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  Tony Zear (Tony Zoreil)

  1. A film by Valentin Potier
  4. run time 19 minutes 30 seconds

  Tony is a 28 year-old single who inherited from an remarkable physical particularity. He has like the rest of his family very big ears and suffers from an extreme sensitivity to the slightest noise.  (more)

  
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  Of Shadows and Men (Les ombres de Yunmeng)

  1. A film by Aurélien Foucault
  4. run time 22 minutes 11 seconds

  In Yunmeng, a rural city in the Hubei Province, there’s a theater, a teahouse where old men gather amongst the shadows of the past, drinking tea and playing cards. There, an ancient art takes place and brings magic back into everyday life.But China’s growth towards a new century brings up a few questions…  (more)

  
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  Mirror Mirror

  1. A film by John Winter
  4. run time 10 minutes 29 seconds

  The story of an elderly crossdresser... After so many years together, Joe faces life without Jana. Saying goodbye to yourself is never easy.  (more)

  
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  Nature's Beauty (Water is Life)

  1. A film by Saroj Khan
  4. run time 13 minutes 40 seconds

  Scene taken from Chawkkalmi village under Bargahchali Mouza of West Bengal where village is surrounded by water and dry land is very rare where water is all as because it has necessity of ferrying by small boats and castles by villagers and peoples are used to fishing and hands to mouth by fishing as it is their profession.  (more)

  
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  Rapping with Shakespeare

  1. A film by Michael King
  4. run time 83 minutes

  RAPPING WITH SHAKESPEARE is a modern day hip-hop version of Shakespeare’s tales that explores the lives of five South Central Los Angeles’ teenagers attending Crenshaw High School. The student’s personal stories subtly parallel Shakespeare’s archetypal characters. Also, the documentary examines how a popular English teacher, Andy Molnar uses the students’ popular culture, hip-hop/rap to...  (more)

  
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  River Ways

  1. A film by Colin Stryker
  4. run time 85 minutes

  “River Ways” explores the lives of regular working people affected by the issue of whether to remove four dams on the Snake River in Eastern Washington. Environmental groups and fishing interests criticize the dams for their negative impact on salmon populations, but agricultural communities dependent on the dams oppose efforts to remove them. Combining interviews with careful everyday...  (more)

  
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  Word on the Str33t

  1. A film by Shekinah Apedo
  4. run time 66 minutes

  WORD ON THE STR33T" is a feature-length documentary that investigates the legitimacy of Christian Hip-Hop as a tool for ministry or as another genre of music aimed at acquiring profits. The investigation examines the history and growth of this movement in the United States through interviews from the industry's pioneering rappers. Further investigation on the topic covers the status of Christian...  (more)

  
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  They Turned Our Desert Into Fire

  1. A film by Mark Brecke
  4. run time 88 minutes 42 seconds

  Mark Brecke's They Turned Our Desert Into Fire tells the story of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan, through the perspectives of Amtrak passengers during a three-day, cross-country train trip. In dramatic contrast to the benign American landscape outside the train, Mark's photographic images of desolation, death, and human suffering in the burned out villages of Darfur and refugee...  (more)

  
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  Games of the European Countries (ΤΑ ΠΑΙΧΝΙΔΙΑ ΤΩΝ ΚΡΑΤΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΥΡΩΠΣΗ)

  1. A film by Gregory Zorzos
  4. run time 47 minutes 4 seconds

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  Playing Between Elephants (Di Antara Gajah-gajah)

  1. A film by Aryo Danusiri
  4. run time 90 minutes

  There is an Indonesian saying that when the elephants are locked in a fight, the mousedeer would die in the middle. But in this documentary, the mousedeer does not die - instead, it manages to play between them and get what it wants. This film documents a post-tsunami and post-conflict Aceh, where an international body that is assigned to build houses, while an Acehnese village chief leads his...  (more)

  
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  Rock 'n Tokyo (Rock 'n Tokyo)

  1. A film by Pamela Valente
  4. run time 90 minutes

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  Ilya and Marusya (Иля + Маруся)

  1. A film by Vladimir Nepevny
  4. run time 39 minutes

  At the core of this poetically edited assemblage are the love letters between the writer Ilya Ilf (1897-1937) and his wife, Maria Tasarenko (Marusya), recently published by their daughter, Alexandra. The film uses beautiful, historic black and white footage, scenes from Russian film history, superbly chosen background music, as well as countless photographs made by Ilya Ilf himself, to bring to...  (more)

  
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  Scott Walker: 30 Century Man

