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Timeline of Anti-Apartheid Movement

The original inhabitants of the southern tip of Africa were Bushmen and Hottentots — mostly hunter-gatherers organized into tribes. It was not until the 17th century, when explorers from the Dutch East Indies landed at the Cape of Good Hope that the wheels were set in motion for a… Read More

Ai Weiwei News

[NOTE: News feed no longer supported as of June 2016.] Ai Weiwei’s life and art are in a constant state of flux. Whether he’s working on an intriguing new art exhibit or being chased by police, there’s always something interesting going on with the renowned artist and dissident. Since Ai… Read More

Limited Partnership director Tom Miller (left), and producer Kirk Marcolina
Interviews

June 15, 2015

Limited Partnership Filmmakers Commit Years to Telling Marriage Equality Story

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Tom Miller committed a long period of his life — 14 years — to his film Limited Partnership, and it became a true labor of love, appropriate for what is…...

Filmmaker Alison Klayman with Ai Weiwei

February 21, 2013

Alison Klayman on Filming Ai Weiwei

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We sat down with filmmaker Alison Klayman to talk about the joys and challenges of filming China's most famous artist and dissident, Ai Weiwei. Her film, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry.…...

Beyond the Films

January 10, 2013

‘Green Book’ Helped Keep African Americans Safe on the Road

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In Soul Food Junkies, filmmaker Byron Hurt briefly describes what it used to be like for African Americans to travel in the United States. He talks about how blacks would take…...

Have You Heard From Johannesburg

This five-part series chronicles the history of the global anti-apartheid movement that took on South Africa’s entrenched apartheid regime and its international supporters who considered South Africa an ally in the Cold War. Read More

Children of Haiti

Children of Haiti follows three Haitian teenage boys who live on the streets as they reflect on their country, their lives, and the hope they have for a better future. Read More