A Child Shall Lead Them

Directed by: Rachel Lawson, John Edgerton, Terrie Lawrence
Produced by: John Egerton

Short Documentary

Three African-Americans who entered the first grade in Nashville on Sept. 9, 1957, at previously all-white schools, and their parents discuss the courage required to respond to Brown vs. The Board of Education. Told through the use of first-person narratives, archival photos and archival footage.

American Sadanista

Directed/Produced by: Jason Blalock

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At the height of the Cold War, thousands of Americans disobeyed White House warnings and descended upon Nicaragua, determined to lend their skills and labor to the left-wing Sandinista revolution. American/Sandinista tells the story of three U.S. engineers who went further than anyone expected, and paid the ultimate price.

Be The Change

Directed by: David Chernushenko

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Short Documentary

Be the Change is an upbeat documentary that makes stars out of ordinarypeople who are trying to live more sustainably. In the first film from the LivingLightly Project, David Chernushenko looks at what motivates these local heroesand reveals the challenges and rewards of trying to live more lightly. It is acelebration of the human spirit.

Beyond Our Differences

Directed/Produced by: Peter Bisanz

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Feature Documentary

Exploring the positive role of faith and spirituality in the world today to understand how we are all interconnected.

Dalai Lama Renaissance

Directed/Produced by: Khashyar Darvich

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Feature Documentary

At the edge of the Millennium, The Dalai Lama of Tibet invited 40 of the West’s leading, most innovative thinkers in their respective fields to his residence tucked away in the Himalayan mountains of Northern India to discuss the world’s problems and how we can solve them. The resulting feature-length documentary, “Dalai Lama Renaissance,” has already received a very positive response, and will be widely released and distributed in the second half of 2008. “Dalai Lama Renaissance” is narrated by actor Harrison Ford.

Diamonds in the Rough

Directed by: Brett Mazurek

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Feature Documentary

From the ashes of 4 decade of war, AIDS and corruption in Uganda, Africa, The Bataka Squad artists, Babaluku and Saba Saba, rise to forge a revolutionary path using music. They are on a mission to empower the forgotten youth of Africa from within, while spreading their message of hope around the globe. Narrated by Spearhead singer Michael Franti, follow the Bataka movement to amplify the spirit of the next generation in this musical journey. It only takes one voice to raise a nation.

Empire

Directed by: Alex DeMille

Short Narrative

A troubled young man seeks revenge against a prominent right-wing news commentator.

Fall In Line

Directed by: Andy Musser

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Animation

Fall in Line is an animated short that examines the issue of war and free speech co-existing in society.

Flowers of Rwanda

Directed by: David Munoz

Short Documentary

Rwanda. 14 years after the genocide that took away the lives of more than 800.000 people. What's the current situation of the country? What feelings prevail in the hearts of the victims? Can victims and killers live together? What's the importance of education in a society that has lived through a genocide? May a genocide happen again in Rwanda? Who should act when a genocide is happening? Do we, as individuals, have any responsibility?

Full Cover Girl

Directed by: Folke Rydén

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Short Documentary

Full Cover Girl follows Abir and Jinan, two of Iraq's aspiring female politicians, in their dramatic struggle to make their voices heard in the new democracy.

Habibi

Directed by: Sami Kahn

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Hours before his deployment to Iraq, an Arab-American soldier in the US Army must confront his estranged father.

Happy New Year

Directed/Produced by: K. Lorrel Manning

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Short Narrative

Back from Iraq. The battle has just begun.

Hope for the Future

Directed/Produced by: Kent Nason

Feature Documentary

Feature documentary that follows the efforts of thirty-two incrediable youth who travel to the Balkans to attend a peace conference and extend hope and peace to the chldren of Serbia.

Hot Wind

Directed/Produced by: Kirsten Alaqidy

Short Documentary

Hot Wind: America's Fallout Casualties relives the era of the nuclear weapons testing at the Nevada Test Site as experienced by the downwind residents of Parowan, Utah.

Living With Landmines

Directed by: John Severson

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Short Documentary

Living with Land mines is a short film about understanding the land mine problem in Cambodia through the story of a former Child Soldier and his land mine museum.

Maybe

Directed by: Sam Chou

Animation

A young perspective in a changing world asks the question: Why are we so scared?
'Maybe' is a beautiful, poetic look at the decisions we make everyday.

Mira

Directed by: Michael Berry

Short Documentary

'Mira' is an uplifting journey of three people strangely connected by chance and fate, that will awaken in you the truth of one of life's simplest gifts.

My American Neighbor

Directed by: Irina Patkanian

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Short Documentary

Filmmaker travels to Russia, France, Greece, Egypt and Italy to interview U.S. citizens who live abroad about patriotism, freedom, pursuit of happiness, and the importance of distance for one’s understanding of homeland.

Newtown

Directed by: Justin Whiteman
Produced by: Shaun Springer, Bob Levitan and Chris Moore

Feature Narrative

In 1997, Rich Price ran for Mayor of Newtown, pledging to "clean up the Northside!" By blending fiction and documentary, NEWTOWN uniquely captures just how crazy the "American Dream" can become.

Of Time and the Spirit

Directed/Produced by: Tonia Shimin

Short Narrative

Elegantly engaging, Of Time and the Spirit is a meditation on the diverse and often magical world of a dancer reflecting upon her life in time and place. Mesmerizing and delicately nuanced, the dance of memory seems to grow as if through a chambered nautilus opening to the world.