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100% ARABICA
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In this light-hearted musical comedy with a message, a North African pop group called Rap Oriental uses music to triumph over the bigotry and violence in their housing project on the outskirts of Paris. The band and their devoted fans are pitted against religiously conservative elders who want to stop the music. The film features Khaled and Cheb Mami, two real-life stars of rai music--a combination of North African sounds and western-style rap. The pair offers a message with a beat as they rock, groove, and ultimately soothe their 'hood with their unique sound. In French with English subtitles. Mahmoud Zemmouri---France/Belgium/Switzerland---1997---85 mins.
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20 FINGERS
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First-time director Mania Akbari explores the heartbreak and joy of romantic relationships through the stories of seven couples searching for happiness. Comprising seven vignettes, the film features the same two actors in each episode, each time as different characters whose problems unfold in conversations, quarrels, and altercations. Some issues are universal--jealousy, adultery, abortion. Others reveal the personal hardships and political realities exclusive to modern-day Iran, and especially for women. Simultaneously wrenching and uplifting, private and universal, 20 Fingers reveals a director on the cutting edge of filmmaking in her country. Received the Cinema Digitale Award at the Venice International Film Mania Akbari---Iran---2004---72 mins.
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25 WATTS
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Twenty-four hours in the lives of three young, wayward friends are chronicled in this impressive, low-budget charmer from Uruguay. Directors Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll follow the trio's drift through existence, which allows them time to ponder their state of chronic boredom, wax philosophic on life, and encounter a variety of bizarre characters. Winner of the Youth Jury Prize at the 2001 Rotterdam Film Festival. In Spanish with English subtitles. Juan Pablo Rebella/Pablo Stoll---Uruguay---2001---94 mins.
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3 = 1: THE FILMS OF JAN SHARP (DVD-R)
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Jan Sharp's circle of friends includes some of the most interesting, creative, and unique people on earth. Her raw, intimate, even intrusive documentaries on their lives have the power to engross the viewer. This release includes a trio of films on three completely different people: the leader of East Timor, fashion designer Rick Owens, and a noted photographer.
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5 GIRLS
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For her ambitious debut, documentary filmmaker Maria Finitzo followed five adolescent girls for two years, resulting in this authentic portrait of young women at a pivotal point in their lives. Unlike the media, which depicts most girls of this age as passive, powerless, or overly sexualized, Five Girls focuses on the positive ways they adapt to challenges in their lives by understanding their choices, resisting pervasive cultural messages, and believing in their own strengths. "The girls are all right" (People Magazine). Produced in association with Kartemquin Films. Maria Finitzo---USA---2001---120 mins.
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7 SONGS FROM THE TUNDRA
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Filmmaker Anastasia Lapsui, a Nenet who hails from the Russian tundra, has combined the legends of her indigenous people with personal experiences in order to convey life under Communist rule. Unfolding in seven separate stories, 7 Songs from the Tundra (Seitseman Laulua Tundralta) offers an impressionist view of an ancient culture caught between nomadic traditions and enforced modernity. Behind the film's mythic allusions is a story of identity and resistance. "It's the small details of Nenet life, captured in grainy B&W images, that fascinate in this strangely beautiful film" Variety. Winner of the Press Award at the Paris Film Festival. In Nenets and Russian with optional English and French subtitles. Anastasia Lapsui/Markku Lehmuskallio---Finland---2001---85 mins.
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70S DIMENSION
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An outrageous media-archaeological treasure trove of 16mm commercials, PSA's, and TV ephemera from the delirious decade of polyester and smiley faces. From the classic iconography of the Marlboro Man to the absurd pitches for Jack LaLanne's "Glamour Stretchers", this retro review of funky, campy clips offers insight into a lost world of looks, styles, and attitudes. Also features a series of audiovisual "remixes"--vintage industrial and educational films recycled into uncanny collages that range from the ridiculous to the sublime. Curated by Craig Baldwin and Noel Lawrence, the remix artists include Matt McCormick, Thad Povey, Tony Gault, Damon Packard, People Like Us, and Animal Matt McCormick/Morgan Currie---USA---2005---100 mins.
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A (1998)
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"A startlingly frank and disarmingly relaxed look at a group many people believe is the Devil's Own" (Japan Times).
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A SOUL HAUNTED BY PAINTING
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Gong Li stars as Chinese painter Pan Yuliang, whose beautiful work was condemned as "depraved" by officials in her own country. The film portrays her dramatic life, including working as a prostitute as a young girl and her studies at the Shanghai Arts Institute, which was later closed for allowing foreign influence and nude modeling. Pan Yuliang finds fame after she becomes her own model and the self-portrait, Bathing Woman, wins international acclaim. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Huang Shuqin---China/Taiwan---1994---91 mins.
