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This collection of acclaimed documentary shorts by established and emerging filmmakers includes: "Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall" - If you thought Minnesota's Mall of America was the world's biggest shopping center, think again. It's the South China Mall, a Vegas-like spectacle built in 2005 that now sits almost entirely empty. In the current economic climate, could this be the shape of things to come? By Sam Green and Carrie Lozano. "Nutkin's Last Stand" - Something is rotten in England. A plague of North American grey squirrels threatens the beloved native red squirrel. The English are up in arms, and a band of patriots - including lords, priests, artists and farmers - has come together to fight back against the grey menace. By Nicholas Berger. "34x25x36" - Filmmaker Jesse Epstein's latest installment in a trilogy about body image shows the inner workings of the Patina V Mannequin Factory outside Los Angeles and the musings of the people who decide what the perfect female body should look like. By Jesse Epstein. "City of Cranes" - Take a journey high up in the sky and look at the world through the eyes and words of crane operators. A must-see for anybody who has ever wondered what it is like to work hundreds of feet above the ground, surrounded only by a small metal cage. By Eva Weber.
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In 2004, Jason Crigler's life was taking off. He was one of New York's hottest young guitarists, his new CD was due for release and his wife, Monica, was pregnant with their first child. Then, at a gig in Manhattan, Jason suffered a near-fatal brain hemorrhage. His doctors doubted he could ever emerge from his near-vegetative state. The astonishing journey that followed, documented by filmmaker and friend Eric Daniel Metzgar (P.O.V. "The Chances of the World Changing, " 2007), is a stirring family saga and a portrait of creative struggle in the face of overwhelming tragedy.
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