October 7th, 1985. An Italian cruise ship, the Achille Lauro, carrying passengers from all over the world is hijacked off the coast of Egypt by a Palestinian commando. It’s the beginning of a three-day ordeal that culminates in the murder of an American hostage and an armed standoff between two NATO allies to capture his killers. As the anniversary of the hijacking approaches, this film brings together the main players for the first time to reveal what really happened.
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Since their clandestine ordinations on a boat on the Danube in 2002, Catholic women priests have been challenging the Vatican to denounce its misogyny. For the first time, women priests have succeeded in obtaining a dialogue with the Vatican, prompting cardinals and Pope Francis to take a stand on the forbidden subject of women's ordination.
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She Rises Up reveals the explosive implications of women’s economic participation. We follow three radically different women from Sri Lanka, Peru and Senegal, who are fighting to build businesses that create job opportunities for women, while also contributing to the reduction of poverty in their communities.
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"Change the system, not the climate" is a common demand in the climate movement. But what kind of system do we actually want? In the midst of humanity's worst crisis, there are pioneers standing ready. Meet the new economic perspectives that have the potential to change the world at its core.
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Israel’s actions since the start of the war in banning UNRWA and restricting the activities of NGOs and UN agencies helping Palestinians have been well publicised. But this policy of targeting aid organisations can be traced back years earlier.
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This is the first time in the history of warfare that such a brigade has been formed. On the Ukrainian front line, "troubadour-soldiers" remind us that, even amid the devastation of war, beauty can still blossom…
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Culture wars have transformed US politics into identity politics, dividing the electorate while calcifying party loyalties. For the past few decades, abortion has split the country and its voters. Now, it’s public libraries that have been transformed into the new battlefields of America’s culture wars.
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In a city overwhelmed by violence, the only thing worth fighting for is peace.
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Premiering at CPH:DOX and selected at IDFA Best of Fests, this acclaimed documentary explores the psychology of manipulation in the crypto age.
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