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Chasing Ice
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Chasing Ice
A visually stunning portrait of our planet's changing climate
Director: Jeff Orlowski
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 75 min.
Year of production: 2012
Activism Climate Change Current Affairs Ecology, Environment Education Investigative Journalism Law and Justice Personal Story Photography Politics Science
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A Place At The Table
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A Place At The Table
One nation. Underfed. Examining the issue of hunger in America through the lens of three people struggling with food insecurity.
Director: Kristi Jacobson | Lori Silverbush
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 84 min.
Year of production: 2012
Activism American History Children Current Affairs Economy Education Family Food Health Human Rights Investigative Journalism Law and Justice Personal Story Politics Poverty Society Youth
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The Internet’s Own Boy
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The Internet’s Own Boy
A personal story about what we lose when we ignore the implications of technology and its relationship to our civil liberties.
Director: Brian Knappenberger
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 105 min.
Year of production: 2014
Activism American History Business Current Affairs Internet Personal Story Politics Society Technology Youth
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We’re Not Broke
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We’re Not Broke
When will corporations be made to pay their fair share?
Director: Karin Hayes | Victoria Bruce
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 81 min.
Year of production: 2012
Activism American History Business Crime Current Affairs Economy Education Globalization Investigative Journalism Labor Law and Justice Politics Poverty Society
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We Are Legion
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We Are Legion
The Story of the Hacktavists
Director: Brian Knappenberger
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 93 min.
Year of production: 2012
Activism Current Affairs Education Internet Law and Justice Media Politics Society Technology Youth
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Particle Fever
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Particle Fever
With one switch, everything changes. PARTICLE FEVER gives audiences a front row seat to our generation's most significant and inspiring scientific breakthrough as it happens.
Director: Mark Levinson
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 99 min.
Year of production: 2013
Philosophy Science Technology
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Terms and Conditions May Apply
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Terms and Conditions May Apply
A disquieting exposé that demonstrates how we unknowingly, click by click, generate a cloud of data that records our every on-line move.
Director: Cullen Hoback
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 79 min.
Year of production: 2013
Current Affairs Education Human Rights Internet Law and Justice Media Science Society Technology
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The Genius of Marian
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The Genius of Marian
The heartbreak of Alzheimer's, the power of art, and the meaning of family.
Director: Anna Fitch
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 84 min.
Year of production: 2013
Disability Family Health Personal Story Senior Citizenship
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Pray the Devil Back to Hell
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Pray the Devil Back to Hell
The dramatic success story of the women's peace movement of Liberia
Director: Abigail Disney | Gini Reticker
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 72 min.
Year of production: 2008
Activism African Cinema and Culture Anthropology Conflicts Gender History Human Rights Law and Justice Politics Women
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Surviving Hitler: A Love Story
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Surviving Hitler: A Love Story
A gripping film that combines simple romantic narrative, tense wartime story, and eye-opening links to monumental historical events.
Director: John-Keith Wasson
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 65 min.
Year of production: 2010
European History Genocide History Holocaust Jewish Studies Personal Story Politics Romance Society
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Awake: The Life of Yogananda
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Awake: The Life of Yogananda
Filmed over three years with the participation of 30 countries around the world, the documentary examines the world of yoga and explores why millions today have turned their attention inwards, bucking the limitations of the material world in pursuit of self-realization.
Director: Paola di Florio | Lisa Leeman
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 87 min.
Year of production: 2015
American History Arts and Culture Biography Health History Philosophy Religion and Spirituality
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How to Survive a Plague
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How to Survive a Plague
The story of how activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition.
Director: David France
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 110/85 min.
Year of production: 2012
Activism American History Conflicts Education Health History Human Rights LGBTQIA+ Personal Story Politics Science Society
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Life 2.0
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Life 2.0
An intimate, character-based drama about people who look to a virtual world in search of something they are missing in their real lives.
Director: Jason Spingarn-Koff
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 99 min.
Year of production: 2010
Personal Story Society Technology
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Crime After Crime
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Crime After Crime
Horribly abused, wrongfully imprisoned... one signature away from freedom.
Director: Yoav Potash
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 93 min.
Year of production: 2011
Activism Crime Current Affairs Gender Human Rights Investigative Journalism Law and Justice Media Personal Story Poverty Society Urbanism Women Youth
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Connected
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Connected
An Autoblogography about Love, Death, and Technology. This is an exhilarating rollercoaster ride to discover what it means to be connected in the 21st century.
Director: Tiffany Shlain
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 80 min.
Year of production: 2011
American History Anthropology Arts and Culture Creative Current Affairs Education Family Gender Health Humor Media Nature and Wildlife Personal Story Politics Religion and Spirituality Science Society Technology Youth
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The World Before Her
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The World Before Her
A provocative portrait of Indian women and their current cultural conflicts.
