27 Jul In The Middle by Mariam Al-Dhubhani: Reclaiming The Narrative
In The Middle, directed by Mariam Al-Dhubhani, highlights how documentary film can allow civilian communities to reclaim the narrative....
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27 Jul The Donbass Children by Lubomir Dankov
In the documentary feature, The Donbass Children (2020), director Lubomir Dankov uses the power of the visual to bring awareness to the tragedy of war. ...
27 Jul Pouya Aghelizadeh’s Light Room and The Obsessed Artist
Aghelizadeh's creation reads as a slow descent into madness and captures the mind of the obsessed artist. Throughout the film's duration, the man becomes more and more obsessed with making this woman real, so much so that he gets stuck in his imagination. ...
27 Jul Forgive Us Our Debts by Howard Mitchell: Addressing Social Unrest in Film
Forgive Us Our Debts demonstrates the opportunity for film to address social unrest in society today, through the story of Trayvon....
27 Jul Understanding Political Patterns Through The Gift of Freedom by Carolyn Downie
The Gift of Freedom, directed and scored by Carolyn Downie and animated by Neels Britz is a short, but powerful film that draws upon past historical events to help better illustrate the political climate today....
16 Jul Sweet Poison, by Waleska Santiago, Pushes for Environmental Justice
Sweet Poison highlights the push for safer working conditions and environmental justice in a Brazilian farmworker community....
16 Jul Wolf & Duce by Aswin Ramachandran: A Journey into the Past
During the past, the man relives his childhood and begins to understand where he came from. As he relives his childhood, he begins to understand that lies he was fed about his own life....
16 Jul Out of Mind, by Tigran Nersisian
A young man struggles to face family and community as he suffers from mental health issues. ...
16 Jul Reclaiming the Negative by Mike Beech: a Korean War survivor’s tale on defecting from North Korea in the 1990’s.
Reclaiming the Negative, directed by Mike Beech, follows the story of Eun-Ju Kim, a woman who compares her experiences of living inhumanely in North Korea, and living with basic human rights in South Korea after fleeing North Korea post Korean War....
16 Jul Ethiopia: A New Dawn for Press Freedom by Margherita Cargasacchi
Journalists and other media professionals are being silenced for speaking out against the government or other higher authorities. Many have tried to speak out of the issue but faced severe repercussions. Journalists have gone missing or even turned up dead....