Black and White in Color Category: World Music An intimate portrait of the famed Czech Romany (Gypsy) diva, Vera Bila, who is viewed with indifference and suspicion in her own country, even as she gains acclaim elsewhere.
Black and White in Color Category: World Music Vera Bila is hailed as the most significant musical artist from the Czech Republic. This film reveals how she retains a deep attachment to Romany traditions both in her music and her way of life.
Black Harvest Category: Documentaries The story of how Joe Leahy, a wealthy, mixed-race coffee plantation owner, persuades the Ganiga tribespeople of Papua New Guinea to join him in a coffee growing venture.
Black Kites Category: Documentaries A dream-like film based on the 1992 journals and drawings of Sarajevan visual artist Alma Hajric who was forced into a basement shelter in order to survive the lengthy siege of Sarajevo.
Black Rider Category: World Cinema: Cinemondo Pepe Danquart's Academy Award® winning short film captures the dignity of a man confronted with a problem many of us may have faced in a foreign culture.
Blackfly Category: Documentaries An animated short which recounts Canadian folk singer Wade Hemsworth's battle with this quintessential "critter" during a summer of surveying in Northern Ontario.
Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins Category: World Music A glimpse into a bygone era with the legendary Texas bluesman. Served with generous helpings of classic blues, Lightnin' talks about his inspiration and childhood.
Bolivia Category: World Cinema: Cinemondo A feature flm exploration of the economic and social crises in Argentina as experienced through Freddy, an illegal immigrant, in his employment at a small restaurant.
Bombs, Brits and Cheerleaders Category: Documentaries After father and US Air Force Lt. Col. Ron Yakkel is transferred to the Lankenheath airbase in the UK, his family from Oklahoma struggles to adjust to English culture.
Bon Voyage Category: Documentaries A visual exploration of immigrant labor, Bon Voyage is a portrait of one woman and her workplace: the toilets of Paris' Montparnasse rail station.
Bosnia Hotel Category: Documentaries A clash of cultures ensues when a group of Kenyan soldiers, including some Samburu warriors, are sent to Bosnia as part of the U.N. peacekeeping force.
Bought & Sold: the International Trade in Women Category: Documentaries This documentary was produced and directed by current WITNESS Director Gillian Caldwell and is based on a two year undercover investigation into the illegal trafficking of women from the former Soviet Republics.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Category: Documentaries This short is a combination of stop-animation, claymation and live action. It's divided into three acts: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.