Director: Nisha Pahuja
Language: English, Hindi (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 57 / 90 min.
Year of production: 2012
Activism Anthropology Asian Studies Children Conflicts Current Affairs Education Gender Globalization Investigative Journalism Politics Society Women Youth
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American Promise
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American Promise
Success is our only option. Spanning 12 years in the lives of two middle class black families sending their sons to a prestigious Manhattan private school.
Director: Joe Brewster
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 125/80/50/20 min.
Year of production: 2013
Arts and Culture Author's POV Current Affairs Education Family Human Rights Media Personal Story Poverty Society Urbanism Youth
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The Invisible War
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The Invisible War
A groundbreaking investigative documentary about one of America’s most shameful and best kept secrets: the epidemic of rape within the U.S. military
Director: Kirby Dick
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 98 min.
Year of production: 2012
Activism Conflicts Crime Current Affairs Education Human Rights Investigative Journalism Law and Justice Military Personal Story Politics Society War Women
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Girl Rising
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Girl Rising
Educating girls can break cycles of poverty in just one generation, yet millions of girls aren’t in school
Director: Richard E. Robbins
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 101 min.
Year of production: 2013
Activism Children Education Gender Human Rights Literature Society Women Youth
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65_RedRoses
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65_RedRoses
Every breath counts. This personal and touching journey takes an unflinching look into the life of Eva Markvoort as she battles the fatal disease Cystic Fibrosis.
Director: Nimisha Mukerji | Philip Lyall
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 74 min.
Year of production: 2009
Education Health Personal Story Technology
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Promises
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Promises
The most widely used educational media tool teaching the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, a beautiful and deeply moving portrait of seven children on both sides of the divide
Director: Justine Shapiro | B.Z. Goldberg | Carlos Bolado
Language: Arabic, English, Hebrew (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 102 min.
Year of production: 2001
Children Conflicts Current Affairs Education Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Jewish Studies Middle Eastern Studies Personal Story Politics Society War Youth
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Budrus
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Budrus
It takes a village to unite the most divided people on earth. Budrus shines a light on people who choose nonviolence to confront a threat.
Director: Julia Bacha
Language: English, Hebrew (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 82 min.
Year of production: 2010
Activism Conflicts Education Family Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Middle Eastern Studies Personal Story Politics Society War Women
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The Human Face of Big Data
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The Human Face of Big Data
The Promise and Perils of Growing a Planetary Nervous System
Director: Sandy Smolan
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 56 min.
Year of production: 2012
Education Internet Science Society Technology
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The Great Invisible
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The Great Invisible
The truth will surface. The story of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion as seen through the eyes of oil executives, survivors and Gulf Coast residents who experienced it first-hand.
Director: Margaret Brown
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 92 min.
Year of production: 2014
Activism Ecology, Environment Education Law and Justice
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Louder than a Bomb
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Louder than a Bomb
A mic. A stage. A pen. A page. The story of four Chicago high school poetry teams as they prepare to compete in the world's largest youth slam
Director: Jon Siskel | Greg Jacobs
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 99 min.
Year of production: 2010
Arts and Culture Children Education Literature Society Youth
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Escape Fire
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Escape Fire
The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare. Tackling one of the most pressing issues of our time: how can we save our badly broken healthcare system?
Director: Matthew Heineman | Susan Froemke
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 99 min.
Year of production: 2012
American History Economy Education Health Human Rights Politics Society
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One Lucky Elephant
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One Lucky Elephant
Where does an elephant go after a life in the circus?
Director: Lisa Leeman
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 81 min.
Year of production: 2010
Animals Education
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Most Valuable Players
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Most Valuable Players
Meet a new kind of high school All-Star in a live television event that celebrates excellence in high school musical theater.
Director: Matthew Kallis
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 95 min.
Year of production: 2010
Arts and Culture Education Literature Society Youth
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La Source
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La Source
A Haitian Princeton janitor returns to his country after the devastating 2010 earthquake to revive his lifelong dream to bring what is most fundamental to his village's survival; clean water.
Director: Patrick Shen
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 71 min.
Year of production: 2012
Activism Current Affairs Education Human Rights Personal Story Poverty Society
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Inequality For All
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Inequality For All
A powerful exposé of how the widening income gap has a devastating impact on the American economy
Director: Jacob Kornbluth
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 86 min.
Year of production: 2013
Activism Business Current Affairs Economy Education Law and Justice Politics Poverty Science Society
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Family Affair
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Family Affair
At 10 years old, Chico Colvard accidentally shot his older sister in the leg. This seemingly random act detonated a chain reaction that exposed unspeakable realities and shattered his family.
