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2007
Title: 1802: Freedom Now
Director: Christian Lara
Producer: Albert Pigot
Country: Guadeloupe
Duration: 90
Year: 2004
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After its abolition in 1794 during the French Revolution, Napoléon sends a young, ruthless general to reinstate slavery on the island of Guadeloupe. This is the story of the valiant fight fought by Guadeloupe's Black inhabitants to maintain their freedom. |
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2007
Title: 23rd Psalm, The
Director: Christopher C. Odom
Producer: Cornelius Booker III
Screenwriter: Christopher C. Odom
Dir. of Photography: Christopher C. Odom
Editor: Christopher C. Odom
Country: US
Duration: 89
Year: 2006
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Set amidst the urban decay and unfettered angst of Los Angeles, Police Detective John Smith battles alcoholism and cynicism. Going about his daily routine, he initially remains complacent about a seemingly ordinary prostitute murder. But when his intuition awakens, he experiences revealing visions about the victim and her murder. John must conquer his vices and overcome his skepticism to embrace intuition, question the usual suspects, and allow his visions to illuminate the truth. A metaphysical tale with a surprise ending. |
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2007
Title: 9/11 Fear in Silence: The Forgotten Underdogs
Director: Jade
Producer: Jade
Dir. of Photography: Maleni Chaitoo
Music: Mark Taylor
Editor: Adrean Mangiardi & Jade
Sound: Corey Folta
Country: US
Duration: 88
Year: 2006
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The viewer is taken on a personal journey into the lives of the World Trade Center survivors and witnesses who were among the last to receive access to critical information on September 11, 2001. This is a chilling and somber documentary that provides an in-depth look at what it was like for deaf and hard-of-hearing people in the city that day. The film also focuses on the quest to improve safety measures, equal access for public information in response to 911 emergencies within the law enforcement, hospital and fire department within city, state and federal agencies. |
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2007
Title: 90404 Changing
Director: Michael W. Barnard
Producer: Michael W. Barnard, Paulina Sahagun, Barry Shabaka Henley
Screenwriter: Michael W. Barnard
Dir. of Photography: Michael W. Barnard
Music: Walker Barnard
Editor: Michael W. Barnard
Sound: Lori Weimore & Larry Scharf
Country: US
Duration: 118
Year: 2006
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A blend of narrative and documentary storytelling follows two neighborhood locals, a Latina teacher and an African-American poet, as they join together to excavate a wide range of personal stories that make up the unique history of this threatened, culturally diverse Santa Monica neighborhood. A captivating segment also explores the presence of the indigenous people in the area both centuries ago and presently. |
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2007
Title: A Lucy
Director: Radhaa-Rajen Jaganathen
Country: Mauritius
Duration: 6
Year: 1993
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A Masai herdsman hears the call of a woman who lived 3 million years ago, begging him to bring her home. From the plains of Kenya to Paris, three herdsmen follow signs and symbols until they arrive at the museum where Lucy's bones are kept. |
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2007
Title: Abeni
Director: Tunde Kelani
Producer: Tunde Kelani
Screenwriter: Francois Okioh
Dir. of Photography: Tunde Kelani
Music: Hakim Amzat
Editor: Wale Kelani
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 105
Year: 2006
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Abeni is a beautiful, ambitious young woman born to a rich father. Akanni is a handsome young man who has pulled himself up from poverty. When he was a child, his father worked for Abeni's father and the children were sweethearts, but Akanni's recklessness led to his whole family relocating across the Nigerian border in Benin. When Abeni and Akanni meet by chance as adults, their romantic fate is sealed. He is already engaged and she is set to be married off by her father, but the couple has other plans. |
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2007
Title: Ada ORA (Bloodhunt)
Director: Danie Bester
Producer: Bongi Ogoke
Screenwriter: Danie Bester
Dir. of Photography: David Pienaar
Music: Claude King
Costume: Jenny Vlilietsra
Country: Nigeria/South Africa
Duration: 85
Year: 2006
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The first-born daughter of a king's loyal advisor is to marry the prince, but an evil witch casts a spell to prevent the union. A romantic fantasy based on African mythology. |
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2007
Title: Africanias
Director: Rafael Rebollor
Screenwriter: Jose Manuel Pintado & Rafael Rebollor
Dir. of Photography: Rafael Rebollor
Music: Banda Elastica
Editor: Rafael Rebollor
Sound: Jesus Sanchez & Luis Schroeder
Country: Mexico
Duration: 28
Year: 2007
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Using the same videographic materials that were filmed for The Third Root (see below), this updated and re-edited film gives much more importance to the personal experience of the director. The results are surprising, since coming from a subjective point of view and leaving out anthropological issues we may be closer to the experience of Afromexicans. The Director will discuss the two versions in the context of documentary approaches. |
