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In Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood, the Vida/Sida Cacica Pageant brings together members of the Puerto Rican community to celebrate its transgender participants. I Am The Queen follows Bianca, Julissa and Jolizza as they prepare for the pageant under the guidance of Ginger Valdez, an experienced transgender mentor from the neighborhood. These trans women share stories of their transition, their relatives' varying reactions, and how they find...
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When Edmond (Michel Bouquet), a man quickly facing the loss of his independence, is placed in a care facility after taking a bad fall, he discovers that his son has sold his apartment. Determined to reclaim his autonomy, he leaves the care facility with Rose (Florence Loiret Caille), an empathetic nurse still suffering from the loss of her unborn child. She takes him into her home to allow him the measure of freedom he deserves. Through this new...
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In the remote Northern Territory of Australia, the Galpu clan, an Aboriginal family led by renowned didgeridoo master craftsman, Djalu Gurruwiwi, struggles to maintain its ancestral traditions in the face of modern societal, economic, and environmental pressures. When the Galpu youth display little interest in maintaining the clan's legacy and the impact of the nearby Rio Tinto mine begins to take its toll, the clan elders must devise a strategy...
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Allen, a documentary filmmaker, scores the story of his life when Mark Chambers, a former pro football star with a lot of financial baggage, agrees to be the subject of a movie; he unwittingly becomes an accomplice to Mark's efforts to turn his life around. As the film crew records Mark's daily activities-from selling his championship ring and confronting drivers of suspiciously parked vehicles to riding a roller coaster and gambling at an underground...
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When Astrid, a professional therapist struggling to find meaningful friendships, starts having an affair with her patient Céline's husband, it puts a strain on an already difficult relationship with her son, David. Meanwhile, Céline, a former prostitute content with her domesticated life, befriends David when he tries to run away from home by booking a flight through her travel agency. When David discloses the affair to Céline, she must decide...
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This explosive documentary follows the money back to the elusive multi-billionaire Robert Mercer who bought Breitbart News and funded the effort, while inserting Stephen K. Bannon into the presidential campaign as its manager. Meanwhile, another Mercer company, Cambridge Analytica, mined personal data from millions of Americans via social media to determine which ones could be easily swayed by hyper-targeted political ads with exaggerated claims....
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This renewed struggle facing Immigrants, Latinos, Muslims, Blacks, Women, and Transgender people is represented by frontline activist voices from the Southern Poverty Law Center, the National Diversity Council, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and local groups, such as Black Lives Matter.
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For three days in August 1969, nearly a half-million young people descended upon Max Yasgur's farm in upstate New York for the rock 'n' roll event that defined a generation. Mythologized for 50 years, the filmmakers set the record straight with the most comprehensive examination of how the festival came to be using original interviews with key figures, rare archival footage and unearthed photographs.
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NORML, the National Organization of the Reform for Marijuana Laws, has advocated the decriminalization of cannabis for over 40 years. Its founder, current leaders and nationwide chapter representatives describe the patchwork of state and municipal laws that allow medical marijuana, while the federal government still regards cannabis as a dangerous narcotic. Voters in the U.S. are increasingly recognizing the positive aspects of accepting and controlling...
10) Superpower
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A behind-the-scenes look at America's national security apparatus and military actions, exploring the dangers of government secrets and the U.S. quest for global dominance through economic and military strategy. Includes interviews with Harry S. Truman, Jeff W. Jones, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and more.
11) The hole story
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Provincial puzzlers volume 1
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A mysterious hole in a Minnesota lake. A visitor in need of an answer. A small town that can't make sense of either. This is the story of the mysterious hole in the ice which opened up on North Long Lake during the winter.
12) The happy poet
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Bill, a struggling poet who pours his heart, soul, and last few dollars into starting a healthy food stand, surprising friends and customers with his dry wit and offbeat passion. Motivated by help from a rag-tag group of supporters and a budding romance with a poetry-loving customer, Bill strives to make a difference in the world, until surprising complications jeopardize his new friendships and threaten Bill's dreams for a hot dog-free future.
13) Disfigured
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Lydia is a fat, graceful woman struggling to maintain her identity in fashionable Venice Beach, California. Though she is a member of Fat Acceptance Group she still struggles with complex feelings about her body and its place in the world. Darcy, a recovering-anorexic real estate agent, is struggling with the same issues from a very different perspective. Her attempt to join the Fat Acceptance Group is quickly rejected but it introduces her to Lydia....
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Explains how global poverty began with military conquest, slavery, and colonization that resulted in the seizure of land, minerals, and forced labor. Today's financial crisis is a direct consequence of these unchallenged policies that have lasted centuries. Features expert insights from Nobel Prize winners, acclaimed authors, university professors, government ministers, and the leaders of social movements. Includes interviews, photo galleries, and...
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When the Cold War ended, worry about nuclear weapons also receded. But has the nuclear threat really receded as well? If the U.S. and Russia are no longer in an arms race, why are there nuclear weapons in both countries that are still on high alert? Filmmaker Bud Ryan sets out to discover what possible explanations there could be as to why the posture of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) still exists, and how the nuclear powers might free the world...
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After his son's diagnosis, filmmaker Todd Drezner visits the front lines of the autism wars. We meet the 'recovery movement, ' which views autism as a tragic epidemic brought on by environmental toxins. Operating outside the boundaries of mainstream medicine, these parents, doctors, and therapists search for unconventional treatments that can 'reverse' autism and restore their children to normal lives. Also explored is the "neurodiversity movement"...
18) Under the turban
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What makes me a Sikh? That question posed by nine-year-old Zara Garcha starts a family's journey to learn about their religion. The Garcha family explores Sikhism by visiting diverse Sikh communities around the world: meeting with a Maharaja, cheesemakers, fashionistas, farmers, and scholars to glean a better understanding of the world's fifth largest religion. Their journey begins in Parma where they meet Sikhs who have a hand in creating Italy's...