Iranian Kidney Bargain Sale Warning: Adult Content – Follows young Iranians through the organ trade process: from first encounter to kidney removal Watch Now »
Relocated Mountains A man risks his life by traveling to Iraq to keep his word--to visit his grandmother before she dies Watch Now »
On Wheels Brasil Follows the lives of people that roll their way to a living on Brazil's streets Watch Now »
Czech Dream Students from the Czech Film Academy commission a huge ad campaign for a store that doesn't exist. Watch Now »
SnagFilms is proud to present its library of international documentaries, true stories from around the world. Our rapidly growing collection includes: the story of young Iranians as they sell their kidneys, completely legally, in Iranian Kidney Bargain Sale; On Wheels Brasil, the lives of people, bicycling their way to a livelihood on Brazil's streets; and, Hippie Masala, the story of the 1960s and 1970s hippies who left for India, in search of enlightenment, and never came back.
SnagFilms is committed to finding the world‘s most compelling documentaries, whether from established heavyweights or first-time filmmakers, and making them available, for free, to the wide audience these titles deserve.
The Soviet Union collapsed a long time ago and the promise to build the infrastructure to deliver electricity to every house has been broken in the former Soviet Republic of Belarus. In Belarus, there are still villages where people live without … Watch Now ›
39 Pounds of Love is the inspirational and humorous story of Ami Ankilewitz, a 3-D animator in Israel whose bodily motion is limited to a single finger on his left hand. At birth, Ami was diagnosed with a rare form of … Watch Now ›
The ultimate man vs. wilderness survivor adventure. Writer Robert Earle Howells, winner of the 2009 Travel Journalist of the Year Silver Award, heads into the pristine Peruvian Amazon with a local guide, Moises Chavez, on a jungle survival trip. “You take … Watch Now ›
Independent one hour documentary broadcast on M-NET in South Africa which chronicles Nelson Mandela’s 1998 farewell tour through the United States and Canada before he stepped down as President.
One hour documentary about the return of 1250 former political prisoners to the notorious Robben Island prison in South Africa—led by President Nelson Mandela.
Narrated by James Earl Jones, this 90 minute independent documentary chronicles the behind the scenes rebirth of a nation and Nelson Mandela’s triumph in South Africa’s first free elections.
90 minute documentary of Nelson Mandela’s triumphant visit to the United States, including memorable public and private moments of his trip from Yankee Stadium to the White House.
This 80 minute documentary is the definitive primer on Nelson Mandela’s struggle against Apartheid, with rare footage, interviews with principal players, and the first speech Mandela gave upon his release from prison. PBS national broadcast and JCI home video release.
A short movie, encouraging people to become active in ending child soldiering in Africa, made during Campus MovieFest (CMF). CMF is the world’s largest student film festival, traveling to over 50 colleges and universities across the country and abroad, providing teams … Watch Now ›
I was approached by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to make a film about a family of ‘cocaleros’ (coca farmers). The United Nations has blacklisted the coca leaf since 1961 and in past years has sponsored forced eradication of the … Watch Now ›
The Least of These explores one of the most controversial aspects of American immigration policy: family detention. As part of the Bush administration policy to end what they termed the “catch and release’” of undocumented immigrants, the U.S. government opened the … Watch Now ›
Discover the power, mystery, and romance of horses, one of nature’s most magnificent creations. The mystical bond between humans and horses has endured throughout the ages. Travel back in time 4,000 years to the magic moment when the relationship between man … Watch Now ›
With an official kidney referral agency as the backdrop, IRANIAN KIDNEY BARGAIN SALE follows young Iranians through the organ trade process: from their first encounter to surgery and kidney removal. A co-production of Hysteria Film AB and the ITVS International Media Development Fund
Chahinaz, a 20 year-old student in Algeria, has mixed feelings about the Western world and its values, but she admires the freedom of Western women. Through her curiosity and voyage of self-discovery, Chahinaz begins to wonder what life is like for … Watch Now ›
Click Q and A for an interview with Kicking It director Susan Koch In the summer of 2006, while the football world’s attention was focused on Germany, thousands of players around the globe were training hard and competing to be part … Watch Now ›
When Charles Chaplin was forced to leave the USA in 1952, he found harbor in Switzerland and settled in a small village on Lake Geneva where he lived with his family until the end of his life in 1977. In his … Watch Now ›
In the 1960s and 1970s thousands of hippies journeyed East in the search for enlightenment, free drugs or a ‘pure’ life. Indian peasants assumed that a severe drought in the West was the reason for their migration. India’s holy men saw … Watch Now ›
Whitwell Middle School in rural Tennessee is the setting for this documentary about an extraordinary experiment in Holocaust education. Struggling to grasp the concept of six-million Holocaust victims, the students decide to collect six-million paper clips to better understand the extent … Watch Now ›
20 CANS OF CHUNKY BEEF SOUP is the story of Maxim Vakhmin, a veritable alleycat of a man. Revered as both an angel and a devil, Maxim (once known as a successful artist in his native Russia) is losing friends and … Watch Now ›
In the summer of 2004, on a car journey through Eastern Europe, Pavla Fleischer falls in love with Eugene Hutz. Hutz is the lead singer of New York’s Gypsy Punk band Gogol Bordello. THE PIED PIPER OF HUTZOVINA follows Eugene and … Watch Now ›
Posted 05/26/09 by Leon Cooper, Executive Producer, Return to Tarawa
A recent issue of the LA Times carried an obit about Newt Heisley, a WWII vet, who designed the “Iconic POW/MIA Flag,” including the refrain, “You are not forgotten.” His flag and the attention it commanded had much to do with recovering and repatriating the remains of the Viet Nam dead. … More >
