As The Desert Comes

As the Deserts Come is a feature-length documentary about a small village of Tibetan herders and their struggle for survival against time and forces beyond their control. Set in the stark landscape of eastern Tibetan plateau, we watch members of a disappearing culture adapt and fight against the decimation of the grasslands that sustained them for generations. What can they do to survive? How do they engage their resilience and indigenous ingenuity to win this battle? To view a trailer, please go to: http://vimeo.com/28948767.

Donation Amount: $ 6% coverage

Bad Blood: A Cautionary Tale

By 1987, 70% of hemophiliacs in the Unites States – 10,000 people – were infected with HIV and hepatitis from their FDA approved medication. They leave behind a legacy of suffering that reminds each of us what can happen when the “system” fails. “Bad Blood” is a cautionary tale, bringing together patients, doctors, drug manufacturers, and government regulators to recollect how the worst medical disaster of the 20th Century was allowed to occur and cautions us to remember, remain vigilant, and to demand a safer system.

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Battle For Jerusalem

Battle For Jerusalem highlights the attempts to revitalize Israel’s capital by a new wave of young artists and activists, whose efforts have already initiated a burgeoning cultural renaissance within the city. This group of citizens is taking a stand to stay and improve conditions, making sure that Jerusalem remains an open and pluralistic capital for all Israelis, in the face of the growing number and influence of the city’s ultra-orthodox (Haredi) population. Despite sometimes violent protests and attacks by Haredi groups, these young activists and Jerusalem’s dynamic, secular Mayor, Nir Barkat remain committed to curbing economic, cultural, and brain drain from the area. Battle For Jerusalem follows four Jerusalemites as they navigate the complexities of creating change in one of the world’s most beloved, misunderstood, and fascinating cities. For more details, please go to: http://www.battleforjerusalem.com.

Donation Amount: $ 6% coverage

Beauty Behind Bars

A women’s prison in Peru holds a beauty pageant where inmates, mostly foreigners arrested for attempted drug smuggling, compete for the title Miss Primavera.  The core of the documentary is the personal stories of the contestants: their mistakes, their dreams, their survival, their preparation for Miss Primavera.  Why the women are there is the backdrop of the story—as collateral damage in the international war on drugs.

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Best Kept Secret

At JFK High School, located in the midst of a run-down area in Newark, New Jersey’s largest city, administrators answer the phone by saying, “You’ve reached John F. Kennedy High School, Newark’s Best-Kept Secret.” And indeed, it is. JFK is a school for all types of students with special education needs, ranging from those on the autism spectrum to those with multiple disabilities. In Best Kept Secret, a JFK teacher struggles to help her teenage students with autism survive in a brutal world. Shot on HD, the film will be an intimate, dramatic, and very personal look into the worlds of a teacher and students of one JFK High School classroom.

Donation Amount: $ 6% coverage

Betting the Farm

After being dropped by their main dairy processor, a group of nine Maine organic dairy farmers tries to launch a new milk company, Maine’s Own Organic Milk. But in MOO Milk’s first year, each of the farmers is facing mounting debts and losing money every week. Can the new company succeed, and fast enough to save them?

Donation Amount: $ 6% coverage

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