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Sixth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival
 
Distributed by: Arts Engine Inc.
Year: 2006
Film Titles

  • Slip of the Tongue
    Directed by: Karen Lum | USA | 2006 | 4 minutes | Youth Documentary | English
    "What's your ethnic make up?" A young man makes a pass at a beautiful stranger and gets an eye-opening schooling on race and gender.

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  • A Girl Like Me
    Directed by: Kiri Davis, Produced by REEL WORKS Teen Filmmaking | USA | 2006 | 7 minutes | Documentary | English
    Color is more than skin deep for young African-American women struggling to define themselves.

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  • In Transit
    Directed by: Bent Jorgan Perlmutt, Nelson Walker III and Louis Amelman. | USA | 2006 | 6 minutes | Documentary | English
    War may be over in Democratic Republic of Congo, but many Congolese women continue to battle for their reproductive health.

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  • Water Warriors
    Directed by: Liz Miller | USA | 2006 | 6 minutes | English
    When water costs soar, residents of Highland Park, Michigan demand to know who will foot the bill.

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  • How Wal-Mart Came to Haslett
    Directed by: Meerkat Media Collective | USA | 2006 | 3 minutes | English
    Michigan youth investigate the dubious circumstances under which a Wal-Mart appeared on a wetland in their small town.

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  • The Rules of the Game
    Directed by: Garance Burke and Monica Lam | USA | 2006 | 8 minutes | Documentary | English
    A Native American tribe's dreams of prosperity clash with small town values in Rohnet Park, California.

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  • Permission
    Directed by: Vance Malone, Produced by Public Interest | USA | 2006 | 1 minute | Youth Documentary | English
    Whose permission would YOU need to get married to the person you love?

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  • Eyes on the Fair Use of the Prize
    Directed by: Aderian Fair| USA | 2006 | 1 minutes | Advocacy | English
    Copyright or Fair Use? Learn how much is at stake when vital films are pulled from public discourse.

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  • Book 'Em: Undereducated, Overincarcerated
    Directed by: Youth Rights Media | USA | 2006 | 3 minutes | Personal Documentary | English

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  • (Hate) Machine
    Directed by: Phil Caron | USA | 2006 | 4:45 minutes | Satire | English
    When media messages are constructed, sometimes truth hits the cutting room floor.

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  • In the Morning
    Directed by: Danielle Luria, Produced by Katie Mustard | USA | 2006 | 4:25 minutes | Dramatic Narrative | English
    When a young Turkish woman is raped, there is nothing honorable about revenge.

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  • Bread
    Directed by: Marcelo Bukin, Produced by Rec Stop and Play/Global Humanitaria | USA | 2006 | 5 minutes | Documentary | English
    Guatemalan brothers Edwin and Edson crush rocks with their father so their family has enough to eat.

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  • Asparagus!
    Directed by: Kirsten Kelly and Anne de Mare | USA | 2006 | 6 minutes | Documentary | English
    Journey to the "Asparagus Capital of the World" to discover why one little vegetable is so important.

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  • Recycle
    Directed by: Vasco Lucas Nunes and Ondi Timoner | USA | 2006 | 6 minutes | Documentary | English
    Poet Miguel Diaz transforms poverty into cultivation in the middle of a Los Angeles street.

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  • Night Visions
    Directed by: Kathy Huang | USA | 2006 | 7 minutes | Documentary| English
    Individuals enlist in the U.S. military for different reasons, but they all return from war, changed.

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  • No Child
    Directed by: Gabe Chiefetz, Produced by Chris "Shakademic" Johnson and Glenn Scott | USA | 2006 | 8 minutes | Documentary | English
    Minneapolis hip-hoppers Shakademic and Glenn Scott get the inside scoop on military recruiting tactics.

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