5 Broken
Cameras
FILM SYNOPSIS
As Israeli settlers begin building homes and erecting a barrier wall in the
West Bank village of Bil'in, a Palestinian farm worker documents the town's
resistance to the new settlement. Over the course of several years, the
townspeople clash with the Israeli Defense Force, and tensions mount as the
wall remains and the building continues.
The Gatekeepers
FILM SYNOPSIS
Six former heads of the Shin Bet, Israel's counterterrorism agency, speak
candidly about their participation in the policies that have shaped the long
history of violence between Israelis and Palestinians. Starting with the
aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War, the men discuss with remarkable openness
the successes and mistakes of their individual tenures.
How to Survive
a Plague
FILM SYNOPSIS
By the mid-1980s, as the official response to the growing AIDS epidemic
remained dispiritingly low-key and at times hostile, the activist group ACT
UP began focusing media attention on the disease and demanding action from
the government and the medical community. While some members of the group
staged protests, others immersed themselves in the research being done on
the virus and helped achieve a dramatic transformation in its treatment.
The Invisible
War
FILM SYNOPSIS
According to Department of Defense estimates, over 19,300 members of the
U.S. military were sexually assaulted in 2010 alone. Yet, although the rate
of sexual assaults against women in the service is twice that of the
civilian population, only ten percent of assault cases end in prosecution,
with female soldiers often finding themselves ostracized or pressured into
remaining silent.
Searching for
Sugar Man
FILM SYNOPSIS
In the early 1970s, A&M released two albums by a singer-songwriter known
only as Rodriguez, who dropped out of sight and was rumored to have died
after the records failed to sell. When Rodriguez unexpectedly attracted a
cult following in South Africa, however, two of his ardent fans decided to
track down the truth behind his disappearance from the music scene.
