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The Mosquito Problem & Other Stories (2007), Food Chains (2014), Makala (2017), Dark Days (2000), The Price of Sugar (2007), Born Into Brothels (2004), Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
The Mosquito Problem & Other Stories (2007)
On March 24th, 2004, 15-year-old Hussam Abdu was apprehended at an Israeli border checkpoint with live explosives strapped around his waist. Instead of detonating the bomb, out of fear of death and love for his family, Hussam voluntarily surrendered and is now serving time in an Israeli prison for attempted murder. Since the start of the Palestinian Intifada in 2000, ...Read all
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Food Chains (2014)
There is so much interest in food these days yet there is almost no interest in the hands that pick that food. In the US, farm labor has always been one of the most difficult and poorly paid jobs and has relied on some of the nation's most vulnerable people. While the legal restrictions which kept people bound to farms, like slavery, have been abolished, exploitation ...Read all
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Makala (2017)
Trials tribulation dreams and aspirations of a young farmer earning a living making and selling charcoal in Congo.
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Dark Days (2000)
A cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.
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The Price of Sugar (2007)
On the Caribbean island of the Dominican Republic, tourists flock to pristine beaches, with little knowledge that a few miles away thousands of dispossessed Haitians are under armed guard on plantations harvesting sugarcane, most of which ends up in US kitchens. Cutting cane by machete, they work 14 hour days, 7 days a week, frequently without access to decent housing...Read all
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Born Into Brothels (2004)
Two documentary filmmakers chronicle their time in Sonagchi, Calcutta and the relationships they developed with children of prostitutes who work the city's notorious red light district.
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Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005)
A look at the impact of the retail giant on local communities.
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The Devil's Miner (2005)
Filmmakers Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani profile Basilio, a 14-year-old Bolivian who supports his family by working in a silver mine. Like his fellow workers, the boy looks to Satan for protection from the daily hazards he encounters in the bowels of the Earth.
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Power Trip (2003)
Corruption, assassination and street rioting surround the story of the award-winning film, Power Trip, which follows an American multi-national trying to solve the electricity crisis in Tbilisi, capital of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. Power Trip provides insight into today's headlines, with a graphic, on-the-ground depiction of the challenges facing globali...Read all
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Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
An examination of the social costs of corporate interests pursuing profits at the expense of the public good.
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The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (1980)
Documentary about women working in factories during WWII and resultant loss of jobs after the war. Five women tell their stories. Fascinating clips of racist, sexist propaganda of the era.
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The Lovely Month of May (1963)
Actors Yves Montand and Simone Signoret narrate an introduction to springtime in Paris, as described by its citizens.
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Circo (2010)
The Mexican owners of a traveling circus struggle to keep going in the face of dwindling audiences, mounting debt and family conflicts.
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I Am Because We Are (2008)
A look into the lives of Malawi's 1 million plus orphans in the wake of the AIDS pandemic. It offers hope and real solutions to the challenges that people face living in extreme poverty.
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The Corporation (2003)
Documentary that looks at the concept of the corporation throughout recent history up to its present-day dominance.
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God Grew Tired of Us (2006)
Four boys from Sudan embark on a journey to America after years of wandering Sub-Saharan Africa in search of safety.
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Which Way Home (2009)
"Which Way Home" is a feature documentary film that follows unaccompanied child migrants, on their journey through Mexico, as they try to reach the United States. We follow children like Olga and Freddy, nine-year old Hondurans, who are desperately trying to reach their parents in the US.; children like Jose, a ten-year old El Salvadoran, who has been abandoned by smu...Read all
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Salesman (1969)
Four dogged door-to-door Bible salesmen travel from Boston to Florida on a seemingly futile quest to sell luxury editions of the Good Book to working-class Catholics.
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