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Human Rights Films

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200 Meters

200 Meters

A Palestinian father trapped on the other side of the separation wall is trying to reach the hospital for his son.

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A Call Girl

A Call Girl

Working as a prostitute, Alexandra's life is heading to where she wants it, but an accidental death has her wrestling with new feelings of fear, loneliness, confusion and responsibility.

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A Screaming Man

A Screaming Man

A former swimming champion selfishly puts his welfare above his son during the Chadian revolution, and out of guilt, regrets his decision.

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Advocate

Advocate

Jewish attorney Lea Tsemel has made her career defending Palestinians in Israeli courts. For them, she's more than an attorney, she's an advocate.

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Afterimage

Afterimage

A story of a well-known Polish avant-garde painter who opposed the Stalinist social realistic styleand maintained his own artistic freedom in spite of political obstacles.

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An Afghan Love Story

An Afghan Love Story

After Wajma discovers she’s pregnant – the result of a tryst with the gregarious Mustafa – she and her family must face societal pressure in conservative Kabul, Afghanistan.

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An Unfinished Film

An Unfinished Film

January 2020. A film crew reunited to resume the shooting of a film halted 10 years earlier, faces unexpected challenges as cities are locked down.

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Angry Inuk

Angry Inuk

ANGRY INUK weaves the reality of Inuit life and the forces that are slowly destroying their livelihood.

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Apprentice

Apprentice

A correctional officer becomes friends with the chief hangman of a prison and then selected to become his trainee.

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As If I Am Not There

As If I Am Not There

After just moving to Sarajevo, a young woman is imprisoned in a Bosnian war camp.

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Clandestine Childhood

Clandestine Childhood

The story of Juan's undercover childhood, the son of Argentinian rebels with a hope to improve their children's future.

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Eureka

Eureka

Traversing time and space, Lisandro Alonso presents an elliptical meditation on the experiences of indigenous communities across the Americas.

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For My Father

For My Father

A Palestinian man forced into a suicide mission, and a beautiful young Israeli woman, outcast from her orthodox family, fall in love during a desperate weekend in Tel Aviv.

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Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

FRANTZ FANON: BLACK SKIN, WHITE MASK tells the story of the life and work of the highly influential anti-colonialist writer Frantz Fanon.

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Free Men

Free Men

In WWII France, an Algerian black marketeer risks his life when he joins the Paris Mosque in a clandestine mission to help Jews escape the Nazis.

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H2: The Occupation Lab

H2: The Occupation Lab

Highly surveilled and intensely guarded, H2 is the one-kilometer-long street in Hebron that fuels the entire Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Hector

Hector

A portrait of an invisible man and an authentic account of homelessness within contemporary Britain.

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Her Name is Sabine

Her Name is Sabine

An intelligent, moving and beautiful documentary portrait of Sabine, a 38-year-old autistic woman, filmed by her sister, the famous French actress Sandrine Bonnaire.

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Hitler's Children

Hitler's Children

A documentary looking into the lives of the descendants of the top Nazi officials who worked under Hitler's command.

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Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives

Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives

HOLLY NEAR: SINGING FOR OUR LIVES tells the tale of a singer-songwriter who inspired generations during the height of the LGBTQ and Women's movement.

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I Am Not A Witch

I Am Not A Witch

When 9-year old orphan Shula is accused of witchcraft, she is exiled to a witch camp.

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I Am Sun Mu

I Am Sun Mu

North Korean defector turned political pop artist Sun Mu prepares for a historic exhibition in China while striving to inspire change with his work.

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Ilo Ilo

Ilo Ilo

In the late 1990s, a busy working-class couple in Singapore hires a Filipino woman to be a live-in maid and nanny for their rebellious young son.

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Iron Curtain Collection

Iron Curtain Collection

The Iron Curtain Collection explores the profundity of the Cold War and its far-reaching effects on Eastern Europe.

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Israeli Occupation Collection

Israeli Occupation Collection

What does it mean to be a Palestinian living in Israel today? This collection asks that question and many more. Exploring the nuances of life under Israeli occupation, each film pays close attention t...

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Jaffa

Jaffa

A beautiful Israeli girl plans to elope with a Palestinian mechanic, but a shocking & sadistic turn of events will change their lives forever.

