Boy Cheerleaders
It's not always easy for England's first all-boy cheerleading team in the run-up to the national championships.
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Available for free!
The fact that IDFA's Docschool Online is a service for Dutch teachers does not mean that we do not have any documentaries for you and your students to watch! The education department composed this set of wonderful films that are available online for free.
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Dulce
Dulce is terrified by her first swimming lesson, but swimming is an essential life skill in her Colombian coastal village.
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Education, Education
Director Chen Weijun uses three stories of young Chinese people to tell a bigger story about the country's failing education system.
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Fordson
Ramadan is well underway, and at Fordson High School, where 95% of the students are of Arab origin, the football team is preparing to face off against archrival Dearborn High.
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Frame 394
A young Canadian man entangles himself in one of the most high-profile police shootings in the U.S., when he posts his own 3-D analysis of the event on the Internet.
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Joe's Violin
A Holocaust survivor donates his violin to a girl from a destitute neighborhood in New York, and the instrument offers her a new opportunity in life.
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My Silicone Love
A sincere and touching portrait of Everard, a middle-aged man who loves his 12 silicon dolls as if they were real women.
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Offside
The Israeli fence, running straight through the Omar family's backyard, prevents 13-year-old Ishaq from playing soccer on the village square with his friends.
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On the Way to School
This documentary spends a year following a young Turk who teaches in a remote Kurdish village.
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Operation Jane Walk
The digital war zone of a shooter game provides the setting for an architectural tour of a post-apocalyptic New York. Trump Tower and UN headquarters are among the buildings visited, to the sounds of jazz, rock and vaudeville songs.
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Personal Truth
A short, essayistic film about the powerful influence of fake news. Just how convincing are conspiracy theories?
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Poison Fire
Due to the disastrous consequences of oil drilling in the Niger Delta, the local population wants to impose stricter environmental regulations on the multinational giant Shell.
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The Queen
Memi is around 11 years old, and she's going to be Queen of the Carnival. It's a dazzling honor, but you have to suffer to be beautiful.
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Radio Amina
At the fictitious radio station Radio Amina, the 12-year-old Nigerian street peddler Amina can get everything off her chest that she normally wouldn't dare say.
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Raised by Krump
A fascinating and gorgeous journey into krumping, the street dance with which dancers channel their anger and frustration.
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Scenes from a Dry City
Cape Town’s acute water crisis illustrates the differences within South African society, in a film that’s as visually stunning as it is urgent.
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Spitting Ink
A stylized portrait of seven NY-based artists who are part of the worldwide underground phenomenon called spoken word, depicting why poetry is a vital written and oral tradition.
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That's Wicked!
Passionate young Singaporeans introduce us to the world of beatbox: the techniques, their motivations and their competition.
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The Hanging
Nineteen-year-old Kirill hangs out on the rooftops of apartment blocks, where his brazen stunts have earned him the nickname “Russian Spiderman.”
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Unearthing the Pen
A young Ugandan boy desperately wants to read and write. But fears his forefathers curse on education is the reason why he cannot go to school.
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12 Notes Down
The star of the young boy's choir, Jorgis must come to terms with his changing voice and the adulthood that comes with it.
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