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- Documentary version that preceded the hit movie A League of Their Own. Meet the women pioneers who played professional baseball in the 1940s in a league that lasted for ten years.
- Filmmakers enters Chile in 1985, one of the cruelest years of Augusto Pinochet right-wing military dictatorship. With the excuse of documenting religion and Viña del Mar Festival, they witness the truth about Chile under Pinochet.
- How the extraordinary bonds of friendship between two groups of women helped them win the fight against AIDS.
- The Farmer & The Chef takes viewers behind the scenes to see how two creative geniuses struggle to grow and serve the perfect meal in America. It's about the passion two people have for farming and cooking in a biodynamic way, that is, in a manner that respects the environment and is sustainable. It's the ultimate farm to table experience and viewers will have a front row seat to see how it's done. The possibilities are endless, but so are the potential pitfalls. The success of the restaurant is inexorably tied to the success of the farm. If one fails, both suffer. It's about a return to old values with new technologies. It's about respecting the land and the environment while still making a good living. It's about a farmer respecting a chef and a chef respecting a farmer.
- The film chronicles the Mariel boatlift in 1980 and follows a year in the life of Cuban refugees.
- This film tells the little-known story of homeless children from eastern cities who were resettled on farms in the Midwest of the United States.
- Documentary profile of writer Jane Rule whose literary career produced a wealth of novels and journalistic pieces which, in the face of Canadian censorship, speak eloquently about the lives of lesbians and gay men.
- THE UNDOCUMENTED investigates the deaths of undocumented migrants in the Arizona desert and the efforts to return their remains to families in Mexico. Woven from multiple narrative threads the film depicts the efforts of Tucson's medical examiner and Mexican Consulate to name unidentified dead migrants. It follows Border Patrol agents who are challenged to balance law enforcement with lifesaving. In Mexico, the film captures the reunification of the dead with their families, and documents families whose loved ones left home to cross, never to be heard from again. These characters provide an intimate view of the border and migrant deaths, expressing a wide range of opinions on border policy and illegal immigration. The one thing they agree on is that migrant deaths must end.
- Lizzie Andrew Borden, America's most famous "self-made orphan," was the prim lady accused of axing her parents to death in 1892. A media star from the start, Lizzie continues to draw an audience. A sardonic, entertaining, and original film that features 28 different "Bordenites" - from a forensic scientist to a rock star - including 3 people who have themselves adopted the name "Lizzie Borden." A lively retelling of the ever-popular mystery of Lizzie Borden, this film also raises deeper issues relating to history, feminism, and popular culture.
- When we first meet the Jasper family, it is apparent that Anna has difficulty remembering. Her husband, Jack, is horrified to learn that she has Alzheimer's disease. As she declines, Jack and his daughter Zena are faced with the agonizing task of putting Anna into a nursing home.
- Whose Children Are These? (2004) provides a gripping view into the lives of three Muslim teenagers impacted by domestic national security measures. One such program, "Special Registration," required male non-citizens, as young as 16 from 25 countries, to register with the Department of Justice. Of those who registered, nearly 14,000 men were deported. The film introduces Navila, an honors student who fought to have her father released from detention; Sarfaraz, a popular basketball player who confronts pending deportation; and Hager, a young woman who faces bias and is spurred into activism as a result. Each young person comes from one of the twenty five countries profiled by the Special Registration program (Bangladesh, Pakistan and Egypt). From the period of November 2002-December 2003, over 83,000 Muslim men complied with the program and nearly 14,000 were put into deportation proceedings due to immigration status violations. Although the program claimed to be a tool to increase national security, none of these men were actually charged with terrorism related offenses. Through the eyes of three courageous teens, Whose Children Are These? (2004) brings to light the harsh realities faced by Muslim communities in post 9/11 America- including family separation, round ups, bias crimes, detentions, and deportations.
- Etruscan Odyssey: Expanding Archaeology follows the work of archaeologist Dr. Gregory Warden as he leads the excavation of Etruscan villages and temples in the hilltops of Poggio Colla, Italy. Warden and his team of scholars and students explain the significance of ancient Etruscan culture, which was highly influential in the development of the Roman Empire.
- Political intrigue, corruption, drug smuggling, international power struggles, covert militias trained and funded by shadowy figures, and a seemingly never-ending series of policy blunders: these are the themes that describe Haiti 's recent history with the U.S. Through the perspective of two administrations' handling of Haiti, we can see why the U.S. has difficulty in implementing the export of democracy, and building respect for human rights. 'Failing Haiti' documents that struggle.
- With Us Or Against Us follows several Afghan-Americans in Fremont,
- Geoffrey O'Connor's candid, first-person account of his experiences filming turbulent political.
