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1/2 Revolution
Karim El Hakim & Omar Shargawi | 2011
Denmark | 72 min | 15+ years | Arabic with English subtitles | 
A personal account of two filmmakers’ experiences in the streets of Cairo during the first days of the Arab Spring.
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5 Broken Cameras
Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi | 2011
France, Israel, Netherlands... | 94 min | 15+ years | Arabic, Hebrew with English subtitles |
A Palestinian farmer turned filmmaker chronicles nonviolent resistance to the actions of the Israeli army in the West Bank.
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Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony
Lee Hirsch | 2002
South Africa | 108 min | 12+ years | English with English subtitles |
Fascinating story of the musicians who used songs of protest, freedom and change to fight against South Africa’s apartheid regime
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An Insignificant Man
Khushboo Ranka & Vinay Shukla | 2016
India | 96 min | 8+ years | Hindi with English subtitles |
Screened as part of TOAFF17
Arvind Kejriwal, the head of the Common Man’s Party, confronts the status quo of corruption in India politics.
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Ash & Money
Tiit Ojasoo & Ene-Liis Semper | 2013
Estonia | 98 min | 15+ years | Estonian with English subtitles |
An Estonian theatre group take on their boldest, most ambitious project: the creation of a new political party. Is it a hoax or are they for real?
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Big Men
Rachel Boynton | 2013
Denmark, United Kingdom, United States | 99 min | 15+ years | English with English subtitles |
Screened as part of TOAFF14
Unprecedented access to the high-powered world of African oil deals.
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Chalk Girl
San San F Young | 2017
United Kingdom | 25 min | 12+ years | English, Chinese (Mandarin) with English subtitles | 
Two years since her arrest made her an accidental superhero of the Umbrella Movement, the infamous ‘Chalk Girl’, now 16, must decide whether to rejoin the battle for Hong Kong’s democracy.
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Checks and Balances (Contre-Pouvoirs)
Malek Bensmaïl | 2015
Algeria | 97 min | 12+ years | French with English subtitles |
Screened as part of TOAFF16
Algerian documentarian Malek Bensmaïl offers an inspiring portrait of the country’s most vocal anti-establishment newspapers during a crackdown on investigative journalism.
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Concerning the Bodyguard
Kasra Farahani | 2016
United States | 10 min | English with English subtitles |
Screened as part of TOAFF16
An anonymous bodyguard, tasked to protect the dictator of an unknown country, navigates a rigid hierarchy of power and control.
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Democrats
Camilla Nielsson | 2014
Denmark, Zimbabwe | 100 min | 15+ years | English with English subtitles |
As Robert Mugabe puts together a new Zimbabwean constitution, two opposing politicians are tasked with drafting the document.
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E-Team
Katy Chevigny, Ross Kauffman | 2014
United States | 88 min | 15+ years | English, Arabic, French... with English subtitles |
Screened as part of TOAFF14
When human atrocities run rampant, when ruthless dictators hold a nation captive, that’s when the E-Team is called into action.
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Facing the Dragon
Sedika Mojadidi | 2018
Afghanistan, Australia, Germany... | 80 min | 15+ years | Afghan Persian with English subtitles |
Screening as part of TOAFF19
As American forces and aid leave Afghanistan, Afghan-American filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi crafts an intimate portrait of two awe-inspiring women: Nilofar, a member of parliament, and Shakila, a television journalist.