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The Black ListWhere In The World Is Osama Bin Laden?
(Country: USA; Director: Sacha Gervasi)
At 14, best friends Robb Reiner and Lips made a pact to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, hailed as the "demi-gods of Canadian metal", influenced a musical generation that includes Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax, despite never hitting the big time. Following a calamitous European tour, Lips and Robb, now in their fifties, set off to record their 13th album in one last attempt to fulfill their boyhood dreams.

(Country: USA; Director: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders; Writer: Elvis Mitchell)
Journalist Elvis Mitchell interviews 20 African American leaders, ranging from athletes and academics to politicians, social activists, and artists, providing a series of living portraits - a unique glimpse into the zeitgeist of black America - and redefining traditional notions of a "blacklist". See:

(Country: US; Director: Susan Koch; Writer: Susan Koch; Cast: Narrated by Colin Farrell)
The lives of homeless people are changed forever through an international soccer competition. This film follows six players as they set off for Cape Town, South Africa to play in the Homeless World Cup.

(Country: USA; Director: Seth Kramer, Daniel A Miller, Jeremy Newberger; Writer: Daniel A Miller)
David and Greg are The Linguists, who document languages on the verge of extinction. In the rugged landscapes of Siberia, India, and Bolivia, their resolve is tested by institutionalised racism and violent economic unrest.

(Country: USA; Director: Stacy Peralta; Writer: Stacy Peralta, Sam George)
With a first-person look at the notorious Crips and Bloods, this film examines the conditions that have led to decades of devastating gang violence among young African Americans growing up in South Los Angeles.

(Country: France; Director: Morgan Spurlock; Writer: Jeremy Chilnick, Morgan Spurlock; Cast: Morgan Spurlock)
Morgan Spurlock goes in search of the al-Qaeda leader. See:

(Country: UK; Director: Stephen Walker)
A choir of Massachusetts senior citizens delights audiences worldwide with their covers of songs by everyone from The Clash and Coldplay to Jimi Hendrix and Sonic Youth.

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