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- A film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.
- A rare opportunity to view famed artist Marc Chagall at work in his studio creating two extraordinary pieces of monumental art in mosaic and stained glass - the Four Seasons, Chagall's large and magnificent free-standing mosaic, and The America Windows, the artist's glorious stained glass tribute to America installed at The Art Institute of Chicago. The films not only provide an unusually intimate view of the artist at work, but chronicles the collaborative relationship between artist and artisan in bringing Chagall's vision to life.
- This archival film provides both a public and private look at the life of Herbert Hoover, the most maligned of all U.S. Presidents. In revisiting his life, we offer a fresh look at Hoover's role before and during the Depression, and some insights into his character and his accomplishments.
- Examines the fateful battles of Latrun - fought during Israel's 1948 War of Independence - and explores the myths those battles spawned. Through the lens of the story of Latrun, the film seeks to understand the power and influence of myth in a nation such as Israel, and how those myths impact the country's ability to forge a true peace with its neighbors. Explores early Israeli history leading up to the battle of Latrun, the issues behind the decision to fight, and what really happened in the field.
- Parkside: A Neighborhood Fights Back, a three-year study of one neighborhood's effort to replace burned-out buildings and hopelessness with the successful reintegration of a newly-designed community.
- The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, introduced in the aftermath of World War II, was intended to enshrine a common understanding of human rights that states agreed to protect. In the 40 years since, it been used by groups fighting human rights abuses around the world. In communist Czechoslovakia, the members of the dissident Charter 77 group spearheaded the movement that led to the Velvet Revolution and the 1989 overthrow of the communist regime. This compassionate film contrasts their success with the struggles of Guatemalan civil rights workers in the Council of Ethnic Communities (CERJ) today, educating peasant communities about their rights. "It liberates people," explains one, "when they fight, peacefully, for what are their human rights". When it comes to human rights, the odds have always favored the abusers. This film is about changing the odds. This film is a story of victory, tragedy and hope. A testament to the courage of those who struggle to defend their human rights.