| ASK NOT |
| Ask Not is a rare and compelling exploration of the effects of the tangled political battles that led to the U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy and discriminatory law. Current and veteran soldiers and activists raise questions about how the U.S. military can claim to represent democracy and freedom while denying one segment of the population the right to serve. |
| BELONGING |
| Belonging is a scientific and spiritual journey into humanity's footprint on the Earth. A close look at some Inuit communities in the Canadian Arctic reveals that the global irresponsible abuse of fossil energies and polluting technologies bear many consequences on people and the environment. The film calls for anew ethic of respect for nature. |
| BLUE HELMETS: PEACE AND DISHONOR |
| Soldiers from every corner of the world serve as representatives of their countries and work on behalf of the United Nations. Their blue helmets symbolize hope. Their role is to protect civilians. Recently, a steady stream of accusations has been directed to some of the peacekeepers, ranging from paying for sex, sexual abuse and rape of underage girls, to the abandonment of thousands of newborn babies. This documentary looks at the devastating consequences. |
| CHILDREN IN NO MAN'S LAND |
| Children in No Man's Land is a documentary that uncovers the current plight of the 100,000 unaccompanied minors entering the United States every year. This timely film gives the political debate about the U.S.-Mexico border a human face by exploring the story of Maria de Jesus (thirteen) and her cousin Rene (twelve) as they attempt to cross the U.S./Mexico border alone to reunite with their mothers in the Midwest. |
| DISAPPEARING FROGS (short) |
| Around the world frogs are declining at an alarming rate due to threats like pollution, disease and climate change. Frogs bridge the gap between water and land habitats, making them the first indicators of ecosystem changes. |
| FACES |
| In March 2007, French photographer and street artist JR and his friend Marco embarked on the biggest illegal photo exhibition ever. They photographed both Palestinians and Israelis doing the same jobs in each of their respective communities-then they posted these images face to face, in huge formats, in unavoidable places, on both sides of the Wall of Separation, as well as in eight Palestinian and Israeli cities. The film is a testament to the humanizing power of art, laughter and dialogue. |
| FLOW: FOR LOVE OF WATER |
| This documentary highlights the local intimacies of an emerging global catastrophe caused by rapidly developing shortages, pollution, and the increasing trend toward privatization and profiteering of water supplies. With an unflinching focus on politics, pollution and human rights, the film shows that the precarious relationship between humanity and water can no longer be ignored. |
| GERMANS IN THE WOODS (short) |
| In this animated documentary, World War II veteran Joseph Robertson remembers fighting at the Battle of the Bulge where he shot and killed a German soldier whom he has never been able to forget. |
| HAMMOUDI (short) |
| The filmmakers believe that innocent civilians-especially children-are too often the ones paying the highest price in armed conflict. Their individual voices and stories need to be heard, so that they don't remain mere statistics. Hammoudi is one boy's challenges to deal with his injuries. |
| KILOWATT OURS |
| The film reveals the underreported side effects resulting from America's voracious appetite for coal-generated electricity. The film makes the case that environmental problems could be minimized by utilizing alternative technologies that are surprisingly accessible and affordable to the average American. |
| THE LINGUISTS |
Half the world's languages are on the verge of extinction. Who will record them before they're gone? The Linguists confront head-on the very forces silencing languages: institutionalized racism and violent economic unrest. Both funny and enlightening, the film is an amazing cultural journey to some of the most obscure linguistic niches of our planet.
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| MAKING THE RIVER |
| Framed within the context of 20th-century American Indian history and politics, the film tells the story of Jimi “Dexter” Simmons. Raised his entire life by the State—institutionalized in an orphanage as a youth and imprisoned as an adult—Jimi’s life in many ways parallels the fate of his own tribe. Making the River is a film about tragedy transformed. |
| MEGALOPOLIS |
| Stunningly filmed, Megalopolis is an exploration of six of the world's largest urban centers. They are complex, but also very fragile systems in which people daily confront problems of livability in relation to growth, as well as problems related to employment, pollution, crime, control, security, inclusion and exclusion, and tolerance in a world where wealth and poverty are increasing exponentially as the gap between social classes widens diametrical. |
| SALIM BABA (short) |
| Salim Muhammad is a 55-year-old man who lives in North Kolkata, India with his wife and five children. Since the age of ten he has made a living by screening discarded film scraps for the kids in his surrounding neighborhoods using a hand-cranked projector that he inherited from his father. |
| SCARRED LANDS AND WOUNDED LIVES-THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS OF WAR |
| The scale of environmental damage over the last half century is unprecedented. These trends and many of their causes are now widely acknowledged. Ironically, however, war, the most destructive of human behaviors, is commonly bypassed. In all its stages, from the production of weapons through combat to cleanup and restoration, war entails actions that pollute land, air, and water, destroy biodiversity, and drain natural resources. The environment remains war's "silent casualty." |
| TRIAGE: DR. JAMES ORBINSKI'S HUMANITARIAN DILEMMA |
| The act of triage is the ultimate humanitarian nightmare. Racing against time with limited resources, relief workers make split-second decisions: who gets treatment; who gets food; who lives; who dies. This impossible dilemma understandably haunts humanitarians like Dr. James Orbinski, a 1999 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and field doctor during the Somali famine and the Rwandan genocide, among other catastrophes. |
| WASTE = FOOD |
| The new theory of ecologically intelligent design argues that manufacturers' products, when discarded, should either be completely recyclable in the Technosphere or become biodegradable food for the Biosphere. Waste=Food explores this revolutionary "cradle to cradle" (as opposed to "cradle to grave") concept through interviews with its leading proponents, American architect William McDonough and German ecological chemist Michael Braungart. Their ideas are increasingly being embraced by major corporations and governments worldwide, unleashing a new, ecologically-inspired industrial revolution. |
| YOUNG AND RESTLESS IN CHINA |
| Young and Restless in China is a groundbreaking documentary that follows the lives of nine young people over four years, as they struggle to find their way in a country changing as fast as any in history. Raised under communism, they are now making their way in China's blazing capitalist economy. |
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