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Powerful films confronting issues of justice, freedom, and dignity around the world.

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A MAN with SOLE: The Impact of Kenneth Cole

Film A MAN with SOLE: The Impact of Kenneth Cole Directed by Dori Berinstein With heart & ’sole’ and unflinching determination, global fashion icon and activist Kenneth Cole has put ‘cause' before…
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All The Mountains Give

Film All The Mountains Give Directed by Arash Rakhsha Two young Kurdish men make their living by smuggling goods across the treacherous border between Iraq and Iran.
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For Venida, For Kalief

Film For Venida, For Kalief Directed by Sisa Bueno FOR VENIDA, FOR KALIEF debuts the poetry of Venida Brodnax Browder, mother of Kalief Browder- an African-American teenager…
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Land of Canaan

Film Land of Canaan Directed by Maggie Lemere Land of Canaan depicts the evolving and nurturing relationship between farming families and thousands-of-year-old olive trees in the…
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Land With No Rider

Film Land With No Rider Directed by Tamar Lando In a remote corner of Southwestern New Mexico, the last cowboys eke out a fragile survival between industrial…
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Night Fight

Film Night Fight Directed by Khary Saeed Jones In August 2017, filmmaker Khary Jones was followed by a vigilante down back roads in rural Canada. As…
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Remaining Native

Film Remaining Native Directed by Paige Bethmann Ku Stevens (17) is the solo runner at his high school with no coach. Living on the Yerington…
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The Travelers

Film The Travelers Directed by David Bingong On the border between Morocco and Spain, we wait impatiently for the "boza" - to cross to Europe.…
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WTO/99

Film WTO/99 Directed by Ian Bell An immersive archival that reanimates the clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the more than…