Andy Cohen

A middle-aged filmmaker on the verge of a breakthrough. Two kids in search of a lost backpack. A small dog a long way from home.

Ranjit, a farmer in India, takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the victim of a brutal gang rape. His decision to support his daughter is virtually unheard of, and his journey unprecedented.

The documentary film of the brief window of artistic freedom and democracy movement 1978 - 1982 following China's brutal cultural revolution.

The documentary film of the brief window of artistic freedom and democracy movement 1978 - 1982 following China's brutal cultural revolution.

The documentary film of the brief window of artistic freedom and democracy movement 1978 - 1982 following China's brutal cultural revolution.

Twenty years after China’s scandalous “Black Blood Economy,” when a million Chinese citizens were infected with HIV and countless died from AIDS, thousands of rural peasants still suffer the consequences, their plight hidden from the eyes of the world and strongly censored by Chinese authorities.

Twenty years after China’s scandalous “Black Blood Economy,” when a million Chinese citizens were infected with HIV and countless died from AIDS, thousands of rural peasants still suffer the consequences, their plight hidden from the eyes of the world and strongly censored by Chinese authorities.

Twenty years after China’s scandalous “Black Blood Economy,” when a million Chinese citizens were infected with HIV and countless died from AIDS, thousands of rural peasants still suffer the consequences, their plight hidden from the eyes of the world and strongly censored by Chinese authorities.

Más de 65 millones de personas en todo el mundo han sido obligadas a salir de sus hogares para escapar del hambre, el cambio climático y la guerra en el mayor desplazamiento humano desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Un viaje épico de la película conducido por el artista renombrado internacional Ai Weiwei, da una expresión visual de gran alcance a esta migración humana masiva.

El peligro es evidente cuando la intrépida y joven directora Nanfu Wang sigue a la rebelde activista Ye Haiyan (alias Hooligan Sparrow) y a su banda de colegas a la provincia de Hainan, en el sur de China, para protestar por el caso de seis niñas de la escuela primaria que fueron violadas por su director. Señaladas como enemigas del Estado, las activistas se encuentran bajo la constante vigilancia del Gobierno, y se enfrentan a interrogatorios, persecuciones y encarcelamientos. Sparrow, que ganó notoriedad por su trabajo en defensa de los derechos de las trabajadoras del sexo, continúa luchando por los derechos de niñas y mujeres y se arma con el poder y el alcance de los medios sociales.

Un relato de las muchas tribulaciones que el artista chino Ai Weiwei, conocido por su arte subversivo y su activismo político, hubo de soportar entre 2008 y 2011, desde su ascenso a la fama mundial a través de Internet hasta su muy publicitado arresto debido a sus audaces y frecuentes enfrentamientos con las autoridades chinas.

Moving between two extremes - the intimate verite drama of the Miss India pageant's rigorous beauty "bootcamp" and the intense regime of a militant Hindu fundamentalist camp for young girls. The World Before Her delivers a provocative portrait of India and its current cultural conflicts during a key transitional era in the country's modern history.