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The Babushkas of Chernobyl
The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone looks like a bucolic paradise. The sky is blue, the grass is green, and the fish are biting. As Valentyna Ivanivna states at the outset, there is probably more pollution in...
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Act Out: Shorts Program
From Palestine to Italy, civil war and other humanitarian crises have forced kids around the world to discover different ways to preserve their sense of agency and dignity. This program of short films...
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Skin
In the face of the bitter horror of the Syrian situation, three young artists (Sobhi, Hussein, and Afraa) attempt to find some meaning in their lives through art and theatre. These might seem like...
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This Land is Your Land: Shorts Program
The Re-naming of PKOLS Steven Davies | Canada | 2015 | 4 mins In May 2013, the WSÁNEĆ and Lekwungen Nations led a march to rename a sacred mountain in their territory, honouring their ancestors and...
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Do Not Resist
Ferguson was a watershed moment for both race and class relations in America. The most troubling images of the protests, following the death of Michael Brown, showed police officers equipped like...
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Roshmia
An elderly Palestinian couple’s rundown home in the Roshmia Valley, close to the Israeli city of Haifa, is the scene for a slowly unfolding tragedy. Yousef and Amna have lived in their tumbledown...
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Yallah! Underground
The revolutionary power of music is the subject of Farid Eslam’s rollicking documentary, buoyed along by performances from some of the Arab world’s most exciting new performers. As part of guest...
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A Good American
Edward Snowden’s revelations started an ongoing conversation about government surveillance of our data and communications. With news of the possible fate of Bill C-51, and Apple’s ongoing legal battle...
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The Peacemaker
Padraig (Patrick) O’Malley is a conflict mediator par excellence, and his clients include such war-torn countries and communities as Northern Ireland, South Africa, the Middle East, and former...
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The Crossing
The Crossing tells the difficult story of individuals forced into displacement. The characters in focus are a group of Syrian refugees whose lives are thrown into turmoil as they attempt to flee across...
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