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  • About Executing Eichmann

    About Executing Eichmann - Why did a prominent group of Holocaust survivors and philosophers oppose the death sentence for Adolf Eichmann?

  • The Absent House - Sustainable design in the tropics: Puerto Rican architect Fernando Abruna Charneco is a pioneer of locally-suited green buildings.

  • Adama - An animated coming-of-age tale of a young African boy searching for his brother, who has left home to fight in the First World War.

  • Adieu Paris - An comedy about eight "kings of Paris" meeting for lunch.

  • The Adventurers of Modern Art

    The Adventurers of Modern Art - The story plunges us into Parisian life at the beginning of the twentieth century, a hotbed of artistic creation with the blossoming of Fauvism, Cubism, Dadaism and Surrealism.

  • Advertising Missionaries - Follows the mission of one theater company to bring the consumer revolution to the people of the highlands of Papua New Guinea.

  • Afghanistan 1979: The War That Changed the World - A behind-the-scenes history of the Soviet Union's 10-year long war in Afghanistan.

  • After Love - An intimate drama about the emotional and financial complexities of a separation, and the complexity of the end of a long love story.

  • Against My Will

    Against My Will - The stories of three women who took refuge at the Dastak women's shelter in Pakistan, founded to help women fleeing abusive and murderous families.

  • Agent Orange - A look at the long-term effects, on U.S. soldiers, the Vietnamese people, and the environment of Vietnam, of the spraying of Agent Orange on Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

  • Agustin's Newspaper - Journalism students at the University of Chile embark on an investigation of El Mercurio, the oldest newspaper in Chile.

  • Al Jazeera - A behind-the-scenes look at Al Jazeera, the most important television news channel in the Arab world. ** Viewer's Choice, 2003 Middle East Studies Association FilmFest **

  • Al Otro Lado (To the Other Side)

    Al Otro Lado (To the Other Side) - An aspiring corrido composer faces two life-changing choices: to traffic drugs or unlawfully cross the border into the United States. Directed by Natalia Almada.

  • Alabba - An exploration of the fascinating history of Santeria.

  • Alain Resnais: Five Short Films - Five newly restored early short film masterpieces from the legendary filmmaker.

  • Alive! - What happens when five HIV-positive gay men spend a week preparing for their first solo parachute drop?

  • All About My Sisters

    All About My Sisters - Qiong Wang boldly explores her family history and relationships, and how they intersect with the ongoing consequences of China’s one-child policy.

  • All in One Basket - Follows three women through the process of paid egg donation, to explore ethical questions about the use of hormones, genetic selection for preferred physical traits, the role of money in reproductive medicine, and informed consent.

  • All Restrictions End - Reflections on Islam and clothing, Iranian cinema, Persian painting and more characterize this thought-provoking artistic documentary.

  • All the World's Memory - An exploration of the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.

  • All Water Has a Perfect Memory

    All Water Has a Perfect Memory - A poignant experimental documentary that explores the effects of tragedy and remembrance on a bi-cultural family.

  • Almayer's Folly - Narrative film adaptation by Chantal Akerman of Joseph Conrad's first novel, following a European man living in Southeast Asia and his half-indigenous daughter.

  • Althusser, an Intellectual Adventure - Centered around the only filmed interview ever given by acclaimed French philosopher Louis Althusser, who murdered his wife, Helene, a few weeks after the interview was given.

  • Amateur Photographer - The story of a German soldier and the photographs that he took, while serving on the Eastern Front during WWII.

  • America's Brutal Prisons

    America's Brutal Prisons - Exposes the violence occurring inside prisons throughout America, where prisoners are routinely abused, even tortured, by prison guards.

  • Americas in Transition - A concise and fast-paced history of the volatile forces at work in Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua in the 1980s

  • Amira - A Palestinian girl's world is turned upside down when she learns the man she grew up idolizing is not her real father.

  • Anais Goes to War - A young woman's struggle to start her own farm.

  • Anatsui at Work - A swift instructive look at the artist El Anatsui demonstrating his process, and discussing his theories.

  • And There Was Israel - The film examines the creation of the State of Israel and looks at the history of Zionism (1896-1948) under the very specific angle of the responsibility of the western world.

  • Andre's Lives - The story of Andre Steiner, dubbed "the Jewish Schindler," who saved thousands of Slovak Jews during the Holocaust.

  • The Angry Heart - Spotlights the epidemic of heart disease among African Americans through the story of
    45-year-old Keith Hartgrove, who has already experienced two heart attacks and quadruple bypass surgery.

  • Angry Monk

    Angry Monk - Gendun Choephel, a legendary figure in Tibet, turned from the monastic life he was born to (as the reincarnation of a Buddhist lama), to become a fierce critic of his country's religious conservatism and isolationism.

  • Animal Machine - From exploiting the cow's physical body to manipulating its cells, a new 21st-century farm animal is under construction.

  • Anthropocene - Examines whether human impact has tipped the planet into a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, with all of its political, social and behavioral implications.

  • Antiracket - In southern Italy, a group of shopkeepers stand up to the "tax" imposed by the local mafia.

  • Antisemitism

    Antisemitism - Director Ilan Ziv traces the origins of today's antisemitism in France from the Middle Ages to the infamous Dreyfus Affair.

  • Antonio Negri - The biography and current relevance of the sociologist and political philosopher, co-authoer of EMPIRE, and his role as an intellectual leader of the anti-globalization movement.

  • The Apology - In this Peabody Award-winning film, former "Comfort Women" forced to serve Japanese troops during WWII tell their harrowing stories.

  • Arab Diaries - A five-part documentary series that presents a fresh, insightful picture of contemporary life across the Arab world.

  • Are the Kids Alright?

    Are the Kids Alright? - Filmed in courtrooms, correctional institutions, treatment centers, and family homes, this searing documentary examines the results of the tragic decline in mental health services for children and adolescents at risk.

  • Around India with a Movie Camera - Sandhya Suri skillfully weaves together archival footage—including hand colored sequences and a new score—to create a story about life across India from 1899 to 1947.

  • Art and Oligarchs - Newly-minted Russian art collectors have many reasons for investing in fine art, some more sleazy than others.

  • Artists & Love - This documentary series tells the story of intimate and tumultuous love stories in the context of art history.

  • As a Young Girl of Thirteen

    As a Young Girl of Thirteen - Holocaust survivor Simone Lagrange vividly recounts her experiences in Auschwitz, and the role she played in bringing Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie to justice.

  • As Long as the Rivers Flow - A series of five films which document the epic struggle of Canada's Native People.

  • The Assistant - A suspenseful drama-thriller in the vein of classic Hitchcock, centering on a mother's revenge for the accidental death of her son.

  • At the Breaking Point - Short video excerpts that reflect on several crucial aspects of family caregiving-from the effects of Alzheimer's on the spousal relationship to the right to die with dignity.

  • Autism: A World Apart

    Autism: A World Apart - The stories of three families show us what the textbooks and studies cannot - what it's really like to love and care for children with autism.

  • Awakening from Sorrow: Buenos Aires 1997 - Documents the power to transform pain into action and to lift the veil of repression that has gripped a generation of young people orphaned by Argentina's 'Dirty War.'

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