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New and Notable

Girl Model
This film follows Ashley, a model scout who scours the Siberian countryside, and Nadya, a 13-year-old lured to Tokyo with promises of a profitable modeling career.

In The News

The Island President
President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, who brought democracy to the island nation after decades of despotic rule, now faces an even greater challenge: global warming.

Film Activism

Pink Ribbons, Inc.
If you're inspired by this film and want to know how you can make a difference, download a Think Before You Pink Toolkit® at  www.bcaction.org/toolkit

History Lessons

The Most Dangerous Man in America
In 1971, Pentagon official Daniel Ellsberg concluded that the Vietnam War was based on decades of lies and leaked top secret documents to the press.

From Around the World

Fambul Tok
Victims and perpetrators of Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war come together in tradition-based truth-telling and forgiveness ceremonies to build sustainable peace.

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Mumia:
Long Distance Revolutionary

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Top Ten Documentaries

1. Nurses
A rare look into the complex, exciting and challenging world of nursing.

2. Orchestra of Exiles
The story of how one man saved nearly 1,000 Jews from the Nazis.

3. Surviving Progress
Will the progress traps that destroyed past civilizations be the end of ours?

4. The Island President
The leader of an island nation tries to save his country from global warming.

5. Three Stars
See what goes into the world's most important restaurant review book.

6. Photographic Memory
The latest from Sherman's March filmmaker Ross McElwee.

7. Chely Wright: Wish Me Away
The intimate story of the first Nashville music star to come out as gay.

8. The Knowledge of Healing
A fascinating and persusasive examination of Tibetan medicine.

9. Dancing Dreams
A joyful portait of late dancer-choreographer Pina Bausch.

 

10. For the Bible Tells Me So
Homosexuality meets Biblical scripture in this eye-opening doc.