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2007
Title: Afrikan World Masters
Director: Kwaku Person-Lynn
Producer: Kwaku Person-Lynn
Country: US
Duration: 99
Year: 2007
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See inside the mind of Dr. John Henrik Clarke. Discover a whole new American history with Professor Ivan Van Sertima. Explore the variables of racism/white supremacy with Dr. Frances Cress Welsing. For the first time, observe the musical, spiritual and Pan Afrikan development of Fela Anikulapo Kuti. |
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2007
Title: All About Darfur
Director: Taghreed Elsanhouri
Screenwriter: Taghreed Elsanhouri
Dir. of Photography: Fattih El Aleem Dafallah
Music: Omar Ihsas
Editor: Zan Barberton & Hugh Lewis
Sound: Tim Barker
Country: Sudan/UK
Duration: 82
Year: 2005
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As opposed to the recently settled 20-year conflict between North and South Sudan, the conflict in Darfur is not primarily about race or religion. Rather, it is between cultural groups, one agricultural and the other nomadic. A different view of the conflict occurring in the Darfur region of Sudan, interpreted by a woman originally from the Sudan, now living in London. Community Collaborator: Ivorian Community of Southern California |
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2007
Title: All On a Mardi Gras Day
Producer: Royce Osborn
Country: US
Duration: 57
Year: 2003
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Celebrates Black Carnival in New Orleans in all its riotous, colorful and spiritual glory. Incorporating classic New Orleans music, previously-unseen photographs and film footage, and interviews with major Carnival players, the program will explore African-Creole Carnival traditions. These celebrations date from colonial times, through Reconstruction and Jim Crow – and into the 21st century. |
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2007
Title: Almost Related.
Director: Marcus Aurelius
Producer: Bahram Haddadzadeh
Screenwriter: Marcus Aurelius, Steve Montoya & Lonnie Schuyler
Dir. of Photography: Shawn Landis
Music: Michael Patterson
Editor: John Gilbert
Sound: Ian Herzon
Country: US/Thailand
Duration: 98
Year: 2006
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An action packed, erotic comedy thriller that profiles the obscure intricacies of ancestral Japanese assassins. A series of bizarre murders occur in the pursuit to acquire the Kuji Denjo Scrolls, the legacy of an ancient civilization known as the Weirding Clan, set in the backdrop of erotic settings and exotic vistas, offering a visual and psychological jolt. Three cops and a lady-reporter are bound by distrust, suspicion, love, hate, and three pairs of handcuffs. Its strange romance develops and sizzles in an incessant array of murders which culminate in consummate passion. |
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2007
Title: Ama PAFF CLASSIC
Director: Kwate Nee-Owoo & Kwesi Owusu
Producer: Kwate Nee-Owoo & Kwesi Owusu
Screenwriter: Kwesi Owusu
Dir. of Photography: Jonathan Collinson & Roy Cornwall
Music: Vico Mensah & Kwesi Owusu
Editor: Justin Krish
Costume: Farouk Abdillah
Country: Ghana/UK
Duration: 100
Year: 1991
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On a Sunday outing in the park, 12-year-old Ama finds a computer disc which contains a message from her ancestors. They warn of tragedy unless their instructions are heeded. |
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2007
Title: Amazing Grace (Nigeria)
Director: Jeta Amata
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 135
Year: 2006
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An illuminating story of the origins of the famous hymn AMAZING GRACE, "written" by a slave ship captain after hearing it sung by the people captured, enslaved and transported in his ship. |
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2007
Title: Amazing Grace (US) SPECIAL SCREENING
Director: Michael Apted
Screenwriter: Steven Knight
Dir. of Photography: Remi Adefarasin
Music: David Arnold
Editor: Rick Shaine
Sound: Jon Johnson
Costume: Jenny Beavan
Country: US
Duration: 116
Year: 2007
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The inspiring story of how one man’s passion and perseverance changed the world. Based on the true life story of William Wilberforce, a leader of the British abolition movement, the film chronicles his epic struggle to pass a law to end the slave trade in the late 18th century. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition from members of Parliament who feel the slave trade is tied to the stability of the British Empire. Several friends, including Wilberforce’s minister, John Newton, a reformed slave ship captain who penned the beloved hymn Amazing Grace, urge him to see the cause through. Starring Ioan Gruffudd, Albert Finney, Benedict Cumberbatch, Romula Garai, Rufus Sewell, Michael Gambon, Ciarin Hinds, Toby Jones and Youssour N’Dour. |
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2007
Title: American Red and Black
Director: Alicia Woods
Producer: Alicia Woods
Dir. of Photography: Alicia Woods
Music: Mark Sampson
Editor: Alicia Woods
Sound: Nick Holman
Country: US
Duration: 39
Year: 2006
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Six African-Native Americans from all over the U.S. reflect upon the personal and complex issues of Native and African heritage, ethnic identity and racism within communities of color. |
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2007
Title: Angels Can't Help But Laugh
Director: Thomas S. Burns, Jr.
