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He Named Me Malala (2015), I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal (2007), The Devil Came on Horseback (2007), Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World (2003), The Art of Political Murder (2019), Audrie & Daisy (2016), Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

He Named Me Malala (2015)
A look at the events leading up to the Taliban's attack on Pakistani schoolgirl, Malala Yousafzai, for speaking out on girls' education followed by the aftermath, including her speech to the United Nations.
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I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal (2007)
After surviving the horrors of the Holocaust, architect Simon Wiesenthal dedicated the rest of his life to hunting down Nazis who escaped prosecution after the war. This documentary details his life and his work with the American War Crimes Unit, which tracked down more than 1,000 Nazi war criminals with his help. In interviews, various world leaders and Wiesenthal's friends discuss the motivations for his work, and how he manages to succeed even when facing seemingly insurmountable odds.
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The Devil Came on Horseback (2007)
A documentary that exposes the genocide raging in Darfur, Sudan as seen through the eyes of a former U.S. marine who returns home to make the story public.
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Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World (2003)
Documentary presenting the realities of coming out in lesser developed countries.
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The Art of Political Murder (2019)
An investigation into the truth behind the murder of Guatemalan Bishop Juan Gerardi, who was killed in 1998 just days after trying to hold the country's military accountable for the atrocities committed during its civil war.
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Audrie & Daisy (2016)
After two teenage girls from opposite sides of the country are sexually assaulted by boys they know, they become suicidal when they are harassed online and at school.
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Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008)
A group of women rise up to peace to Liberia and help bring to power the country's first female head of state.
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Who Will Write Our History (2018)
Who Will Write Our History tells the story of Emanuel Ringelblum and the Oyneg Shabes Archive, the secret archive he created and led in the Warsaw Ghetto. With 30,000 pages of writing, photographs, posters, and more, the Oyneg Shabes Archive is the most important cache of in-the-moment, eyewitness accounts from the Holocaust. It documents not only how the Jews of the ...Read all
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Sisters in Law (2005)
Set in Kumba in South West Cameroon Sisters in Law follows Adultery, Rape and Abuse cases led by a Female Judge.
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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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#AnneFrank. Parallel Stories (2019)
It is based on five women who did survive the Holocaust but shared her same fate of "deportation, suffering and being denied their childhood and adolescence," according to promotional materials.
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Long Night's Journey Into Day (2000)
Following the end of apartheid in South Africa during the 1990s, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established to pursue social justice, and this acclaimed documentary focuses on some of the stories that emerged from the organization's cases. Although renowned leader Bishop Desmond Tutu appears, the film focuses primarily on everyday people, both white and black, who committed appalling crimes during apartheid and came to the commission seeking forgiveness.
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Forgiving Dr. Mengele (2006)
Holocaust survivor Eva Mozes Kor makes a controversial decision to heal her wounded soul by forgiving those who tortured her and her twin sister at Auschwitz.
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Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. (2018)
Drawn from a never before seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, Stephen Loveridge creates an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician known as M.I.A.
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Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
German-American Dieter Dengler discusses his service as a U.S. naval pilot in the Vietnam War. Dengler also revisits the sites of his capture and eventual escape from the hands of the Viet Cong, recreating many events for the camera.
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Anne Frank Remembered (1995)
Using previously unreleased archival material in addition to contemporary interviews, this academy award-winning documentary tells the story of the Frank family and presents the first fully-rounded portrait of their brash and free-spirited daughter Anne, perhaps the world's most famous victim of the Holocaust.
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War Photographer (2002)
Documentary about war photographer James Nachtwey, considered by many the greatest war photographer ever.
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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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