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Poster for But What Was She Wearing?

2018 · ★ 0.0 (0)

In 1992, Bhanwari Devi, an Indian social worker hailing from the Kumhar caste in rural Rajasthan, was gang-raped by upper caste men for having the temerity to intervene and stop the child-marriage of an infant. The subsequent acquittal of the accused in connivance with the state machinery outraged India and galvanized women’s activism that led to the Vishaka Guidelines, and subsequently the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act in 2013. This documentary juxtaposes the law on paper with the ground realities, through a first-of-its-kind log of stories and experiences of over two dozen Indian women; tales of sexual violence that they face - from opulent corporate offices, to construction sites and manual scavenging - and their fight for justice against an obstinate patriarchal state. ‘But What Was She Wearing?’ attempts to portray the impotence of this paper-law and the impossible odds Indian women are up against in pursuit of justice.

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Poster for Cherry Bomb

2020 · ★ 2.7 (3)

This queer coming of age short film depicts the feeling of having to prove your own sexuality after coming out in high school.

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Poster for After the Magician

2020 · ★ 0.0 (0)

French-Mexican surrealist artist Alice Rahon made her only film - The Wizard - in 1947, which was lost before its first release. From this came a dream of a never-before-seen work, an encounter with a person who is unjustly forgotten, and an excursion to the landscapes of image, sound and imagination.

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Poster for Greetings from Myanmar

2020 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Umbrella drinks and genocide. More than 24.000 Rohingyas have been killed. Over 900.000 Rohingyas have fled their homes. Rapes and beatings are unaccounted for. Myanmar’s sivil leader Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. She is calling it an «internal conflict».

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Poster for The Frog and the Girl

2018 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Adaptation by the director Inês Oliveira from the traditional Portuguese tale «O Sapo e a Rapariga». The laundry room is closed and a young woman (Rita Cabaço) has to learn how to wash clothes by hand with the wise Deolinda (Isabel Ruth), who tells her a strange story of enchantment.

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Poster for We're Doing Fine

2017 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Two people from Dayton, Ohio - one who left and one who stayed, meet when both are experiencing the impending loss of a single parent. Their chance encounter redirects the course of their lives.

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Poster for False Friends

2007 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A montage of mid-century found footage.

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Poster for Petra

2017 · ★ 0.0 (0)

The film details a normal morning routine for Petra, who is transitioning from male to female and becomes her true self within the short film.

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Poster for Departure

1985 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Dresden old and new, in between photo documents from 1945/46, the time of resurrection, enriched by very personal commentaries by woman director Annelie Thorndike. Music for solo trumpet, composed by Reiner Bredemeyer and played by Ludwig Guettler, is set to this film.

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Poster for Wake Up and Sing

1974 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Dyula, the son of four Orbak, is a young man, like everyone at his age looking for love and at the same time dreaming of complete freedom. He loves parents, but he is terribly tired of notations and teachings. And by and large, like many young people, they themselves do not know very well what they want ...

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Poster for Five Year Diary, Reel 83: Untitled (December 24, 1995–March 18, 1997)

1997 · ★ 0.0 (0)

It’s been 16 years, and finally the Diary ends, an unintended ending that visits familiar territory.

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Poster for In the Footsteps of Monsieur Hulot

1989 · ★ 2.5 (1)

Two-part documentary about French director Jacques Tati chronicles the evolution of the filmmaker's alter ego, Monsieur Hulot, through archival interviews, on-set footage, photos, and film clips.

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1979 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Composed frame by frame in the camera, Parcelle (fragment, particle or bit) rests upon the alternate appearance and variable duration of tiny colored squares or circles placed on black backgrounds and inserted in series between plain white or colored images, creating optical superimpositions on the screen.

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Poster for Is the Crown at war with us?

2003 · ★ 6.5 (4)

In the summer of 2000, federal fishery officers appeared to wage war on the Mi'gmaq fishermen of Burnt Church, New Brunswick. Why would officials of the Canadian government attack citizens for exercising rights that had been affirmed by the highest court in the land? Alanis Obomsawin casts her nets into history to provide a context for the events on Miramichi Bay.

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Poster for El último verano

2016 · ★ 7.2 (4)

Every summer night, in some small towns, locals and vacationers gather in the town squares to enjoy the experience of watching an outdoor 35mm film screening. To make this event possible, there are people who work tirelessly on what may be their last days, as the traditional photochemical format is disappearing in favor of digital cinema. This documentary chronicles the summer journey of an outdoor cinema entrepreneur who is facing the forced restructuring that the digital age has imposed on film exhibition. As the director explains, "I wanted to tell the story of one of the people who has impressed me most throughout my professional career, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, with whom I have worked on outdoor screenings during the summer for many years. He is the perfect protagonist to show the transition from celluloid to digital screenings."

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Poster for Rembrandt: From the National Gallery, London and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

2014 · ★ 6.0 (3)

Documentary tour of the "Rembrandt: Late Works" exhibit at the National Gallery, London and subsequently at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

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Poster for Dabbel Trabbel

1982 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Anke and Philip are a young modern couple who reject the conformism of the society in which they live. They are both lawyers, he working in a ministry in Bonn. They expect happiness around the clock.

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Poster for The Odds of Recovery

2002 · ★ 0.0 (0)

After a twenty year period of multiple illnesses and injuries, the filmmaker turns the camera on herself as a way to analyze her chances for a happier, healthier life. In the process, she captures the frustration, tedium and petty annoyances of a revolving-door relationship with the medical establishment, while portraying the complicated web of emotions that accompany any medical problem. With humor and honesty, The Odds of Recovery uses the filmmaker's medical history as a means to address a perennial human problem: the desire to avoid conflict and deny the need for radical change.

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Poster for Talk To The Hand

— · ★ 0.0 (0)

1987 was an eventful year for three teens. Megan, Stephanie, & Jennifer. Jennifer was only 14 yeas old when she got mysteriously murdered by someone, but no one knows who. The two girls are devastated that Jennifer is dead. They missed all of there memories. Especially with there favorite camera. This thrilling horror shows the two girls slowly putting the pieces together to find out who murdered Jennifer Hadrel, on February 2nd, 1987.

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