Indigenous Rights

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Two environmental films filled with hope: Tales of the San Joaquin Revision, the total success story of the contemporary restoration of the San Joaquin River after an eighteen-year lawsuit; and Tulare Lake, the prospects for restoring what was once the largest lake west of the Mississippi River.

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Above the Arctic Circle, a poor indigenous village that is swiftly eroding due to global warming is short-listed as one of Alaska’s most endangered communities.

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A Fierce Green Fire is a documentary which tells stories of environmental activism – people trying to save the planet, their homes, their lives, the future. The first overview of the environmental movement, the film spans five decades and brings together all the issues and causes.

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The phrase “Native American music” may not invoke tubas and baton twirlers, but brass band music has been a part of Native culture for over a century. Combining portraits of contemporary bands and archival material, Native American Marching Bands (w.t) offers an unexpected view into this vibrant music scene.

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BREAKING FREE, for the first time, brings in front of the camera gay, lesbians and transgenders from the closeted Indian queer community to share their stories of pain and hope, of the legal and social atrocities they suffer and their cry for a life of equality and dignity. The film captures a community in indignation, a society in transition and the euphoria around the recent decriminalizing of homosexuality in India.

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SECRETS OF THE HOLLOW, a one-hour documentary, will for the first time reveal the hidden history of blacks in Rockland County’s since the 1600’s. It will expose the efforts of Rockland’s controlling elite to wipe out the history of blacks and cover up remnants of slavery.

 

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Ipuina Kontatu: The Basque Way is a documentary which explores 25 centuries of Basque culture and considers its preservation as a tale about the twin possibilities of tradition and innovation. The dramatic struggle of adoption and adaptation by which Basque culture has flourished while preserving its ancient roots offers a paradigm by which to consider the essential core of cultural identities and their situation in modern and global society.

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The Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers organizes an annual tour of independent film screenings featuring post-screening discussions with the filmmaker throughout a nine-state region of the southeastern United States. Southern Circuit is a program of the Southern Arts Federation.

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This innovative documentary combines original and archival footage with animation to tell the story of the great Senegalese filmmaker/novelist Ousmane Sembene, who used storytelling as a means of political resistance and cultural renaissance. By dedicating his life to creating meaningful, fully African works, Sembene created a potent counter-narrative to the alienating stories presented by outsiders from Europe and the U.S.