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Poster for Memories of My Childhood

1964 · ★ 7.0 (11)

Based on Ion Creanga's book, the story of a child from his childhood to his manhood.

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Poster for Homegoings

2013 · ★ 6.5 (2)

Through the eyes of funeral director Isaiah Owens, the beauty and grace of African-American funerals are brought to life. Filmed at Owens Funeral Home in New York City's historic Harlem neighborhood, Homegoings takes an up-close look at the rarely seen world of undertaking in the black community, where funeral rites draw on a rich palette of tradition, history and celebration. Combining cinéma vérité with intimate interviews and archival photographs, the film paints a portrait of the dearly departed, their grieving families and a man who sends loved ones "home."

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Poster for How to Go Out on a Date in Queens

2006 · ★ 2.2 (10)

A self-proclaimed dating expert tries to get his best friend, who lost his wife two years earlier, back into the dating scene, with disastrous results.

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Poster for Promises

2001 · ★ 7.5 (38)

Documentarians Justine Shapiro and B.Z. Goldberg traveled to Israel to interview Palestinian and Israeli kids ages 11 to 13, assembling their views on living in a society afflicted with violence, separatism and religious and political extremism. This 2002 Oscar nominee for Best Feature Documentary culminates in an astonishing day in which two Israeli children meet Palestinian youngsters at a refugee camp.

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Poster for Utländsk

2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Esti returns to Oiartzun after six years living in Sweden. Although she had promised herself not to return, economic instability and job insecurity force her to return. She realises that the town remains unchanged, and Esti is not willing to adapt to it.

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Poster for You Are Lit

2022 · ★ 7.0 (2)

Nashida and Hamanaka are women who dance wildly to upbeat dance tunes with their armpit hair exposed. Upon hearing about a mysterious "Burning Man" who appears and disappears without a trace, they set out in search of him. Who is this man with blazing feet?

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Poster for Untold Herstory

2022 · ★ 7.3 (5)

On Green Island in the 1950s, the female thought prisoners chose to fight for freedom, but were more forcefully suppressed by the authority. They held on to their beliefs and hoping for true freedom to come.

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Poster for Zhao Wei: Angel's Suitcase

2007 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Video from Vicki Zhao's 6th album - Angel's Suitcase. Vicki's first self-directed video.

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Poster for Love, He Said

2018 · ★ 6.7 (3)

1973, San Francisco. Charles Bukowski, underground poet and punk ahead of his time, reads his poem Love to a wild audience who've come to see the pulp writer's provocative performance. But that day, instead of a punk they find a broken man hungry for love.

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Poster for The Feathered Coyote

1983 · ★ 7.6 (16)

The outstanding comedian, "La India Maria," unknowingly ends up as a detective in Acapulco, pursued by smugglers of ancient artifacts.

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2006 · ★ 0.0 (0)

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Poster for The Audition

1990 · ★ 0.0 (0)

When Jane, a film director, auditions her mother for a role in her latest television series she tries to keep their relationship professional. But her mother, disorientated by the cameras, refuses to play along. A professional casting quickly turns into an audition for the more personal roles of mother and daughter.

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1998 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Ilaria is an eighteen years old student while Frida is an eighty years old partisan, they meet eachother for some videointerviews that will have an unexpected transformative power on both of them.

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2009 · ★ 0.0 (0)

The film explores the taboo subject of homosexuality within the Roma community through the personal story of a Roma activist who happens to be gay. Though his job has earned him respect among his peers, by coming out his status is in jeopardy. However, the desire to share his complex story prompted him to write a screenplay based on his life. Partly a documentary about his autobiographical script, the film switches between documentary and narrative storytelling. Owing to its distinctive style, the film offers a glimpse into the protagonist's world as he faces triple discrimination: as a Roma, as a gay man, and as a gay man in the Roma community.

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Poster for 01.18

2017 · ★ 0.0 (0)

super 8, black and white, sound, 03:30

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Poster for First Bite

2014 · ★ 0.0 (0)

More craziness as the Presenter, Sir Sebastian and Simon tackle a vampire. AKA First Bite is the Deepest.

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Poster for Along the Road

2011 · ★ 3.9 (7)

Truck drivers Ronny and Micke have a secret relationship. They meet up at rest areas along the road, where no one can see them.

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Poster for On the Track

1978 · ★ 6.0 (1)

Film set after World War II. A group of kids notice a shady new resident in their neighborhood.

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Poster for City of Joy

2016 · ★ 7.3 (24)

The Democratic Republic of Congo has endured 20 years of devastating violence. Rape has been used as a weapon of war to destroy community and access precious minerals. Congo is often referred to as “the worst place in the world to be a woman.” "City of Joy" tells a different story of the region. The film focuses on Jane, a student at a center where women who have suffered unimaginable abuse join together to become leaders. We also meet the founders of the center: a devout Congolese Doctor, a Congolese activist, and a radical N.Y. playwright. The film weaves between joy and pain as these individuals band together to demand hope in a place so often deemed hopeless.

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Poster for Paper Boats

2014 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Paper Boats is a poetic and surreal drama about Jayden, a 12 years old boy. that can't enjoy the present moment because he is too afraid of death and time passing by. Eventually, his encounter and friendship with Amaziah, an older man from his neighborhood will open his mind to the beautiful parts of the world and will make him realize that in life not everything is black or white

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