The GOOD DOCS International Collection
GOOD DOCS are films that do good in the world. Our award-winning collection engages and inspires students by featuring rarely heard stories about individuals and communities working towards a more equitable world. We champion creative expression and complex films that provoke critical thinking. GOOD DOCS represents established documentarians and passionate new filmmakers driven by their experiences as educators, academics, journalists, artists, social workers, community members, and activists. GOOD DOCS films and the GOOD TALKS speaker series offer powerful educational experiences to students and communities everywhere.
The GOOD DOCS International Collection collection includes the following titles:
Lobola, A Bride's True Price?When an opinionated filmmaker gets engaged, she must choose between rejecting Lobola, the traditional bride‑price paid by a groom, or honoring the cultural custom that challenges her modern beliefs about marriage
Ten Times BetterBallet, Broadway and blackjack—Ten Times Better recovers the lost story of an Asian American dance pioneer, 88-year-old George Lee
Patrick Nagatani: Living in the StoryExplores Patrick Nagatani’s innovative imagery/storytelling to raise awareness about modern anxieties, including immigration and nuclear weapons.
Spring of the VanishingA motherís search for her missing teenage son uncovers mass murder and a conspiracy of silence on Americaís doorstep.
Alien: American Dream DeniedThis film spotlights the emotional journey of high-skilled, documented immigrants as they seek permanence in a country that benefits from their talent, but denies them a home.
An Unquiet MindThis intimate documentary follows two people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, revealing the hidden realities of a deeply misunderstood condition.
How to Poison a PlanetHOW TO POISON A PLANET reveals the story of how "forever chemicals" came to contaminate every corner of the globe, sparking an environmental crisis that reaches from the heart of New York City to the shores of Australia and beyond
My Sweet LandFor 11-year-old Vrej, life in his homeland, Artsakh, is like a paradise, but when war starts again, can he carry a nation's hopes on his young shoulders?
Dis-EaseScience fictions, body politics - the real consequences of how we imagine disease
1000 Hands of the GuruFour monks, a royal scholar, and their American guru are fighting to save Bhutan's sacred scrolls while learning the art of letting go
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