Documentary Films on The D-Word

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A Life of Prayer: Cincinnati's Poor Clare Monastery (2018)

Directed by Julie McElmurry


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Afro-Iranian Musician (2016)

Directed by Ala Mohseni

A short film on Saeed Shanbehzadeh music, and the fascinating and little-known Afro-Iranian music.


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Kiosk, A Generation Destroyed By Madness (2013)

Directed by Ala Mohseni

Kiosk - the band and the movie - makes music from the howl of oppression.


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My City Pizza (2008)

An often funny documentary about Tehran's pizzerias as a battelground between traditions & modernity


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The 8th (2020)


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The Four Lives of Federico Faggin (2021)

Directed by Roberto Miller

From the Invention of the Microprocessor to the New Science of Consciousness


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My Vietnam Your Iraq (2011)

Produced by Ron Osgood

Stories from eight Vietnam War veterans who have children that served in Iraq.


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Chelsea Boys (2003)


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Textures And Stories At Algarve (2020)

Textures and stories


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The Second Time I Got to Know My Dog (2020)

Directed by Kyle Scoble

A reflection on how a man and his dog handled the first months of the COVID pandemic.


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Homeroom (2020)

Oakland High School’s class of 2020 confronts an unprecedented year.


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The Fruit of Our Labor (2011)

Directed by Community Supported Film, Sayed Qasem Hossaini, Fakhria Ibrahimi, Baqir Tawakoli, Abdul Majeed Zarand, Mona Haidari, Ahmad Wahid Zaman, Aqeela Rezai, Zahra Sadat, Reza Sahel & Hasibullah Asmati

Afghan Perspectives in Film


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New Immigrant and Refugee Visions (2017)

Directed by Community Supported Film, Qin Li, Abdirahman Abdi, Braulio Tellez-Vilches, Sayed Najib Hashimi, Rafael DeLeon, Mohammad Arifuzzaman, Wilson Thelimo Louis, Katsyris Rivera-Kientz, Kebrewosen Densamo & Mubarak Muwonge Nsamba

Films by and about immigrants


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Owning Our Future (2015)

Directed by Community Supported Film, Steeve Colin, Jenipher W. Charles, Jean Wilson Therrier, Sylvestre Fils Dorcilus, Bichara Villarson, Marie Jessy Kernizan, Robenson Sanon, Muselène Carilus, Jéthro-Claudel Pierre Jeanty & Christien Sylvaince

Haitian Perspectives in Film


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Moynihan (unreleased)

Portrait of New York's former intellectual senator


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The Pine Barrens (unreleased)

Directed by David S Kessler

A storied wilderness and its people stand defiant in the most densely populated state in America.


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Raging Cult (2019)