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Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In the 1980s, Corey Pegues was embroiled in a life of crime as a member of New York City’s infamous Supreme Team gang. After a near-death gang confrontation, Pegues flees the city, only to return years later as a rising star in the NYPD. When Pegues speaks publicly in support of police reform, he becomes a target within the department and details of his former life are thrust into the spotlight.
Publisher
Ronin Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A compelling anti-war film set in Afghanistan, a country that has become synonymous with conflict. It is also a story of romance and a celebration of life, hope and love. This remarkable film by one of Australia’s most adventurous documentary filmmakers, Dennis O’Rourke, tells the story of Habiba and Shah who, because of the wars fought in Afghanistan over the past 25 years, have experienced immense suffering, but who have survived to show how...
Publisher
Stonecutter Media Ltd
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A detailed and deeply personal exploration into genocide and how something this atrocious happened, and continues to happen angain and again - even in modern times. First-time filmmaker, Paul Bachow, travels around the world and taps into a vast knowledge base of historians, psychology practitioners, and data derived from countless interviews with experts from around the world. Facts are corroborated and weaved together with first-hand accounts of...
Publisher
Honest Eye Productions
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
From the Sistine Chapel to da Vinci’s The Last Supper, fresco paintings are one of the oldest and most durable forms of artwork known to man. As natural pigment is blended with wet plaster, the painting literally turns to stone and the stories told in fresco paintings are preserved for centuries. But what do those preserved stories say about a society’s beliefs and priorities? At the intersection of poverty and portraiture, Theirs is the Kingdom follows...
89) Survival Prayer
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Following individual food harvesters as they gather and prepare for the winter, SURVIVAL PRAYER celebrates the modern ways of a remote indigenous community and bears witness to a profound relationship between individuals and the land that sustains them.
90) Yell Once a Week
Publisher
DEFA Film Library
Pub. Date
1982.
Language
Deutsch
Description
This short film follows East Berlin teenagers, from hanging out on the streets to a dance party. It was banned before its release, in part because the lyrics of the title song, played by the East German rock group Pankow, call for self-determination and freedom.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Who owns the rights to the violence of the past - the victim or the perpetrator? Tamara Lanier battles Harvard for daguerreotypes of her enslaved ancestor - images taken by force to "prove" the racist theory of a Harvard professor.
92) Luca + Silvana
Publisher
Feelsales
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Italiano
Description
Luca and Silvana are in love and dream of getting married. But there are many bureaucratic obstacles to overcome for those who – like them – have Down Syndrome, so their marriage is postponed year after year. Perhaps their desire for an independent life together will remain just a dream.
Publisher
Pragda
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Camilo is a young black man adopted by an indigenous couple in rural Colombia. He is the only Black person in his community and has always felt different. For years, he has been wondering about his biological parents. The indigenous Quillasinga-governor gives him Ayahuasca, a sacred remedy for spiritual guidance. During this transcendent experience, Camilo has visions of his biological mother. Supported by his adoptive father, Camilo embarks on a...
94) Mele Murals
Publisher
Center for Asian American Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A documentary about the transformative power of art through the unlikely union of graffiti and ancient Hawaiian culture. At the center of this story are the artists Estria Miyashiro (aka Estria) and John Hina (aka Prime), and a group of Native Hawaiian youth from the rural community of Waimea, HI. Together they create a mural that addresses the ill effects of environmental changes and encroaching modernization on their native culture.
Publisher
Giant Pictures
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
This documentary reveals an invisible island -- Puerto Rico. Told through personal and criminal experiences, Juan Segarra examines the island’s relationship to the US, and embraces the territory’s independence movement. He joins Los Macheteros, a group committed to armed struggle. Moments of resistance are woven into the narrative providing a history of Puerto Rico’s quest for liberty.
Publisher
DEFA Film Library
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Brasch—a legendary name that represents one of the most sensational German families. Director Annekatrin Hendel presents a portrait of three generations of the Brasch family as a microcosm of the social tensions that were raging on a large scale in European history: between East and West, art and politics, communism and religion, love and betrayal, and utopia and self-destruction. In the late 1940s, the Brasch family is proud to live the dream of...
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Beverly Glenn-Copeland, a black transgender septuagenarian (and musical genius) who finally finds his place in the world. When Glenn receives an unexpected email in 2016 from a record collector in Japan enquiring about copies of his 1986 self-release, Keyboard Fantasies, everything changes. Now signed to a major indie label, and sharing a timely message with the world, Glenn's emergence from obscurity transpires as an intimate coming...
Publisher
DEFA Film Library
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
Deutsch
Description
In this short, East German photographer Gundula Schulze (b. 1954) vividly explains her creative process and talks about her desire to and concerns about capturing the whole personality of the women in her work. She sees her nude portraits, posed in social settings, as the antithesis of the usual, superficially erotic nude photographs. As of the late 1970s, Schulze’s innovative photo series were met with official disapproval because they captured...
Publisher
DEFA Film Library
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Although their team does not enjoy great success, soccer is much more than just a game for the fan club of Berlin's FC Union soccer team. But the public is often confused or frightened by soccer hooligans and their rivalries, fights and traditions. Cantzler's documentary goes behind the scenes to break down stereotypes, depicting the fans at the matches, in sports pubs and even in conflict with the police.
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