Social Issues
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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.

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    Triage: Dr. James Orbinski's Humanitarian Dilemma

    The former head of Doctors Without Borders returns to Africa to help the people.

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    The Linguists

    Specialists document languages in Siberia, India and Bolivia that are on the verge of extinction.

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    The World According to Monsanto

    Marie-Monique Robin, author of the tome Escadrons de la Mort, L'Ecole Française, helms the...

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    Modify

    Stories of people who regard augmenting their bodies as a way of life, whether for artistic reasons...

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    Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

    Tackles the issue of the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans...

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    7 Days in September (2002)

    A documentary, told from the perspectives of 27 filmmakers, that chronicles life in New York in the...

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    Trembling Before G-d (2001)

    Filmmaker Sandi Simcha DuBowski documents the conflict faced by gay Orthodox Jews.

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    Why We Fight (2006)

    Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki examines the nature and causes of the U.S. military-industrial complex.

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    Paperclips (2004)

    Students at a middle school in rural Tennessee collect paper clips to represent victims of the...

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    Raw Deal (2002)

    On February 26 1999, fraternity brothers at the University of Florida hired exotic dancer Lisa Gier...