Middle Eastern
Up one levelChahinaz: What Rights for Women?
Chahinaz, a 20-year-old student in Algeria, has mixed feelings about the Western world and its values, but she admires the freedom of Western women. Through her curiosity and voyage of self-discovery, Chahinaz begins to wonder what life is like for women in other Muslim countries and around the world and why things are slow to change in Algeria. 53 minutes | $4.99
Day of Remembrance - download for free!
Sixty years have passed between Pearl Harbor and September 11th, but have things really changed for Arab and Muslim Americans? 8 minutes.
Garbage Dreams - download for free!
Egypt's resident garbage recyclers, the Zaballeen, struggle as Cairo modernizes its waste disposal system. 8 minutes.
In the Morning - download for free!
When a young Turkish woman is raped, there is nothing honorable about revenge. 4 minutes.
Iranian Kidney Bargain Sale
With an official kidney referral agency as the backdrop, "Iranian Kidney Bargain Sale" follows young Iranians through the organ trade process: from their first encounter to surgery and kidney removal. 53 minutes | $4.99
Night Visions - download for free!
Individuals enlist in the U.S. military for different reasons, but they all return from war, changed. 7 minutes.
Relocated Mountain
A powerful story of a man in search of his past, and his determination to keep a promise made to family in a time of crisis and tragedy. When he was a child, Sirwan Namo's family managed to escape the Kurdish genocide under Saddam Hussein's regime. Years later, Sirwan risks his life by traveling back to Iraq to keep an age-old promise — to see his grandmother before she dies. 53 minutes | $4.99
SAMT (Silence)
SAMT delves deep into Jordanian culture, politics, and everyday life to capture the drama of brother and sister (Jihad and Ashtar), and doubles as a larger examination of the clash between modernization and ancient tradition in Jordan. Directed by Rob Nilsson, winner of the Camera d'Or at Cannes and the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. 115 minutes | $5.99
