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Burden of Peace

<p><em>Burden of Peace</em> follows Guatemala's first female attorney general, Claudia Paz y Paz. <em>Burden of Peace</em> is an epic tale of personal sacrifice, hard-fought change, and hope.</p>

Americas

No Land's Song

<p>A political thriller and a musical journey,<em>No Land's Song</em> never loses sight of its real center - the female voice.</p>

Middle East

The Dream of Shahrazad

Filmmaker Francois Verster explores how music and storytelling can serve as an outlet for citizens to process political upheaval.

Middle East

Beats of the Antonov

Over two years, Sudanese filmmaker Hajooj Kuka lived alongside farmers, herders, and rebels displaced to the Blue Nile and Nuba Mountain regions, filming their lives within hillside hide-outs and refugee camps.

Africa

The One That Got Away

In 1944, teenagers Thomas & Edith were interned by the Nazis in Budapest. Alone and afraid, they fell in love.

Europe

The Look of Silence

<p>The<em> Look of Silence</em> is Joshua Oppenheimer’s powerful companion piece to the Oscar®-nominated <em>The Act of Killing</em> This unprecedented film initiates and bears witness to the collapse of fifty years of silence.</p>

Asia

Rosewater

In 2009, Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari was covering Iran's volatile elections for Newsweek. One of the few reporters in the country with access to US media, he made an appearance on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart". The interview was inten

Middle East

The Yes Men Are Revolting

For the last 20 years, notorious activists the Yes Men have staged outrageous and hilarious hoaxes to draw international attention to corporate crimes against humanity and the environment. Armed with nothing but quick wits and thrift-store suits, these

United States

The Salt of the Earth

The photographer Sebastião Salgado was a refugee in the 1970s, fleeing the military dictatorship in Brazil. He became a global wanderer, photographing epochal events of violence and displacement, including Rwanda, Bosnia, and the war in Iraq.

Americas
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