Archives: Films

Violins of Hope: Strings of the Holocaust

The Violins of Hope are precious stringed instruments that survived the Holocaust. Some were played by prisoners of ghettos and death camps. Today, restored by Israeli luthiers Amnon and Avshi Weinstein, these precious instruments bring joy to audiences around the world.

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Ahead-of-the-Curve

Ahead of the Curve

AHEAD OF THE CURVE tracks the power of lesbian visibility and community from the early ‘90s to the present day through the story of Franco’s founding of Curve magazine.

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Gerda’s Silence

When 6 year old Knut asks Auntie Gerda about her child, the room falls silent. 40 years later, now a journalist, he asks again. Gerda has never shared her past with anyone in her new home in the US, so why answer now.

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Heather Booth

At a time when many are wondering how to make their voices heard, this captivating documentary, a tribute to Heather Booth, examines how social change really happens.

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Shared Legacies

Shared Legacies

Through interviews and archival footage, Shared Legacies tells the story of the coalition and friendship between the Jewish and African-American communities during the Civil Rights

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200 Meters

Mustafa and his wife Salwa are from two Palestinian West Bank villages only 200 meters apart but split by Israel’s separation wall. Mustafa lives on

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Neighbours

Set in ‘80s Syria, near the border with Turkey, Neighbors views village life through the eyes of the expressive and adorable Sero, a 6-year-old who

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Maverick Modigliani

Born in Livorno, Tuscany, ‘Modì,’ lived a short, tormented life, narrated here from an original point of view, that of his young common-law wife, Jeanne

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Four Mothers

Can a group of mothers who band together help to stop a war they oppose? Four Mothers is the inspiring story of a groundbreaking female-driven,

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Asia

This award winning mother-daughter drama follows the story of a Russian Ex-pat young mother, ‘Asia,’ and her teenage daughter who live alongside each other rather

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