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Sheffield DocFest 2015

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Dreamcatcher (Country: UK, US; Year: 2015; Director: Kim Longinotto; Writer: Kim Longinotto)
Documentary, showing how a former teenage prostitute is helping other women to find a better life.
Full Review See: Kim Loginotto and Brenda Myers-Powell talk about documentary Dreamcatcher
India's Daughter (Country: UK, India; Year: 2014; Director: Leslee Udwin; Writer: Leslee Udwin; Stars: Jyoti's Mother Asha Devi, Badri Singh, Mukesh Singh)
Story of the brutal gang rape and murder of Jyoti Singh in Delhi.
Jungle Sisters (Country: UK, India; Year: 2014; Director: Chloe Ruthven; Writer: Chloe Ruthven)
Story of rural migrant workers in India.
Leaving Africa (Leaving Africa: A Story About Friendship and Empowerment) (Country: Finland, Uganda; Year: 2015; Director: Iiris Härmä; Writer: Iiris Härmä)
Two women who have been running a sexual health education programme in Uganda find their work under threat just weeks before one of them is set to retire.
Mother Of The Unborn (Um Ghayeb: Mother of the Unborn) (Country: Egypt, United Arab Emirates; Year: 2014; Director: Nadine Salib; Writer: Maartje Alders, Nadine Salib)
An Egyptian woman's attempts to fall pregnant.
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