Global Resources Subject Guide

Documentary, Foreign Language
5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements. Hebrew and Arabic dialogue; English subtitles.

A world wide odyssey to capture the images which transcend language to tell the story of the earth's evolution and of human diversity, interconnectedness between humans and nature, and man's impact on the surrounding world. Shot in 24 countries on six continents.

Documentary
Follows six actresses turned advocates, who each pursue the goal of helping to guide and empower women and girls, facing down challenges and oppression to prove the true value of the human spirit.

Documentary
An intimate portrait of Malala Yousafzai, who was wounded when Taliban gunmen opened fire on her in Pakistan's Swat Valley. The shooting of the then fifteen-year-old teenager sparked international media outrage. An educational activist in Pakistan, Yousafzai has since emerged as a leading campaigner for the rights of children worldwide and in December 2014, became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

Traces the human journey through time, from our origins in the heart of Africa to the ends of the world.

Documentary
A global contest reading of the Quran by young Muslim children that takes place in Cairo, Egypt annually during Ramadan. A coming of age story about Muslim kids in modern times.

Biography, Drama
Five-year-old Saroo gets lost on a train which takes him thousands of kilometers across India, away from home and family. Saroo must learn to survive alone in Kolkata, before ultimately being adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty-five years later, armed with only a handful of memories and a revolutionary technology known as Google Earth, he sets out to find his lost family and finally return to his first home.

Documentary, History
Originally produced as episodes of the television series Globe trekker. Special features: essential travel information, specially composed soundtrack, additional short history special.

Documentary
A unique and essential 4.5-hour documentary series addressing the roots of gender inequality, the devastating impact of poverty and the ripple effects that follow, including: sex trafficking, teen-pregnancy, gender-based violence, child slavery and the effective solutions being forged to combat them. An edge-of-your-seat dramatic encounter which travels across the United States and to Haiti, Colombia and Kenya.

Documentary, Foreign Language, History
A multiple festival award winner and Oscar nominated documentary, The Square is an unmissable insight into the heart of the Arab Spring. In English, Arabic, with English subtitles.

Documentary, History
Michael Wood embarks on a great historical adventure, exploring the stories, people and landscapes that have helped create China's distinctive character and genius over four thousand years.

Documentary, History
Presents the tale of the world's oldest and most diverse civilization as well as its largest democracy. A nuclear power and a rising giant, India's population will overtake China's within 10 years and its economy predicted to overtake the U.S.'s in the 2030s.

Documentary, Drama, Family
When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.

Documentary, History
Shot clandestinely over a two-year period, this film provides a rare look into the second-most isolated country on the planet held in a stasis by a brutal military regime for almost a half century.

Documentary
It's been months since Jafar Panahi, stuck in jail, has been awaiting a verdict by the appeals court. By depicting a day in his life, Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb try to portray the deprivations looming in contemporary Iranian cinema.

Documentary, Foreign Language Videos
French dialogue with optional English subtitles. Filmmaker Agnès Varda and photographer JR set out on a trip through France to meet locals and produce epic sized murals and form an unlikely friendship along the way.

Documentary, Music, War
Three children living in a displacement camp in northern Uganda compete in their country's national music and dance festival.

Documentary
Follows unaccompanied child migrants, on their journey through Mexico, as they try to reach the United States.

Documentary
A boxing match in Brooklyn; life in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina; the daily routine of a Nigerian midwife; an intimate family moment at home with the director: Kirsten Johnson weaves these scenes and others into her film, a tapestry of footage captured over her twenty-five-year career as a documentary cinematographer.

Documentary, History, War
Told through the eyes of ordinary people living seemingly ordinary lives, Facing Sudan is truly about the Sudanese people struggling to survive, demonstrating that seemingly ordinary individuals can do extraordinary things.

Documentary, History
Looks at the early years of the Cuban Revolution. Follows Fidel Castro on a five-day journey in 1968 through the Oriente Province, where he listens to the questions and concerns of a wide range of Cuban citizens regarding the social transformations taking place at the time.

Biography, History
A look at the life of Indian statesman and nationalist Mahatma Gandhi, focusing especially on his theory of non-violent resistance.

Documentary
The movie tells the stories of nine girls from different parts of the world who face arranged marriages, child slavery, and other heartbreaking injustices. Despite these obstacles, the brave girls offer hope and inspiration. By getting an education, they're able to break barriers and create change.

Documentary
Asserts that not only have cultures thrived according to their abilities to communicate visually, but also that, through art, we can historically trace human needs and desires because our minds drive us to create images. Questioning how and why art influences society, Spivey employs art criticism, archaeology, political theory, and anthropology.

Drama, Foreign Language, Sports
The Tehran soccer stadium roars with 100,000 cheering men and only men. According to Islamic custom, women are not permitted to watch or participate. The ambitious girls who manage to sneak into the arenas are caught and sent to a holding pen, guarded by male soldiers their own age. Duty makes these young men and women adversaires, but duty can't overcome their shared dreams, their mutual attraction, and ultimately their overriding sense of national pride and humanity. Persian/Farsi dialogue, English or French subtitles.

Documentary, Educational
This documentary presents Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on a journey from Zanzibar to Timbuktu, the Nile River Valley to Great Zimbabwe, the slave coast of Guinea to the medieval monasteries of Ethiopia in search of the lost wonders of the African world.