AFS Documentary Tour

An exploration of the intricate relationships between Navajo rug weavers and reservation traders, this 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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Parts 1 and 2 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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“BODY OF WAR is an intimate and transformational feature documentary about the true face of war today. Meet Tomas Young, 25 years old, paralyzed from a bullet to his spine - wounded after serving in Iraq for less than a week."
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Can a powerful political machine turn a sweet, but inexperienced and uncharismatic candidate into a winner in a Japanese city election? Why do the powers-that-be even bother?
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What happens when God tells a minister to make an epic movie.....

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An epic meditation on the role of Los Angeles (“the most photographed city in the world”) in the movies and the impact of the movie industry upon its own capital city -- as well as a fascinating deconstruction of both movie-making and movie-going.
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