS chronicles the birth of contemporary Australia from the perspectives of its first peoples.
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FLIPPING OUT
FLIPPING OUT tells the little-known story of the after-shock of war: released Israeli soldiers experimenting with drugs to devastating effects.
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FOR GOD, TSAR AND FATHERLAND
Russian nationalism percolates in a castle outside Moscow, where Mikhail Morozov--who longs for a return to the glory days of Old Russia--rules autonomously over young initiates, laying the groundwork for a rapidly growing right-wing movement.
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GARBAGE WARRIOR
GARBAGE WARRIOR tells the story of maverick architect Michael Reynolds, his crew of renegade house builders from New Mexico and their fight to introduce radically different ways of living.
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HEAVY LOAD
HEAVY LOAD follows a UK punk band--whose members include some musicians with learning disabilities--as they record their first album and take center stage at a mainstream music festival.
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HOW IS YOUR FISH TODAY?
While working on his latest screenplay in Beijing, Hui Rao is suffering from serious writer's block and begins to live the life of the character he is trying to create.
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ICE PEOPLE
Join the few scientific teams who have braved the beautiful and silent landscape of Antarctica and discover the secrets about the Earth's past and what the future may hold.
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IMPOSSIBLE JOURNEYS
A two-part series that follows the greatest traditional journeys from around the world as seen through the eyes of people who still travel them.
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INDIAN SCHOOL
A series that follows the students and teachers at two very different Indian private schools.
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INDONESIA: After the Wave
When the tsunami's waters retreated in the Indonesian territory of Aceh, two opposing forces swept in: foreigners and the Islamic law, Sharia. INDONESIA: After the Wave follows the massive influx and subsequent challenge to Aceh's conservative moral standards.
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IRANIAN KIDNEY BARGAIN SALE
IRANIAN KIDNEY BARGAIN SALE follows young Iranians through the organ trade process, in the only country in the world where kidney trading is legal.
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IRAQI EXODUS
The staggering refugee crisis unfolding in the Middle East as Iraqis flee their war-torn homeland.
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JALANAN
Three gifted bus musicians struggle for identity, legitimacy and love on the frenzied streets of Jakarta, Indonesia.
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JOURNALS OF A WILY SCHOOL
A young pickpocket in Kolkata, India is lured by police to help them crack down on more notorious criminals.
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LAKSHMI AND ME
Exploring the relationship between employer and servant, LAKSHMI AND ME asks how do two women negotiate the ingrained social and cultural attitudes that govern their lives?
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THE LAST TIGHTROPE DANCER IN ARMENIA
Two of Armenia's most celebrated tightrope dancers, both in their late seventies, search for an apprentice to take over this ancient art form or face having it lost forever.
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LAST TRAIN HOME
Set against the backdrop of the world's largest annual human migration, LAST TRAIN HOME follows the Zhang family who travel home on Chinese New Year to reunite with their teenage daughter.
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THE MOSQUITO PROBLEM & OTHER STORIES
In a world instantly transformed by ideologies, regimes and dreams of economic prosperity characters' lives intersect in a sinister past and nuclear future.
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MY PERESTROIKA
Filmmaker Robin Hessman looks at the last generation of Soviet children to grow up behind the Iron Curtain.
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ON THE BORDER OF DESPERATION
Extreme living conditions in Kurdistan, Iran, are forcing those who live along the Iran and Iraq border into gasoline smuggling at great risks.
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ON WHEELS BRASIL
Following the lives of people that push, pull or pedal some kind of vehicle to earn their living on Brazil's city streets, ON WHEELS BRASIL establishes a relationship between the wheel's movement and the inconstancy of life.
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OVERBOOKED
A polite Italian travel agent and an authoritarian Moroccan immigrant, two very different men from two different cultures, try to manage a diverse group of people traveling from Italy to Morocco.
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THE PEOPLE'S COURT
Taking viewers inside the courtrooms and law schools of China, THE PEOPLE'S COURT provides an unprecedented and unexpected portrait of its rapidly growing legal system.
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PICKLES, INC.
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.
