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The winner of the Audience Award at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival is the inspiring 'War Child'. This documentary is about the life of Emmanuel Jal, a rising hip-hop star who at the age 8 became a child soldier in the devastating Sudanese civil war. The film is part musical biopic, part history lesson on the recent and ongoing genocides of Africa.

Stemming as far back as Cannes and Toronto of last year and fresh from journeys at Sundance and Berlin, most of the titles selected...

Even though I grew watching my parents make films on film sets, it didn't impact me until I was in university and studied theatre. I focused on theatre because it's a much more universal and ancient practice and need for us. The emotions, idea

Man Push Cart is the debut feature from American/Iranian writer/director Ramin Bahrani. It follows the day-to-day cycle of New York City street vendor Ahmad (played by newcomer Ahmad Razvi) as he ekes out a living operating a pushcart on a city sidewalk, selling coffee, tea, bagels, donuts and muffins. He leaves for work everyday by 2:00 a.m., carrying a propane by his side the way many carry a briefcase...