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A2
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Tatsuya Mori's sequel to A continues to follow the Aum Shinrikyo cult responsible for the lethal gas attack in March 1995 on a subway station in Tokyo. When a law was passed that mandated the continuous surveillance of the group, Mori went back to film the sect members and captured everyday life under the watchful eye of the police and hostile local residents. In Japanese with English subtitles. Tatsuya Mori---Japan---2001---131 mins.
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ABRAZOS, TANGO IN BUENOS AIRES
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This faithful and exhilarating representation of the 5th Buenos Aires Tango Festival brings to the screen all the squeezes of the accordion, quick kicks, and guttural songs of heartbreak, deceit and national pride. Today's biggest names in tango perform onstage and off, and documentarian Daniel Rivas captures everything from the hilariously tense preparations to dozens of performances and intimate interviews with established and rising stars. In Spanish with English subtitles. Daniel Rivas---Argentina---2003---85 mins.
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ADELHEID
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In this powerful drama from Frantisek Vlacil (Marketa Lazarova), a former Czech soldier falls in love with Adelheid, a German, in the aftermath of WWII.
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ADVENTURES OF LITTLE MOUSE 1
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A good-hearted mouse tries to get along with his neighbors in the animal kingdom in these appealing Polish cartoons aimed at younger children. Very human characteristics come through in the animated critters, and the stories are told without dialogue, making them truly universal. Six stories as originally broadcast on Polish television: "The Cricket's Concert," "The Cat and the Mouse," "The Little Mouse and the Stork," "The Little Mouse and the Tramp," "The Little Mouse and the Owl," and "The Little Mouse Goes Skiing." Eugeniusz Kotowski---Poland---1980-83---56 mins.
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ADVENTURES OF LITTLE MOUSE 2
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Small children will adore following the animated activities of Little Mouse as he encounters a variety of creatures and overcomes a number of problems. Originally made for Polish television, these cartoons (using no dialogue) cross national boundaries with their appeal. Seven stories: "The Little Mouse by the Water," "The Little Mouse Takes a Walk," "The Little Mouse and the Fox," "The Little Mouse Wishing a Happy Birthday," "The Little Mouse and the Car," "The Little Mouse and the Fly," and "The Little Mouse and the Mole." Eugeniusz Kotowski---Poland---1975-83---61 mins.
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AFRICAN LEADERS (AMILCAR CABRAL / FRANTZ FANON)
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Two profiles of African leaders who defied colonialism: Amilcar Cabral, who led the Liberation Movement, and Frantz Fanon, spokesman for the Algerian revolution.
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AFRO PROMO
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Here's an irresistible program of trailers that traces Black Cinema's evolution through the crucial period of 1946-1976.
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AFRO-CUBA: YESTERDAY & TODAY
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Two exciting, colorful films spotlight the African roots of Cuba's culture by focusing on two legendary artists. Afro-Cuban mythology plays a major part in The Last Rumba of Papa Montero (Octavio Cortazar, Martinique/Cuba, 1992, 52 mins.), a film about the rhythmic dance style known as the Rumba and the legendary rumbero, Papa Montero, who was assassinated during Carnival. Told through beautiful images, sensual music, and exciting dance performances, this story captures the traditions of Cuban life as it guides the main character to his fate. Next, the multilayered documentary Sara Gomez: An Afro-Cuban Filmmaker (Alessandra Muller, Switzerland/Cuba, 2005, 76 mins.), focuses on the biography of Cuba's first female director. Though trained in ethnography, Gomez later turned to making films that reflect her interests in Afro-Cuban culture and women's issues. In Spanish with English subtitles. Octavio Cortazar/Alessandra Muller---Martinique/Cuba/Switzerland---1992/2005---128 mins.
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AFRO-LATINO MUSIC (SONS OF BENKOS / HANDS OF GOD)
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This two-disc set showcases the influence of African sounds on the music of Latin America. Sons of Benkos shows the evolution of Afro-Colombian music over generations, and pays homage to Benkos, an important black leader during the era of slavery in Colombia. Hands of God tells the story of Peruvian percussionist Julio "Chocolate" Algendones.
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AFTER THE REVOLUTION
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In this experimental interpretation of life in post-communist Hungary, a writer lives a meager existence with his cat as he struggles to complete a novel.
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AGE OF CZESLAW MILOSZ (DVD-R), THE
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This handsome documentary commemorates the 100th birthday of Czeslaw Milosz, the Nobel Prize-winning poet of Polish-Lithuanian descent.
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