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The Physics of Sorrow is Theodore Ushev's most ambitious and significant project to date as it offers a time capsule for a generation told using an unprecedented animation technique.
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Barbara Kopple discusses her documentary New Homeland, which observes a group of young Syrian and Iraqi refugees attend a summer camp in Algonquin Park. The director talks about sharing the kids' story,
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Heartbound directors Sine Plambech and Janus Metz discuss their powerful film that examines the borders of love in the age of globalization.
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