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An unsung American hero played on a bittersweet field where the personal intersected sharply with the political. Thanks to her, there are now over 300,000 girls playing Little League.    Read more >

Academy Award-winning best documentary short Saving Face is, on its surface, a hero's journey involving a successful native son who returns to his homeland to tackle a seemingly insurmountable social ill.The affable Pakistani-born, London-based plastic surgeon Mohammad Jawad has traveled to Pakistan ten times since 2009, volunteering his time to treat over 50 courageous women. These women - the film's real stars - have been horribly disfigured in acid attacks at the hands of abusive husbands, in-laws, and rejected suitors.But Saving Face raises larger issues about this global human rights atrocity -- and how simple endings are seldom that easy.  Read more >