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Karen Cries on the Bus

Karen Cries on the Bus

Karen discovers, after 10 years of marriage, she has left behind her dreams devoting herself to home chores and realizes it has been a mistake that cost her her youth.

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King of Devil's Island

King of Devil's Island

A teenager accused of murder is sent to an island reform school where the director torments the boys—but it’s only a matter of time before he plots a cruel revenge.

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La Sirga

La Sirga

Alicia tries to reshape her life in La Sirga, a dilapidated hostel on the shores of a great lake in the highlands of the Andes, where she will try to settle down until her fears and the threat of war ...

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Lucky

Lucky

A young orphan ironically – or perhaps fittingly – named Lucky leaves his Zulu village for the big city after his mother passes away.

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Mapantsula

Mapantsula

After being arrested by the police, a “mapantsula” (petty gangster) is forced to choose between freedom and taking a stand against apartheid.

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Munyurangabo

Munyurangabo

Munyurangabo wants justice for his parents. Sangwa wants to visit the home he left years ago. Together they set out on a journey tied to their pasts.

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Oceans are the Real Continents

Oceans are the Real Continents

A wistful look at several characters in small inland town in Cuba.

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Pelle the Conqueror

Pelle the Conqueror

In this Academy Award-winning film from 1987, a Swedish father and son escape their impoverished rural life in hopes of finding a new start in Denmark.

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Room 514

Room 514

A beautiful, determined Israeli military investigator fights for justice when she interrogates ruthless young officers accused of brutalizing Arab civilians. Her only escape is a torrid affair with a ...

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Secrets of War

Secrets of War

With the war escalating around them, three friends in a Nazi-occupied village find their bond put to the test as secrets are revealed and loyalty is challenged.

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Seven Minutes in Heaven

Seven Minutes in Heaven

Galia survives a suicide bombing on a bus and has a hard time remembering that day until someone sends her a necklace; a gift that sets her off on a journey to find the missing pieces of the puzzle fr...

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Shun Li and the Poet

Shun Li and the Poet

A Chinese barmaid and a Slavic fisherman find friendship and more in an Italian fishing village.

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Song Without a Name (Canción sin nombre)

Song Without a Name (Canción sin nombre)

Moments after giving birth, an Andean woman discovers her baby has been stolen. Stonewalled by the authorities, she enlists the help of a journalist.

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Take Me to the River

Take Me to the River

A Californian teenager's plan to come out at his Nebraskan family reunion gets derailed when a bloodstain on his young cousin's dress places him at the center of a long-buried family secret.

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The Barefoot Artist

The Barefoot Artist

Lily Yeh is a global artist who is fueled by a belief that art is a human right, and that artists can create a foundation for profound social change.

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The Early Films of Lee Isaac Chung

The Early Films of Lee Isaac Chung

The Human Resources Manager

The Human Resources Manager

A tragi-comedy centered on the HR manager of Israel's largest industrial bakery, who sets out to save the reputation of his business and prevent the publication of a defamatory article.

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The Killing Floor

The Killing Floor

The Killing Floor tells the little-known true story of the struggle to build an interracial labor union in the Chicago Stockyards.

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The Notorious Mr. Bout

The Notorious Mr. Bout

The Notorious Mr. Bout examines the life of international arms dealer Viktor Bout as he builds his empire under the shadows of the fall of Communism, as a series of governments willingly look the othe...

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The Violin

The Violin

An elderly Mexican musician leads a traveling band that also includes his son and grandson. Determined to fight the country's military regime, they help to supply guerrilla fighters by hiding ammuniti...

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Total Trust

Total Trust

An eye-opening film about surveillance technology, abuse of power and censorship that follows the stories of people in China who have been monitored.

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Twice Colonized

Twice Colonized

Renowned Inuit lawyer Aaju Peter embarks on a deeply personal journey as the culmination of her lifelong fight for the rights of her people.

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Watchtower

Watchtower

A troubled young hostess is rescued from a shocking calamity by a fire warden fighting demons of his own.

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White Riot

White Riot

A motley crew of mavericks band together with top punk bands to create Britain's biggest-ever civil rights movement, Rock Against Racism (RAR).

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XXY

XXY

The story of an intersexual fifteen-year-old and the challenge presented by her medical condition.

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