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Garbage Dreams
USA, 2009, 79 min.
With no organized sanitation in Cairo, the Zabbaleen, a minority group in Egypt, have for generations collected and recycled the city's garbage. Now, suddenly, foreign companies move in, recycling ceases, and the three Zabbaleen boys have to fight for their families' survival.... more
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London River
United Kingdom, 2009, 87 min.
A tough but tender drama of two strangers discovering a common destiny. As they seek their missing children in the wake of the 2005 London terror attack, a piece of evidence unites them in a way neither could ever imagine and helps surmount racial and cultural misunderstanding.... more
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Mugabe and the White African
Namibia, 2009, 94 min.
The tribulations of white farmer Mike Campbell and his family in Mugabe's Zimbabwe are brought to chilling life in this riveting Academy Award-shortlisted documentary. After Mugabe's "land reform" announcement led to farmers being assaulted and chased from their land, the Campbell clan fight.... more
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My Neighbor, My Killer
USA, 2009, 80 min.
Since 2001, the Gacaca Tribunals in Rwanda have tried to reconcile the victims and the perpetrators of the 1994 Rwandan genocide; Anne Aghion has been there documenting things from the beginning. Here she shows predominantly female survivors confronting the men who murdered their families.... more
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Shirley Adams
South Africa, 2009, 92 min.
A searing, unsentimental story of a mother whose world is forever changed when her son is left paralyzed by a stray bullet in a gang shootout. Struggling after her husband walks out and battling meddling hospital authorities, Shirley refuses to seek charity or compassion.... more
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Sweet Crude
Nigeria, 2009, 93 min.
Ten percent of our oil supply comes from Nigeria, but few of us know the social and environmental devastation that the oil business wreaks there. This film exposes the corruption and the growing militant reaction to the politically irresponsible oil companies.... more
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White Wedding
South Africa, 2009, 93 min.
Elvis and Ayanda are getting married. Elvis just needs to get from Johannesburg to Cape Town for the big event. Take a sweet South African road trip through the hills and valleys of love, friendship and post-apartheid culture clashes.... more
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