I Will Tell International Film Festival
The Legacy Collection
20 Years of Courageous Storytelling
For twenty years, I Will Tell has championed films that have challenged, inspired and changed us.
The Legacy Collection is a growing home for the unforgettable films, filmmakers and moments that have shaped our festival.
This collection is just beginning. Over time we will continue adding films, filmmaker interviews, photographs, programmes, audience memories and behind-the-scenes stories from across our history.
Featured Films
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13th
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation’s history of racial inequality.
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A Bold Peace
Explores Costa Rica’s decision to abolish its army and commit itself to fostering a peaceful society.
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An Inconvenient Truth
Follows Al Gore’s campaign to educate the public about the severity of global warming.
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Baldy For The Blind
Following 11 blind hikers on their brave journey up Mount Baldy, embracing a world of darkness and silence.
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Burma VJ
A documentary that tells the story of the 2007 protests in Burma by thousands of monks.
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Camarada Presidente
Samora Moises Machel grows up in a small village and becomes a guerrilla strategist fighting colonialism in southern Africa.
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Children of the Snowland
Children born in the high Himalayas are sent to school in the city and do not see their parents for 12 years.
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City of God
Two boys brought up in Rio de Janeiro adopt diverse professional paths with one of them becoming a photographer and the other a drug dealer.
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Coded Bias
An exploration into the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini’s discovery of racial bias in facial recognition algorithms.
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Fire in the Blood
Several people fight back against pharmaceutical companies that block access to low-cost AIDS drugs after 1996.
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I Am Still Here
Layla’s performing an act of kindness leads to her being taken from her family and forced into prostitution at the age of ten.
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Orwell Rolls in his Grave
A documentary looking at the role of the modern American media and its effects on democracy.
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Poto Mitan Haitian Women Pillars of the Global Economy
Highlighting the resilience and resistance
of women who function as the poto mitan –
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Pray The Devil Back To Hell
Chronicles social unrest in the West African Republic of Liberia, where civil war has torn the nation apart and left hundreds of thousands dead or displaced
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Purple Dreams
Documents the lives of at-risk inner city youth as they pursue their passion in arts education.
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Queen of Katwe
Phiona’s life changes after she meets Robert Katende, who teaches her to play chess. Under Katende’s guidance, Phiona becomes a top player and sees an opportunity to escape from a life of poverty.
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Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
An inspiring drama about legendary gospel singer Mahalia Jackson.
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Salt of the Earth
Driven by a desire to help others, Gunpei Yamamuro becomes a pioneering leader in the development of The Salvation Army in Japan.
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Slovo House: Unfinished Novel
The story of a remarkable residence built in 1920s Kharkiv to house Ukraine’s leading writers and artists.
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The Birth Of A Nation
The story of Nat Turner, an enslaved preacher in antebellum Virginia.
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The Fisherman’s Diary
A determined young girl dreams of receiving an education despite traditions that insist she should not attend school.
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The Redemption of General Butt Naked
A Liberian warlord renounces his violent past and becomes a Christian evangelist who seeks forgiveness from people he terrorised.
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The Shock Doctrine
Do governments use moments of collective ‘shock’ to impose radical free-market policies that might otherwise face public resistance?
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War Room
Elizabeth meets Miss Clara, an older woman who challenges her to create a private ‘war room’ for prayer.
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When They See Us
Five Harlem teenagers are wrongly convicted in the Central Park jogger case.
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Where Olive Trees Weep
A documentary centred on Palestinian experiences in the occupied West Bank.
Short Films
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Alina
As Nazis separate children from their parents, a gang of women risk everything to smuggle their friend’s baby to safety.
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Ana Morphose
Ana has to find her own space in a world where nothing is what it seems.
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Blue Eyed Boy
A boy with unusual colour blindness causes his parents shame
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Bolero Station
The signalman and the saleswoman see each other every day, but it’s not till death comes knocking that they seize their chance to be together.
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Dolapo Is Fine
A girl at boarding school faces
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Fifty-Four Days
When tragedy strikes, a spirited young woman turns to wild swimming in search of answers.
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Fly On Out
Eleven year-old Dayvon rescues a caged pigeon and attempts to free the bird.
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I Am Joseph
A man’s internal struggle to come to terms with an unavoidable truth that will transform his life.
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Kina Skye
A semi-mechanical robot girl is trapped on a floating island in the sky.
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Mong Kok First Aid
The stories of those who provided first aid to wounded participants during Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement of 2014.
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Mothers of Luna
Four women from different places in the world are united by the voice of a very special baby.
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Otis dream
Otis Moss, Sr. struggles through his day long journey to cast his ballot in rural Georgia.
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Rain
A sudden rainstorm hits, but people choose to stay hidden inside “umbrella cages” rather than connect with nature.
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Respite at Christmas
A widowed mother and her son are spending the night in the family cabin when it gets invaded by lost German soldiers.
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Tank Man
A speculative story of the iconic gentleman who stood in front of a line of tanks after the Tienanmen Square massacre.
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The 21
The story of the 21 Coptic Christian men kidnapped and murdered by ISIS.
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The Last Dance
A cornerstone bar of Caribbean life in 1990’s East London is threatened. As the city begins to forget, the community remembers.
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The Other Dreamers
A special documentary about a group of disabled children in Israel.
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Vendor Rivalry
A comedic cartoon depicting a verbal dispute between a snow-cone and street-side “doubles” food vendors.
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We Are All Rwandans
Students at the Nyange Secondary School who were attacked by rebels refuse orders to separate themselves by ethnic identity.
