Film Category: NEW DOCS

My Country, My Country
Laura Poitras

In 2005, the first elections after the fall of Sadaam Hussein hold incredible promise, but will they be overshadowed by the unaddressed ethnic and sectarian…

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Freedom Summer
Marco Williams

This investigative documentary takes us back to that moment when the only thing that mattered was making the U.S. a country worth living in for…

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I for India
Sandhya Suri

Forty years ago, Yash Pal Suri left his home and extended family in India to pursue his medical studies in England. He bought two sets…

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El Inmigrante
David Eckenrode, John Sheedy, John Eckenrode

El Inmigrante is a film about the American and Mexican border crisis. Eusebio de Haro, a young Mexican border crosser, is shot and killed by…

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In Search of Mozart
Phil Grabsky

This film is a deeply satisfying gift to the viewer in honor of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 250th birthday. The composer’s personal life and music are…

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In the Pit
Juan Carlos Rulfo

This beautifully crafted film follows the construction of a massive highway in Mexico City. The Pefiférico freeway, which directs throngs of vehicles around the sprawling…

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Iraq in Fragments
James Longley

Iraq in Fragments is a beautiful, harrowing film, shot over the course of one year, just before it became almost suicidal for western filmmakers to…

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John & Jane Toll-Free
Ashim Ahluwalia

John & Jane Toll-Free is a fascinating look inside outsourced call centers in Mumbai and the desires and fantasies of the workers who answer your…

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Kabul Transit
David Edwards, Gregory Whitmore

A sensual meditation on life, war, and notions of progress in a city pummeled by decades of war, the film meanders more than it asserts.…

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A Lion in the House
Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert

How do we muster the courage to face a diagnosis of cancer—especially when our child is the patient? A Lion in the House focuses on…

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