2005
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Lessons in Fear compares the Israeli and Palestinian educational systems and looks at what young kids on both side are being taught.
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Nine years in the making, this documentary film offers a riveting window into the past as seen through the eyes of this historic ship and the survivors of those who sailed on her.
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A poetic journey into the groundbreaking theories of Russian scientist Igor Novikov, renowned for his work in astrophysics and amazing theories on the concept of time.
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This film is very revealing in its portrait of families in their quest to help their children with autism. The viewer will be surprised at the extent of the families efforts in gaining information and trying to come up with a plan.
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The time of the Samurai in ancient Japan was unique and violent; a life filled with tradition, honor, and legend. This is the story of their life and of a culture unfamiliar to most of the Western world.
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Provocative, enlightening and revealing, The Naked Feminist challenges the myths surrounding women in the porn industry while exploring preconceived notions of control, pleasure and exploitation.
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We’ve all seen homeless people pushing shopping carts down the street, shopping carts packed to the brim with all kinds of "junk." But what’s actually inside those shopping carts anyway?
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Follows three young dancers; Ksenia from New York, Martin from Uruguay and Ulrika from Sweden, as they attend the world’s largest contemporary dance festival IMPULS TANZ VIENNA.
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Revealing an aspect of Iranian society rarely exposed to the West, filmmaker Ata Hayati brings his cameras to Behesht Zahra, Tehran's biggest cemetery, to witness Iran's distinctive culture of death.
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An award-winning documentary about one of the most extreme examples of face-veiling in the Middle East.
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How long do butterflies live? Why are butterflies colors so bright? This short film presents an informative, educational and visually stunning look at our favorite winged creatures.
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In April of 1999, Chilean journalist Alejandra Matus wrote The Black Book of Chilean Justice, an exposé of the Chilean judicial system...
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Looks at coal bed methane development and its impact in Wyoming and Montana, where people are catching-up to a changing industry that threatens the Powder River Basin.
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Examines the technological advances, the wide-ranging exploration and the collision of cultures that characterized the midpoint of the last millennium.
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Under Fire captures powerful first-person accounts by five decorated Soviet women during WWII as they describe stepping into a man’s world and fighting amid blood and death.
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The Restorer is an anthropological documentary about a Turkish-Armenian immigrant, Zeron Ayvazian, an antique rug restorer, living in New York City.
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This Oscar® nominated, Emmy® Award winning film is a beautiful and deeply moving portrait of seven Palestinian and Israeli children.
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The voices of women prisoners take us on a journey to Northern Ireland, a journey into and out of prison, a journey of personal and political struggle and growth.
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World Maya Expert, Nikolai Grube began by looking at the Maya’s own historical records - their fantastic hieroglyphic writing, to unlock their secrets.
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In the remote reaches of the Western Desert, a magnificent temple to the Egyptian God Amun Ra is being excavated by a team of international archaeologists.
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Brave New Men is an extraordinary triple-portrait of charismatic, top-notch geneticists from the wildly different “gene cultures” of Europe, the U.S. and Asia.
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Presents a side of Castro seldom seen on screen; from his wealthy middle class background, his student days and private life as a family man, to his complicated relationship with the USA.
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Meet the boys and girls of the Moscow Academy for Choreography, one of Russia’s seven state schools for ballet - and the most famous.
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Middle Eastern standup comics living in New York share their views on political issues and the prejudice they’ve had to endure since 9/11.
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Animated hosts Professor Edward A. Elderberry and his disciple Horace, introduce clips from 160 films from 26 countries, and discuss the most significant animated films of the past 100 years.
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"Talking Peace" takes viewers inside the Jewish Palestinian Living Room Dialogue and tells a compelling story of two sides coming together through the simple act of listening.
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Architect, Naigzy Gebremedhin takes the audience on a tour of his beloved city, Asmara, in Eritrea, showcasing the stunning rationalist architecture left by Italian colonizers from the 1930s.
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Palestine Post 911 is an examination of the tragic events of 911 from a Palestinian perspective. The film examines the setback the Palestinian cause has suffered as a result of Al Qaeda’s actions.
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On a Fulbright Fellowship, local filmmakers K.M. Winikur and Eran Preis traveled to Israel to shoot a one-hour documentary about a small socialist farming community, known as Moshav Bet Herut.
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Narrated in part by Roy Scheider, Mystic Voices tells the story of a pivotal event in the history of Colonial America that set the stage for the ultimate domination of Native Peoples by settlers.
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The remarkable story of the Garcia family, immigrants from Mexico, who put their children through college by scouring the dumpsters of Venice Beach, California. Their story has been featured on 20/20, in the LA Times, People, and countless other publications and television programs.
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A documentary film about the life and career of noted photographer, Walter Rosenblum, covering his work with the Photo League, described by The New York Times as suffused with "formal beauty and expressive power and tenderness."
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