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The film follows Olga, Georgia, and Ivi in a writing workshop where they process trauma through myths tied to their pain – Persephone’s abduction for Georgia, Europe taken by Zeus for Olga, Alcestis’s sacrifice for Ivi –
In April 1994, the parents of two-year-old Samuel Ishimwe were murdered in Rwanda. Like them, up to one million people died in the genocide against the Tutsi minority. 30 years later, Samuel wants to know how this could
Matsuda Shunji, a freshman of Amagasaki High School in Osaka faces a difficult decision regarding the revelation of his Korean name, Lee Jun-Chi. The teenager is aware of the difficulties of living in Japan with a Korean
This documentary digs into the stories of Indigenous women and families to reclaim their Indian Status through their fight for the elimination of sex-discrimination in the Indian Act. It highlights the impacts of the law
In this documentary, a group of young women discuss the varying definitions of the word "beautiful" and how these definitions have impacted them.
Reclaiming the Body: Feminist Art in America features a collection of passionate, determined artists who have taken creation, performance and visual storytelling into their own hands. Loosely based on the two-part BAD GI
Together with the daughter of Ukrainian archaeologist Volodymyr Hrinchenko, the project team reveals facts about the history of Rus. The project also recreates the face of Yaroslav the Wise.
This short film is an illustration of Niver's preservation process of paper print films. Renovare—from the Latin "to renew"—was an apt name for Niver's company, for the Academy Award-winning work that he and his colleagu
Together with the granddaughter of the repressed Ukrainian ethnographer Anton Onishchuk, the project team is uncovering the facts surrounding his death. With the help of forensic experts, the project created a hypothetic
In the aftermath of war, an extraordinary professor brings hope to children haunted by trauma-induced nightmares.
Born intersex in a rural village in South Africa, Nthabiseng's mother is forced to make radical choices if she is to protect her infant from being taken away to the apartheid hospital where black people often inexplicabl
In 2018, photographer Tim Franco began shooting a series of large format portraits of North Korean defectors using an unusual technique for a book detailing some of their experiences.
Faced with the lack of interest from state authorities in curbing common crime, the Coastal-Mountain communities created their own public, comprehensive, and assembly-based justice system. In 1995, the Regional Coordinat
National governments, itinerant gold-miners, and indigenous inhabitants compete for control of an area of the South American rainforest. The film shows the potential conflict between the interests of aboriginal peoples a
Join Taboo, model/activist Quannah Chasinghorse, National Geographic star Jody Potts and more as they bring to life the National Geographic Magazine issue highlighting Native sovereignty with photographer Kiliii Yuyan.
“Reclaiming Indonesia” is reports of the on-going impunity in Indonesia. In 2012 to 2014, AJAR was actively involved in a civil society-based truth seeking initiated by Coallition of Justice & Truth (KKPK/Koalisi Keadila
The film provides a level of depth that’s often missing from professional development opportunities focused on gender and sexual diversity, which tend to focus on foundations of learning—pronouns, inclusive vocabulary, a
Join actress Lauren Ridloff, film critic Kristen Lopez, comedian Maysoon Zayid and me, Lawrence Carter-Long, as we unpack the influence movies have shaping and changing perceptions of disability.
It deals with the difficulty of a teenager gay (me) growing up in a heteronormative environment in 1990s Britain and relates to me trying to disguise myself.