  1. A film by Stephen Kijak
  4. run time 95 minutes

  Scott Walker: 30 Century Man is a rare glimpse into the creative world of the most enigmatic figure in rock history, and will trace the undeniable impact he has had on popular music through casual interviews with some of his biggest, highest profile fans. We explore his fascinating trajectory, from jobbing bass player on LA’s Sunset Strip, to his domination of the British pop scene that...  (more)

  
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  Music Is My Life, Politics My Mistress

  1. A film by donnie l. betts
  4. run time 110 minutes

  A powerful and gripping portrait of the remarkable artistry and life of poet, singer, playwright, composer and social activist Oscar Brown Jr. A playful and charismatic performer, Brown is also an acclaimed jazz lyricist who worked closely with Abbey Lincoln and Nina Simone and collaborated with Max Roach and Bobby Timmons on some of the most memorable compositions of the hard bop era. Beyond...  (more)

  
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  Jungle Beat

  1. A film by Brent Dawes
  4. run time 5 minutes

  A series of unique episodes that focus on a variety of animals and the rather bizarre things they encounter. Hilarity ensues as the animals face their awkward difficulties, such as a bee struggling to get to grips with an allergy to pollen, a giraffe trying to overcome a fear of heights and a tortoise breaking free from his shell!  (more)

  
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  Quilombo Country

  1. A film by Leonard Abrams
  4. run time 73 minutes

  Brazil, once the world's largest slave colony, was a brutal and deadly place for millions of Africans. But many thousands escaped or rebelled, creating their own communities in Brazil's untamed hinterland. Today they navigate the hazards of the modern world. “Quilombo Country” (“Quilombo” is an Angolan word meaning “encampment”), which ranges from the Northeastern sugar-growing...  (more)

  
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  Magic Cellar

  1. A film by Firdaus Kharas
  4. run time 12 minutes

  Magic Cellar is the first animated series based on African culture. The series marks the first time Africa’s children see themselves reflected in an animated series. The series celebrates Africa’s culture and traditions, while promoting reading as exciting and adventurous. The stories are based on African folktales, partially collected from interviews conducted with elders in villages...  (more)

  
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  Among The Thorns (Bland Tistlar)

  1. A film by Uzi Geffenblad
  4. run time 45 minutes 36 seconds

  A summer music camp; We follow the Horn Player, the Conductor, and the conductor's son, Franz. Their stories are woven into a triangular drama, filled with music and rapid shifts between fun and seriousness. Franz is following the intrigues; some are nasty some are funny. A friendship with the bullied Horn Player grows slowly. Franz finds the courage to surmount his fear with the help of a...  (more)

  
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  Triumph of Life: The Survivors

  1. A film by Nick Upton
  4. run time 60 minutes

  For over 4 billion years, life has struggled to survive. We are surrounded today by resilient veterans in this ancient war - creatures descended from long lines of successful ancestors that survived to bred and to continue their line. The rule of life is that ancestral lineages continue. The Survivors investigates why some dynasties and even species go extinct, and what makes a good survivor in...  (more)

  
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  The Hobart Shakespeareans

  1. A film by Mel Stuart
  4. run time 50 minutes

  The Hobart Shakespeareans is a one-hour documentary centering on the unusual teaching methods of an extraordinary teacher as he take on the difficulties of teaching fifth grade at a inner-city grade schools: Hobart Elementary in Los Angeles. This documentary focuses on the unique relationship between Rafe and his young students during the course of a school year as they pursue his unorthodox...  (more)

  
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  Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea

  1. A film by Chris Metzler, Jeff Springer
  4. run time 71 minutes

  A hair-raising and hilarious documentary narrated by John Waters that tells the story of a desert resort wonderland that has turned into America's worst ecological disaster. Amid the flooded towns, empty cities, and beaches of dead fish, we meet the hardy eccentrics that continue hang on to hope, including a roadside nudist waving at passing European tourists, a man building a religious mountain...  (more)

  
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  Lago Mio

  1. A film by Jann Preuss
  4. run time 87 minutes

  When a scatterbrained young copywriter is abandoned by his girlfriend for working too much, he tries to win her back by pretending to quit his job while secretly accepting new assignments from his boss. A romantic comed filled with surprise twists and endearing characters.  (more)

  
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  From Shtetl to Swing

  1. A film by Fabienne Rousso-Lenoir
  4. run time 57 minutes

  To its collective journey from synagogue choirs to Harlem hotspots, from Yiddish theater to musical extravaganza, from klezmer to ragtime, from symphonic jazz to swing all the way from the Bowery to Tin Pan Alley to Broadway to Hollywood. FROM SHTETL TO SWING recounts the ebullient story of a musical metamorphosis born in darkest Russia, only to blaze across the sky of the Great White Way. FROM...  (more)

  

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