Under Paris's glittering Eiffel Tower, undocumented Senegalese migrants sell miniature souvenirs of the monument to support their families back home. Far from their loved ones and hounded by the police, each day is a struggle through darkness in the City of Lights.

Dafa Metti (Difficult)

Under Paris's glittering Eiffel Tower, undocumented Senegalese migrants sell miniature souvenirs of the monument to support their families back home. Far from their loved ones and hounded by the police, each day is a struggle through darkness in the City of Lights.

A tribute to Ismet, a Bosnian refugee and an exemplary father who touched the lives of everyone who knew him through his resilience, humility, and desire to help others. Through interviews with Ismet and his family, we learn the story of their displacement during the Bosnian war and their eventual settlement in Boston.&nbsp;&nbsp;

For Ismet

A tribute to Ismet, a Bosnian refugee and an exemplary father who touched the lives of everyone who knew him through his resilience, humility, and desire to help others. Through interviews with Ismet and his family, we learn the story of their displacement during the Bosnian war and their eventual settlement in Boston.

Far from Mexico and the southern border, on the outskirts of Boston, Cambodian and Vietnamese refugees are facing their own battle against family separation. ICE is detaining and deporting community members on a scale never before seen. Though families live in uncertain fear, refugees have developed a knack for pulling through. They learn to rally together and are doing everything they can to keep their families intact. This portrait of a community shaken examines the on-the-ground impact of a broken immigration system through the eyes of three families facing the deportation of a loved one. They laugh, they cry, and they fight on.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Keep Saray Home

ICE doesn’t just separate families at the border. In the outskirts of Boston, three families face the impending threat of deportation. But as refugees from Cambodia and Vietnam, they know they’ll have to fight together to stay together.

A young Native American woman who lost a sister to suicide organizes a female boxing club to help herself and others heal through sport and sisterhood. We watch her squad of pre-teens face the challenges of competition and life itself.

The Boxers of Brule

A young Native American woman who lost a sister to suicide organizes a female boxing club to help herself and others heal through sport and sisterhood. We watch her squad of pre-teens face the challenges of competition and life itself.

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Out of the Margins Shorts Block Live Q&A Session

Out of the Margins Shorts Block. 

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Myrtle Simpson: A Life On Ice

Fill My Heart with Song

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