God Grew Tired of Us
Dec 31, 2006 | IMDB 7.2
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Filmmaker Christopher Quinn observes the ordeal of three Sudanese refugees -- Jon Bul Dau, Daniel Abul Pach and Panther Bior -- as they try to come to terms with the horrors they experienced in their homeland, while adjusting to their new lives in the United States.
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IMDB 5 | Nov , 2013
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IMDB 6 | Nov , 1958
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IMDB 7.5 | Sep , 2016
Wildlife activists and investigators put their lives on the line to battle the illegal African ivory trade, in this suspenseful on-the-ground documentary.Memory Books
IMDB 0 | May , 2008
In Uganda, AIDS-infected mothers have begun writing what they call Memory Books for their children. Aware of the illness, it is a way for the family to come to terms with the inevitable death that it faces. Hopelessness and desperation are confronted through the collaborative effort of remembering and recording, a process that inspires unexpected strength and even solace in the face of death.White Man with Black Bread
IMDB 8 | Jan , 2007
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IMDB 8.5 | Nov , 2007
Documentary that shows the changing attitude towards immigrant labor in The Netherlands. The documentary follows three immigrants that arrived in Holland 30 years ago to work in a bakery.Déjà le sang de mai ensemençait novembre
IMDB 9 | Jan , 1982
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IMDB 3.5 | Feb , 2008
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IMDB 0 | Nov , 2014
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IMDB 7 | Jan , 2003
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IMDB 7.5 | Jun , 2022
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IMDB 7.2 | Jan , 2004
Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has promised a sense of space, affordability, family life and upward mobility. As the population of suburban sprawl has exploded in the past 50 years Suburbia, and all it promises, has become the American Dream. But as we enter the 21st century, serious questions are beginning to emerge...La Trace de Kandia
IMDB 10 | Nov , 2014
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IMDB 0 | Mar , 2015
In 1975, a seven-months pregnant Vietnamese refugee, Giap, escapes Saigon in a boat and, within weeks, finds herself working on an assembly line in Seymour, Indiana. 35 years later, her aspiring filmmaker son, Tony, decides to document her final day of work at the last ironing board factory in America.Dim Sum (A Little Bit of Heart)
IMDB 0 | Aug , 2002
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