From Damascus to Chicago
A newly arrived Syrian refugee family learns to adjust to their new life in Chicago while missing and mourning their homeland
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A newly arrived Syrian refugee family learns to adjust to their new life in Chicago while missing and mourning their homeland
A young girl endures the harsh realities of the foster care system, facing pain, loss, and instability. But what was meant to break her instead builds her into a powerful voice for the unheard-turning trauma into strengt
Little girl Nada is attending an international exhibition of children’s drawings. She is looking at the drawings of her peers from Japan, England, Finland, the USSR, Italy and Yugoslavia. The drawings made by children fr
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Three film-makers travel to Iraq to film the ongoing crisis in which ISIS forces are trying to take over the country. The film-makers speak with locals, military, police and other media outlets to get their opinions on t
The story of a couple who tried to revitalize their relationship but instead ruined a child.
Produced by the North Carolina Board of Health and sponsored by the New York-based Mental Health Film Board, this film focuses on "the trials of adolescence," in particular the experiences of a girl named Susan who feels
A documentary about neighborhood people creating change. Produced for the MacArthur Foundation by Kartemquin Films, this piece features six vignettes on community organizing in different Chicago neighborhoods: LeClaire C
Powerful As God - The Children's Aid Societies of Ontario is a documentary that delves into society's most controversial and secretive topics. The film navigates 'truth' by engaging twenty-six witnesses with diverse expe
Surfing is a magic carpet ride, an ode to a life in freedom. But in some cultures, freedom ends at the shore, and surfing takes on a political dimension. Why? Because those surfers are women. CHICKS ON BOARDS are rebels
In Sierra Leone chimps are struggling. After civil war and Ebola, they are not a priority. The race is on to bring them back from the brink. Tacugama Chimp Sanctuary is doing that. For the chimps the mission is simple. F
n 2013, Chulayarnnon Siriphol was hired to produce an educational short film about osteoarthritis titled A Cock Kills A Child By Pecking On The Mouth Of An Earthen Jar. It was agreed verbally that Siriphol could submit t
"This is a genuine picture of a Chinaman and a female habitue of his opium joint. The two are lying on a luxurious divan. The Chinaman cooks the pills while the woman smokes them."
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An estimated four thousand Timorese children were forcibly taken away from their families during the Indonesian occupation. Decades later, many families in Timor-Leste continue to search for their missing children. AJAR’
As they exit youth and apprehend adulthood, two girls in wanders find themselves trying to resonate an inexcusable act they're about to commit.