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- Against My Will - The stories of three women who took refuge at the Dastak women's shelter in Pakistan, founded to help women fleeing abusive and murderous families.
- Airs in Berberland Part I
- Airs in Berberland Part II
- Aita - Part of the MOROCCO, BODY AND SOUL series of half hour films which present various musical genres being performed in the environments which fostered them.
- Al Jazeera - A behind-the-scenes look at Al Jazeera, the most important television news channel in the Arab world. ** Viewer's Choice, 2003 Middle East Studies Association FilmFest **
- Algeria's Bloody Years - Chronicles the country's struggle for peace, stability and democracy since independence, and the surprising origins of the brutal conflict between Islamic fundamentalists and the national Army.
- Alone with War - A filmmaker in exile returns to Beirut to understand the causes of Lebanon's civil war and discovers an omnipresent collective amnesia.
- Arab Diaries - A five-part documentary series that presents a fresh, insightful picture of contemporary life across the Arab world.
- Ariel Sharon - Rare archival footage and interviews with family, colleagues, critics and historians form an essential biographical portrait of the former general and Israel's controversial Prime Minister.
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- Back to Ararat - Examines this century's first genocide - the killing of 1.5 million Armenians during World War I.
- Be Fruitful and Multiply - How does it feel to have been pregnant or nursing for 25 out of 26 years of your married life? This film puts this and other questions directly to ultra-orthodox Jewish women for the first time.
- Ben Barka - A biography of Moroccan opposition leader Mehdi Ben Barka, abducted on the streets of Paris and murdered in 1965, the infamous "Ben Barka affair."
- Bethlehem Diary - On the West Bank, the town of Bethlehem is under siege. And things only get worse as the second intifada continues...
- The Bible Unearthed - A four-part series based on the best-selling book The Bible Unearthed by Israel Finkelstein (Prof. of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University) and Neil Silberman (Director of the Ename Center for Public Archaeology & Heritage Presentation).
- Birth - The story of a woman caught up in a cycle of pregnancies because of social pressure to produce a male child, and two other stories of babies, in need, or absent, in Arab countries.
- Black to the Promised Land - Inner-city teens travel to Israel and work on a kibbutz.
- The Bombing - The September 4, 1997 suicide bombing of the Ben Yehuda pedestrian mall in Jerusalem.
- Border Cafe - Reyhan, an Iranian widow and mother of two young children, reopens the roadhouse formerly run by her husband, but as this is taboo for women, she encounters much resistance.
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- Caught in the Crossfire - Chronicles three diverse Arab New Yorkers - a beat cop, a minister, and a high-level diplomatic correspondent - as they wrestle with their place in wartime America.
- A Child's Century of War - Takes the viewer on a journey through the past century - the bloodiest in history - from the perspective of children, and tells their stories in their voices.
- Children's Beirut - Introducing Steve Antar, a 13 year old Beirut resident who has never known his city in peacetime
- Citizen Bishara - Introduces us to the most emblematic of Israel's Palestinian citizens: the MP Azmi Bishara.
- Close, Closed, Closure - Made with an Israeli and Palestinian crew, this film shows the growing desperation of the men and women who live in the Gaza Strip.
- Crimes of Honour - Filmed in Jordan and on the West Bank, investigates the terrible reality of femicide - the killing of sisters or daughters suspected of losing their virginity, for having refused an arranged marriage or having left a husband.
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- Daily Baghdad - An intimate chronicle of daily life in Baghdad today, one year after the war, as seen through the eyes of an extended Iraqi family.
- Daughter of Keltoum - Rallia, a young woman raised in Switzerland, travels to a remote settlement in Algeria's Atlas Mountains to find her biological mother, and learns about her extended family and Berber culture.
- The Diaries of Yossef Nachmani - A history of the early Zionists' acquisition and settlement of Palestinian lands in the Galilee, from the 1920's thru 1948. Based on the diaries of a land broker for the Jewish National Fund.
- Drowning by Bullets - Exposes the massacre, cover-up, and the years of denial of what was undoubtedly one of the darkest nights in the history of France.
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- Edward Said: The Last Interview - An extended discussion with Prof. Edward Said filmed less than a year before his death. The noted literary critic and Palestinian activist delivers his final testament about his life and work as a committed intellectual.
- En Route To Baghdad - One-hour documentary about the humanitarian work of Sergio Vieira de Mello, UN Secretary Kofi Annan's special envoy to Iraq who was killed in Baghdad in 2003.
- Energy War - A global investigation into the geopolitical dynamics of the world's oil supply. How are the governments which control most of the oil wielding their power on the world stage?
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- Generation X-Saddam - A film about Iraq after the fall of Saddam. Shelley Saywell, who also filmed in Iraq directly before the war, returns to find the people she had met. How have their lives, and their feelings about Saddam, and the U.S., changed?
- The Global Film Initiative (2005) - An exciting series of ten feature films from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East that promote cross-cultural understanding through the medium of cinema.
