Motherland Memories (2022)

Na Irlanda, jovens mulheres eram aprisionadas nos asilos de Madalena para trabalhar nas lavandarias com o objetivo de pagar seus pecados. Neste cenário, e com a liberação das mulheres se estendendo pelo mundo, quatro dessas vítimas são levadas pela Igreja Católica.

Filha de um herói da independência da Birmânia, Aung San Suu Kyi (Michelle Yeoh) foi morar no exterior ainda jovem. Na Inglaterra se casou com Michael Aris (David Thewlis) e teve dois filhos, Kim (Jonathan Raggett) e Alex (Jonathan Woodhouse), mantendo contato com o país através de livros publicados e o acompanhamento das notícias locais. Ao saber que sua mãe está internada em um hospital, Aung decide voltar à Birmânia para revê-la. Logo ao chegar ela é procurada por vários líderes locais, que desejam que ela coopere com o movimento pela implementação da democracia no país. Aung aceita o convite e, pouco a pouco, torna-se um ícone do movimento. A situação não agrada à ditadura militar local, que passa a acompanhar todos os seus passos e tenta impedi-la de promover manifestações. Até que, na esperança de fazer com que o povo se esqueça de Aung, o governo ordena que ela permaneça em prisão domiciliar por 15 anos.

A story of destinies joined by Guatemala's past, and how a documentary film intertwined with a nation's turbulent history emerges as an active player in the present.

História baseada na vida real do advogado criminal e de direitos humanos, Shahid Azmi, que foi morto enquanto defendia os acusados injustamente pela lei de atividades terroristas.

A former military officer makes a film about a man he encountered in Tanjong Rhu, a secluded cruising ground.

Chronicling one story of courage born out of the highly mediatized and controversial Prop 8 2008 election results in California. A Californian married gay couple and their two adopted children fight back against discrimination, ignorance and hate through home videos posted on their YouTube channel, Gay Family Values. As they pursue their American Dream, the opposing political, social and religious opinions that pervade society attempt to strip it from them.

Over the course of a year, film follows Vancouver Pride Society president Ken Coolen to various international Pride events, including Poland, Hungary, Russia, Sri Lanka and others where there is great opposition to pride parades. In North America, Pride is complicated by commercialization and a sense that the festivals are turning away from their political roots toward tourism, party promotion and entertainment. Christie documents the ways larger, more mainstream Pride events have supported the global Pride movement and how human rights components are being added to more established events. In the New York sequence, leaders organize an alternative Pride parade, the Drag March, set up to protest the corporatization of New York Pride. A parade in São Paulo, the world's largest Pride festival, itself includes a completely empty float, meant to symbolize all those lost to HIV and to anti-gay violence.

When a teenager from a political family in the Philippines is accused of a double murder, the country’s entire judicial system is put to the test after years of alleged corruption.

"Zapatista" is the definitive look at the uprising in Chiapas. It is the story of a Mayan peasant rebellion armed with sticks and their word against a first world military. It is the story of a global movement that has fought 175,000 federal troops to a stand still and transformed Mexican and international political culture forever.

A documentary about the atrocities committed against the Hmong people by the Laos government. Shot by Hmong people with cameras provided to them in 2006, this film provides a unique look into one of the worst, and silent, human rights tragedies of the 21st century.

Three hours outside of Addis Ababa, a bright 14-year-old girl is on her way home from school when men on horses swoop in and kidnap her. The brave Hirut grabs a rifle and tries to escape, but ends up shooting her would-be husband. In her village the practice of abduction into marriage is common and one of Ethiopia’s oldest traditions. Meaza Ashenafi, an empowered and tenacious young lawyer, arrives from the city to represent Hirut and argue that she acted in self defense. Meaza boldly embarks on a collision course between enforcing civil authority and abiding by customary law, risking the ongoing work of her women’s legal aid practice to save Hirut’s life.