- It all started when the film 'Seven Years in Tibet' was being shot. Namgyal Lhamo and her sister Chuckie were in Argentina to work as extras. During a bus journey they heard a Tibetan song, sung in a beautiful male voice. At first Chuckie thought it was a tape and wanted to ask the driver for it, but the singer Tobden Gyamtso, another extra, was in fact sitting at the front of the bus. There and then they decided to start a music group: Gang Chenpa (People from the Land of the Snow).In Seven Dreams of Tibet Namgyal Lhamo, who lives in the Netherlands, travels to Dharamsala in search of the songs and stories of the refugees who are crossing the mountains to Dharamsala to have an audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Dharamsala offers a glimpse of Tibet, where human rights are being violated even as we speak. About 1.2 million Tibetans have been put to death in the most horrific way. One monk who had fled the country says: "We are even robbed of the right to die in our own way with some sort of dignity". Religion plays an important part for the Tibetan people in internalizing the horrors of the past. Even after all he had been through, after his release Tobden tried to seek reconciliation with the guard who had tortured him in prison. It seems that the Tibetan people are better able to cope with these horrors in their lives than others. Is it because of their belief in Karma, which may hold the promise of better times in the next life? One day they hope to return to Tibet. But to what sort of Tibet would they be returning? And will people there still speak Tibetan or listen to their songs?
- Travelling across vast swathes of the Scandinavian hinterland, the life of the herdswoman is under threat from the ruthless global appetite for resource.
- National treasure Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong has been performing for most of his 91 years, ever since his father carved his first fiddle from a wooden crate. For two decades he has shared a life of creativity and feisty humor with artist Barbara Ward. Together they undertake a bittersweet journey to rediscover the past, and their place in it.
- Six adult siblings and the vicissitudes of fertility, infertility, and the desire - met and unmet - for a baby. Focusing on one couple's attempt to become pregnant, and the inevitable highs and lows of a year of hope and disappointment.
- It has been said that when you incarcerate a woman, you imprison a family. Most female inmates are mothers, and most are locked up for non-violent offenses. As prison populations rise, so does the problem of lost children - already a quarter million of them. This hour-long documentary looks from the children's perspectives at three Missouri families. The children's day-to-day lives in the film gives a clear picture of how the US justice system perpetuates the very problems it seeks to prevent. "When the Bough Breaks" questions who does the harder time, the inmate mothers, or their children? The youngsters make clear that, regardless of a mothers' crime, the urgent desire for her love shapes their lives. "When the Bough Breaks" explores the emotional impact on children whose mothers are imprisoned for non-violent crimes, particularly drug-related prostitution and theft. The children's day-to-day lives give a clear, up-close picture of how the American justice system perpetuates the very problems it seeks to prevent. Filmed over the course of a year, three Missouri families tell their stories as the children are bounced between social workers, foster parents, grandparents and visits with their moms in prison. This intimate documentary reveals how entire families are punished when mothers are imprisoned. These youngsters are often left in the custody of extended family members where their needs are misunderstood, where poverty prevails and where they suffer emotional neglect and abuse. With prison populations quadrupling and more than a quarter million children left behind, responsibilities confronting our society become real through their young, articulate voices. Although those who break the law must expect punishment, how can we balance the needs of children against a justice system that often deals lengthy sentences for victimless crimes? When drugs are the cause, why is prison the solution? And who does the harder time, the mothers or their children? The youngsters make clear that regardless of a mother's crime, the urgent desire for her love shapes their lives. As sons and daughters reveal their longings, which are palpable especially during their visits to their moms in prison, their common desire for love makes them eloquent examples of the more than 250,000 youngsters in the United States who suffer from this separation daily. WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS asks whether separating families is wise public policy, and raises real questions about the nature of a society that prizes punishment more than restorative justice. In the hour film, mothers, their children and their caretakers openly discuss their personal experiences and heartaches. The following summarizes their stories... Laura and Missy Eight-year-old Laura cannot control her temper, while six-year-old Missy cannot control her tears. "I see changes. I know Laura, my eight-year-old, she is angry, she's so angry. Missy, she's just withdrawn. She still sucks her little finger," says their mother Susie, who has been in jail for two years for one count of forgery. There was no one else to care for them, so they moved in with their ailing grandparents. Their grandmother resents the burden, while their loving grandfather cares for the two girls' emotional and physical needs. "It's hard on me, hard on her grandmother. It's hard on a lot of people. You think you send one person to jail? Uh-uh, it affects a lot of people," says Grandpa. As months stretch ahead before their mother's release, Grandpa suddenly passes away and the girls are moved down the street, forced to cope with their aunt who is herself in emotional distress. She says, "They latched onto me, to where I can't...God bless their heart -- I don't mind, but they just, I couldn't hardly breathe." Meanwhile, the children fear they will never see their mother again. Roosevelt, Jr. Handsome 15-year-old Roosevelt, Jr. calls three different women "Mom": his inmate mother, his stepmother and his favorite foster mother. He returned to live with his stepmother and ex-convict father after three years in the foster system. His stepmother Ophelia, who has cared for him the longest, is determined to keep him from repeating his parents' mistakes. "Just 'cuz his mom's been there, his father's been there, it's not like a hereditary thing. You don't inherit incarceration." Since Roosevelt's father has spent most of his own adulthood behind bars, he is at a loss as to how to nurture his son. "It was something new to me, really, after being away so long. 