- Gnaouas
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- Home, or Maids in My Family - A Moroccan woman confronts her liberal bourgeois family and their servants about the relationship between them (Arab Diaries).
- HotHouse - Filmed inside Israeli high-security prisons, explores the lives and society of Palestinian prisoners, men and women, members and leaders of Fatah and Hamas. 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
- Human Weapon - The first sober, in-depth examination of the history of suicide bombing. Filmed in Iran, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Israel, Palestine, Europe and the United States.
- The Hundred Years' War: Personal Notes
- Hymns of Praise
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- In the Battlefields - In the war-torn Beirut of 1983, a family struggles not only with nightly bombing in the city, but also with the battle taking place inside their own home.
- Inside Out - Transsexuals in Iran. Intimate conversations with doctors, religious authorities, and transsexuals about the mind/body conflict, Islamic interpretations, and the impact of sex-change treatments on their lives.
- Iran, Veiled Appearances - Depicts clashes in modern Iran between extreme fundamentalism and young people who are pushing for social change, filming with soldiers, religious leaders, students, artists and intellectuals.
- Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution - The intertwined history of Iran and its cinema, from the first silent films to the talkies, from the Shah's regime to the Islamic revolution, and the international cinematic success of today.
- Iran: Adrift in a Sea of Blood
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- The Junction - They had little in common in life, but Israeli soldier David Biri and Palestinian Fahmi Abou Ammouneh are linked in death, their fates tied to a Gaza crossroads between an Israeli settlement and Palestinian refugee camp.
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- Khorma - When orphan Khorma becomes the professional announcer of marriages, births, and deaths in his small Tunisian town, things don't work out as he, or the townspeople, expect.
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- Leila - An elegant and provocative portrayal of the clash between tradition and modern marriage, between manipulation and the power of love, from renowned Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui.
- Living With The Past - Cairo is one of the few medieval cities in the world that remains relatively intact. This a portrait of Darb al-Ahmar, a neighborhood in the old city now facing a process of radical change.
- The Lobby - How powerful is the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)? This new documentary is an examination of the controversial 'Jewish Lobby'.
- Love and Marriage - The stories of people confronting obstacles to their personal relationships and happiness in Algeria and Lebanon.
- Lutes and Delights - Combining Arab and Moroccan poetry with accents from flamenco, Abdesadek Chekara and his orchestra, famous throughout Morocco, are among the most faithful interpreters of Arab-Andalusian music.
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- Malhoune - The musical sessions, which occur "as often as the day rises" in Marrakech and in Meknes, are the living forerunners of Moroccan popular poetry.
- Mokarrameh, Memories and Dreams - Mokarrameh made her first painting (a portrait of her cow) with mud and cow dung on a rock as a means to find consolation for its death. Now, her home overflows with vivid paintings, giving insight into the lives of Iranian women.
- Morocco, Body and Soul Series - Additional releases in Izza Genini's collection of lyrical films about Moroccan music and culture.
- Moshe Dayan - An detailed personal and political portrait of the controversial Israeli general turned statesman, a one-time national hero and eventual political exile.
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- Naguib Mahfouz - A portrait of Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz, the first and still only Arab winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
- Naji Al-Ali - Examines the forces that shaped cartoonist Naji Al-Ali as an artist, as a human being, and shows how his experiences mirror those of other exiled Palestinians.
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- On Our Land
- On the Edge of Peace - Chronicles the first year of the implementation of the Israeli-Palestinian accords as experienced by both Palestinians and Israelis from all walks of life.
- On The Objection Front - When a group of Israeli officers and soldiers announced that, while willing to serve in Israel's defense, they would no longer participate in the "War of the Settlements." they provoked fierce reactions in Israeli society.
- 119 Bullets + Three - Penetrates the religious extremist movements of Israel to address incendiary issues which may determine that nation's - and the whole region's - future.
- Out of Place - Traces the life and work of Edward Said (1935-2003), the Palestinian-born intellectual who wrote widely on history, literature, music, philosophy and politics.
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- Palestine: Story of a Land - The story of Palestine from the nineteenth century through current times.
- The Palestinian People Do Have Rights - This introduction to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict covers the history of the region in an effective and clearly understandable manner, shorn of polemic and prejudice.
- People Power - The first in depth look at non-violent revolutions around the world.
- The Perfumed Garden - An exploration of the myths and realities of sensuality and sexuality in Arab society.
- Playing the News - Does the convergence online of current affairs (like the Iraq war) and computer games herald the future of news and entertainment? And if so, is it dangerous, or a new way to reach a young audience?
- Power and Terror - A portrait of the activist intellectual Noam Chomsky, arguably the most important voice of dissent in the United States today.
- The Price of Change - Examines the effect of non-domestic work on five Egyptian women.
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- Quest for Change - Looks at the struggle for political reform in the Middle East.
