Asian American

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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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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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"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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Listen Up! Northwest is a weekly collaborative community radio program focused on environmental, social and economic issues, creative culture and, above all, civic engagement in the Northwest. Currently aired on ten stations, it is the only regional community radio project of its kind.

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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.

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Not My Life is a feature-length documentary film about the horrifying practices of modern-day slavery and global human trafficking, which affect millions of children, women, and men in virtually every country on earth.

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Through the personal experiences of several rowers from diverse backgrounds, MAKING WAVES (60:00) looks at the challenges and tensions facing this historically white, tradition-bound sport as it rubs against efforts to increase access, affordability and diversity in the sport. Representing the sport's storied past and potential future, the individual stories interweave with an historical arc which marks the sport's evolution in terms of class, gender and race.