|
G
- Gacaca - Ventures into the rural heart of the African nation of Rwanda to follow the first steps in one of the world's boldest experiments in reconciliation: the Gacaca (Ga-CHA-cha) Tribunals.
- A Gang for Good - Investigates the last self-governing "junior republic" in the country.
- Gao Rang (Grilled Rice) - The story of the North Vietnamese combat cameramen who filmed the Indo-Chinese & Vietnam Wars, and founded Vietnamese cinema.
- 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?
- Ghosts of Attica - The definitive account of America's most violent prison rebellion, its deadly suppression, the days of torture that ensued, and the almost 30 year legal case that followed.
- Give Us Our Skeletons! - Niillas Somby, a Sami, an ethnic group which inhabits northern Scandinavia, is fighting the Norwegian authorities, trying to compel them to release the skull of a rebellious ancestor.
- Glenafooka - Enchanting examination of the persistence in rural Ireland today of ancient beliefs in otherworld spirits, including fairies, ghosts, banshees and other supernatural forces.
- Gnaouas
- Goldwidows: Women in Lesotho - "Goldwidows" are the women whose husbands work in South Africa's mines - often without returning home for five years at a time.
- Gorgeous - Animated film by Kaz Cooke, whose character Hermoine, the Modern Girl, tackles plastic surgery, beauty therapy, and bulimia in a feral fit of inadequacy.
- Great Expectations - A journey through the history of visionary architecture, a survey of the most significant architectural movements of the 20th century that challenged conventional concepts.
- A Grin Without A Cat - Chris Marker's epic film-essay on the worldwide political wars of the 60's and 70's: Vietnam, Che, May '68, Prague, Chile, and the fate of the New Left.
- Grow or Die - Multi-national corporations and their ever present need to expand their markets.
- Guambianos - The life of the Guambiano Indians of Colombia.
- Guardians of the Peoples Happiness - , dogs track fugitives, cops practice karate, and Toyotas perform intricate maneuvers on the streets of Managua, climaxing in a dead of night shoot-out.
- Guatemala: A Journey to the End of Memories - Guatemalan refugees comment on the "new" Guatemala of army-built "model villages" and "reeducation camps."
- Guatemalan Report - The 1991 Congress of Indigenous American Peoples held in Guatemala.
- Guinea Worm - Examines the nearly successful fight to eradicate a water borne parasite in Africa.
- Guns & Mothers - The contentious debate over gun control, as seen through the eyes of two mothers on opposite sides of the issue.
Top of page
|
