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- 'Unbeaten,' the second film from award-winning documentary filmmakers Steven C. Barber and Tamara Henry, is an inspirational story that chronicles the exploits of 31 paraplegics for six days, as they make their way in wheelchairs and hand cycles in the toughest road race in the world. The course winds 267 miles though the mountain passes of Denali National Park between Fairbanks and Anchorage. The film takes us into the 55 mile-per-day grind of three wheelchair racers. The story transitions midway through as the filmmaker follows the elite racers of the U.S. Paralympics squad, Oz Sanchez (current Paralympic gold medalist and fastest man in the world in a hand cycle) and Alejandro Albor (Paralympic silver medalist) in their quest to medal at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics.
- After selling herself at fourteen to a brothel inside her home town of Svay Pak, Mien takes an undesired path all over Cambodia for the remainder of her teenage life. At twenty, her path crosses with a group of people fighting to make a difference, bringing her long and onerous journey back to face where it all began. The Pink Room is an intertwined story of the heart-rending, epic battle to end sex slavery, from rescue to prevention, and experiencing first hand, the need to change not just individuals, but the communities they come from. Most documentaries on trafficking only bring awareness to the problem. This film bring awareness to the solutions.
- Occupied Kuwait, 1990. Two dead bodies lie in the street. Day after day, everyone passes them by, afraid to stop. Except one man.
- The important tradition of Islamic education in Senegal has been left to develop in disturbingly perverted ways. 50.000 Koranic students (Talibes), young boys between 4 and 15 years old are subjected to exploitation in conditions akin to slavery. They are forced to beg on the streets by their Koranic schoolteachers and suffer severe physical abuse and neglect. Following the staff of local grassroots NGO 'La Maison de la Gare' (MDG) during their daily efforts to find solutions for the terrible conditions the boys are subjected to, the documentary sets out on a poetic exploration of the nature and circumstances that breed and prolong the suffering of these children.
- A woman who grew up with a mentally-ill mother, tries to find her brother, who hears imaginary friends in his head and has wandered off, possibly suffering from the same illness as his mother had.
- A man who lives alone and he is surrounded by his childhood memories tries to experience something different by making an unusual conversation with a young escort girl for a night.
- The story of how a small boxing gym in rural South Carolina has impacted the national boxing scene.
- War. Famine. Disease. Poverty. These words often correspond with the ongoing crises in Kenya. Women are at the heart of these issues solely because of their gender. Yet despite such political unrest, social turmoil, skewed sexism and relentless poverty, there are enthralling stories of strength, perseverance and dignity.In this documentary, Genes, Peninah and Grace share stories of triumph over adversity. Their lives are dedicated to empowering widows and orphans to live freely in hope.
- A Greek tragedy told in Chinese pop music. The tragic events of a boat captain trying to collect a debt to save his fleet of boats, as remembered by his ten year old son.
- The Spirit Horse Therapeutic Ranch in Denton, TX uses cutting edge research in horse therapy to help veterans with PTSD and traumatic brain injury, along with children, young, and people with special needs, including a variety of mental and physical conditions (including ground breaking therapy for Alzheimer's) all at no cost to them. "First words, first steps" is a phrase that often use, as they've seen 107 children and young adults speak for the first time, 63 take their first steps, and 54 sit up for the first time. In the words of a mother of a child with down syndrome, the progress made through Spirit Horse therapy has been "nothing short of a miracle!"
- The story of Mexican rodeo women told through a team of horsewomen in California known as Las Azaleas.
- 'STIGMA' follows young filmmakers Jeff Johns and Ryan Lougridge as they travel the globe in search of answers as to why more hasn't been done to completely eradicate leprosy for good. Through India, Nepal, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, they talk to WHO doctors, aid workers, meet those affected in colonies and try to understand why more isn't being done to whip out the World's oldest and most misunderstood disease.
- 'This is My Normal' is a sobering documentary exploring two primary questions, 'What is poverty?' and 'What is normal for the world's poor?', through stories and imagery from the slums in Nairobi, Kenya. In particular, the film focuses on the people of the Mathare Valley - a section of the Mathare Slums often referred to as the 'Forgotten Valley.' While the living conditions, unemployment, and health concerns are an embodiment of the (global) poverty issues, it is the 'mindset' that is the gravest of concerns. The film tackles this issue alongside the abundance of 'quick fix' solutions often presented by NGOs and sporadic visits from the West. Ultimately, 'This is My Normal' is an invitation to a conversation about some of the world's forgotten places.
- A birthday becomes a watershed event in the life of a boy on his journey to manhood. In 1940, a black boy must escape north under threat of lynching in his home state of Mississippi. Fifteen years later, desirous of a journey home to reunite with his mother and family, he faces the dilemma of whether or not the South, as it was when he left, is the same.
- Pastor Clayton Goliher runs a homeless shelter and rehab program for youth. He also runs a successful program teaching the youth about inventions and patenting. They have licensed products to several large toy companies.