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This moving, personal documentary explores director Firouzeh Khosrovani's parents and their marriage against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution. Focusing on the divide between her secular, European-educated father and her devout Muslim mother, the documentary poetically shows the intersection of political and personal conflicts for one family.

When a teenager with Down syndrome is abandoned in late 1970s California, a gay couple takes him in and becomes the family he's never had. But once the unconventional living arrangement is discovered by authorities, the men must fight the legal system to adopt the child.

Pai, an 11-year-old girl in a patriarchal New Zealand tribe, believes she is destined to be the new chief. But her grandfather Koro is bound by tradition to pick a male leader. Pai loves Koro more than anyone in the world, but she must fight him and a thousand years of tradition to fulfill her destiny.

American guitarist Ry Cooder brings together a group of legendary Cuban folk musicians (some in their 90s) to record a Grammy-winning CD in their native city of Havana. The result is a spectacular compilation of concert footage from the group's gigs, which captures not only the music -- but also the musicians' life stories.

Inspired by the true story of Henry Lee Lucas, the American serial killer who confessed both accurately and falsely to hundreds of murders, this film follows Henry's open conversations about his gruesome actions to close friends.