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Titles added in the last six months

Note: If your institution subscribes to The Docuseek Complete Collection, some of these titles may not be available for viewing at your institution until the next quarterly update in September.

Los Puros

A group of old friends reunite at a summer house in Varadero, Cuba. Their last meeting was in Russia, mid-1980s: they were preparing to return home to Cuba after five years spent studying Marxist-Leninist philosophy in the Soviet Union. Added September 4, 2024

Icarus Films | 2024 | 19 minutes

Gaza's Strawberry Fields

Against the backdrop of the fruit industry in the Gaza Strip, this film shows the yearning of Palestinians for independence and peace. Added September 4, 2024

First Hand Films | 2006 | 60 minutes | College, Adults

Gaza Sderot - Life in Spite of Everything

Based on the multi-award-winning internet project on daily life in Gaza City in Palestine and Sderot in Israel, the film documents regular people in each town on the opposite side of the border over two months leading up to the 2008 Gaza War. Added September 4, 2024

First Hand Films | 2009 | 54 minutes | College, Adults

The Dmitriev Affair

Against the wishes of the authorities, 60-year-old Yuri Dmitriev searches for mass graves from the era of Stalin’s terror against his own people - until one day he is arrested and sentenced to 15 years in a penal colony. Following Yuri closely, the film paints a shocking picture of the way the Russian state rewrites history and treats its citizens. Added September 3, 2024

Icarus Films | 2024 | 96 minutes

Midwives

Two young women start their careers as midwives at a chaotic public hospital in Paris. Added September 3, 2024

Distrib Films | 2024 | 100 minutes

The World According to Mark Rothko

A legendary 20th century artist, Mark Rothko assigned himself the task of creating a representation of the human tragedy through the most abstract painting there is. Added August 30, 2024

Cinétévé | 2023 | 52 minutes | College, Adults

Van Gogh

This film invites us to rediscover the work of Vincent Van Gogh through the character of Johanna Bonger Van Gogh, his sister-in-law and inheritor of his estate. Added August 30, 2024

Cinétévé | 2023 | 52 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults

Gaza Online

Palestinian filmmaker Mohamed Jabaly’s 2020 short film follows the interactions with friends and family back home in Gaza while living in exile in Northern Norway, not being able to return.
Added August 28, 2024

First Hand Films | 2020 | 22 minutes | College, Adults

Venezuela: Country of Lost Children

In Venezuela's failed state, two single mothers struggle to survive amid violence and hunger. As one flees with her children, her son faces deadly gang threats. Added August 27, 2024

Pragda Films | 2023 | 95 minutes | Adult, College

Of Memory and Debris

The story of an unseen generation — the grandparents left behind in Venezuela by the largest exodus in Latin America's recent history. Added August 27, 2024

Pragda Films | 2020 | 17 minutes | Adult, College, High School, Middle School