Films & Documentaries

Darfur Diaries

In October, 2004 three activists snuck across the Sudanese border into rebel-held territory to document the atrocities in Darfur. They returned with some of the first footage exposing the massive war crimes being perpetrated by the Sudanese government.

An Inconvenient Truth

"This stir-it-upper from director Davis Guggenheim is basically a lecture by Al Gore about global warming, including a multimedia slide show and shots of the former veep on the road, giving speeches and plugging thoughts into his Apple computer on environmental issues that have obsessed him for two decades. Dull? Not a bit. It grabs you like a thriller with an ending that will haunt your dreams. Gore keeps us riveted by being charming, literate and profoundly persuasive on a topic that's scarier than anything in a dozen Japanese horror flicks. Vote Gore on this one."

—PETER TRAVERS
Posted for Rolling Stone

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Birdsong & Coffee

What is the “natural organic connection between coffee farmers, coffee drinkers,and birds”? Why do we need a wake-up call?
Part One of this documentary explores the “coffee crisis” and its devastating effects on migratory songbirds, rainforest ecosystems, and 25 million coffee growers worldwide.
Part Two shows how we, as coffee consumers, can address the environmental and fair-trade aspects of this crisis.

Hometown Baghdad

This online web series about life in Baghdad tells the stories of three young Iraqis struggling to survive during the war. The series premiered on March 19th 2007 and the final episode went live on June 17, 2007. All episodes are viewable online for free.

Born into Brothels

This award-winning film chronicles the transformation of the most stigmatized people in Calcutta's red light district—not the prostitutes, but their children.