Asian

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Threads is a documentary film about a Bangladeshi Muslim woman who overcomes physical, social  and economic hardships and liberates herself and other women by creating timeless works of art.

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Rise of the Phoenix is a feature length documentary that examines how the unprecedented transformation of China's economy is changing the roles, rights and status of modern day Chinese women as witnessed by four or five women from very different social and economic backgrounds. These intimate and sometimes heart-breaking stories reflect a remarkable sexual revolution redefining one-fifth of the world's population despite a gender-biased tradition.

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In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps, this hour-long radio documentary will portray experiences of volunteers from every decade, in every region, using audio they recorded while serving. The archive recordings from the field will be complemented by contemporary interviews with the returned Peace Corps volunteers and with historians who've written about the Peace Corps.    

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Song of the Bird King is a 90 min documentary about two musicians who follow the almost extinct Bird King in the sky and find and meet seven disappearing tribes across the Philippine Islands. While it might be too late to reverse the environmental devastation threatening the tribes' existence, the two set up to record their oral traditions, music and dance before their existence becomes definite and irreversible.

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Three Roma ("Gypsy") children from a small Transylvanian town participate in a project to desegregate the local school, struggling against indifference, tradition and bigotry with humor, optimism and sass. Our School is a captivating and often funny story about hope and race, and an elegy about generational prejudice and squandered opportunities.

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The Last Days of Beijing’s Hutongs is an hour long documentary film that explores the complexities of modernization and development in urban environments, and the effect it has on individual lives in China. 

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"Television can be better than television is", this educational, historical and inspirational documentary about the TV LAB at Thirteen/WNET (1972-1984) reminds us. While the Internet and digital technology allow anyone today to create and distribute video, what is missing is the strong commissioning editor and collaborative atmosphere ofthe TV LAB that nurtured memorable video art, revolutionary documentary, experimental drama and led to extraordinary careers.

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Documentary film that follows the once-in-a-lifetime journey that goats make from the heart of the Nepalese Himalayas to Kathmandu. It is at the end of this journey that they will be sacrificed in honor of the Goddess Durga, during the holy Nepali festival known as Dashain.