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- Daughter from Danang
by Gail Dolgin and Vicente Franco
A Vietnamese mother and her Amerasian daughter are joyously reunited after 22 years, but their illusions are quickly shattered when the reality of cultural differences and years of separation sets in.
Now Screening through Wednesday, July 27 - Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes
by Byron Hurt
Take an in-depth look at masculinity in rap music and hip-hop culture — where creative genius, poetic beauty, and mad beats collide with misogyny, violence, and homophobia.
Screening Thursday, July 28 – Saturday, July 30 - Promises
by Justine Shapiro and B.Z. Goldberg
A compelling and humorous take on the Middle East conflict from the perspectives of seven Palestinian and Israeli children living only minutes apart in Jerusalem but locked in separate worlds.
Screening Sunday, July 31 – Tuesday, August 2 - The English Surgeon
by Geoffrey Smith and Rachel Wexler
A British neurosurgeon confronts the dilemmas of the doctor-patient relationship on his latest mission to Ukraine.
Screening Wednesday, August 3 – Friday, August 5 - New Year Baby
by Socheata Poeuv
Filmmaker Socheata Poeuv grew up in the United States never knowing that her family had survived the Khmer Rouge genocide. In New Year Baby, she embarks on a journey to Cambodia in search of the truth about her family’s past.
Screening Saturday, August 6 – Monday, August 8 - My Country, My Country
by Laura Poitras and Jocelyn S. Glatzer
Telling the behind-the-scenes story of the January 2005 national elections in Iraq, this provocative documentary is a testament to the courage of people willing to put their lives on the line for the promise of democracy.
Screening Tuesday, August 9 – Thursday, August 11 - China Blue
by Micha X. Peled
Jasmine left her village in a remote part of China to get a job and help her family. Now she and her teenage friends at the blue jean factory are trying to survive in a brutal work environment.
Screening Friday, August 12 – Sunday, August 14 - If I Can’t Do It
by Walter Brock
An unflinching portrait of a disabled man who is pushing for independence and an equal slice of the American pie.
Screening Monday, August 15 – Wednesday, August 17 - Please Vote for Me
by Weijun Chen
Please Vote for Me follows 8-year-old students in an elementary school in China as they campaign for class monitor.
Screening Thursday, August 18 – Saturday, August 20 - King Corn
by Aaron Woolf, Curt Ellis, and Ian Cheney
Two recent college graduates plant a single acre of the nation’s most powerful crop – corn – and set out to follow it on its journey from a seed to the dinner plate.
Screening Sunday, August 21 – Tuesday, August 23 - Girls Like Us
by Jane C. Wagner and Tina DiFeliciantonio
A disarming look into the lives of teenage girls, working to shape their identities in the ’90s.
Screening Wednesday, August 24 – Friday, August 26 - Still Life With Animated Dogs
From his dark days in Communist Czechoslovakia through brighter times in the United States, animator Paul Fierlinger has navigated through life with dog as his co-pilot.
Screening Saturday, August 27 – Monday, August 29