AFS Documentary Tour

Forget all the sensationalist headlines of the tabloids. This is the real story of the survivors of the 1972 Andes plane crash -- a tale of heroism, solidarity, dignity, and friendship transcending death.
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Artist Isaiah Zagar has created thousands of square feet of beautifully challenging mosaic murals all over Philadelphia, but the broken shards of mirrors often reflect the difficulties of his marriage and the chaos in his mind.

 

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“Forget the pie charts, color-coded maps and hyperventilating pundits. What's the street-level experience of voters in today's America?”
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Documentary filmmaker Frank Popper hopes that his film “shows voters in a very personal and concrete way how the system for electing candidates to public office is broken, but that it is fixable.”
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A charming and enlightening examination of small steps taken toward democracy in a Chinese 3rd-grade classroom.

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An exploration of the intricate relationships between Navajo rug weavers and reservation traders, Bennie Klain's insightful documentary reveals the delicate balance between maintaining cultural traditions, economic survival, and the artistic validation sought by many weavers.
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In 1997, U.S. Marines patrolling the Texas-Mexico border as part of the War on Drugs shot and killed Esequiel Hernández Jr. Mistaken for a drug runner, the 18-year-old was, in fact, a U.S. citizen tending his family's goats with a .22 rifle.
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Three short films from the University of Texas at Austin's graduate program in documentary film. Catch these up-and-coming filmmakers as they present two stories from Mexico, and one from North African immigrants living in France.
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Parts 5 and 6 of an engrossing six-hour journey with reknowned filmmaker Jennifer Fox as she tries to decide between the men in her life while seeking advice and thoughts from her women friends in seventeen countries around the globe.

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Parts 3 and 4 of the engrossing six-hour journey with reknowned filmmaker Jennifer Fox who tries to decide between the men in her life while seeking advice and thoughts from her women friends in seventeen countries around the globe.
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