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2501 Migrants A Journey
Daily, thousands of primarily poor and young indigenous Mexicans abandon their native homes. They start voyages to the "first world" in search of jobs and the hope of a brighter future--or, indeed, any economic future at all. In their wake, they leave behind the hollow footprints of a cultural and domestic abandonment. 2501 Migrants illustrates this through...MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 57 min
DVD Release: 2010
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The Best Government Money Can Buy?
The Best Government Money Can Buy? is the first behind-the-scenes, comprehensive, non-partisan examination of the system of lobbying in Washington, DC. MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 76 min
DVD Release: 2010
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Café Chavalos: Overcoming the Streets
Café Chavalos: Overcoming The Streets follows Orlando, Oscar, Juan Carlos and Moises as they attempt to rehabilitate their lives through a program called Cafe Chavalos - a culinary school, restaurant and rehab center…MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 75 min
DVD Release: 2009
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The Children's War: Life in Northern Uganda
Filmmaker, Andrew Krakower, was set to do a film about the successful reversal of AIDS infection rates in Uganda when locals began to tell him of a hidden battle raging in the North. Stories of unspeakable atrocities compelled Krakower to journey north despite warnings by the locals that it was far too dangerous…MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 64 min
DVD Release: 2010
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Darfur Diaries
In October 2004, a team of independent filmmakers left for Darfur, Sudan and eastern Chad. After monitoring the worsening political and humanitarian crisis for months and recognizing that the mainstream media offered marginal and inadequate coverage, the team set out with the goal of providing a platform for the people to speak for themselves about their experiences, their fears, and their hopes for the future…MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 55 min
DVD Release: 2006
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Deflating The Elephant: Framed Messages Behind Conservative Dialogue
When political debates get heated, it’s difficult to look at single words, but this progressively themed release with George Lakoff and Sean Penn reveals the importance of language in opinionated discussions…MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 124 min
DVD Release: 2009
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The End Of Poverty?
The End of Poverty? is a daring, thought-provoking and very timely documentary by award-winning filmmaker, Philippe Diaz, revealing that poverty is not an accident. It began with military conquest, slavery and colonization that resulted in the seizure of land and other natural resources as well as in forced labor…MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 104 min
DVD Release: 2010
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Ethos
Hosted by twice Oscar nominated actor and activist Woody Harrelson, Ethos lifts the lid on a Pandora's Box of systemic issues that guarantee failure in every aspect of our lives, from the environment to our democracy and our own personal liberty...MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 68 min
DVD Release: 2012
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Eye of the Future
"Eye of the Future..." Five children of UN ambassadors are called by the Earth to imagine a new sustainable future for our global society. From within the Earth's center (limbo space), they work together to reduce humanity's global carbon footprint by exchanging stories and experiences from their parents' world. Collectively they decide to scale back existing technologies and create sustainable designs that lead to a steady decline in global carbon. However, the Earth's systems have already reached a critical point which could result in an irreversible climate crisis. Can the children respond to the Earth's urgent message in time to prevent this catastrophe?
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Genre: Documentary
TRT: 45 min
DVD Release: 9/27/2011
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The Forgotten Bomb
When the Cold War ended, the generations that lived through it were relieved to finally vanquish the specter of a mushroom cloud from their minds. But today, thousands of nuclear weapons in the United States and Russia remain on high-alert, still poised to destroy the planet.
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Genre: Documentary
TRT: 60 min
DVD Release: 2010
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For My Wife
"for my wife..." chronicles the making of an activist for Marriage Equality. Charlene Strong was thrust into the spotlight after the tragic death of her wife, Kate. After facing this loss and the heartless discrimination of hospital and funeral home staff, Charlene decided to take a stand.
