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Coming Home (Country: Ireland; Year: 2014; Director: Viko Nikci; Stars: Angel Cordero)
When Angel Cordero is released from prison after 13 years he has to make his way through a world he hardly recognises to try and reconnect with his daughter.
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The Hand That Feeds (Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Rachel Lears, Robin Blotnick)
A New York sandwich maker starts a campaign for labour rights.
Homme Less (Country: Austria, US; Year: 2014; Director: Thomas Wirthensohn)
A New York fashion photographer with a glamorous lifestyle sleeps on the streets.
Penthouse North (Country: Sweden; Year: 2014; Director: Johanna St Michaels)
A former top model, socialite and actress now struggles to pay the rent on her New York City apartment.
Precinct Seven Five (The Seven Five) (Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Tiller Russell; Stars: Michael Dowd, Ken Eurell, Walter Yurkiw, Chuckie, Dori Eurell)
The real-life story of dirty cops who worked alongside brutal drugs gangs in New York in the 1980s.
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Rubble Kings (Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Shan Nicholson)
Former gang members talk about the street wars of the Seventies and the nascent hip hop culture that saved the Bronx.
Some Kind Of Spark (Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Ben Niles)
Juilliard’s Music Advancement Program seeks to find the hidden brilliance in inner city kids.
Stop (Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Spencer Wolff; Stars: David Ourlicht)
A young man sues the City of New York after being stopped by the police in what he believes to have been a racial profiling incident.
Tough Love (Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Stephanie Wang-Breal; Stars: Phillip Toribio, Teresa Bachiller, Bevanjae Kelley, Patricia Clark )
Parents who lost custody of their children due to poverty and addiction fight to get them back.
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