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BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Barbara Attie, Janet Goldwater, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon)
Documentary of Sanchez, who played a key role in the Black Arts Movement of the Sixties.
Circle Of Poison (Country: US, India, Mexico, Argentina; Year: 2015; Director: Evan Mascagni, Shannon Post)
Outlining the impact on communities of banned pesticides that are still made for export and how those communities are fighting back.
The C Word (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Meghan O'Hara)
Documentary challenging our approach to cancer.
Frackman (Country: Australia; Year: 2015; Director: Richard Todd; Writer: John Collee, John Collee, Trish Lake, Simon Nasht, Sarah Rosetti, Sarah Rosetti, Jonathan Stack, Richard Todd, Richard Todd; Stars: Drew Hutton, Dayne Pratzky)
Story of an accidental activist who took on the big corporations over fracking.
The Invaders (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Prichard Smith; Writer: Prichard Smith, J.B. Horrell)
Documentary about the rise of civil rights activism in Memphis.
No Más Bebés (No More Babies) (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Renee Tajima-Pena)
A lawyer seeks justice for Latino women who were sterilised when they went to hospital to give birth.
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