Director Adam Isenberg received the 2012 Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award for his film A Life Without Words (Una Vida Sin Palabras) on Sunday, December 2, as part of the the closing celebrations of the 2012 Margaret Mead Film Festival. 

The documentary Sweet Dreams, playing at the Mead Film Festival on Saturday, December 1, is a story of firsts: the formation of the Rwanda’s first and only all-female drumming troupe, Ingoma Nshya, and the group’s effort to open Rwanda’s first ice cream shop, in some cases introducing the treat to people who have never before tasted ice cream.

Making its U.S. premiere at the Museum’s 2012 Margaret Mead Film Festival, Himself He Cooks chronicles a day in the life of the Golden Temple of Amritsar, India, where every day tens of thousands of visitors are fed by hundreds of volunteers. Watch the trailer here.

Making its New York premiere on Sunday, December 2, at the Museum’s Margaret Mead Film Festival, A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet takes viewers deep inside the history of environmental movements around the world. Watch the trailer below.

Watch the lovely, 45-second trailer for the upcoming Margaret Mead Film Festival, opening Thursday, November 29th. With films from over 20 countries, the Festival's theme this year is: Whose Story Is It?