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Films
1) The Sacrament (2013) This film depicts the events leading up to the Jonestown Massacre. Documentary style, the film follows two journalists traveling to find their friend’s missing sister who has become apart of the Eden Parish, a self-sustained utopia home to a socialist community containing hundreds of people. The quickly realize that this place is far from paradise.
2) Tomboy (2011) This is a French film following a 10-year old transgender boy who moved to a new neighborhood. He sees this as an opportunity to start new and decides to tell his new friends that his name is “Michael.” Conflict arises when his mother finds out he has been lying to his friends and makes him confront them head on. It’s a heartwarming film full of self-discovery and depicts the challenges a young transgender person faces.Caution: Subtitles included.
Documentaries
1) The Drop Box (2015) This documentary captures the work of South Korean pastor, Jong-rak Lee, the man responsible for creating a system enabling him to take in orphans no one else wanted. Due to the one-child policy, and now two-child policy, infants have been disposed illegally to rid families of the strife following the birth of an unexpected, or undesired baby of a particular gender. This documentary tells a story about hope and the refuge this man brings to young, vulnerable orphans.
2) Living On One Dollar (2013) After reading about the conditions in Guatemala, four college students decide that the only way to fully understand how one could live on just a dollar a day is to experience it for themselves. Jumping head first into their first real filmmaking project, the guys learn quickly what is it like to live in extreme poverty.
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