Films
2011 Films
Afghan Star
Directed by Havana Marking
After 30 years of Taliban and wartime rule, pop culture is creeping back into Afghanistan. Director Havana Marking has captured …
Amreeka
Directed by Cherien Dabis
Director Cherien Dabis’s auspicious debut feature, AMREEKA, is a warm and lighthearted film about one Palestinian family’s …
Boy
Directed by Taika Waititi
It’s 1984, and Michael Jackson is king—even in Waihau Bay, New Zealand. Here we meet Boy, an 11-year-old who lives on a farm …
Freedom Riders
Directed by Stanely Nelson
In 1961 segregation seemed to have an overwhelming grip on American society. Many states violently enforced the policy, while …
La Mission
Directed by Peter Bratt
Set in the colorful, seedy streets of the San Francisco district that bears its name, LA MISSION is a story of redemption …
Last Train Home
Directed by Lixin Fan
Each year in China more than 130 million migrant workers travel home for the New Year's holiday—the one time they’ll reunite …
A Small Act
Directed by Jennifer Arnold
As an impoverished boy in Kenya, Chris Mburu's life was dramatically changed when an anonymous Swedish woman sponsored his …
Son of Babylon
Directed by Mohamed Al-Daradji
In 2003, three weeks after the fall of Saddam Hussein, Ahmed, an energetic 12-year-old Kurdish boy, travels with his …
Udaan
Directed by Vikramaditya Motwane
Rohan, an expelled youth has to come to terms with a new life with his estranged and authoritarian father in an Indian …
Winter’s Bone
Directed by Debra Granik
Deep in the Ozark Mountains, clans live by a code of conduct that no one dares defy—until an intrepid teenage girl has no other …
