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Poster for The Redemption of General Butt Naked

2011 · ★ 6.7 (7)

Can a ruthless mass killer become a messenger of peace? This spellbinding documentary traces the rise and fall of General Butt Naked—feared warlord of Liberia’s 14-year civil war—and his self-proclaimed quest to heal his country and redeem his own soul as a newborn evangelist.

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Poster for Profiteers of Fear

2009 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A certain degree of influence by the pharmaceutical industry on politics and authorities would not be surprising. The examples of large pharmaceutical companies directly influencing political decision-makers, ministries and authorities are too blatant. And thus decisions were made in favor of the industry. Paid specialists, bought-in experts, influenced politicians - independent decisions do not seem to be a matter of course in the healthcare system. "Profiteers of Fear" sheds light on the entanglements between politics and business.

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Poster for Our Daily Poison

2011 · ★ 6.2 (10)

Extensive investigation about the different "poisons" the food industry leaves or puts in our food, as well as the passivity of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

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Poster for DAAS - Doug Anthony All Stars, Dead and Alive

1993 · ★ 0.0 (0)

The Doug Anthony All Stars were an Australian musical comedy group who performed together between 1984 and 1994. The band was an acoustic trio comprising Paul McDermott and Tim Ferguson on main vocals and Richard Fidler on guitar and backing vocals. They were known for their aggressive, provocative style; their habit of involving audience members and their tendency to attack topical and sometimes controversial issues in their comedy. Dead & Alive, is a live recording of one of their London shows...

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Poster for The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

1998 · ★ 6.1 (9)

The story of Baseball Hall-of-Famer Hank Greenberg, the first major Jewish baseball star in the Major Leagues, is told through archival film footage and interviews with fans, former teammates, friends, and family. As a great first baseman with the Detroit Tigers, Greenberg endured antisemitism and became a hero and source of inspiration throughout the Jewish community, not incidentally leading the Tigers to Major League dominance in the 1930s.

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2005 · ★ 0.0 (0)

This is a provocative and intimate fly-on-the-wall documentary revealing the inner workings of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra as it launches into its opening season with an amazingly charismatic new Maestro - Peter Oundjian. During one intense week, the orchestra is host to musical superstars Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax and Renee Fleming. Candid footage shows these great soloists as they interact with the maestro, prepare in their dressing rooms, interact with their fans backstage and rehearse and perform with the orchestra.

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2007 · ★ 4.5 (1)

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Poster for Desperate Acts of Magic

2013 · ★ 4.6 (5)

A magician competes in an international magic competition where he goes head to head with a female street magician he has fallen in love with. This film shows great magic performed by a cast of professional magicians. Like a great musical where the songs and the story are seamlessly intertwined, Desperate Acts of Magic does the same, mixing story and magic as one.

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Poster for Camp Zapaka

2026 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A summer camp in the 1980s tells the same eerie story about the alleged "Pine Killer". Miranda, a scared young camper truly believes it exists unlike the other campers which they think is a hoax. She ends up finding foreshadowing clues and turns out...there is a certain someone out to get the whole camp...

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Bob Life is a 2018 21-minute HD video and multimedia project by Argentine-Spanish artist Amalia Ulman.

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Poster for I Got You

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After disappearing almost 20 years ago, a father creeps back into his daughter’s life, forcing her to navigate the pull between her lover’s arms and her dying father’s — all while confronting the wounds of her past.

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Poster for Prisoner of Love

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In the aftermath of the Israeli bombardment of Beirut, a young Palestinian with the civil defense struggles to disassociate his daily life from the martyrs he retrieved during the war.

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There's No Place Like Home is a documentary directed and produced by Diana Madison that chronicles the forced displacement of indigenous Armenians from Artsakh following the 2020 war and the subsequent nine-month blockade.

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Poster for TAYUTA

2007 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Films by Yoshimi Shimizu combining live-action footage and drawn animation.

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Poster for SHIHINA

2006 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Animated films by Yoshimi Shimizu

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​Trapped in a forbidden affair with his stepmother, a man under the growing influence of an AI companion enters a deadly game in a desperate attempt to earn his father's recognition.

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2026 · ★ 0.0 (0)

In a world where dairy cows must bear calves to survive, Eri, a Holstein, falls in love with another cow. Her sighs linger through sleepless nights - will they find their way to the one she loves?

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A first-person narrator sets Holy Week radio podcasts against three years of feeling alive. Between the voices coming through the radio and the personal story around them, the film leaves open a question: how does one feel something again.

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Poster for Out of Date Defences

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Behind so many of the troubles of love lies a frustrating mystery: why do they behave the way they do? Late at night, we might write them off as mean, lazy, or actively trying to ruin our lives.

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