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61) The China Hustle
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
From the producers of ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM, a Wall Street heist story about Chinese companies, the US stock market and a still-unfolding financial crime so big, it has the power to affect all of our wallets. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**.
62) Island Soldier
Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This documentary interweaves the personal stories of Micronesian soldiers serving in the US military, and the experiences of their families back home in the islands. We follow their journey from one of the most remote islands in the world to the front lines of war in Afghanistan. These non US citizens mostly serve in the infantry and have extremely high casualty rates, dying at a rate five times higher than any US state, per capita. Through the odyssey...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Central Khmer
Description
From Rithy Pahn, director of the notorious documentary S21: the Khmer Rouge Killing Machine, comes his searing follow-up: Duch: Master of the Forges of Hell. Between 1975 and 1979, the Khmer Rouge was responsible for the death of nearly 2 million people - a quarter of the Cambodia population. Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, directed both the M13 and S21 centers where tens of thousands of people were tortured and executed. He is the first Khmer Rouge...
65) Generation 9/11
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Generation 9/11 marks the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks by telling the stories of seven young people whose fathers were killed that day. The film explores how a man they never met and an event they didn’t witness have shaped their world view and the world around them. Their experiences reflect those of an entire generation, whose lives so far have been bracketed by crisis.
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...
72) Cold Case Files
Publisher
A&E
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Bill Kurtis hosts "COLD CASE FILES," in which forensic evidence is used to re-examine real criminal cases that have long been considered cold.
73) After Action
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Hosted by Air Force combat veteran Stacy Pearsall, After Action reveals the experiences of 21 veterans from across the country through candid conversations about what life is like before, during and after action. Pearsall’s own struggles to reconnect with society challenges her fellow veterans to probe deeper into their stories, helping to provide a better appreciation for those who’ve served.
Publisher
Doc & Film International
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Facebook, Amazon and Google provide us with around the clock access to the convenience of the digital world. Surveillance cameras on the streets take care of our security. But who actually collects our fingerprints, iris scans, online shopping preferences, and social media posting? Don´t we care about our privacy anymore? In his unique, charming, and curious way, filmmaker Werner Boote travels around the world (USA, UK, China, Hong Kong, Austria,...
Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"It's Union Time, people!" — the rallying cry of workers at the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina. Since its opening in 1993, employees of the plant have endured various abuses such as intimidation tactics, low pay, and dangerous working conditions which resulted in bodily injury and, on one occasion, death. Often treated as expendable, the workers came together and engaged in a 16-year-long struggle for the right...
77) Invisible Hands
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
This award-winning documentary exposes child labor and trafficking within the supply chains of the world’s biggest corporations, which produce some of our most loved items. Filmed across six countries, the documentary offers a harrowing account of children as young as five years old making the products we buy and consume every day. Chilling undercover footage shows children being sold like animals to the highest bidder and others being abused by...
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.
80) The Territories
Publisher
Pragda
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The desire to bear witness to the world’s great tragedies is addressed playfully by Ivan Granovsky in humorous THE TERRITORIES. It’s a miracle that this road movie even exists, it seems. The three previous times that director and protagonist attempted to make a film, he relates with a sense of self-mockery, turned into fiascos. An engrossing exploration into what it means to be a journalist, the film is about how we approach the conflicts –...
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