Global Watch 2019: Crisis & Social Action

Feb. 19–Sep. 17, 2019

On Her Shoulders May 15, 2019 Nadia Murad—who shared the Nobel Peace Prize last year—is a member of the Iraqi Yazidi religious minority who survived a…
Grit June 20, 2019 Q&A filmmaker Cynthia Wade, executive director of Clearwater Greg Williams, professor of environmental studies Sunera Rahman, and student climate activist/organizer Alexandria Villasenor moderated by Christine Wexler In 2006, mud exploded into the sky at an Indonesian gas drilling site, burying 16 villages and displacing 60,000 people.…
One Child Nation Aug. 23–29, 2019 Limited Screenings From award-winning documentarian Nanfu Wang (Hooligan Sparrow, I Am Another You) and Jialing Zhang, the sweeping One Child Nation explores…
Angels Are Made of Light Sep. 17, 2019 “A clear-eyed and confrontational portrait” (Indiewire) From Academy Award–nominated director James Longley (Iraq in Fragments), this stirring and beautiful documentary…

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