Afghan Star

An award-winning documentary about the controversial music contest in Afghanistan.

After 30 years of war, occupation and Taliban rule, which banned music outright (and still metes out death threats to the sacrilegious), "Afghan Star" has emerged with a wide following. Time magazine called the show a “subversive hit”. Though dancing is banned and performers risk their lives, roughly one-third of Afghanistan's residents tune in every week, voting for their favorite contestants by texting on their mobile phones.

Its recent screening at the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in London has brought light on Life in Afghanistan, the music industry and how technology has brought hope to a hardened people. The film chronicles the three months leading up to the show’s third-season finale, from the regional auditions to the final performances in Kabul, following the lives of contestants and their families, and interviews fans, political and religious leaders and the show's producers.

Fresh: The Movie

“Fresh: The Movie” is a documentary by Ana Joanes who is working away to

promote consciousness behind what we’re eating. The characters in this non

narrated film promote the fact that each person can make a difference in the

world.

Fresh is the perfect follow-up screening to Food, Inc. because it shows the flip

side—positive change being created by farmers, students, thinkers, and

business people in the U.S. today. If you're still recovering from this summer's

Food, Inc., this may be the movie for you.

Kigali 100

Over 100 Days in 1994 more than 1 million Rwandans lost their lives in the genocide. This film, shot on the 100th Anniversary of Kigali as Rwanda’s capitol, explores the causes and history of the genocide. But more importantly how a nation is learning to forgive.