Category: The I Files
Sexual Assault in Tahrir Square: Women after the Egyptian Revolution
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Gang rapes happened under the regime of Hosni Mubarak, in some cases instigated by his secret police. But since the revolution to overthrow Mubarak, activists say the attacks against female protesters and journalist...
Assaulted in Tahrir: The Arab Fall
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Gang rapes happened under the regime of Hosni Mubarak, in some cases instigated by his secret police. But since the revolution to overthrow Mubarak, activists say the attacks against female protesters and journalists ...
Reportero
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"Reportero" follows reporters at the Tijuana-based Zeta newspaper as they cover one of the deadliest countries in the world for journalists. The Mexican government estimates that more than 80 members of the press ha...
J’ai tué Oussama Ben Laden
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This video is based on a series of interviews with the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden. To protect his identity, we are not using his real voice. Phil Bronstein, executive chairman of the board of the Center fo...
Searching for Sugar Man
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"Searching for Sugar Man" follows two fans from Cape Town as they set out to discover what has become of the musician Sixto Rodriguez who was wildly popular in South Africa but largely unknown in his own country, th...
Inocente
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This Oscar nominated short film follows 15 year-old iconoclast Inocente, a homeless undocumented immigrant determined to become an artist despite precarious circumstances and overwhelming odds. In this excerpt, Inoc...
Open Heart
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"Open Heart" follows eight Rwandan children who leave their families behind to embark on a life-or-death journey to receive high-risk open-heart surgery in Africa's only free-of-charge, state-of-the-art cardiac hosp...
The Gatekeepers
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This Oscar nominated documentary delves into the inner workings of the Shin Bet, Israel's famously opaque secret service. Director Dror Moreh gained unprecedented access to former leaders of the organization and the...
Kings Point
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This short film chronicles the lives of five plucky senior citizens living in the Kings Point retirement community in Florida. Director Sari Gilman's grandmother lived at Kings Point for 30 years and provided the in...
Mondays at Racine
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On the third Monday of every month, sisters Cynthia and Rachel open their Long Island, New York beauty salon to women undergoing chemotherapy. The sisters are determined to give women who are losing their hair, eyeb...
How to Survive a Plague
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"How to Survive a Plague" documents the early years of the AIDS epidemic and the efforts of activist organizations like ACT UP and TAG to take on Washington and the medical establishment to help identify and approve...
Redemption
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This Oscar nominated short follows New York City's canners - the men and women who survive by redeeming bottles and cans they collect from curbs, garbage cans and apartment complexes. Academy Award winning filmmaker...
The Cove: 2009 Oscar Winner, Best Documentary
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This Academy Award winning documentary follows a team of activists, filmmakers and freedivers as they embark on a covert mission to penetrate a remote and hidden cove in Japan to expose a dark secret- the systematic...
Escape from Iran: The Hollywood Option
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This 2004 Canadian documentary details the real life story behind the Hollywood blockbuster "Argo." "Escape from Iran: The Hollywood Option" chronicles the improbable and extraordinary rescue of six American Embassy...
Some School Bonds Come with High Costs
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To pay for new projects, hundreds of California school districts have turned to a controversial form of financing called capital appreciation bonds. With payments not due for decades, districts can owe as much as 23...
The Mothers of Ituzaingo
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When Sofia Gatica's infant daughter died as a result of pesticide poisoning, Gatica vowed to determine the cause. She organized local women into "The Mothers of Ituzaingo," an advocacy group dedicated to stopping th...
Supply Chain
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Ma Jun has created a website that provides air and water pollution data to Chinese citizens, empowering them to hold corporations accountable for their toxic manufacturing practices. This story is part of "The New E...
A Voice for the Voiceless
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When a nickel mine threatens the livelihood of the indigenous people on the Philippines' Mindoro Island, Father Edu Gariguez launches a hunger strike. This story is part of "The New Environmentalists," a series fund...