A narrative film that portrays the life of two Arab American women with experiments using multilayered narrative elements, text, and interviews to portray Nasrine, who is chasing the American dream in DC while clinging to her traditional values and is challenged by her Americanized cousin Tina. These inner conflicts evolve into a feminist fantasy of an idealized East.
A narrative film that portrays the life of two Arab American women with experiments using multilayered narrative elements, text, and interviews to portray Nasrine, who is chasing the American dream in DC while clinging to her traditional values and is challenged by her Americanized cousin Tina. These inner conflicts evolve into a feminist fantasy of an idealized East.
A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.
A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird.
Kenneth Feinberg, a powerful D.C. lawyer appointed Special Master of the 9/11 Fund, fights off the cynicism, bureaucracy, and politics associated with administering government funds and, in doing so, discovers what life is worth.
In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Feeling awkward and isolated, an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl runs away from home with an older punk rock drifter.
A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.
Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.
Lyrical and powerfully personal essay film that reflects on the deaths of her husband Lou Reed, her mother, her beloved dog, and such diverse subjects as family memories, surveillance, and Buddhist teachings.
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Nola grew up living in a van with her father, Clint—two nomads against the world. When tragedy strikes, Nola must confront the reality of life on the road alone, learning to own her grief, her past, and her new destination.