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Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
As the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Senator Murray Sinclair was a key figure in raising global awareness of the atrocities of Canada’s residential school system. With determination, wisdom and kindness, Senator Sinclair remains steadfast in his belief that the path to actual reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people requires understanding and accepting often difficult truths about Canada’s past and present....
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Gentrification is not a new phenomenon. But what was once a process of gradual change has turned into a nightmare of radical transformation and displacement. New York City is currently undergoing a period of "hyper-gentrification" unlike anywhere else. There Goes the Neighborhood takes a look at the communities and activists that are fighting back to save the diversity and culture of their city.
63) Esther & The Law
Publisher
Journeyman Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
For decades, Esther Kiobel has fought for justice for her husband, who was one of the nine men executed in 1995 after revolting against Shell's pollution of Ogoniland, Nigeria. Almost 25 years later Esther takes Shell to court in the Netherlands.
Publisher
Journeyman Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Kurdish
Description
The Yazidi girls were often just teenagers when they were abducted from their villages in the mountains of Kurdistan by fighters of Islamic State. They were converted to Islam by force, were sold as sex slaves for terrorists. Now that the survivors return to their homeland, the question arises if they will manage to start anew. Theatre-maker Hussein tries to help them to find a new life.
Publisher
Pragda
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Chinese mining in Ecuador’s mountains sets the stage for an epic battle between eco-guerrillas and a corrupt government in an intensely dramatic documentary.THIS STOLEN COUNTRY OF MINE follows Paúl Jarrín Mosquera, who leads the indigenous resistance against the exploitation of their land. Meanwhile, China uses the Ecuadorian government to turn the country into one of its new colonies, having made the country dependent on credit through a series...
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
An award-winning feature documentary that follows a diverse group of resilient survivors who have overcome commercial sexual exploitation of children and are changing the world by ensuring no child is forgotten. The film was honored at the United States Senate, the United State of Women’s Summit, and the United Nations Association USA encouraging policymakers to create and implement laws and policies to combat trafficking. The film won Best Documentary...
67) Plan C
Publisher
Level 33 Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A determined group of women, midwives, and doctors fight to increase access to abortion pills in the United States outside of a clinic setting. In 2014, Francine, a social scientist based in Los Angeles, and her partners, launched Plan C to spread the word about access to abortion pills online. This is the story of the work done between 2020 and the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022.
68) Television Event
Publisher
Media Education Foundation
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
An archive-based feature documentary that views the dramatic climax of the Cold War through the lens of a commercial television network, as it narrowly succeeds in producing the most watched, most controversial made-for-TV movie, "The Day After" (1983).
69) The Investigator
Publisher
EPF Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In the 1990s, Vladimír Dzuro worked as an investigator for the Hague Tribunal, gathering evidence against war criminals. The film also delves into the International Criminal Court's efforts to combat impunity and prevent future atrocities.
70) The Welles Raft
Publisher
Pragda
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In 1942, Orson Welles was in Brazil filming his documentary It's All True about Carnival and the Jangadeiros (Brazillian fishermen). The leader of Jangadeiros, Manuel Jacaré, died during filming. This fact evokes memories of Orson Welles in Brazil – and it changed his life forever.
72) The Good Life
Publisher
Pragda
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The story of the Colombian village of Tamaquito, told against a global backdrop of rising energy consumption being driven by the pursuit of growth and affluence.
75) Downwind
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Hiroshima. Nagasaki. Mercury, Nevada? The latter was the site for the testing of 928 large-scale nuclear weapons from 1951 to 1992. Martin Sheen narrates this harrowing exposé of the United States' disregard for everyone living… downwind.
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A gripping and surprising perspective on the clash between Islam, Secularism, and the political role of women in the Arab world. Offering an insightful portrait of the messy work of democracy, A REVOLUTION IN FOUR SEASONS is especially poignant in this global era of divided politics.
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