Freedom of Expression Award

2015 National Board of Review - Freedom of Expression Award WinnerBeasts of No NationA drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country.AmazonMustangWhen five orphan girls are seen innocently playing with boys on a beach, their scandalized conservative guardians confine them while forced marriages are arranged.Amazon

2016 National Board of Review - Freedom of Expression Award WinnerCamerapersonExposing her role behind the camera, Kirsten Johnson reaches into the vast trove of footage she has shot over decades around the world. What emerges is a visually bold memoir and a revelatory interrogation of the power of the camera.Amazon

2017 National Board of Review - Freedom of Expression Award WinnerFirst They Killed My FatherCambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung recounts the horrors she suffered as a child under the rule of the deadly Khmer Rouge.AmazonLet It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992An in-depth look at the culture of Los Angeles in the ten years leading up to the 1992 uprising that erupted after the verdict of police officers cleared of beating Rodney King.Amazon

2018 National Board of Review - Freedom of Expression Award Winner44034A three-part story of Norway's worst terrorist attack in which over seventy people were killed. 22 July looks at the disaster itself, the survivors, Norway's political system and the lawyers who worked on this horrific case.AmazonOn Her ShouldersNadia Murad, a 23-year-old Yazidi, survived genocide and sexual slavery committed by ISIS. Repeating her story to the world, this ordinary girl finds herself thrust onto the international stage as the voice of her people.Amazon