Scott Mills viaja para Uganda, onde a pena de morte em breve poderá ser introduzido por ser gay. O gay Radio 1 DJ descobre o que ela gostaria de viver em uma sociedade que persegue pessoas como ele e atende aqueles que estão liderando a campanha de ódio. Ele fala com as pessoas todos os dias para descobrir a extensão da homofobia no país. Em uma parte poderosa do documentário de uma hora, Mills tem uma discussão com um grupo de gays e lésbicas ugandenses que vivem juntos em uma favela. Vivem como pária; odiado por sua comunidade, rejeitadas por suas famílias, e constantemente perseguidos e espancados, e por tudo isso um homem corajoso Uganda declarou: NASCEMOS GAY, VIVEREMOS (AS) GAYS, MORREREMOS (AS) GAYS.

Throughout the Islamic world, each year hundreds of women are shot, stabbed, strangled or burned to death by male relatives because they are thought to have “dishonoured” their families. They may have lost their virginity, refused an arranged marriage or left an abusive husband. Even if a woman is raped or merely the victim of gossip, she must pay the price. Crimes of Honour documents the terrible reality of femicide – the belief that a girl’s body is the property of the family, and any suggestion of sexual impropriety must be cleansed with her blood. We meet women in hiding from their families, a brother who describes his reasons for killing the sister he loved, and a handful of women who have committed themselves to the protection of young women in danger of losing their lives.

Este documentário acompanha o pastor Jay Reinke em sua tentativa de ajudar os desempregados atraídos pela indústria do óleo de xisto, em expansão na Dakota do Norte.

A golden object mystifies a young man living in a traditional Solomon Islands village. He dreams of going to the city and wakes up in a nightmare that changes his life forever.

Oxana is a woman, a fighter, an artist. As a teenager, her passion for iconography almost inspires her to join a convent, but in the end she decides to devote her talents to the Femen movement. With Anna, Inna and Sasha, she founds the famous feminist group which protests against the regime and which will see her leave her homeland, Ukraine, and travel all over Europe. Driven by a creative zeal and a desire to change the world, Oxana allows us a glimpse into her world and her personality, which is as unassuming, mesmerising and vibrant as her passionate artworks.

Os planos de Shane Bitney Crone de se casar com Tom Bridegroom,na Califórnia depois que foi aprovada a lei do casamento civil entre pessoas do mesmo sexo,mas a história toma um rumo trágico quando Tom morre,depois de seis anos de relacionamento,a família de Tom não deixa Shane assistir ao funeral."Bridegroom" conta a viagem emocional de Shane e Tom, dois homens jovens que vivem um relacionamento amoroso e que foi cortado tragicamente depois da morte acidental de Tom. O filme conta sobre como pessoas que vivem um relacionamento estável e que não estão protegidas legalmente pelos direitos civis,podem ser totalmente excluídas e condenadas ao ostracismo,é comovente,enfurecedor e abre uma janela pro tema do casamento civil igualitário,como nenhum outro discurso ou conferência jamais fez

WHO KILLED CHEA VICHEA? is a highly charged murder mystery, a political thriller, and a documentary like no other. In 2004, Cambodian union president Chea Vichea was assassinated in broad daylight at a newsstand in Phnom Penh. As international pressure mounted, two men were swiftly arrested and convicted of the crime, each sentenced to twenty years in prison. Filmmaker Bradley Cox’s five-year investigation reveals an elaborate cover-up that reaches the highest echelons of Cambodian society. Winner of a 2011 Peabody Award among many other honors and banned by the Cambodian government, WHO KILLED CHEA VICHEA? uncovers the face of dictatorship behind the mask of democracy.

Set during the second Intifada, this documentary follows four Palestinian families living in Dheisheh Refugee Camp near Bethlehem. Fadi is 13 and cares for his 4 younger brothers, the Hammashes are a close-knit family who pass on the lessons of life with humor and passion, Sana is a single woman who endures long commutes to do community work, and Emad and Hanan are a young couple trying to shield their daughter from the harsh realities of the occupation. They talk about their past and discuss the future with humor, sorrow, frustration and hope. Until When paints an intimate in-depth portrait of Palestinian lives today.

This documentary follows the life of Seven children who are working under extreme conditions at India's busiest cremation ground, Manikarnika in Banaras.