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Bhutto

Duane Baughman, Johnny O’hara | First Run Features, 2010 | Pakistan

Bhutto chronicles the life and assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan and the first female-elected leader of a primarily Muslim nation. Read More »

Last Train Home

Lixin Fan | Zeitgeist Films, 2010 | China

In Last Train Home, the effects of globalization come to life through the story of one Chinese family. Read More »

For the Next Seven Generations

Carol Hart | Laughing Willow Company , 2009 | Global

Like the healing medicines prepared by the grandmothers in this film, Carol Hart’s documentary is a salve, infused with prayer and purpose for a wounded planet. Read More »

My Toxic Baby

Min Sook Lee | Women Make Movies, 2009 | Canada

Imagine a world in which everything in a child’s environment, from the product rubbed into her gentle skin, to the toys she puts in her mouth, are a ticking time bomb of dangerous toxins. Read More »

Kick in Iran

Fatima Abdollahyan | Brave New Work Film Productions, 2009 | Iran

Iran has a new heroine: Sara Khoshjamal, the first female to represent Iran in the Olympics. Read More »

Tapestries of Hope

Michealene Cristini Risley | Fresh Water Spigot, 2009 | Zimbabwe

Michealene Cristini Risley and Betty Makoni share a powerful connection: They were both sexually abused as children and were told to keep quiet about it. Read More »

El General

Natalia Almada | Women Make Movies, 2009 | Mexico

In El General, a set of tapes inherited from her grandmother launches director Natalia Almada on a journey through family memory and Mexico’s troubled past. Read More »

Crude

Joe Berlinger | Entendre Films, 2009 | Ecuador

Marina Aguinda, an elder of Ecuador’s Cofán tribe, opens Crude with a poignant song. “What will become of my people?” she sings. Read More »

Unveiled Views

Alba Sotorra Clua | Women Make Movies, 2009 | Afghanistan/Bosnia/Iran/Pakistan/Turkey

Unveiled Views is the story of five female visionaries, warriors, and artists. Read More »

Fifteen years ago in Rwanda, a hundred days of rampant killings left a million dead and a nation shattered to its core by genocide. Today, the people of Rwanda continue on a path toward recovery—a recovery that is largely dependent on acts of forgiveness. Read More »

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