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  • Joy! Portrait of a Nun

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    A shamanistic world of sexuality, spiritualism and political activism. A bearded nun. Through an intimate lens, this feature documentary takes us on a journey with Sister Missionary P. Delight, one of the founders of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. In 1979, Mish, as he is affectionately know...

  • Jongue, A Nomad's Journey

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    A film about Serge Emmanuel Jongué, photographer-writer.
    Emigrated to Quebec to escape the family’s shadows, wounds and silences he spent his brief life exploring his multiple origins.
    Jongué’s life is told with his own texts, images and talismans from his birth in Aix-en-Provence until his unt...

  • Jivin' in Be-Bop with Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra

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    A music documentary about Dizzy Gillespie

  • Jessica Clark Racing - Clio-nominated Documentary

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    Jessica Clark, a 21-year-old race car driver from Ventura, California dreams of racing in NASCAR one day. As a confident and driven woman in a male-dominated career field, she is an empowering example of a woman defying the odds.

  • Jeanne d'Trans

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    The candid adventures of a straight filmmaker in world of transvestites, trans-genders and other gender minorities. Documentary explores our traditional gender roles through the experiences of people who challenge them all. Interviews include various Burlesque - artists, female pastor and Europe'...

  • It Was Better Tomorrow

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    Through the hubbub of a revolution, “It was better tomorrow” follows Aida, a Tunisian woman who has to rebuild her entire life and who does not wish to look backwards. She spends her time moving from one poor neighborhood to another. Driven by the will to find a roof over her head and for her chi...

  • Irene

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    Irene is a short film about the filmmakers grandmother.

  • Invisible City

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    Invisible City is a moving story of two boys from Regent Park crossing into adulthood – their mothers and mentors rooting for them to succeed; their environment and social pressures tempting them to make poor choices. Turning his camera on the often ignored inner city, Academy-award nominated dir...

  • Interrogate This: Psychologists Take On Terror

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    What are psychologists doing in U.S.

  • Inside Iraq: The Untold Stories

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    Crashing the war: How I made a fake press pass, snuck into Iraq and became a gunner on a tank.

  • Independent America: Rising from Ruins

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    This film takes a hard look at the importance of a local economy in times of disaster.

  • InDifferent Worlds

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    The film "InDifferent Worlds" follows the real life adventure of well known Austin Based Actor Micah Goodding. Along with his Sister and Father, he takes a life changing journey to Kakinada India. As Micah battles his own personal demons, his depression as he goes through the process of a painful...

  • In the Waves

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    In the Waves is an expressive documentary that depicts the life of 80 years old Joan Alma Mills in her aging coastal village. Following the death of her younger sister, Joan finds herself confronted by the fragility of life. As she tries to come to terms with her loss Joan searches for meaning in...

  • In Jerusalem: Elections 2013

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    A look inside the Israeli elections of 2013 from the perspectives of people in the city of Jerusalem, Israel. Includes views from Israelis, religious, secular and Palestinians.

  • If it Ain't Broke: Black Folks and Family Structure

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    Cities across the United States are consistently being impacted by the growing number of single parent households. This occurrence transcends cultural barriers although, the African American community has been impacted most. What has caused this dilemma? Why are families no longer headed by a mot...

  • Idaho Wine, From Bud to Taste Bud

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    The Idaho winemaking tale is ripe and ready for picking.

  • Ice Breakers

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    Josh Crooks is a promising teen hockey star in a sport where Black players like him are chronically underrepresented. Ice Breakers reveals the buried history of a pioneering Black hockey league in Atlantic Canada, as Crooks discovers that his unshakable passion is tied to a rich and remarkable he...

  • Ibyiza Birimbere The Best is Still to Come

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    Three young Rwandese invite you to visit Rwanda in 2014 - 20 years after the Genocide.

  • Ian Harvie Superhero

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    You may know Ian Harvie as Margaret Cho’s opening act, a cross-country headliner or a groundbreaking trans comedian unafraid to joke about subjects no other comedian has ever touched.

    In the spring 2014, Harvie (with the help of executive producer Cho) unveiled his first-ever live standup comedy...

  • I'm Gone: A Film About Amy

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    I’m gone is the story of a journey set to a dark country melody. Twenty hours on the road from Montréal to an island lost in foggy Nova Scotia, three drug addicts in remission, two filmmakers, ten million mosquitoes, twelve days to record an album and prove that it’s possible to stay alive and re...

  • I Will Marry the Whole Village (Ozenicu celo selo)

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    In this award winning docu-comedy, Peca, an accordion player, has decided to marry all the single men in his small village. In his own words, "I'm going to marry the whole village, even if I regret it." On this naive journey of matrimony and self-discovery, Peca sets out to bring happiness to his...

  • I Wasn't Always Dressed Like This

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    The veil is an object that tends to instigate profound and diverse feelings. Its practice and meaning have been greatly abused throughout history. Within the context of the West the question one might ask: “In a free country, why are women choosing to veil?”
    In a very intimate and meditative mode...

  • I Say Dust

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    Two Arab-American women in New York City fall in love, argue home and identity, engage in a chess battle, and express themselves through the power of the spoken word. 'I Say Dust' explores poetry in cinema.

  • I Am Skylar

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    I Am Skylar is the emotionally compelling story of an articulate 14-year-old girl who is thoughtfully defining her future and the woman she is to become. Surrounded by a family and a community who show her unconditional love as she follows her personal path, Skylar faces the complexities of being...