The First Grader
The story of an 84-year-old Kenyan man's fight for education and equality.
Four Days Inside Guantanamo
Documentary based on security camera footage from an encounter in Guantanamo Bay between a team of Canadian intelligence agents and Canadian citizen Omar Khadr, then a 16-year-old detainee.
Granito
Documentary charting the Mayan people's fight for justice in Guatemala and the key role played by documentarian Pamela Yates.
The Green Wave
Story of the 2009 Iranian elections and subsequent protests, told by bloggers from within the country

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Incendies
A mother's past sends her twin children on a Middle Eastern odyssey.
Life, Above All
A 12-year-old girl struggles to protect her family as her stepfather descends into alcoholism and her mother becomes increasingly ill, in a small town full of prejudice and hostility.
Lost Angels
The plight of those on Los Angeles' Skid Row.

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The Oath
The story of two men whose fateful encounter in 1996 set them on a course of events that led them to Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden, 9/11, Guantanamo, and the US Supreme Court.
The Pipe
A documentary about a County Mayo campaign against the laying of a new Shell oil pipeline.
Pushing The Elephant
A mother is reunited with the daughter 12 years after she was separated from her during the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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A Small Act
Giving poor children in Kenya a chance of further education and offering them hope for a better life.
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