Following the recovery of his young daughter from ukemia, Arunas Matelis returns to the Childrens Cancer Ward at the Vilnius hospital to make a documentary of the daily lives of the hospitalized children. Matelis follows the sick children and their parents without resorting to sentimental or...

In an increasingly global economy, where the profit margins of huge multinational coffee companies continue to rise, prices paid for coffee harvests have reached an all-time low, forcing farmers in some of the world''s poorest countries to abandon their once bountiful fields. Among the hardest...

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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The true-life story of a Harlem\’s notorious Nicky Barnes, a junkie turned multimillionaire drug-lord, MR. UNTOUCHABLE takes its audience deep inside the heroin industry of the 1970s. The most powerful black drug kingpin in New York...

In 2004, Filmmaker Uri Rosenwaks, came to Rahat, a Bedouin town down in Israel\'s Negev Dessert, to teach a group of Black Bedouin women a class in filmmaking.
Rahat is by no means an ordinary place. It is afflicted with pessimism, unemployment, poverty and violence. It is partially...

Four 12-year-old black boys from one of the most violent ghettos in Baltimore, Maryland, are taken 10,000 miles away to an experimental boarding school in rural Kenya, to try to take advantage of the educational opportunities they can\'t get in their own country

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A documentary on Chicago-native Freddy Cole, the lesser-known, yet equally talented younger brother of Nat "King" Cole. At age 77, Freddy Cole is, at last, being widely recognized for his amazing musical talent.

The film examines the complicated journey of creating a career in the...

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...