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Fighting outdated traditions

An Ethiopian movie bridges the divide between tradition and modernity

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Girl’s destiny

Guatemalan-French movie Ixcanul tells the sad but realistic story of a Mayan girl unable to escape tradition and external control

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Of wolves and men

Summer Special 8: In "Wolf totem", Jiang Rong criticises the destruction of nature and the suppression of Mongol traditions in China

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Longing for a better life

Summer Special 7: The shattered dream of a better life in Fortress Europe

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Horror witnessed by a child

Summer Special 3: In “First they killed my father”, Loung Ung describes how she has experienced the Khmer Rouge terror regime as a child

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“Being enemies made us friends”

Summer-Special 2: The story of an unlikely friendship across enemy frontlines

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Leaving Iran and returning again

Summer special 1: Persepolis – A story of childhood, exile and return

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