2010

Sun Come Up follows the relocation of some of the world’s first environmental refugees, the Carteret Islanders – a community living on a remote island chain in the South Pacific Ocean. When rising seas threaten their survival, the islanders face a painful decision: they must leave their beloved land in search of a new place to call home.

Striking A Chord, a documentary from director Susan Cohn Rockefeller, brings the audience along on a band’s tour of remote American military bases in Kuwait and Iraq. They find great soldiers – men and women – forced to deal with daily challenges such as the constant threats of the ongoing war, crushing boredom and great physical and emotional distance from their families. They discover their visit, attention to the soldiers and music have a surprisingly profound impact on many of the soldiers, helping them open up to discuss their experiences.

Imagine discovering that you don’t own the mineral rights under your land, and that an energy company plans to drill for natural gas two hundred feet from your front door.

In 1969, when Fred Sondermann was presented with the opportunity to return to his native Germany, thirty years after he and his parents narrowly escaped to the United States just days before the outbreak of WWII, he said yes. Dr. Sondermann, a Jew and a political science professor at Colorado College, traveled with his wife …

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Stereotypes are put to the test under the reality of living in the midst of war and terror.

Balcony boy, poor balcony boy, this is the story of the Balcony Boy. His fault, having big ears. His bad habit, putting his head where he shouldn’t have.