International Studies

Trailer for documentary "The Return of Elder Pingree - Memoir of A Departed Mormon" directed by Geoff Pingree. Man holding book standing in middle of trail. https://vimeo.com/637264347

THE RETURN OF ELDER PINGREE - MEMOIR OF A DEPARTED MORMON

A lapsed Mormon retraces the steps he took 25 years ago in Guatemala as a devout missionary to search for the people who once trusted him with their religious faith

Trailer for documentary "The Show Must Go On" directed by Divya Cowasji & Jall Cowasji. Old man and woman dancing on ballroom floor. https://vimeo.com/874989545

THE SHOW MUST GO ON - BITCHITRA COLLECTIVE

Aging Parsi theatre icons return to the stage for one final curtain - chronicling the resilience of a singular cast of characters that want nothing more than to go out with a bang

Trailer for documentary "The Silence of Others" directed by Almudena Carracedo & Robert Bahar. Old lady sitting on side of the road with her cane. https://vimeo.com/359846051

THE SILENCE OF OTHERS

A reckoning for justice and forgetting

Trailer for documentary "Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America" directed by Tom Shepard. Child hugging woman from behind. https://vimeo.com/390097400

UNSETTLED: Seeking Refuge in America

LGBT refugees and asylum seekers from Africa and the Middle East fleeing persecution to seek better and safer lives in the U.S.

Trailer for documentary "Welcome Strangers" directed by Dia Sokol Savage. Woman and man standing in doorway. https://vimeo.com/705881096

WELCOME STRANGERS

When asylum-seeking immigrants are released from an ICE detention facility onto unfamiliar streets, where can they go for help?

Trailer for documentary "What We Left Unfinished" directed by Mariam Ghani. Person holding clapperboard. https://vimeo.com/361927570

WHAT WE LEFT UNFINISHED

The story of five unfinished Afghan Communist films, and just how far artists will go to keep making art in times of war and political repression

https://vimeo.com/817806180

WRITING WITH FIRE

In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India’s only newspaper run by Dalit and marginalised women.

Trailer for documentary "Youth V Gov" directed by Chrsiti Cooper. Young adults protesting for climate recovery. https://vimeo.com/669627615

21 young Americans are suing the government to protect their constitutional rights to a stable climate. If they win, they will change the future.

International Studies documentaries from GOOD DOCS