Mila Aung-Thwin

All across the globe, Chinatowns are under threat of disappearing – and along with them, the rich history of a community who fought from the margins for a place to belong. Big Fight in Little Chinatown documents the collective fight to save Chinatowns across North America.

Hla and Nyo Nyo live in a country torn by conflict. Hla is a Buddhist and the owner of a makeshift medical clinic in western Myanmar, where the Rohingya (a Muslim minority community) are persecuted and denied basic rights. Nyo Nyo is a Muslim and an apprentice midwife who acts as an assistant and translator at the clinic. Her family has lived in the area for generations, yet they are still considered intruders. Encouraged and challenged by Hla, who risks her own safety daily by helping Muslim patients, Nyo Nyo is determined to become a steady health care provider for her community.

The story of how Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of Tupac Shakur, along with the Black Panthers and the Young Lords, combined community health with radical politics to create the first acupuncture detoxification program in America in 1973 — a visionary project eventually deemed too dangerous to exist in America.

Boniface Mwangi is daring and audacious, and recognized as Kenya’s most provocative photojournalist. But as a father of three young children, these qualities create tremendous turmoil between him and his wife Njeri. When he wants to run for political office, he is forced to choose: country or family?

Boniface Mwangi is daring and audacious, and recognized as Kenya’s most provocative photojournalist. But as a father of three young children, these qualities create tremendous turmoil between him and his wife Njeri. When he wants to run for political office, he is forced to choose: country or family?

Follows four women of the estimated 40,000 displaced people moved from the banks of the Xingu River in the Amazon Basin to make space for construction of one of the world's largest dams, the Belo Monte.

1만 명에 달하는 여자 아이돌, 머리가 희끗희끗한 오타쿠 삼촌팬. 악수마저 상품화된 일본 아이돌 시장에서 삶에 찌든 남성들은 순수한 소녀를 꿈꾸며 아낌없이 지갑을 연다.

어린 아들을 잃은 이후, 신도 저버린 자신의 처지를 내세워 기독교를 신랄하게 비판하며 베스트셀러 작가로 유명세를 얻은 솔 하켄스 박사. 가족과도 떨어져 공허한 마음을 술로 채우며 살던 어느 날, 교통 사고로 마주한 죽음의 문턱에서 불행한 운명을 끌어안은 자신을 구원해줄 하나의 목소리를 듣는다. 짙은 어둠에서 피어난 믿음의 빛으로 솔 하켄스 박사는 온 세상을 밝힐 거대한 프로젝트를 계획하는데…

어린 아들을 잃은 이후, 신도 저버린 자신의 처지를 내세워 기독교를 신랄하게 비판하며 베스트셀러 작가로 유명세를 얻은 솔 하켄스 박사. 가족과도 떨어져 공허한 마음을 술로 채우며 살던 어느 날, 교통 사고로 마주한 죽음의 문턱에서 불행한 운명을 끌어안은 자신을 구원해줄 하나의 목소리를 듣는다. 짙은 어둠에서 피어난 믿음의 빛으로 솔 하켄스 박사는 온 세상을 밝힐 거대한 프로젝트를 계획하는데…

어린 아들을 잃은 이후, 신도 저버린 자신의 처지를 내세워 기독교를 신랄하게 비판하며 베스트셀러 작가로 유명세를 얻은 솔 하켄스 박사. 가족과도 떨어져 공허한 마음을 술로 채우며 살던 어느 날, 교통 사고로 마주한 죽음의 문턱에서 불행한 운명을 끌어안은 자신을 구원해줄 하나의 목소리를 듣는다. 짙은 어둠에서 피어난 믿음의 빛으로 솔 하켄스 박사는 온 세상을 밝힐 거대한 프로젝트를 계획하는데…

Strict military rule and international sanctions kept Myanmar sealed off from the world for decades. The Vote observes residents of the bustling city of Yangon as they navigate their first democratic election in over 50 years.

Strict military rule and international sanctions kept Myanmar sealed off from the world for decades. The Vote observes residents of the bustling city of Yangon as they navigate their first democratic election in over 50 years.

Juanicas is an intimate portrait of a Mexican immigrant family in Quebec affected by mental illness. Using material shot over almost 10 years, the filmmaker documents her complex relationship with her mother and brother, both suffering from bipolar disorder.

Juanicas is an intimate portrait of a Mexican immigrant family in Quebec affected by mental illness. Using material shot over almost 10 years, the filmmaker documents her complex relationship with her mother and brother, both suffering from bipolar disorder.

From the shadows of the majestic Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan comes a story of Azam, a shepherd and Buzkashi champion, who faces the pressures of modernization in the sport and in his own personal life. Azam plays as an individual for honor and integrity, but his success is increasingly thwarted by organized alliances, or "mafias", encouraged by his rival Khurshed, a member of Tajikistan's nouveau riche. Khurshed believes that team play is the future of the sport. Between challenges on the field and within his own family, Azam tries to find a place for himself in the new Tajikistan. Written by Najeeb Mirza

The story of the lone inventor who fought all his life to be recognized as the originator of one of mankind’s most significant inventions. John Atanasoff, a physics professor at Iowa State College, needed a better calculator that could quickly solve advanced equations and when he tried to find such a machine, realized none existed. So Atanasoff decided he must build his own calculator. Through archive material, reenactments, interviews with experts and first hand witnesses this documentary shines a light to controversy over who was the actual inventor of the computer and an unknown part of our history.

Three years in the making, this feature documentary follows the progression of the Muslim Punk scene: from its imaginary inception in a novel written by a white-convert named Michael Muhammad Knight to a full-blown, real-life scene of Muslim punk bands and their fans.

Three years in the making, this feature documentary follows the progression of the Muslim Punk scene: from its imaginary inception in a novel written by a white-convert named Michael Muhammad Knight to a full-blown, real-life scene of Muslim punk bands and their fans.

RiP!: A Remix Manifesto is a 2008 open source documentary film about the "the changing concept of copyright" directed by Brett Gaylor.

RiP!: A Remix Manifesto is a 2008 open source documentary film about the "the changing concept of copyright" directed by Brett Gaylor.

A sensitive depiction of the real and imaginary worlds of a little six-year-old boy, who is lucid, confident and blind.

A luxury cruise boat motors up the Yangtze - navigating the mythic waterway known in China simply as "The River." The Yangtze is about to be transformed by the biggest hydroelectric dam in history. At the river's edge - a young woman says goodbye to her family as the floodwaters rise towards their small homestead. The Three Gorges Dam - contested symbol of the Chinese economic miracle - provides the epic backdrop for Up the Yangtze, a dramatic feature documentary on life inside modern China.

In this feature-length documentary, 8 Inuit teens with cameras offer a vibrant and contemporary view of life in Canada's North. They also use their newly acquired film skills to confront a broad range of issues, from the widening communication gap between youth and their elders to the loss of their peers to suicide. In Inuktitut with English subtitles.