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The Accidental Terrorist
Cem Aslan is an integrated Danish Muslim of Turkish origin and a student at the University of Aalborg. In The Accidental Terrorist, he wonders how it is possible that Abdulkadir Cesur, a young man of...
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Addicted to Plastic
When it was launched, plastic was a miracle, the undisputed material of the future. Wood, stone and cloth were all finite, so a new, cheap and easy-to-handle material was needed to manufacture goods....
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Albert's Winter
Albert's mother has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy, but this is something he would rather not talk about. Albert is eight years old and the world is still a mystery to him. He does the same...
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Alice in the Land
A teenage girl walks briskly through a vast landscape. Mountain ridges and picturesque clouds grace the backdrop. Alice in the Land follows a Bolivian girl as she hikes more than a hundred miles from...
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All My Mothers
The Kurdish women in All My Mothers are not introduced by their age or position in life, but rather by the number of people they have lost. Beautifully filmed with side lighting, an old, wrinkled...
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All Together Now
George Harrison once came up with the idea of building a Cirque du Soleil show around Beatles music. This probably had something to do with the fact that Guy Laliberté, the founder of Cirque du...
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American Casino
An analysis of how a lack of rules and a surplus of faith in the market led to the collapse of the American banking system, which is compared to a casino. Experts and former employees who were...
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American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein
For many years, Jewish-American professor Norman Finkelstein has been leveling tough criticism at Israeli policy in his books focusing on what he describes as the Holocaust industry: the misuse of...
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Amsterdam Reconstruction
A walk through the cultural ruins of the city of Amsterdam. Using a 35mm film tray with a pinhole, Schlomoff captures the empty halls of the Stedelijk Museum, the Rijksmuseum, Gallery W139, and the...
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And Along Came a Spider
Aided by investigative journalist Roya Karimi, director Maziar Bahari interviews the 39-year-old serial killer Saeed Hanaei, who murdered 16 prostitutes in the Iranian city of Mashad. Disturbingly...
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Angelique & Titia
Angelique is a 22-year-old girl with Down syndrome. She lives with her mother - her brothers and sisters have already moved out. They make up a close-knit family; they often get together and support...
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Angels in the Dust
Marion and Con Cloete joke about how they could have lived in Johannesburg, in a luxurious house with a pool. 19 years ago, however, they invested their savings in an orphanage in Magaliesburg, South...
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Anthrax War
New York-based investigative journalist Bob Coen goes in search of the origins of the almost forgotten anthrax letters affair of 2001, which cost five people their lives. The prime suspect was Bruce...
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The Audition
The American director Susan Froemke followed 11 finalists in an opera competition organized by the Metropolitan Opera of New York. These are exciting times in the lives of the young singers, who want...
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