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The Dawn Will Break
David Alexander & Micklina Peter Kenyi
Sister Luise Radlmeier learned to face the heinous realities of a genocidal war as a young child during the Holocaust. She went on to save over a thousand Southern Sudanese orphans, many who were young girls, from a similar war some forty years later. As Sister Luise and her orphan “daughters” disclose their life stories, the never-been-told true story of the Lost Girls of the Sudan is finally revealed.
Default: The Student Loan Documentary
Serge Bakalian
Default is a feature-length documentary chronicling the
stories of borrowers from different backgrounds affected by the private
student lending industry and their struggles to change the system.  In 2005
private student loans were exempted from all consumer protections.  No
matter when their loans were taken, many borrowers find themselves in a
paralyzing predicament of repaying two, three or multiple times the original
amount borrowed, with no bankruptcy protection, no cap on fees and penalties
and no recourse to the law.

Diana Apcar, The Unknown Force
Mimi Malayan, Arthur Muradyan, Ekaterina Rossikhina
Diana Apcar was a unique woman, the consul of Armenia to Japan, who overcame her personal tragedies and broke stereotypes of the early 20th century's turbulent era. Unfamiliar textures, sounds, and contrasting values of Japan, Russia, India, and the Ottoman Empire, reveal the harmony and hope generated from one person's persistent and relentless commitment to helping the forgotten.
The Disposable Film Festival
Carlton Evans
Selected by MovieMaker Magazine as one the world’s “coolest film festivals,” the Disposable Film Festival was created in 2007 to support and celebrate the democratization of cinema made possible by new, inexpensive video technology. DFF offers a legitimate forum in which the work of zero-budget and non-traditional filmmakers is taken seriously and exhibited in theaters around the United States and internationally. Through workshops, competitions, panels, and other events intended to educate and inspire, the Disposable Film Festival promotes experimentation and helps build the track record needed for a new generation of filmmakers to enter and change the industry. Disposable kicks off in San Francisco every March before traveling to cities around the world.
Do I Need This
Kate Schermerhorn
Do I Need This is an irreverent environmentally motivated film about American consumerism, excess, and what we really need in life. Armed with offbeat humor, colorful imagery and eccentric characters, this quirky and provocative film examines what we buy, why we buy and how our own lives, and the planet at large, are impacted by our purchasing choices.
Dónde Están?
David Walter Lech
Inspired by the memory of his murdered friends, a man overcomes 35 years of memory suppression in order to find justice for the torture he endured as a political prisoner in Chile.
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