Social Issues
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    Rize (2005)

    Filmmaker David LaChapelle examines an energetic dance form known as ``krumping'' that originated in...

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    Our Daily Bread (2006)

    Filmmaker Nikolaus Geyrhalter uses graphic images and sounds to chronicle the sometimes unsettling...

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    Bowling for Columbine (2002)

    Filmmaker Michael Moore's Oscar-winning examination of gun violence and America's love affair with...

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    Food, Inc. (2009)

    An unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.

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    The Boys of Baraka (2005)

    Follows a group of twenty 12-year-old boys from the most violent ghettos of Baltimore who are chosen...

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    The Hip Hop Project (2007)

    Chris ``Kharma Kazi'' Rolle founds a music program for New York's at-risk youth and encourages them...

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    Darfur Now (2007)

    Don Cheadle, Adam Sterling and four other individuals try to turn the world's attention to the...

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    King Corn (2007)

    Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on the east coast, move to the heartland to...

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    Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

    Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore creates a searing examination of the Bush...

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    Sicko (2007)

    Filmmaker Michael Moore diagnoses the malady afflicting America's health-care system and talks about...

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    The 11th Hour (2007)

    Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking are among those who...

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    Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (2008)

    Filmmaker Christopher Bell examines the use of steroids among professional athletes, including his...

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    Protocols of Zion (2005)

    Filmmaker Marc Levin explores anti-Semitism and the myth that no Jews died in the Sept. 11 terrorist...

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    MondoVino (2005)

    Filmmaker and sommelier Jonathan Nossiter examines the wine industry around the world.

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    Fired! (2007)

    Interviews with comics, economists and other people with even more ordinary jobs give takes on being...

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    35 Up (1992)

    Ongoing examination of a group of 7 year-old children that was to be a "glimpse of Britain's future"...

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    What Would Jesus Buy? (2007)

    The Rev. Billy Tallen and his Stop Shopping Choir embark on a cross-country crusade against the...

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    Trouble the Water (2008)

    A couple stranded in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina document their survival.

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    Standard Operating Procedure (2008)

    Errol Morris investigates the U.S. for abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at Abu Ghraib.

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    Cocaine Cowboys (2006)

    Filmmaker Billy Corben recalls the Miami drug wars of the 1970s and '80s with those who survived the...

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    Crude Awakening

    Filmmakers Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack examine how depleting oil reserves affect industrial...

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    East of Havana (2007)

    Three Cuban rap stars reflect on their lives and music while attempting to launch a hip-hop fest.

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    The Corporation (2004)

    Filmmakers Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott examine the concept of the corporation and its role in...

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    Tupac: Resurrection (2003)

    Filmmaker Lauren Lazin examines the life and music of rapper Tupac Shakur, who was murdered in 1996.

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    Small Town Gay Bar

    Filmmaker Malcolm Ingram spotlights two gay bars in Mississippi that offer refuge from homophobia...

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    The Art and Crimes of Ron English

    An exploration into the life and art of "billboard bandit" Ron English. Bombarded by relentless...

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    Crossing the Bridge--The Sound of Istanbul (2006)

    Fatih Akin examines diverse music performed by the denizens of Istanbul, Turkey. Rap, experimental...

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    An Inconvenient Truth (2006)

    Former presidential candidate Al Gore campaigns to raise awareness of the dangers of global warming...

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    Crude Impact (2007)

    Filmmaker James Jandak Wood examines the U.S. consumption of oil supplies.

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    Terror's Advocate (2007)

    Filmmakers Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg examine the case of a black man who was wrongfully...

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    Burning the Future: Coal in America (2008)

    People of West Virginia fight government and coal companies to preserve the land and way of life.

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    America Betrayed (2008)

    Explores the waste, fraud and abuse at the very highest echelons of the U.S. federal government,...

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    Collapse (2009)

    A look at the life of Michael Ruppert, a former Los Angeles police officer turned independent...

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    The Yes Men (2004)

    Anti-corporate pranksters pose as spokesmen for the World Trade Organization at lectures and...

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    American Pimp (2000)

    Filmmakers Allen and Albert Hughes interview pimps who discuss varied aspects of their profession.

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    Lake of Fire (2007)

    Filmmaker Tony Kaye examines the abortion issue from both sides, including interviews with Alan...

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    Manufactured Landscapes (2007)

    The work of photographer Edward Burtynsky includes China's ongoing Industrial Revolution.

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    FTA

    Filmmaker Francine Parker documents Jane Fonda's tour with musicians and activists opposed to the...

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    After Innocence (2005)

    Filmmaker Jessica Sanders interviews seven men who were wrongfully imprisoned until DNA testing set...

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    Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea (2007)

    Eccentric Californians still hang around a once-popular but deteriorating man-made lake.

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    ...So Goes the Nation (2006)

    Filmmakers examine the role of Ohio in the 2004 presidential election and present the American...

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    The Great Warming (2006)

    Alanis Morissette and Keanu Reeves narrate filmmaker Michael Taylor's examination of the impact of...

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    Playing for Change: Peace Through Music

    Filmmakers Mark Johnson and Jonathan Walls observe street musicians in Los Angeles, New Orleans and...

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    The Unforeseen (2008)

    Filmmaker Laura Dunn examines the consequences of unchecked suburban sprawl and other...

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    Taxi to the Dark Side (2008)

    Filmmaker Alex Gibney examines the beating death of an Afghan cabdriver at an Air Force base.

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    All in This Tea (2008)

    Tea importer David Lee Hoffman travels throughout China--sometimes on foot--in search of handcrafted...

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    The Bridge (2006)

    Filmmaker Eric Steel documents a number of suicide leaps from San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge and...

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    Zoo (2007)

    Filmmaker Robinson Devor explores the taboo subject of bestiality, centering on the case of an...

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    My Kid Could Paint That (2007)

    Filmmaker Amir Bar-Lev examines the talents of a 4-year-old girl whose paintings sell for big money...

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    Secrecy (2008)

    The vast, invisible world of government secrecy.