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Look inside the institution of marriage across the planet.
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- Corella, Roser
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- Examines the custom of ala-kachuu (grab and run), an illegal but rarely prosecuted practice in Kyrgyzstan in which men kidnap women and force them into marriage.
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- 2020
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- Trainin, Ofir
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- In a small town in northern Israel, the Tsuk family struggles to stay together when Amit discloses a transgender identity.
- Year
- 2018
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- Primavera, Valentina
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- Filmmaker Valentina Primavera documents her mother's choice to leave her abusive husband after 30 years of marriage, request a legal separation, and start a new life in Italy.
- Year
- 2018
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- Fairweather, Chloë
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- Follows attorney Ipek Bozkurt for five years in Turkey as she works to imprison abusive men and help Arzu, who was shot and left disabled by her husband, and Kubra, who has brain damage after being attacked by her husband, as they attempt to regain custody of their children.
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- 2020
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- Khosravi, Marjan
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- Follows Mina, who has given birth to three daughters in Iran, is pregnant again, and is being threatened by her husband to produce a son or else he will find a new wife.
- Year
- 2020
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- Khurana, Sarita; Mundhra, Smriti
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- Follows Amrita, Dipti, and Ritu, who try to balance career aspirations with financial considerations and traditional customs as they pursue arranged marriages in Mumbai and New Delhi, India.
- Year
- 2018
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- Geller, Amy; Humenuk, Allie
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- Profile of married couples Rachel and Tony and Erik and Sandro and their children. In her 40s, Rachel served as the surrogate for Erik and Sandro's two daughters, and the two households function as an extended family in Massachusetts.
- Year
- 2016
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- Moghadam, Azadi R.
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- Looks inside the tiny office of a traditional Iranian dating and marriage agency as the all-female employees give advice and try to locate matches for their clients.
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- 2018
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- Hà Lệ Diễm
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- Follows three years in the life of 12-year-old Di in her indigenous Hmong community in Vietnam, where she goes to school, flirts with boys, and vanishes one night as part of a cultural tradition called bridenapping that allows boys and men to kidnap girls and hold them hostage before they agree to marry.
- Year
- 2021
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- Preston, Natalia
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- Follows girls and young woman at Paadhai—a shelter in Chennai, India—who do not want to follow the cultural tradition of marrying early.
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- 2019