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AFTER THE FALL
Ten years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, AFTER THE FALL searches for traces of this monolith within the people who lived in its shadow.
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THE ATOM SMASHERS
The quest of a group of scientists to find the most elusive sub-atomic particles ever theorized: the Higgs boson.
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CRANK: Darkness on the Edge of Town
CRANK is an anatomy of one Tennessee town's waking nightmare and struggle against methamphetamine addiction.
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THE DAY MY GOD DIED
This unforgettable examination of the growing plague of sex slavery weaves footage from Bombay brothels with stories of young girls whose lives have been shattered by the child sex trade.
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DISCOVERING DOMINGA
A young mother living in Iowa discovers she is a survivor of one of the most egregious massacres in Guatemala's 36 year civil war, forcing her to confront her identity and the truth about her past.
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DOC
An experimental biography of literary figure Harold Louis "Doc" Humes, by his daughter, which seeks to tell a tale crammed full of ideas about politics, literature, protest, paranoia, and madness--in a fittingly home-made, improvisational style.
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ESCAPE FROM AUSCHWITZ
The story of two young Slovak Jews who managed to escape and help save as many as 120,000 Jews by sharing their detailed account of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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GREAT WALL ACROSS THE YANGTZE
In the heart of China engineers are constructing the world's largest dam across the legendary Yangtze River. Critics fear the dam will be a social and environmental disaster.
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GREY GARDENS: From East Hampton to Broadway
The story of the eccentric and often humorous mother-daughter duo that set the stage for a classic documentary and later a Broadway musical, both of which have impacted the art, entertainment and fashion communities.
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HELVETICA
A film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture, HELVETICA looks at the proliferation of one typeface.
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JESUS POLITICS, THE BIBLE & THE BALLOT
Israeli born filmmaker Ilan Ziv journeys 2,000 miles across America to discover the complex relationship between faith and politics during the 2008 presidential primary elections.
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KNEE DEEP
The true story of attempted murder in a small town in Maine.
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MARCH POINT
The journey of three teens from the Swinomish Indian Tribe who make a film about the threat from two local oil refineries.
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MUSKRAT LOVELY
A portrait of a close-knit Chesapeake Bay community and its annual National Outdoor Show, MUSKRAT LOVELY traces the events leading up to the 50th crowning of Miss Outdoors.
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THE NARCOTIC FARM
The story of the U.S. Public Health Service Narcotics Farm, a federal prison for the rehabilitation of drug addicts and how government scientists tried for 40 years to discover a cure for drug addiction.
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OKIE NOODLING
Originally a Native American hunting practice, noodling--catching a fish with your bare hands--has survived for hundreds of years as a sport with its own distinctive sub-culture.
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OPERATION FILMMAKER
An Iraqi film student, Muthana Mohmed--whose school was destroyed by American bombs--lands a dream job working on a Hollywood movie.
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OROZCO: Man of Fire
Follow the life of Mexican muralist Jose Clemente Orozco, whose dramatic life, iconoclastic personality and dynamic paintings have changed the way we view art and politics.
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PAPERBACK DREAMS
Focusing on two landmark booksellers: Cody's and Kepler's Books, PAPERBACK DREAMS is the story of the rise and fall of the independent bookstore.
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PLEASE VOTE FOR ME
PLEASE VOTE FOR ME follows eight-year-old students in an elementary school in China as they campaign for class monitor.
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RESERVED TO FIGHT
In the first three years since returning home from active duty, four U.S. Marines fight the internal battle of reintegration.
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REVOLUTION '67
REVOLUTION '67 returns to Newark, New Jersey in the summer of 1967 to reveal the untold story of what happened during the Newark rebellion.
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SHARED HISTORY
The great great granddaughter of a slaveowner and a descendant of a slave seek to reconcile the connections between their families with the reality of slavery.
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SMITTEN
Meet Rene: at age 85, this unusual art collector continues to search for the work of northern California artists, hoping to make his next great discovery.
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TAKING THE HEAT: The First Women Fire Fighters of New York City
Profiling the eventful career of Captain Brenda Berkman, TAKING THE HEAT tells the story of the first women firefighters' struggle for fairness in a system that was, and still is, heavily biased against them.
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WOLVES IN PARADISE
Montana ranchers' struggle against Yellowstone's roaming wolf packs and encroaching development.
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WONDERS ARE MANY: The Making of Doctor Atomic
WONDERS ARE MANY tells the story of making a grand opera about the birth of the atomic bomb.
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WORDPLAY
WORDPLAY presents an entertaining and informative look at the editor of "The New York Times" crossword, Will Shortz, and the puzzle constructors with whom he collaborates.
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