2008. United States. 97 mins. (Slice Of Life-ish, Suspenseful) Two women who live in desolate poverty in the wintery border area between New York State and Canada bond with each other over their need to find money to feed their families. One is American, the other Native American. And in this unforgiving world human smuggling is the one answer to quick cash.

2007. Poland. Subtitled. 121 mins. (Tragic, Tearful) Poland after the German invasion of World War Two finds itself a country with two masters. The Germans have invaded from the West and the Soviets stand poised on the East. When the Polish army surrenders, hundreds of officers flee to the Soviet lines and are put on trains to a destination unknown. Mothers, father,s wives and children wait for word, assuming their sons and husbands have been taken to Soviet prison camps.. But the Katyn Forest is the ultimate destination, where they are secretly massacred. During the war the Germans blame the Russians. After the war the Russians pressure Ana, wife of Andrzej to say it was the Germans who killed her husband A secret diary tells the truth.