It takes a certain personal courage for Bloch to do what she does here, at times physically inserting herself between groups on the verge of conflict.
Disturbed by the resurgence of fascism and anti-Semitism around the world, a psychoanalyst based in New York travels to Germany, Israel, and Palestine to confront her own deep-seated feelings about Germans and Palestinians, and the tensions between the Holocaust and the Nakba.
Three young Indian women in a conservative Muslim town seek to change their futures through education and self-determination, resisting their families' desires for them to prioritise becoming wives and mothers.
What makes someone join neo-Nazis, Jihadists or other hate groups? And what makes them decide to leave? This documentary explores the ways people legitimize hatred and the threats they face when they attempt to leave this world behind.
A documentary looking at the fate of the interpreters who helped US war efforts and found themselves in lasting danger because of it.
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Andres Caballero, Sofian Khan)
New Homeland
A documentary about the experiences of five refugee children from war-torn Syria and Iraq whose families have resettled in Canada, as they go to summer camp.
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Barbara Kopple)
100 families live as squatters in an abandoned government building in the shadow of the 2016 Olympics’ Maracanã Stadium, under the rule of local drug dealers, but find their own happiness and harmony.
(Country: Canada; Year: 2017; Director: Émilie B Guérette)
Takumi, A 60,000 Hour Story On The Survival Of Human Craft
Takumi is a Japanese word for artisan, but this term is not thrown around casually. It takes true artisans tens of thousands of hours to master their craft, a staggering investment of time that speaks of a commitment to a way of life. This documentary explores this process.