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Genre: Documentary
TRT: 60 min
DVD Release: 2010
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Fuel
Eleven years in the making, FUEL is the in-depth personal journey of filmmaker and eco-evangelist Josh Tickell, who takes us on a hip, fast-paced road trip into America’s dependence on foreign oil. Combining a history lesson of the US auto and petroleum industries and interviews with a wide range of policy makers, educators, and activists such as Woody Harrelson, Sheryl Crow, Neil Young and Willie Nelson…MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 111 min
DVD Release: 2010
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Gas Hole
What caused America to go from being a leading exporter of oil to the world's largest importer? What are the economic and sociological forces that have contributed to that change and impede its solution?...MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 100 min
DVD Release: 2011
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God Went Surfing With The Devil
In 2006, when Israel sealed off the borders into the region, that ended the free-flow of people and goods. Shortly thereafter, it emerged that a small group of young men were surfing in Gaza, sharing battered surfboards and used gear...MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 84 min
DVD Release: 2011
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The Harvest
Every year there are more than 400,000 American children who are torn away from their friends, schools and homes to pick the food we all eat. Zulema, Perla and Victor labor as migrant farm workers, sacrificing their own childhoods to help their families survive...MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 80 min
DVD Release: 10/11/2011
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Hempsters
HEMPSTERS: PLANT THE SEED follows seven activists as they fight to legalize industrial hemp in the United States, which is used in over 30 countries and is widely known to have numerous environmental benefits such as: less reliance on oil, more efficient use of energy...MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 78 min
DVD Release: 6/28/2011
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London River
Set against the backdrop of the July 7th terrorist attacks in 2005, LONDON RIVER follows Elizabeth (BAFTA winner, Academy Award® nominee Brenda Blethyn) from a small farming community in Guernsey as she travels to London in the immediate aftermath... MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 88 min
DVD Release: 2012
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Loving Lampposts: Living Autistic
As autism has exploded into the public consciousness over the last 20 years, two opposing questions have been asked about the condition fueling the debate: is it a devastating sickness to be cured or is it a variation of the human brain – just a different way to be human?...MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 83 min
DVD Release: 2011
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a NORML Life
NORML or National Organization of the Reform for Marijuana Laws has long advocated the decriminalization of cannabis for over 40 years. Its founder, current leaders and nationwide chapter representatives describe the patchwork of state and municipal laws that allow medical...MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 60 min
DVD Release: 8/16/2011
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No Subtitles Necessary
With film school equipment, they shoot the Soviet crackdown of the 1956 Hungarian Revolt. As refugees they struggle working in the underbelly of Hollywood, finally breaking into the mainstream with their pivotal contribution to cinema in films like Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, Paper Moon, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Scarecrow, Frances...MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 86 min
DVD Release: 2012
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Rebuilding Hope: Sudan's "Lost Boys" Return Home
As small children, Gabriel Bol Deng, Koor Garang and Garang Mayuol fled their villages in South Sudan due to civil war. They became a part of a group of thousands of other boys with a similar story, nicknamed “The Lost Boys” upon resettlement in the USA in 2001…MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 78 min
DVD Release:2009
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A River of Waste: The Hazardous Truth About Factory Farms
A heart-stopping new documentary, A River of Waste exposes a huge health and environmental scandal in our modern industrial system of meat and poultry production…MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 92 min
DVD Release:2009
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Save the Farm
SAVE THE FARM tells the story of the largest urban farm in the United States, 14-acres sitting right in the middle of South Central Los Angeles. When the city sells...MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 31 min
DVD Release: Digital Release 2011
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Second Knock at the Door
A Second Knock at the Door is an award-winning documentary that offers a rare glimpse into the lives of military families dealing with the loss of loved ones to friendly fire. Through interviews and investigative reports, this film explores key...MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 92 min
DVD Release: 2012
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Shadow of Afghanistan
This is the epic story of Afghanistan seen through the eyes of an Afghan warrior, independent filmmakers and a small group of independent journalists, two who died covering the story. The filmmakers spent more than 20 years capturing the Soviet occupation...MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 90 min
DVD Release: 2012
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Small Voices
A heart-warming film by Heather E. Connell, who spent several years documenting the struggles of the street and garbage dump children of Cambodia. They are the first generation of children born to survivors of the Khmer Rouge and have learned to survive in an economy and society struggling to rebuild itself…MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 83 min
DVD Release: 2009
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South of the Border
There's a revolution underway in South America, but most of the world doesn't know it. Oliver Stone sets out on a road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream media's misperception of South America while interviewing seven of its elected presidents...MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 78 min
DVD Release: 2010
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Sprawling From Grace: The Consequences of Suburbanization
This eye-opening documentary explores the ravages of American suburban sprawl, what America has lost as a result, and the perils we face if we don’t change the way in which we build our cities…MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 82 min
DVD Release: 2009
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Water Wars
The nation of Bangladesh is prey to every threat from water known to man. WATER WARS: When Drought, Flood and Greed Collide tells the story of this land at war with not only rising seas, but... MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 55 min
DVD Release: 8/31/2010
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Will The Real Terrorist Please Stand Up
"Will the real terrorist please stand up" chronicles half a century of hostile US-Cuba relations by telling the story of the "the Cuban five", intelligence agents sent to penetrate Cuban...MORE>>
Genre: Documentary
TRT: 80 min
DVD Release: 7/26/2011
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