Director: Chico Colvard
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 82 min.
Year of production: 2010
Education Family Personal Story
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The Hunting Ground
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The Hunting Ground
A startling exposé of sexual assault on U.S. college campuses, institutional cover-ups and the brutal social toll on victims and their families.
Director: Kirby Dick
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 102 min.
Year of production: 2015
Activism Current Affairs Education Gender Investigative Journalism Law and Justice Personal Story Society Women
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One Day on Earth
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One Day on Earth
The first film made in every country of the world on the same day
Director: Kyle Ruddick
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 104 min.
Year of production: 2012
Arts and Culture Education Personal Story Society
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The Armor of Light
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The Armor of Light
Faith, firearms, and one minister's journey... the story of one Evangelical Reverend trying to find the courage to preach about the growing toll of gun violence in America
Director: Abigail Disney
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 84 min.
Year of production: 2015
Activism Conflicts Current Affairs Education Human Rights Law and Justice Personal Story Philosophy Politics Religion and Spirituality Society
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Poverty, Inc.
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Poverty, Inc.
Poverty has become a multi-billion dollar industry: the business of doing good has never been better. Who profits the most?
Director: Michael Matheson Miller
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 91 min.
Year of production: 2014
Activism African Cinema and Culture Conflicts Current Affairs Economy Education Globalization Politics Poverty Society
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(Dis)Honesty – The Truth about Lies
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(Dis)Honesty – The Truth about Lies
Behavioural scientist Dan Ariely discovers the complicated truth behind what happens when we lie to each other.
Director: Yael Melamede
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 90 min.
Year of production: 2015
Anthropology Current Affairs Education Humor Media Philosophy Science Society
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CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap
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CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap
Debugging the Gender Gap: What would society gain from having more women and minorities in the tech industry, and how do we get there?
Director: Robin Hauser
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 78 min.
Year of production: 2015
Children Current Affairs Education Gender Internet Media Society Technology Women
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3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets
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3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets
3½ MINUTES: TEN BULLETS dissects the aftermath of the murder of 17-year-old Jordan Davis and the trial of Michael Dunn who, in 2012, shot him repeatedly at a Florida gas station for playing his music too loudly.
Director: Marc Silver
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 98 min.
Year of production: 2015
Crime Current Affairs Education Family Human Rights Law and Justice Media Personal Story Politics Society Youth
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Food Chains
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Food Chains
Food Chains exposes the abuse of farmworkers within the United States and the complicity of the multibillion dollar supermarket and fast food industries.
Director: Sanjay Rawal
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 82 min.
Year of production: 2014
Activism Business Conflicts Current Affairs Economy Education Food Human Rights Immigration and Migration Labor Law and Justice Politics Poverty Society
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Cartel Land
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Cartel Land
The riveting stories of two modern-day vigilante groups and their shared enemy - the murderous drug cartels.
Director: Matthew Heineman
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 80 min.
Year of production: 2015
Activism Conflicts Crime Current Affairs Economy Education Investigative Journalism Law and Justice Personal Story Politics Society War
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#chicagoGirl
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#chicagoGirl
From her childhood bedroom in suburban Chicago, Ala’a, a 19-year-old American girl coordinates the revolution in Syria
Director: Joe Piscatella
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 74/54 min.
Year of production: 2013
Activism Conflicts Current Affairs Education Gender Globalization Human Rights Immigration and Migration Internet Law and Justice Media Middle Eastern Studies Personal Story Politics Society Technology War Women Youth
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The Crash Reel
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The Crash Reel
The Mind Has Mountains. Kevin Pearce is an unforgettable athlete with a comeback story with a difference.
Director: Lucy Walker
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 109 min.
Year of production: 2013
Education Family Health Personal Story Sports Youth
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Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
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Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
A provocative tale of ego, exploitation and lust for power, shining a light on the Church of Scientology, how they attract true believers, and the things they do in the name of religion.
Director: Alex Gibney
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 120 min.
Year of production: 2015
Current Affairs Education Investigative Journalism Personal Story Religion and Spirituality Society
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Drone
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Drone
Michael Haas has played war video games since he was 5. At 19 he is employed by the US AirForce as a drone pilot.
Director: Tonje Hessen Schei
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 98 min.
Year of production: 2014
Conflicts Current Affairs Education Human Rights Military Politics Technology War
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Trapped
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Trapped
With U.S. abortion clinics are fighting to survive, what remains of a woman's right to choose?
Director: Dawn Porter
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 83 min.
Year of production: 2016
Activism Crime Current Affairs Family Gender Health Human Rights Media Politics Poverty Religion and Spirituality Science Sexuality Society Women
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