Film Category: Tribute

The Square
Jehane Noujaim

After the 2011 Egyptian revolution in Tahrir Square, citizens realize that former president Mubarak’s corrupt regime is still in power; they return to the streets to bring an end to the government, combatting controlled international media coverage, enduring violence, and navigating fragile relationships.

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Startup.com
Chris Hegedus, Jehane Noujaim

In the late 1990s, two high school friends attempt to turn the spark of an idea into a multimillion-dollar company. But when passion leads to tension, and the dot-com rush gives way to the dot-com bust, will they be able to deliver on their dream?

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Rafea: Solar Mama
Mona Eldaeif, Jehane Noujaim

In this resounding global testament to the power and necessity of equal access to education, Rafea attends Barefoot College in India to become a solar engineer, learning with other women from developing areas how to create sustainable futures for their hometowns.

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Control Room
Jehane Noujaim

It’s 2003, and the United States is on the brink of war with Iraq. Control Room follows journalists of the Al Jazeera satellite channel—broadcasting news to some 40 million Arab viewers—as they try to cut through American rhetoric and awaken the viewers to the realities on the ground.

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Martin Scorsese Presents a Tribute to Vittorio De Seta (Shorts Program): Time of the Swordfish, Islands of Fire, Sulphur Mine, Peasants of the Sea, Golden Parable, Fishing Boats, Easter in Sicily
Vittorio De Seta

Martin Scorsese pays tribute to the Italian documentary filmmaker Vittorio De Seta. Seven short documentaries will be screened and discussed by Mr. De Seta and…

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Banditi a Orgosolo
Vittorio De Seta

Michele, a Sardinian shepherd wrongly suspected of theft and murder, is forced to hide out in the scrub. In the long flight through impervious and…

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Détour De Seta
Salvo Cuccia

A dynamic filmmaker in his own right, Salvo Cuccia’s works range from film and video art to the experimentation of new forms of documentary. To…

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Close-Up
Abbas Kiarostami

Kiarostami uses a provocative blending of documentary and fictional techniques in this account of the arrest and trial of a poor man accused of impersonating…

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Homework
Abbas Kiarostami

Disturbed by the education his own children were getting, Kiarostami took his cameras inside an elementary school and talked to the children about their experiences.…

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ABC Africa
Abbas Kiarostami