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PLEASE VOTE FOR ME
PLEASE VOTE FOR ME follows eight-year-old students in an elementary school in China as they campaign for class monitor.
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A PROMISE TO THE DEAD: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman
An exploration of exile, memory, longing and democracy as seen through the eyes of one of America's literary treasures--world-renowned playwright, Ariel Dorfman.
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RELOCATED MOUNTAINS
A Kurdish refugee risks his life by traveling back to his homeland to visit his grandmother before she dies.
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RETURN TO THE BORDER
A Chinese-born filmmaker reflects on the personal ramifications of the political ideals of communism and socialism from his memories of a childhood in the border town of Dandong to his experiences in North Korea.
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RULES OF THE GAME
From the perspective of three candidates, RULES OF THE GAME follows the course of the 2007 elections in eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea.
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SEA POINT DAYS
A fresh, quirky and ultimately joyful record of one summer at Sea Point Promenade and Municipal Pools in Cape Town, South Africa.
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SEEDS OF SUMMER
At an army base in the heart of Israel's southern desert two young female military recruits make the transformation from fragile, vulnerable young girls to confident soldiers and fierce fighters.
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SHADOW OF THE HOLY BOOK
An examination of human rights in Turkmenistan and the international companies supporting the dictatorship.
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SHADYA
Shadya Zoabi, a charismatic 17-year-old karate world champion, strives to succeed on her own terms within her traditional Muslim village in northern Israel.
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SHAYFEEN.COM: We're Watching You
Get an intimate look at the recent multi-party elections in Egypt through the eyes of three women working to assure the election's legitimacy.
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THE SIEGE
In a desperate attempt to save his wife's life, Nestor Cerpa, leader of the Peruvian Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement and his squad of commandos seized the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima, holding dozens of foreign diplomats and businessmen hostage for 126 days.
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SISTERS IN LAW
A compassionate state prosecutor and court president dispense wisdom, wisecracks and justice in fair measure at one small courthouse in Cameroon.
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SOLO
One man's brave attempt to cross the wild Southern Ocean from Australia to New Zealand by kayak.
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STORM OF EMOTIONS
STORM OF EMOTIONS chronicles the Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip and efforts to achieve democracy amidst great social and political turmoil.
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A STORY OF PEOPLE IN WAR AND PEACE
After twelve years, journalist and former POW, Vardan Hovhannisyan returns to the Soviet Union in search of answers to the war and lessons for peace.
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STRANDED: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors
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.
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TEACHER
The story of one man's fight against AIDS in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and his attempt to help street children survive.
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THE TEAM
A look at a dramatic TV soap opera series created after Kenya's violent 2007 presidential election that Kenyans hope will help bridge deep ethnic divisions.
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THIS IS MY PICTURE WHEN I WAS DEAD
An imaginative look at what happens after four-year-old Bashir comes back to life after the assassination of him and his father, a top PLO lieutenant.
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UNMISTAKEN CHILD
Tenzin Zopa, a shy and gifted disciple of a great Tibetan mediator, is unexpectedly appointed to lead the search for the reincarnation of his late master.
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VICTORY IS YOUR DUTY
At the legendary Havana Boxing Academy, physical training and revolutionary indoctrination go hand in hand, grooming young boys to fight for the honor of the Cuban revolution.
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WAITING FOR THE REVOLUTION
Following two newly elected indigenous leaders from the campaign trail to their first year in office, filmmaker Rodrigo Vasquez journeys into the heart of the democratic revolution in Bolivia.
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WALTZ WITH BASHIR
Former Israeli soldier and animator Ari Folman attempts to decipher the horror he witnessed in a 1982 massacre of thousands of Palestinian refugees by Christian militia.
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A WORKING MOM
A divorced mother of two returns to her home and children in Bolivia after 15 years of struggling for a better life in Israel--only to find that her family members have become strangers.
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YOUNG YAKUZA
When a troubled young man rejects school, jobs and family, his desperate mother decides to take one last chance to save him—by handing him over to the Japanese mafia for one year and letting him choose his own path.
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