Twenty-five years after Yusuf Abdurahman left Somalia as a refugee to begin his life anew in Minnesota, his worst fear is realized when his 19-year-old-son Zacharia is arrested in an FBI counterterrorism sting operation. Accept the Call explores racism and prejudice against immigrants, the rise of targeted recruitment by radicalized groups, and the struggles of Muslim youth growing up in the US today.

Jewish Israeli lawyer Lea Tsemel and her Palestinian colleagues have taken on their youngest defendant yet: Ahmad, a 13-year-old boy implicated in a knife attack on the streets of Jerusalem. Together, they must counter legal and public opposition and prepare Ahmad for a difficult trial in a country in which the government, court system, and the media are stacked against him.

When she was 12 years old, the actress and filmmaker Maryam Zaree found out that she was one of a number of babies born inside Evin, Iran’s most notorious political prison. In Born in Evin, she confronts decades of silence in her family and embarks on an exploration into the circumstances of her birth.

Caracas-born filmmaker Tuki Jencquel investigates the near-total collapse of Venezuela’s once vibrant health system, which is resulting in severe medicine shortages, a dramatic increase in infant mortality, the reappearance of once-eradicated diseases like diphtheria, and a mass exodus of doctors to hospitals overseas.

When South Africa’s universities raised their fees, a wave of students took to the streets in opposition, quickly gaining momentum and scope. Everything Must Fall features student leaders and their opposition as they unpack how a moment evolved into a mass movement. Closed Captioning and live transcription (CART) of the Q&A available.

Director Beryl Magoko learns of an opportunity for reconstructive surgery for the female genital mutilation she and her friends underwent as young girls, leading to frank and raw discussions with friends who uncover the beauty of collective strength and the importance of female pleasure, and shed the societally imposed shame around women’s bodies. Winner of the 2019 Human Rights Watch Film Festival Nestor Almendros award for courage in filmmaking.

Deborah and M were born with variations in their sex characteristics different from classical understandings of male or female. For M, growing up intersex has meant grappling with the fact that she underwent unnecessary surgeries to “normalize” her body as a child. But when M finds Deborah online, she is introduced to new voices, language, and representations that allow her to expand her understanding of who she is.

In 2016, President Rodrigo Duterte announced a “war on drugs” in the Philippines, setting off a wave of violence and murder targeting thousands of suspected drug dealers and users. With unprecedented, intimate access, On the President’s Orders is a shocking and revelatory investigation into the extrajudicial murders that continue to this day.

Academy Award-nominated documentarian Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang explore China’s One Child Policy, which made it illegal in most circumstances for couples to have more than one child. Nanfu digs fearlessly into her own life, composing a revelatory record of China’s drastic approach to population-control. Winner of the U.S. Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.

Shot entirely on location in the West Bank with a largely Palestinian crew, Bassam Jarbawi’s debut feature follows Ziad, the young star of the Al-Amari Refugee Camp basketball team on the outskirts of Ramallah. When his best friend is shot and killed in crossfire, his teammates seek revenge, with results that will affect Ziad for the rest of his life.

At age eight, Dolkar and her father fled Tibet, escaping Chinese armed forces in an arduous journey across the Himalayas. Now 26, she lives in a Tibetan refugee colony in Delhi, India, where an unexpected encounter with a man from her past uncovers long-suppressed memories.

Facing a rapidly progressing form of multiple sclerosis and experiencing a swift decline in his motor skills, New Yorker Jason DaSilva learns that the harsh restrictions of the U.S. Medicaid system would prevent him from accessing the services he needs to live life as fully as possible and from being the dad he wants to be for his young son. Closed Captioning and live transcription (CART) of the Q&A available.