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Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In November 2020, American voters will go to the polls to decide whether President Donald Trump or his Democratic challenger will lead the country for the next four years. In a polarized and bitterly divided country, voter enthusiasm is already at record levels with turnout predicted to be the highest in a century. FRONTLINE’s The Choice 2020 will explore the character of the candidates by examining the formative episodes in their lives through...
68) Part One
Publisher
PBS
Language
English
Description
A dangerous rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia has plunged the Middle East into sectarian war. From revolution in Iran, reaction by Saudi Arabia, and wars in Afghanistan, Lebanon and Iraq, how religion and power politics drive perpetual conflict.
69) Part Two
Publisher
PBS
Language
English
Description
Part two of a special series about how two rivals have plunged the Middle East into sectarian war. While Iran extends its power from Iraq into Syria and Lebanon, Saudi Arabia is making a stand in Yemen, with deadly consequences for the region.
70) No Greater Love
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This documentary explores a combat deployment through the eyes of an Army chaplain, as he and his men fight their way through a hellish tour in one of the most dangerous places in Afghanistan and then as they struggle to reintegrate home. Winner of Best Documentary at the **Boston Film Festival** and the **San Diego Film Festival**. *"A fascinating and heartfelt documentary about members of a storied U.S. Army battalion and their experiences during...
Publisher
Cargo Film & Releasing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
CAMP VICTORY, AFGHANISTAN is about the re-building of an army. With 300 hours of tape shot over years, filmmaker Carol Dysinger set out to tell this story from both an Afghan and American perspective through the eyes of two men. It is the first film to examine the training of the new Afghan military. It is also a story about the depths and limits of an unlikely friendship in war. **SXSW Film Festival** Grand Jury Award winner.
Publisher
Java Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Johannesburg is considered the most uranium-contaminated city in the world. Waste dumps from around 600 abandoned mines sit next to residential communities, blowing polluted dust into homes and contaminating the soil and water supplies. To get a sense of the sheer extent of the problem, Martin Boudot and his team of researchers investigate. Equipped with a Geiger counter, they uncover some dangerous realities...
Publisher
Journeyman Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
The much-celebrated peace agreement runs Colombia into chaos. FARC guerrilla Ernesto, poverty-stricken coca farmers, a mysterious aristocrat, and a passionate right-wing politician struggle at the edge of their morals as they reach for contradictory dreams for a better Colombia. What happens to a very fragile peace in an unequal country if doing the ‘wrong’ thing may easily be justified as the only viable means of struggle?
74) Blackfish
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Killer whales – beloved, yet infamous for their capacity to kill viciously – lie at the heart of BLACKFISH, which expands on the discussion of keeping such intelligent creatures in captivity. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival** and **San Francisco International Film Festival**.
Publisher
Pragda
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
The Spanish Civil War (1936-39) left a million dead and over 500,000 refugees. Mexico welcomed about 20,000. Among them were the filmmaker’s grandparents, parents, and some of their friends. IN EXILE: A FAMILY FILM tells some of the forgotten stories of memory and history -personal accounts that are intertwined with the shared history of Spain and Mexico from the time of Spanish King Alfonso XIII (1874-1923) through the present.
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Now you must choose between pleading guilty and receiving a shorter sentence–or going to trial and risking decades behind bars. “THE VANISHING TRIAL” focuses on four individuals who were forced to make that excruciating choice. Each was threatened with a “trial penalty,” the term used to describe the substantially longer prison sentence a person receives if they exercise their constitutional right to trial instead of pleading guilty. We...
Publisher
Java Films
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In the United States, there are more than 2 million people behind bars. That’s more than anywhere else in the world. 90% of prisoners serve time in one of the 1,700 State penitentiaries. This film documents life at Anamosa State Penitentiary, where three quarters of the prisoners have been convicted of violent crimes and serve an average of 27 years.
78) Leviathan
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
One of the most critically-acclaimed documentaries in recent years, LEVIATHAN is a groundbreaking, immersive portrait of the contemporary commercial fishing industry. Directed by the award-winning filmmakers of *Sweetgrass* and *Foreign Parts*, LEVIATHAN is a purely visceral, cinematic experience. Nominated for the Truer Than FIction Award at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards.** Winner of the Don Quixote Award and the FIPRESCI Prize at the **Locarno...
79) Savior for Sale
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Salvator Mundi (The Savior of the World) became the world’s most expensive painting when it was sold at Christie’s for $450 million in 2017. Attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, the painting unleashed passions while revealing the excesses of our time. But is it really the work of the Italian genius, or one of the greatest scams in the history of art? A modern tale of globalization, SAVIOR FOR SALE delves into the secrets of the art world and explores...
80) Kinshasa Makambo
Publisher
ArtMattan Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Lingala
Description
Hundreds of young revolutionaries take to the streets of Kinshasa when Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, refuses to relinquish power at the end of his second term. Protests are met with violence, but the battle for free elections and democracy cannot be repressed.
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