 | Act Locally Think Globally Santoshi Nepal | Local/Global Partnerships | 05:17 An experimental film that explores global warming and climate change from a local perspective. |
 | Bamako Chic: Threads of Power, Color and Culture Maureen Gosling | Empowerment | 05:11 "Bamako Chic: Threads of Power, Color and Culture," a one hour documentary, tells the story of women from Bamako, Mali, whose artistic creativity became a force for alleviating poverty and affirming identity in West Africa. In the 1960s, a small group of impoverished and resourceful Malian women cloth dyers reinvigorated the craft of hand-dyed cloth using a fabric called bazin (imported polished c. ... More |
 | Because I Dare Dirbdil Assefa | Empowerment | 05:12 All it took was a strong heart, a determination and self-belief to overcome the challenges, a desire to stand up against the opinion and expectation of friends and neighbors. Just for one cause, a cause she dares to face no matter how difficult it would be. This is a story of a single mother, who was determined to realize her simple dreams of feeding and sending her four kids to school working in ... More |
 | Burning in the Sun Cambria Matlow | Innovation | 05:12 26-year-old charmer Daniel Dembele is equal parts West African and European, and looking to make his mark on the world. Seizing the moment at a crossroads in his life, Daniel decides to return to his homeland in Mali and start a local business building solar panels - the first of its kind in the sun-drenched nation. Daniel's goal is to electrify the households of rural communities, 99 percent of w. ... More |
 | Children of the Trains Barbara Grandvoinet | Overcoming Conflict | 05:12 Children of the Trains is a story of transformation: where junk-yard train cars become locations of learning and abandoned street children become hopeful youth. Increased competition for jobs and single parent families has led to instability in the family structure, a decline in basic needs support, an increase in violence, and a loss of adequate housing. As a result, many of these children ... More |
 | Chocolate Country Robin Blotnick | Empowerment | 05:12 In the backcountry of the Dominican Republic, poor cacao farmers have been fighting a losing battle with the global economy for as long as anyone can remember. The Loma Guacnojo cooperative has found a way to turn the system of its head. |
 | DEATH ENDED Olivier Uwayezu | Sustainability | 03:49 In 2003 there was a launch of a program known as “Community health insurance.” For enabling a citizen to be treated and get medicines, each person in the whole family pays 2 dollars for the whole year. The amount was set for helping even the poorest to get chance of being treated and get medicines. The citizen pays only 15% and 85% of the amount to be paid is cleared by “community health ins, ... More |
 | Free Primary Education Matthew Mwania | Leadership & Governance | 02:14 In 2003, free primary education became a reality in Kenya |
 | Garbage Dreams Mai Iskander | Sustainability | 04:18 On the outskirts of Cairo lies the world's largest garbage village. A labyrinth of narrow roadways camouflaged by trash, the village is home to 60,000 Zaballeen -Arabic for "garbage people." The Zaballeen have survived for centuries by recycling Cairo's waste. Members of Egypt's minority Coptic Christian community, these entrepreneurial garbage workers recycle nearly all the trash they collect, mam ... More |
 | GOATS: A Gift in Action Helping Women in East Africa Alan Grazioso | Local/Global Partnerships | 01:55 In this mini-documentary, a goat restocking program supported by Oxfam America, an NGO based in Boston, and their Ethiopian partner GAYO. And explains how a centuries old local tradition of restocking livestock is being used today to empowered women of the Gutu Dobi village of southern Ethiopia. Shows how a donors gift of a goat can significantly help woman as the traditional head of household r0 ... More |
