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- DirectorClaude NuridsanyMarie PérennouStarsKristin Scott ThomasJacques PerrinA documentary on insect life in meadows and ponds.
- DirectorMarcos PradoStarsEstamiraDocumentary about Estamira, a 63-year-old woman who's been working for over 20 years at a landfill in Rio de Janeiro. Schizophrenic, but very charismatic, she's the leader of a small community of old people living off garbage and has a very lyrical and philosophical attitude towards life.
- DirectorJayne LoaderKevin RaffertyPierce RaffertyStarsPaul TibbetsHarry S. TrumanW.H.P. BlandyDisturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety.
- DirectorSimon HartogStarsLeonel BrizolaChico BuarqueWalter ClarkDetails the dominant position of the Rede Globo media group, the largest in Brazil, and discusses its influence, power and political connections.
- DirectorJoão JardimWalter CarvalhoStarsEvgen BavcarRaimunda da Conceição FilhaFelipeA sensitive statement about the importance of vision and our dependency on it, and on how malleable and adaptive is our soul.
- DirectorJon BlairStarsLeonardo TorresDione Dos SantosMarcio da Silva LimaRio slum-set film: drug lord Spiderman, 28, oversees territory; cop Torres hunts criminals amid gunfire; pastor Dione seeks to end narcotics conflict. Depicts three perspectives in city's violent drug war through unprecedented access.
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsTariq AliTony BlairWolf BlitzerA road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream media's misperception of South America while interviewing seven of its elected presidents.
- StarsHarry BelafonteDesi ArnazRubén BladesA three-part historical survey of the African musical roots of Latin Jazz, Salsa, and popular genres. Featuring narration by Harry Belafonte, this documentary traces the evolution of Latin Music from Africa itself into the twentieth century with the advent of Afro-Cuban Jazz (or Latin Jazz) and later the advent of Latin pop sounds by such artists as Gloria Estefan. A musical journey for historians, musicians, and music lovers alike.
- DirectorBanksyStarsBanksyMr. BrainwashSpace InvaderFollowing the style of some of the world's most prolific street artists, an amateur filmmaker makes a foray into the art world.
- DirectorFernando Grostein AndradeCosmo Feilding-MellenStarsFran Boyd AndrewsBrenda BlomFernando Henrique CardosoDocumentary uncovering the failure of the UN sanctioned war on drugs.
- DirectorStefan SchwietertStarsFrancisco RadaAlfredo de Jesús Gutiérrez VitalManuel Rada OviedoThe story of Caribbean music pioneer Pacho Rada, who started playing the accordion when just a boy.
- DirectorDiploLeandro LaraStarsMr. CatraDJ JorginhoDJ Carlos MachadoFor 20 years, a subculture has emerged in Brazil under society's radar. It is the culture surrounding 'funk carioca', a musical rhythm which mixes the American electronic funk of the 1980s with the most diverse influences of Brazilian music. 'Baile funk' is one of the most interesting musical movements in the world, but it comes from what is at times one of the most violent and poorest places in the world: the slums of Rio de Janeiro (favelas). This music is the personalization of the raw element. Bombastic rhythms coming from the American Miami Bass and samples are fused with powerful rap vocals using Brazilian slang. This documentary tells stories of sex, love, poverty, and pride among Rio's marginalized people. They have their own language, style, and heroes. It's a film that's fast, heavy, and violent like the city itself.
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsJulien TempleLowell BoileauPaul ThalA documentary about the decay and industrial collapse of America's fourth largest city.
- DirectorPatricio GuzmánStarsGaspar GalazLautaro NúñezLuís HenríquezA documentary about two different searches conducted in the Chilean Atacama Desert: one by astronomers looking for answers about the history of the cosmos, and one by women looking for the remains of loved ones killed by Pinochet's regime.