Movies
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The Skin Quilt Project
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"The Skin Quilt Project" is a documentary that explores colorism in the African-American community. The film addresses this complex issue through the stories of African-American quilters, and the tradition of an art form that celebrates its culture. The quilters speak of the influence of the Afri...
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The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
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Twenty years after his triumphs as a freshman on the football field, Harold is a mild-mannered clerk who dreams about marrying the girl at the desk down the aisle. But losing his job destroys that dream, and when he finds a particularly potent drink at his local bar, he goes on a very strange and...
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The Shock
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The brains behind a blackmail plot, an embittered, hopeless cripple, is redeemed by a loving woman just as all records of his criminal past are buried forever by the San Francisco earthquake. In this relatively straight silent drama for Lon Chaney, Sr. he still appears in impressive character mak...
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The Shadow (Gölge)
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A woman has a dangerous effect on the people who love her in this drama from director Mehmet Güreli. Halim is a writer who returns to Istanbul for the first time in years to visit his mother, who is seriously ill. While in Istanbul, Halim renews his friendship with his longtime pal Nevzat. Nevzat...
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The Senior Manager Who is Trying to Take a Break
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On the advice of friends, a workaholic senior manager is taking a break.
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The Secret Lives of Teachers
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"The Secret Lives of Teachers" is a quirky romantic comedy about two teachers who find unexpected love through their shared passion for a unique and endearing hobby.
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The Second Woman
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In flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coast, meets neighbor Jeff Cohalan and his ultramodern clifftop house. Ellen is strongly attracted to Jeff, who's being plagued by unexplainable accidents, major and minor. Bad luck, persecution...or ...
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The Sea of Hemingway
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Most people think that Cuba and the
local fisherman Gregorio Fuentes were
the inspiration for Ernest Hemingway's
famous novel "The Old Man and the
Sea." But this documentary, filled
with memorable characters, takes you
from small fishing village in Italy,
to Bimini in The Bahamas, and
then to K... -
The Screaming Skull
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Newlyweds Eric and Jenni Whitlock retire to his desolate mansion, where Eric's first wife Marianne died from a mysterious freak accident. Jenni, who has a history of mental illness, begins to see strange things including a mysterious skull, which may or may not be a product of her imagination. Su...
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The School Bag
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In a small town of Peshawar, Pakistan, Farooq has a simple demand for a new school bag on his birthday. But his mother, in spite of her love and affection seems to be unfazed by her child’s plea. Unknown to Farooq, there is something waiting for him. The film has won 28 awards and screened at 82 ...
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The Scarecrow Girl (A Menina-Espantalho)
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Luzia and her family live on a farm in the Brazilian countryside. When her brother begins attending school, Luzia want to join him, but is told by her father that she isn’t allowed because she is a girl. Luzia is determined to find a way to learn how to read, even if it involves a little trick.
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The Savages
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THE SAVAGES is a documentary shot in 1967 in Venice, California, in the African-American ghetto there appropriately named "Ghost Town". The approach is part lyrical, part cinema verite. The film essays an analysis of why so many ghetto youth fail in this society, but in the voices of the young pe...
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The Royal Nightmare
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This animated short tells a story of an Evil King, whose life is turned into a nightmare by a pilgrim who constantly reappears by the Royal Tower and totally ignores The King. Simplicity goes a long way in this short film, and it doesn’t get more simple than this black-and-white royal farce in wh...
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The Routes to Roots: Napa and Sonoma
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California makes some of the finest wines in the world and few places are better than Napa and Sonoma. This entertaining film looks at the wines, wineries and winemakers of Napa and Sonoma, providing fascinating insight into what makes great wines and great winemakers. From the wine novice to the...
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The Roses of Damascus (Les Roses de Damas)
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"The Roses of Damascus" is an image adaptation of a poem that evokes a current topic, witnessing the journey of a young Syrian in exile. It is the story of a man who seeks refuge. During his ceaseless walk he testifies of his journey : the country he left, the brutality of men, the lost hope.
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The Room (La Chambre)
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In the midst of the sadness of exile, of the living wounds of wars, failures and solitude, two men, both strangers, unexpectedly find themselves face-to-face, somewhere, in a small room. In the space of a moment, their exiles overlap, and pure human love emerges, giving them the courage they need...
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The Replacement Child
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After spending a year in a juvenile center for beating up his stepfather, Todd Turnbull returns to his backwoods hometown a repentant, deeply religious boy. When he finds his best friend, Michael, withering away without any medical attention due to the family's spiritual beliefs, Todd must make a...
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The Refuse (Pagpag)
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Foul-mouthed seventy year-old 'pagpag' (garbage food) vendor Perla seeks a better life for her orphaned granddaughter (and financial relief for herself) by putting the latter up for adoption. After a number of failed attempts, she decides to prepare Rose with a new “audition number” to win over t...
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The Red House
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Pete and Ellen have reared Meg as their own, ever since she was a baby and her parents took off. Now a teen, Meg convinces her friend Nath to come help with chores on the farm: Pete isn't getting around on his wooden leg like he used to. When Nath insists on using a short cut home through the woo...
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The Red Herring
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Gliding beneath the surface in the Pacific Ocean sometime in late 1942, a Japanese convoy has been spotted and the U.S.S. Herring is on the prowl. Weeks of wandering aimlessly has given the crew an energy potential that fires more than just torpedoes. With danger all around them, the perplexed Ca...
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The Quest for Inspiration (La Quête d'Inspiration)
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The Quest for Inspiration is an immersion into the world of landscape photographer Alexandre Deschaumes. The artist portrays his world landscapes with a dreamlike and artistic vision. After many solitary wanderings through the autumnal forests, he has developed his own universe. Guided by the dre...
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The Proud Rebel
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Searching for a doctor who can help him get his son to speak again--the boy hadn't uttered a word since he saw his mother die in the fire that burned down the family home--a Confederate veteran finds himself facing a 30-day jail sentence when he's unfairly accused of starting a brawl in a small t...
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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
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This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England, Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex. Ever the victor on the battlefield, Devereux returns to London after defeating Spanish forces at Cadiz. Middle-aged Elizabeth, so attracted to the...
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The Private Life of Don Juan
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What do women want? Don Juan is aging. He's arrived secretly in Seville after a 20 year absence. His wife Dolores, whom he hasn't lived with in five years, still loves him. He refuses to see her; he fears the life of a husband. She has bought his debts and will remand him to jail for two years if...
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The Prisoner of Shark Island
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A few short hours after President Lincoln has been assassinated, Dr.
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The Prison and the Street (O Cárcere e a Rua)
Movie
Brazilian documentary on the lives of three female inmates and their inter relationships.
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The Princess of Love O Love (La Princesse De L'amour D'amour)
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Can a princess be in love with a prince and a princess at the same time?
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The Pond
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A heartbroken young woman sets about scattering her husband's ashes on the pond in an apple orchard they both loved. But the water holds a secret, and when a stranger appears unexpectedly, the very fabric of reality is ripped apart and she must choose between sacrifice and oblivion.
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The Poisons (Les Poisons)
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Saturday Afternoon, Uncle Carlos came with the ants killing machine.
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The Plan
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Kat works as a receptionist at Delirium Post, an audio post-production facility in New York City. At night, she records her music at the facility with the help of her engineer friend, Remy. Her British boss, Janine, is dating a record label owner, referred to only as Big Boss, who has an interest...
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The Pirate Captain Toledano
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Pirate Captain Toledano interrogates a stowaway, a refugee from the Spanish Inquisition. The lad wants to become a pirate to plunder Spanish ships. The Captain must decide whether to make the stowaway a pirate, or to make him walk the plank.