The 2007 Film, Faith, and Justice Festival screened the following eight documentaries:

Black Gold (UK)

Latte prices keep rising, but the price of coffee on the international commodities market is actually at a 30-year low. Nick and Marc Francis examine the economics of coffee in Ethiopia—where farmers grow some of the world's premium coffee varieties, but can't earn enough by selling their beans to provide for their families.

The Camden 28 (USA)

In 1971 in Camden, New Jersey, the FBI arrested 28 members of the Catholic Left, a group of activists who protested the Vietnam War by breaking into Selective Service offices and destroying draft records. Among them were four Catholic priests and a Lutheran minister. All but forgotten today, the story of their trial and its surprising conclusion, as told by filmmaker Anthony Giacchino, is powerful and instructive.

Iraq in Fragments (USA)

James Longley's Oscar-nominated film follows the lives of ordinary Iraqis: an 11-year-old boy in Baghdad, a young follower of Moqtada al-Sadr in Nasiriyah and an elderly farmer and his son in Kurdistan. Grateful for their freedom, the film's subjects nonetheless face a lack of opportunity and an uncertain future.

Switch Off (Apaga y Vámonos) (Spain)

In Chile, a hydroelectric dam has done what armies couldn't: move a native people group off their land in the Ralco Valley. Denied their constitutional land rights, the Mapuche were forced to relocate when the dam flooded their homes. Manel Mayol's film challenges the actions of a Spanish power company and the Chilean government.

S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine

(Cambodia/France)

Of the 17,000 people imprisoned by Cambodia's Khmer Rouge at the infamous "S21" prison in Phnom Penh, all but a handful were executed or tortured to death. In filmmaker Rithy Panh's unblinking account, survivor Vann Nath returns to the prison (now a museum) to confront some of the guards who carried out atrocities there—and finds them unable to explain their actions.

Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars (Guinea/Sierra Leone/USA)

While living in refugee camps in Guinea, six musicians from Sierra Leone form a band—which proves to be an ideal way to bring attention to the suffering caused by their country's civil war. Zach Niles and Banker White capture both the exuberance of the band's music and the deep sorrows that lie behind it.

Rain in a Dry Land (USA/Kenya)

Director Anne Makepeace follows two Somali Bantu families from a Kenya refugee camp to the United States, where they must grapple with new challenges.

The Ground Truth (USA)

Director Patricia Foulkrod presents sobering perspectives on the Iraq war from some of the best-informed commentators: U.S. veterans returning from deployment.

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