Film Category: NEW DOCS
Emile longs to be apilot, but the financial crisis stands in the way of his childhood dream in this film about family, identity, and opening up to the uncertainties of the future.
MORE ›A group of Uyghurs, China’s Muslim minority, escape persecution by fleeing to Afghanistan, only to find themselves sold as terrorists to U.S. forces and held for years at Guantanamo Bay.
MORE ›Afghan-Australian aid worker Mahboba Rawi must challenge traditions and navigate a web of complex negotiations to help two young Afghanis marry for love.
MORE ›This enigmatic short weaves together past and present to explore what happened to a young Finnish actress at a hotel party in 1939.
MORE ›Her family group, the Staple Singers, inspired millions and helped propel the civil rights movement with their music. This vibrant film highlights Mavis Staples’ enduring legacy and message of love and equality.
MORE ›Three Roma children with musical aspirations grapple with discrimination and the limiting, and sometimes threatening, traditions of their Bulgarian ghetto.
MORE ›Combat veterans at a group therapy center attempt to overcome their PTSD and rebuild their lives in this unflinching look at the walking casualties of war.
MORE ›In the heart of Appalachia, an environmentalist and a former pro-coal activist join forces to protect their home from the industry that’s divided their community for decades.
MORE ›Fanciful dreams meet cold reality as a Scottish family tries to raise American bison far from their native grasslands.
MORE ›An unsentimental, deeply moving portrait of a young woman trying to live a “normal life” despite having a rare, often fatal, skin disease.
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