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- Amartya Sen - A documentary about the life and work of Amartya Sen, the 1998 Nobel Laureate in Economics.
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- Aristide and the Endless Revolution - A dramatic political journey and expose about the rise and fall of the first elected President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, featuring insiders on all sides of the story.
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- Blowing Up Paradise - The story of thirty years of French nuclear testing in the South Pacific, including the lethal bombing of the "Rainbow Warrior" -- the Greenpeace ship sunk by the French Secret Service.
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- Coincidence in Paradise - Delves into the mystery of our origins, seeking the latest discoveries that may answer the question - What exactly was it that first initiated our genesis, our species' actual birth?
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- Deadly Enemies - From early attempts to use bacteria as weapons, to the advent of gene splicing and the creation of superbugs, this is the chilling story of the development of biological weapons.
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- Death By Design - A delightful examination of the similarities among cell biology, filmmaking, and building demolition, among other things.
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- Death Squadrons - The previously untold story of how the French military trained Latin American death squads in the 60's and 70's (and even U.S. Special Forces in the early days of our Vietnam War).
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- A Decent Factory - Can companies make a profit and still be principled? This film finds out as it follows Nokia's new "ethical management consultant" on a trip to their factory in China.
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- Derrida's Elsewhere - An exploration of the life and ideas of Jacques Derrida (1930-2004), arguably the most important philosopher of the 20th Century.
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- Empathy - A blend of documentary and fiction drama, this wry, intriguing deconstruction of psychoanalysis raises playful and provocative questions about trust, power, and understanding.
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- Exit - Profiles the EXIT organization, which for over twenty years has counseled and accompanied the terminally-ill and severely handicapped towards a death of their choice.
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- Facing Death - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's seminal book "On Death and Dying," brought her international fame. This intimate portrait was filmed in 2002, when she lived secluded in the desert, awaiting - as she says - her own death.
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- Family Name - As a child growing up in Durham, North Carolina, Macky Alston never questioned why all the other Alstons in his elementary school were black. Now, after 25 years, he has gone back to unravel the mystery.
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- Guns & Mothers - The contentious debate over gun control, as seen through the eyes of two mothers on opposite sides of the issue.
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- In Rwanda We Say... - 2004 is the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, and the government is releasing 16,000 confessed killers into their communities. This film captures the fledgling steps toward reconciliation between Hutu and Tutsi.
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- Inheritance - After a gold mine floods a Hungarian river with tons of cyanide, fisherman Balazs Meszaro stands alone against a multinational corporation, exposing environmental and human consequences of globalization.
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- Inside Out - Transsexuals in Iran. Intimate conversations with doctors, religious authorities, and transexuals about the mind/body conflict, Islamic interpretations, and the impact of sex-change treatments on their lives.
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- The Intolerable Burden - One black family's commitment to a quality education, from the pre-1965 time of segregation, through desegregation, and through the recent period of resegregation. **Winner, John E. O'Connor Film Award, American Historical Association**
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- The Ister - During a journey up the Danube River, this film takes up some of the most challenging paths in Martin Heidegger's thought. With the philosophers Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Jean-Luc Nancy, Bernard Stiegler, and filmmaker Hans-Jürgen Syberberg.
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- Litigating Disaster - December 3, 1984. Bhopal, India. The worst chemical disaster of all time. How has Union Carbide manipulated the US and Indian legal systems for 20 years to avoid facing justice?
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- Love and Marriage - The stories of people confronting obstacles to their personal relationships and happiness in Algeria and Lebanon.
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- Lutes and Delights - Combining Arab and Moroccan poetry with accents from flamenco, Abdesadek Chekara and his orchestra, famous throughout Morocco, are among the most faithful interpreters of Arab-Andalusian music.
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- Mademoiselle and the Doctor - Thought-provoking, comprehensive examination of society's current debate about the right to die, from involving legal restrictions, to religious objections, and to medical ethics.
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- Making Grace - This candid look at the daily challenges faced by two lesbian mothers attempting to have their first child offers unique insight into the nature of families and how we make them.
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- Malhoune - The musical sessions, which occur "as often as the day rises" in Marrakech and in Meknes, are the living forerunners of Moroccan popular poetry.
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- Our Daily Bread - A fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at our modern agricultural industry and the elaborate technology utilized for mass production.
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- On The Objection Front - In early 2002, a group of Israeli officers and soldiers issued a public statement. Although willing to serve in Israel's defense, they would no longer participate in the "War of the Settlements."
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- The Passion of Maria Elena - Following the hit-and-run death of her son, Maria Elena, a young woman from Mexico's Raramuri community, embarks upon an eye-opening journey from grief to unexpected spiritual resolution.
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- Paulina - As a young girl in a small Mexican village Paulina was traded for land by her parents, and raped by the town boss. But today a vital, resilient woman, she returns for a visit ...
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- Persons of Interest - Ashcroft calls them terrorists - they call themselves Americans. A unique and compelling film that gives voice to the human costs of the government's anti-terrorism campaign.
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- Playing the News - Does the convergence online of current affairs (like the Iraq war) and computer games herald the future of news and entertainment? And if so, is it dangerous, or a new way to reach a young audience?
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- Red Hook Justice - Profiles an innovative court in a Brooklyn neighborhood plagued by poverty and crime that is at the center of a legal revolution - the community justice movement.
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- Sandcastles - A discussion about Buddhism and global finance featuring Tibetan teacher Dzongzar Khyentse Rinpoche, American sociologist Saskia Sassen, and Dutch economist Arnoud Boot.
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- Santiago Calatrava's Travels - A fascinating portrait of world famous artist, engineer, architect and urban studies scholar Santiago Calatrava, and an interdisciplinary reflection on the perception and impact of architecture.
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- Shirin Ebadi - In-depth interview with the Nobel Peace Prize winner in her Tehran office, interwoven with speeches at international conferences and a visit to the children's center she founded.
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- The Take - Unemployed Argentinian workers take over their closed factories! A compelling political film, a vision of working people forging genuine alternatives to a failed economic model - a story with universal implications.
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- They Chose China - Academy Award-nominated documentarian Shui-Bo Wang tells the controversial story of American POWs who after the Korean War refused repatriation, and stayed in China.
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- The 3 Rooms of Melancholia - An award-winning, stunningly beautiful revelation of how the Chechen War has psychologically affected children in Russia and in Chechnya.
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- Travis - The inspirational story of a 10-year-old boy with full-blown AIDS.
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- The Uprising of '34 - The story of the General Strike of 1934, a massive but little-known strike by hundreds of thousands of Southern cotton mill workers.
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- Wall Street - On the floor and behind the scenes of the New York Stock Exchange. A revealing and candid look at the people and culture that make up the biggest marketplace in the world.
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- War and Peace - From India's leading documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan. Filmed over 3 years in India, Pakistan, Japan and the US. An epic journey of peace activism in the face of religious fanaticism, militarism and war.
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- The Way Things Go - 100 feet of physical interactions, chemical reactions, and precisely crafted chaos worthy of Rube Goldberg or Alfred Hitchcock - a discussion starter for sure.
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- Work - Explores the hopes and aspirations of Arab men and women as embodied in the dreams and realities of flying.
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- The Written Face - Offers an insight into the Japanese Kabuki star Tamasaburo Bando, one of the last defenders of this ancient and disappearing performing tradition.
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- Youth - The stories of four young women facing issues of independence and empowerment in Algeria, Egypt, and Lebanon.
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