Film Countries Archives: United States

The Agronomist

Through historical footage and intimate interviews, The Agronomist examines the life of Jean Dominique, the human rights activist and radio host whose voice inspired the spirit of revolution against Haiti’s dictatorial regime.

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Anne B. Real

Anne B. Real centers on a young female rapper who finds inpiration in The Diary of Anne Frank in this moving coming of age tale.

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Battleground

In 2003, filmmaker and reporter Stephen Marshall travels to war-torn Iraq to investigate a spreading insurgency that is creating an increasingly unstable situation for U.S. military troops. Focusing on the story of an ex-Shiite guerrilla returning to his homeland for the first time in over a decade, Marshall uncovers a lost optimism for a truly liberated Iraq, and the roots of an ideological split that is as divisive for Americans as it for Iraqis at the center of the conflict.

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Benji

Benji documents the November 1984 death and cultural impact of Ben Wilson, a 17-year-old from the South Side of Chicago who was regarded as the best basketball player in the country.

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