Your Parents Will Come Back

Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall(en)

Backed by a full band and a ready wit, actor Ben Platt opens up a very personal songbook onstage -- numbers from his debut LP, "Sing to Me Instead."

Dean Ormston - Working Class Superhero(en)

From early life in Yorkshire mining town, the documentary plots the rise of Comic Book artist Dean Ormston, co-creator of the Black Hammer universe, and his struggle to recovery from an event that almost cost him his career and his life.

Ways of Being Home ~ Between Northfield & Maltrata(en)

Ways of Being Home explores the immigrant experience from the perspective of the Mexican community living in Northfield, a college town in southern Minnesota. Most members of this immigrant community, about 70% or more, trace their roots back to Maltrata, a small agricultural municipality nestled in the mountains of the state of Veracruz.

Harvest of Empire(en)

This documentary traces the history of U.S. relations with Latin America and draws strong links to America's current immigration crisis. Decaying economies in much of Latin America are viewed as the result of ill-conceived U.S. policies.

Letter to a Child(sl)

"Letter to a Child" combines intimate conversations with perfect strangers and personal letters contemplating bits and pieces of life, collected and addressed to a child. In a series of “guided monologues” people – from kindergarten children to the vintage ages – are contemplating and reliving their lives. When they forget about the camera and they turn their eyes inside, the film starts. They are alone with themselves in front of us and then we are alone with ourselves, with our life, long passed, very present. Through the film the intimate diaries are silently drawing in the back a picture of human life of the last hundred years.

Stále spolu(cs)

Playing with Scorpions(en)

Between 1950 and 1958, John Marshall made four expeditions to film the Ju/'hoansi (a group of !Kung Bushmen) of the Nyae Nyae region of Namibia (then South West Africa). During this time, Marshall shot over 300,000 feet of 16mm film (157 hours). He later produced a total of 23 films exclusively from this footage. In this short film, children tempt fate by playing with scorpions.

Clean and Neat with Harv and Marv(en)

In this educational film about personal hygiene, Harv and Marv are animated characters in the real world. When Marv says he wants to become human, Harv shows him that real people have to bathe, wash their hands and teeth, and mind their appearance.

Lejos de la isla(en)

Prior to Fidel Castro's reign, Cuba was open to immigration. However, once Castro proclaimed himself dictator of Cuba, one of the largest exodus recorded began, one that continues today, 47 years after the Cuban Revolution. Six central characters of the film discuss in detail their personal experiences through Operation Pedro Pan, the Freedom Flights, El Mariel, the Rafter Crisis, and the Cuban Visa Lottery.

The 3 Rooms of Melancholia(fi)

A searing examination of the unrelenting Chechen conflict, observed through the prisms of a Russian military boys academy, a war-torn town and a children's refugee camp.

The Inheritors(es)

The Inheritors immerses us in the daily lives of children who, with their families, survive only by their unrelenting labor. Polgovsky spent two years filming in many of the poorest rural areas of Mexico.

Paradise Is There: A Memoir by Natalie Merchant(en)

Natalie Merchant's entire musical life encapsulated in this very personal film, which digs deep into the music through live performances, archival footage, and interviews. The memoir-style film contains live performances, archival footage, and interviews with musicians, friends, and fans about the influence the songs of Tigerlily have had over the past 20 years.

Last Chapter: Goodbye Nicaragua(es)

A film about guilt and blood-stained ideologies. A bomb explodes during a press conference in the jungle between Nicaragua and Costa Rica, killing more than 20 journalists. The Swedish journalist, Peter Torbiörnsson tries to discover who is behind this terrorist attack and end up discovering that his old friends are the ones who took his colleagues’ lives.

Berg Fidel(de)

Toss Me a Dime(es)

Everyday the children of the neighborhood known as "Tire Dié", in the city of Santa Fe, wait for the train to ask for money, shouting "Tire dié!" (toss me a dime!) to the passengers. Considered the first survey-on-film in Latin America.

Skateistan: To Live and Skate Kabul(en)

In a country with innumerable problems, Skateistan represents an oasis where children can be children and build the kinds of cross-cultural relationships that Afghanistan needs for future stability.

Italienischer Bauerntanz(de)

Two children, Ploetz and Larella, perform an Italian peasant dance.

Fists of Pride(en)

Fists of Pride follows Little Tiger and his fellow fighters as their Thai coaches prepare them for the annual Water Festival competition. In a boxing camp on the Thai-Burmese border the children of mostly illegal migrant workers fleeing Burma live and train for prize fights. In a region where combat sports have always been a matter of honor and money, the film reveals their daily struggles. Bets are open and as the hope of prize money rizes, the young boxers contemplate what it could mean for them and their families

Exiled: The Ugandan Asian Story(en)

The 40th anniversary of Idi Amin's expulsion of Ugandan Asians in 1972 coincides with the festival of Dussehra in which Hindus celebrate the victory of good over evil. Victims of this forced migration to Great Britain relive the shock and dangers of their escape, the hardship and heartbreak of their journey, arrival and first desperate days, to the turning points as they began to make new lives for themselves.

Criança, a Alma do Negócio(pt)

Filmmaker Estela Renner analyzes the effects that mass media and advertising have on children, showing how the industry discovered that they are the best targets for selling products. In addition to listening to them, the film talks to parents who report how influential their children are at home and how this is directly linked to advertisements, and experts debate the negative effects of this exposure.