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- Rachida - A moving story about an Algerian community, and above all about the women in it, living under the continous threat of terror.
- Recording the Truth - Remarkable insight into Islamic fundamentalism.
- The Road to Kerbala - Filmmaker Katia Jarjoura joins religious celebrants on the 100-kilometer walk from Baghdad to Kerbala, offering rare insights into the political and religious turmoil of U.S.-occupied Iraq.
- The Road to Peace: Israelis and Palestinians - Explores the implications of an historic crossroads in Israeli-Palestinian relations - a process now in great jeopardy.
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- Saints and Spirits - Explores the personal dimensions of Islam during three religious events in Morocco.
- Saudi Solutions - Personal profiles of ambitious women in Saudi Arabia, one of the most closed and conservative Muslim societies in the world.
- Shadows Over the Future - An Israeli, a Palestinian and a German discuss the Israeli/Palestinian question.
- Shi'ism - Across Iran, Lebanon and Iraq a cross-section of major contemporary Shiite figures discuss and debate the history, theology and values of this minority branch of Islam.
- Shirin Ebadi - In-depth introduction to Nobel Peace Prize winner in her Tehran office, interwoven with speeches at international conferences and a visit to the children's center she founded.
- Shrine Under Siege - Describes the coalition formed by Fundamentalist U.S. Christians and militant Israeli Jews to destroy the Dome of the Rock, Islam's third holiest shrine, and to build a new Jewish temple in its place.
- The Singing Sheikh - Immam Mohammad Ahmad Eissa of Egypt.
- Slaves of the Sword Series - This 3-part series investigates the lives, strengths, and limitations of 3 Israeli general/politicians, and asks: why does Israel, a democracy, continue to choose military men to lead?
- SOS in Tehran - What is on Iran's mind today? To find out the film goes inside an Iranian psychological telephone hotline, government sex education courses, and group psychotherapy sessions for Tehran's elite.
- Souha - The story of Souha Béchara, who tried to assassinate General Antoine Lahad, a collaborator with the Israeli Army in the South of Lebanon.
- Stories of Honor and Shame - Through a series of remarkable personal accounts, fifteen women reveal their roles in the patriarchal Islamic society of the Gaza Strip where men dictate most aspects of life.
- The Struggle for Peace - Introduces grassroots organizations with very different perspectives on how to bring about a peaceful settlement to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
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- The Temptation of Power - Examines the policies of the Iranian government during the so-called White Revolution, from 1962 to 1978.
- Thirst - It has been 10 years since Abu Shukri and his family fled a scandal involving his older daughter Gamila and settled in a dusty, arid valley in the middle of nowhere, far away from their hometown.
- 3 Cm Less - The parallel stories of two very different Palestinian women who attempt to heal the rifts in their families, probing into the "invisible hunger" for love and security, amidst the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
- Ticket to Jerusalem - Jabber, a Palestinian, escapes the troubles on the West Bank by showing films to his community. But trouble is all he gets when he tries to organize a screening in Jerusalem.
- Tree Of Survival - Although the drought and starvation suffered by the people on the borders of the Sahara no longer make headlines, the ever-encroaching dunes refuse to go away.
- 20 Years Old in the Middle East - Filmed after the fall of Saddam Hussein, this film traverses the region - from Jordan to Syria, Iran, and Lebanon - to take the pulse of Arab and Iranian youth.
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- The Virgin Diaries - Two young women journey through Morocco in search of answers to their questions about virginity, sex and Islam.
- Voices From Gaza - The first full length documentary produced after the start of the Palestinian intifada.
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- We Loved Each Other So Much - The Lebanese singer Hoda Nouhad Haddad, better known as Fairuz, is a legend in the Arab world. The stories of diverse Beirut inhabitants and of their love for her provide a moving commentary on Lebanon's tumultuous history.
- What's a Human Anyway? - The phases of becoming a man in Turkish society are explored in an urban apartment building where neighbors and family live in close quarters.
- Women in the Middle East - A series that explores the changing roles of women in the Arab world.
- The Women of Hezbollah - A portrait of two women activists in the Hezbollah, and an examination of the personal, social and political factors of their commitment to this Islamic movement in Lebanon.
- Women Under Siege - Looks at the daily lives of six women in a besieged Palestinian refugee camp.
- Women's Prison - A taboo-breaking film based on years of fieldwork among women prisoners in Iran.
- Work - Explores the hopes and aspirations of Arab men and women as embodied in the dreams and realities of flying.
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- Yitzhak Rabin - Examines late Israeli general, statesman, and pioneer for peace in the Middle East, who was assassinated in 1995 while implementing the doomed Oslo peace accords.
- Youth - Four young women face issues of independence and empowerment in Algeria, Egypt, and Lebanon.
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- Zinat, One Special Day - Zinat, the first woman from the Island of Qeshm in the south of Iran to remove the traditional face mask (Boregheh), is running for elected office.
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