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Social issues and politics make for some of the best documentaries. Watch Red Without Blue, the story of a pair of identical twins as one transitions from male to female; Fagbug, a woman on a roadtrip to educate people about hate crimes.
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Radical Youth
Enter Greek's world of the radical left -- 30% of the vote in the November 2010 local elections
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The Naked Option
THE NAKED OPTION reveals the power of an organized group of Nigerian women who use the threat of stripping naked in public, a serious cultural taboo, in their deadly struggle to hold the oil companies accountable to the communities in which they operate
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Aleut Story
In the turbulence of war, in a place where survival was just short of miraculous, the Aleuts of Alaska would redefine themselves -- and America
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Indian Country Diaries (Epi...
Journalist Mark Anthony Rolo (Bad River Ojibwe) journeys to Los Angeles to talk with the survivors and descendants of American Indian families
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Released to Life
With the shadow of past convictions continuing to follow them, several recently released ex-offenders struggle to redefine themselves in a society that they no longer know
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Shadow Company
With over $100 Billion in annual revenues and 70000 employees in Iraq alone, the private military industry is booming, yet few civilians know anything about it. What are we really risking by allowing profit-motivated corporations into the business of war?
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HIV: DC
HIV: USA is a nationwide creative writing and documentary film project that features participants living with HIV/AIDS
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Videocracy
Critically-acclaimed documentary explores the underbelly of Berlusconi's Italy
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Pillars of Hope
The fight for Kuwaiti women's right to vote, including the amazing sacrifices made during the Iraqi invasion
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Battle for Wetzel County
Four years after Marcellus Shale arrived on the doorstep of Wetzel County, life has changed dramatically
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To Die in Jerusalem
A film that explores the different lives and worlds of two 17-yr-old girls living several miles apart, and the aftermath of the suicide bomb that one triggers, killing them both
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Beaufort
The story of a group of Israeli soldiers stationed in an outpost prior to the withdrawal of forces of 2000
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Don't Ask, Don't Tell - Cha...
Marc Wolf’s acclaimed one-man Off-Broadway show comes to the screen. Chapter 2 of 11
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Don't Ask, Don't Tell - Cha...
Marc Wolf’s acclaimed one-man Off-Broadway show comes to the screen. Chapter 1 of 11
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Poisoned by Polonium
The crime that shocked the world and provoked a war of words between Russia and England
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Remigration
In a future San Francisco that is entirely upper-class, the city starts a program to bring working-class families back
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Beholder
Sasha makes a discovery about her genetically engineered unborn child that causes her to rethink her allegiances
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Tia and Marco
On the U.S./Mexico border, circumstances lead a border agent to question her loyalty to a biased law
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The Rise
In the near future, climate change has radically altered the real estate market
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The Other Side
In a time of desperation, an American family tries to migrate to a land of opportunity
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Tent City
A son questions his father, who evicts the poor and powerless for a living
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Seed
In a world of genetically modified agriculture, a heirloom seed black market grows
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Mister Green
A jaded bureaucrat becomes the unwitting test subject for an experiment to curb global warming
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The Source of the Secret
Oral Roberts, John Bevere, and Dr. Ben Johnson all make an appearance and discuss their thoughts on The Source of the Secret
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To Bear Witness - A Living ...
Fourteen people who live in a community on the Virginia Peninsula witnessed first hand the greatest atrocity in world history
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Fuel
Eco-evangelist filmmaker Josh Ticknell takes us on a hip, fast-paced road trip into America's dependence on foreign oil
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The Abortion Pill
THE ABORTION PILL examines the pros and cons of a drug that can end a pregnancy without surgery
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Keeping the Kibbutz
A communal way of life left behind, but the people remain
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Live Free or Die
Follows the filmmakers' search for an answer to why, despite violence and harassment, some doctors continue to provide abortions
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Housing in America: A Look ...
A portrayal of evictions in low income housing districts in Hoboken, New Jersey and New York City
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The Philippines: Life, Deat...
Jon Alpert travels to the Philippines to record the lives of people of societal strata, documenting class disparities
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Invisible Citizens: Japanes...
The first in-depth look at a group of Japanese-Americans whose pride forced them to conceal their suffering following internment
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The Story of Vinh
The story of Vietnamese youth's assimilation into American Society, transitioning from youth to adulthood
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No Place to Hide - Inside I...
Uncensored, controversial reportage of Iraq during the Gulf War
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Annette's Story
A short documentary about how it feels to lose a child to gun violence
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The Prison and The Street
Documentary about a prison for women, the Madre Pelletier Penitentiary, in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
