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History came to bathe in a public swimming pool in Kosice, Slovakia. The director creates an ingenious audiovisual collage of life in twentieth century Central Europe through several stories, which unfold from the time the pool was built in 1936 until 2002. Kerekes’ grandmother’s life story and...
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The actor Severdan Bajram, takes the role of moderator in our encounter with the residents of the Macedonian town of Shuto Orizary, or Shutka for short. The inhabitants of Shutka, the capital of the Gypsies, hold world records in the most bizarre and surreal areas possible. From a collection of...
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This is the story of eight devout Israeli Arab widows, all unskilled at labor, who decided one day to change their fate and to jointly open a startup - a plant for high quality pickles. As widows with no income, they are condemned to stay at home alone and raise their children on a meager social...
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Through the lenses of several highly accomplished documentary filmmakers, the current
state of addiction in America is explored in nine segments, punctuated by the latest
thinking on treatment and recovery by leading experts on drug and alcohol addiction.
Addiction was...
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This film tells a son’s desire to connect to his absent father through the audio tape letters “written” by him while working away from home as a migrant worker in Saudi Arabia.
Directors: DZeynel Dogan & Melisa Onel
Produced in the framework of the...
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The struggle of children on the oncology ward of a West Bank hospital and their families, who do not always manage to visit their sick kids, due to security restrictions by the state of Israel.
Directors: Rima Essa & Claudia Levin
Produced in the...
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Inbar was born a boy, but since childhood felt a he's a girl. In this intimate documentary made by her cousin, Inbar is documented in all ups and down of finding her new identity as a woman, including her work as a prostitute and the effort to find a normative job and a boyfriend.
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In March 2001, the ruling Taliban deliberately destroyed one of the worlds foremost cultural and historical sites, the immense Buddhas of Bamiyan. It caused an international furor. However, the hundreds of refugee families who now live among the ruins in Bamiyans caves received significantly less...
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Post No Bills is a documentary film on satirical political poster artist Robbie Conal directed by Clay Walker.
This documentary was filmed in Los Angeles, New York City and San Francisco from 1990–1992. At the center of the film is a poster that featured LAPD Chief Daryl Gates superimposed...
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After 28 years in power, it looks like the reign of Robert Mugabe is finally coming to an end. Once touted as
the saviour of Zimbabwe, his name has become synonymous with bad government and misrule. But where did it all
go wrong? What provoked Mugabe to change from liberator to dictator? This...
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Two young directors from Ramallah are traveling with a mobile cinema through the remote villages on the winding paths of the West Bank. Their desire is to bring the magic of films to people who never been to the cinema before. The protagonists of this film, the team behind the initiative, are...
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