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About a War
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directed by Daniele Rugo, fl. 2009 and Abi Weaver, fl. 2009; produced by Daniele Rugo, fl. 2009 and Abi Weaver, fl. 2009 (Portland, OR: Collective Eye Films, 2019), 1 hour 23 mins
The Lebanese Civil War saw 170,000 dead, 1 million displaced and 17,000 people still missing. During the conflict thousands of teenagers picked up arms to fight in a 15 years war that tore the nation apart. Moving through the testimonies of Assad, a right wing Christian intelligence officer; Ahed, a Palestinian re...
directed by Daniele Rugo, fl. 2009 and Abi Weaver, fl. 2009; produced by Daniele Rugo, fl. 2009 and Abi Weaver, fl. 2009 (Portland, OR: Collective Eye Films, 2019), 1 hour 23 mins
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All for the Nation
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directed by Carol Mansour, 1961-; produced by Christine Chamoun, fl. 2003, Forward Film Productions (Beirut, Bayrut: Forward Film Productions, 2011), 50 mins
"Koulouna lil Watan" (All For The Nation) focuses on a particular Lebanese nationality law, which stipulates that Lebanese women who choose to marry a foreigner are not allowed to extend their Lebanese citizenship to their husbands and children. Without citizenship, those families lose their social, civil and econ...
directed by Carol Mansour, 1961-; produced by Christine Chamoun, fl. 2003, Forward Film Productions (Beirut, Bayrut: Forward Film Productions, 2011), 50 mins
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Angels are Made of Light
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directed by James Longley, 1972-; produced by James Longley, 1972- (New York, NY: Grasshopper Film, 2018), 1 hour 57 mins
A stirring and beautiful documentary from Academy Award nominated director James Longley (Iraq in Fragments), Angels Are Made of Light traces the lives of young students and their teachers at a school in the old city of Kabul. Interweaving the modern history of Afghanistan with present-day portraits, the film offe...
directed by James Longley, 1972-; produced by James Longley, 1972- (New York, NY: Grasshopper Film, 2018), 1 hour 57 mins
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Asia's Regional Architecture
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written by Andrew Yeo, fl. 2008 (Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2019), 264 page(s)
During the Cold War, the U.S. built a series of alliances with Asian nations to erect a bulwark against the spread of communism and provide security to the region. Despite pressure to end bilateral alliances in the post-Cold War world, they persist to this day, even as new multilateral institutions have sprung up...
written by Andrew Yeo, fl. 2008 (Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2019), 264 page(s)
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Behind the Sexual Assault of a Left-behind Girl
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directed by Ge Jia, fl. 2014; presented by Jiang Nan, fl. 2014; produced by Song Yang, fl. 2014, Phoenix Satellite Television Company Limited (Hong Kong (State): Phoenix TV, 2014), 28 mins

A news report about a left-behind girl being sexually assaulted by 18 elderly men for 2 years in Guangxi shocked the society. Receiving no sympathy, the 11-year-old victim “Xiao Yu” was even being accused of prostitution. To avoid gossip of her neighbour, her family was forced to move out of the village.

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directed by Ge Jia, fl. 2014; presented by Jiang Nan, fl. 2014; produced by Song Yang, fl. 2014, Phoenix Satellite Television Company Limited (Hong Kong (State): Phoenix TV, 2014), 28 mins
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Brides of Allah
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directed by Natalie Assouline-Terebilo, 1972-; produced by Ayelet Ephrati, fl. 1999 and Talia Kleinhendler, fl. 2007, Ephrati Productions and Pie Films (Zurich, Zurich Canton: First Hand Films, 2008), 1 hour
The desire to be beautiful is still strong, no matter what the circumstances. The women giggle and pass around fragments of a broken mirror. This is a world which exists only behind prison walls, where a lullaby whispered lovingly in a baby's ear echoes with the sting of hatred, where compassion and disdain live c...
directed by Natalie Assouline-Terebilo, 1972-; produced by Ayelet Ephrati, fl. 1999 and Talia Kleinhendler, fl. 2007, Ephrati Productions and Pie Films (Zurich, Zurich Canton: First Hand Films, 2008), 1 hour
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Cambodia: The Betrayal
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produced by David Munro, 1942- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1993), 1 hour 8 mins
The world was horrified to learn of the holocaust which had taken place in Cambodia at the hands of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. This film exposes the hypocrisy of the Western nations which continue to support Pol Pot, despite the atrocities of his regime. Not only has Pol Pot been allowed to occupy Cambodia's sea...
produced by David Munro, 1942- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1993), 1 hour 8 mins
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Caste at Birth
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directed by Mira Hamermesh; produced by Mira Hamermesh (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1991), 52 mins
Few Westerners realize the grave situation of India's "untouchables." There are 150 million of them who live a segregated life. They cannot own land or get an education and are condemned to the most menial jobs, such as sweeping streets, cleaning toilets, or butchering animals. In the villages they are subject to...
directed by Mira Hamermesh; produced by Mira Hamermesh (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1991), 52 mins
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C'est La Vie, Chinese Baby
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produced by Phoenix Satellite Television Company Limited, in C'est La Vie (Hong Kong (State): Phoenix TV, 2020), 30 mins
Swedish girl Rebecka and American girl Julia, are both adopted children from Jiangxi province, China. In the adopted families, they were taken good care of and well educated, that one of them became a designer, while another is going to be a doctor. After growing into teenagers, under the encouragement of their ad...
produced by Phoenix Satellite Television Company Limited, in C'est La Vie (Hong Kong (State): Phoenix TV, 2020), 30 mins
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CHAR... the No-Man's Island
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directed by Sourav Sarangi; produced by Sourav Sarangi (Orient Indie Films, 2012), 1 hour 26 mins
The abandoned Char, an island experiencing massive erosion due to a change in the currents of the river Ganga due to dam building, lies between Bangladesh and India. It is where a boy named Rubel and his family live, along with those who have lost their homes countless times. This meandering river Ganga changes it...
directed by Sourav Sarangi; produced by Sourav Sarangi (Orient Indie Films, 2012), 1 hour 26 mins
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