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Ahmad Zahir for Beginners (Liz Mermin)

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Known as the Elvis of Afghanistan, Ahmad Zahir died in a car crash in the 1970s, fueling decades of speculation as to what really happened. Beyond the mystery, though, Zahir's music wafts from the windows of Afghans' homes around the world, helping exiles and refugees stay connected to their tortured native land - and offering a sense of identity to their children who have never seen the country from which their parents fled.

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The R.O.M.E.O.S (Katy Chevigny)
The ROMEOS is a short documentary film about long relationships - good conversation amongst old friends. And we're talking old friends. The ROMEOs is an informal club of 5 old time New Yorkers, men aged 72-87, who have met every week for the past 20 years at the Metro Diner in New York City. It is a long lunch to talk about anything and everything; telling old jokes, making fun of each other, complaining about politics. Naturally they have nicknames: Mr. Indignant (his capacity for outrage knows no bounds), Mr. Google (this guy knows everything, you won't believe it), and The Token Goy. They are retired lawyers, writers and left-wing troublemakers and they are utterly hilarious without even trying.

03:22

Sideshow Picasso (Marilyn Agrelo)
Brooklyn painter Marie Roberts comes from a family long entrenched in Coney Island's Sideshow. Her family home once housed the famous freaks and oddities of the 1920s and 1930s where her uncle was the "talker" luring audiences in to see them. Marie paints beautiful banners for the current Sideshow.

03:09

Night People (Paul Lovelace & Jessica Wolfson)
Late night NYC radio personality Bob Fass and his long-running program ‘Radio Unnameable’ revolutionized free form FM radio. On tonight’s show, devoted listener/activist/taxi driver John McDonagh calls in while working the night shift. The city is alive. The airwaves are open and free. With impressionistic beauty “Night People” captures this moment in time.

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The R.O.M.E.O.S - Ep.1 (Katy Chevigny)
ROMEO is an acronym for 'Retired Old Men Eating Out' and features an informal club of retired lawyers, writers and intellectuals who meet every week at a classic New York diner. It is a long lunch to talk about anything and everything; telling old jokes, making fun of each other, complaining about politics. This is what the conversation would be like if the guys from 'Diner' hung out 50 years after the movie.

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The R.O.M.E.O.S Ep.2 (Katy Chevigny)
ROMEO is an acronym for 'Retired Old Men Eating Out' and features an informal club of retired lawyers, writers and intellectuals who meet every week at a classic New York diner. It is a long lunch to talk about anything and everything; telling old jokes, making fun of each other, complaining about politics. This is what the conversation would be like if the guys from 'Diner' hung out 50 years after the movie.

03:15

My Girl Can Fight (Justin Frimmer)
Father and daughter in East Los Angeles discover they are fighting for each other inside and outside the ring.

03:15

Lunar Healing (Kelly Loudenberg)
The Interstellar Light Collector is a 25-ton, five-storey-tall array of 84 mirrors that concentrates the moonlight into a small area. Each month, people come to bathe in the concentrated moonlight as part of their moonlight therapy. Co-Founder/Inventor Richard Chapin is convinced that his invention can help people conquer depression, arthritis, and even some types of cancer. Scientists say no real research has been conducted and what people are experiencing may be the placebo effect.

03:09

Ben Prestage-No Overdubs (Michael Capitelli)
One-man band, Ben Prestage takes Blues to a new generation. Using primaries homemade instruments, he is a music making machine.

05:03

Yellow Stone River
The return of spring to the Yellowstone River in Wyoming brings a flurry of wildlife activity. Swarms of newly-hatched insects provide an ample food supply for hungry fish swimming upstream to spawn. And the fish themselves are being hunted by even more tenacious predators, as no animal is ever quite safe in Yellowstone’s wilderness.

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65 Days Of Static - We Were Exploding Anyway (Sampler)
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