'Cause when moms and grandmothers were standing in for the sickness and all them nights up, I didn't have to deal with it." His new wife, Roosevelt's stepmother, is a strong and caring woman. "He's my kid. Yeah. And even when his mom comes home, he's still gonna be my kid. She's gonna have to really prove herself to get my baby back. She's not gonna get him back really easily. She's gonna have to deserve him back, earn him back. Not because she's just Mom," says Ophelia, Roosevelt's stepmother. "You go through changes with children coming into the foster care program. They come into your house. So you go through a honeymoon stage. And then they're mad, they're angry, 'Why is my life like this?'" says Roosevelt's foster mother Sonya. As Roosevelt, Jr. admits, "With your mom and dad, you score a touchdown. With your step-parents, you're always one yardline from the goal." Once his mother is released from prison, who will he choose to live with? About his mother, Roosevelt says, "It's nothing she can do to bring it back or anything. It's like a big piece of a puzzle missing. And when she gets out, we'll just continue it from there. Within time, I guess it'll fit itself back in. But we'll have to wait on that." John, Angie and Tanya "She says that she hopes that I don't end up like her and stuff. I tell her I ain't gonna end up like her. I ain't." --Angie "I don't never cry or get mad when she gets arrested. 'Cause it's her fault. Ain't nobody's fault but hers. I ain't cried in three or four years. I don't never cry." --John John has spent most of his teenage years in homes for troubled youths. "Me and my mom's boyfriend used to get into fights a lot. He used to try to beat me up until I started hitting him back. One time I got fed up with it and started trying to hit him with baseball bats and stuff. That's part of the reason I got a behavior problem now." Thirteen-year-old Angie counts her foster homes at five, but their younger sister Tanya thinks she has lived in fewer than that. Sometimes they all stay together with their grandmother. John, Angie and Tanya are but three of their inmate mother's seven children; three others have already been adopted out of the family. Then, a year ago, their baby brother James was born while their mother was once again in prison. The infant was immediately placed in foster care where he has just begun calling his foster mother "Mama." From prison, Denise, James's birth mother, fights for custody of James. "I want a life, I want a family, I've had seven children, haven't raised one of them, so it's time for me to buckle down and raise the one I had, the last one I had, at least." After Denise's upcoming release, James might be returned to her custody -- if she finds housing, a job and stays drug-free. "This is my sixth time in prison. And, I would think after five times, if it was going to help me, it would, " she explains. "It's not going to change me. It makes you harder. It makes you not as caring." She will return once more to society unprepared, impoverished, but optimistic -- though there are no residential treatment programs immediately available to her. Mechelle, James's foster mom, says, "I see myself as his mother. I didn't give birth to him, but I've had him since birth. I just don't wanna think about losing him." The baby's fate is observed through the anguish of his foster mother and the hopeful eyes of his older siblings. When John, Angie and Tanya get evicted from their rented dilapidated flat, their dire circumstances underscore how repeated prison sentences for addicted women magnifies the instability of their children's lives.
- Mirjana was a carefree child when the Serbs invaded Croatia in 1991. "I never dreamed that war could happen to me", she says. Among her terrible memories was living in a cold cellar during bombardments and watching her mother suffer from cancer with no medicine to ease her pain. Distant relatives in the US offered Mirjana refuge in California. Although she was unhappy to leave her family behind in the war, she accepted the offer. She loved her new family, but struggled with the strange language, the loneliness and the culture shock of being in a large American high school. Depressed and bulimic, Mirjana decided to return to Croatia. Mirjana was happy to be reunited with her family. However, she saw that there was no future for her in war torn Croatia. She returned to California with a new appreciation of the opportunities that life in America afforded her. Happier and more confident, Mirjana had found a new mission to educate fellow students about the war.
- Ghosts of Amistad by Tony Buba is based on Marcus Rediker's The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom (Penguin, 2012). It chronicles a journey to Sierra Leone in 2013 to visit the home villages of the rebels who captured the slave schooner Amistad, to interview elders about local memory of the incident, and to search for the long-lost ruins of Lomboko, the slave trading factory where their cruel transatlantic voyage began. The filmmakers rely on the knowledge of villagers, fishermen, and truck drivers to recover a lost history from below in the struggle against slavery, and to explore the African origins of the heroes of the Amistad incident.
- This documentary chronicles the largest gold rush on Indian lands in Brazilian history. Filmed clandestinely at the height of an invasion of 50,000 miners onto the lands of 9,000 Yanomami Indians, "Contact" documents in exacting detail the devastation reaped by this uncontrolled invasion of "wild cat" gold prospectors into Yanomami Terrioty during which 20% of the tribe's population, or 1,500 Indians, died from a malaria epidemic and armed conflict between Indians and miners.