Producer: Cas Sigers & Terri J. Vaughn
Dir. of Photography: Sean Cokes
Editor: Bezu Haliwell & Cas Sigers
Sound: Sean Cokes & Miko DeFoor
Country: US
Duration: 105
Year: 2006
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A serious quandary in which actresses open up to talk about their fears, disappointments, successes, families and careers. A star-studded glimpse of the reality beneath the illusion of Hollywood. |
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2007
Title: Arrou (Prevention)
Director: Segun Oguntola
Producer: Nana Ana Ofori-Atta Oguntola
Screenwriter: Segun Oguntola
Dir. of Photography: Ebrima Laye
Music: Segun Oguntola
Editor: Nana Ana Ofori-Atta Oguntola, Nana Ana Ofori-Atta Oguntola & Amadou Sillah
Country: Gambia
Duration: 85
Year: 2005
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Thinking that using a condom will protect him, a wealthy businessman with all the trappings of success and a beautiful wife is a serial adulterer. |
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2007
Title: At the Water (Pamvura)
Director: Women Filmmakers of Zimbabwe Production Skills Workshop
Producer: Tsitsi Dangarembga
Screenwriter: Blessing Musariri
Dir. of Photography: Michele Mathison
Editor: Olaf Koschke
Sound: Ruvimba Musariri & Musa Ally
Costume: Glen Cable
Country: Zimbabwe
Duration: 14
Year: 2005
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A story about beliefs and unknown forces. Netsai, a devout young Christian woman, loses her child while doing laundry at the river. She doesn't know the cause behind her child's disappearance and consults a spirit medium for help. He demands that she make a sacrifice that shakes her Christian faith. |
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2007
Title: Bab' Aziz: The Prince Who Contemplated His Own Soul
Director: Nacer Khemir
Producer: Cyriac Auriol & Alizera Shojanoori
Screenwriter: Nacer Khemir & Tonino Guerra
Dir. of Photography: Mahmoud Kalari
Music: Armand Amar
Editor: Isabelle Rathery
Sound: Stuart Wilson
Costume: Maud Perl
Country: France/Germany/Iran/Tunisia/UK
Duration: 98
Year: 2005
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Two figures, lost in an ocean of sand. Ishtar, a lively little girl, and her grandfather, Bab´Aziz, a blind dervish. Their goal is the great reunion of dervishes that takes place every thirty years. But to find out where it is held, one must have faith. One must listen to the infinite silence of the desert with one's heart. As they cross the endless expanse of burning-freezing sand, they encounter other people. Osman, aching for the beautiful young women he found at the bottom of a well... Zaid, whose singing seduced a ravishing beauty he has lost... There is also the Prince, who gives up his realm to become a dervish - an ancient tale that Bab´Aziz relates to Ishtar as they struggle onward. The desert is the dervish's friend, however, and in due time it unlocks its secret to Bab´Aziz: the gathering place. The elderly man kisses his granddaughter one last time before sending her off with Zaid into the wild colors and bewitching sounds of the gathering. Because for Bab´Aziz, the time has come to fuse with the sand, to become part of the many stories and legends that swirl through the desert like a dream within another dream and so on, as infinite as the grains of sand....
A beautifully told story, revealing a side of Islam rarely seen in the United States. Philosophical and compelling, the beauty of the desert and the incredibly wonderful soundtrack become characters in this unforgettable spectacle.
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2007
Title: Baba Mandela
Director: Riccardo Milani
Producer: AMREF USA
Country: Kenya/Italy
Duration: 55
Year: 2002
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Kevin Kariuki is a 10-year-old boy who lives on the streets of Kibera, East Africa's biggest slum. He has never left the city, but in this movie he narrates his experience as he visits communities whose livelihood are destroying the very resources on which they depend for survival. In his travels through Kenya, Kevin also meets some people who are trying to reverse the cycle of poor health and environmental damage. Kevin's experience is crystallized into a letter that he writes to Nelson Mandela. Baba Mandela will take you through the Nairobi Slums, rural Kibwezi, Mt. Kenya, Lake Victoria and through the burning issues affecting Kenya.
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2007
Title: Bamako
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako
Producer: Denis Freyd
Screenwriter: Abderrahmane Sissako
Dir. of Photography: Jacques Besse
Editor: Nadia Ben Rachid
Sound: Dana Farzanehpour
Costume: Maji-da Abdi
Country: Mali/US/France
Duration: 115
Year: 2006
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Melé is a bar singer, her husband Chaka is out of work and the couple is on the verge of breaking up... In the courtyard of the house they share with other families, a trial court has been set up. African civil society spokesmen have taken proceedings against the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) whom they blame for Africa's woes... Amidst the pleas and the testimonies, life goes on in the courtyard. Chaka does not seem to be concerned by this novel Africa's desire to fight for its rights... Produced by and featuring Danny Glover. Community Collaborators: Africa Project Global and Christ Unity Church |
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2007
Title: Banished
Director: Marco Williams
Producer: Marco Williams
Dir. of Photography: Steve McCarthy
Editor: Kathryn Barnier & Sandra Christie
Country: US
Duration: 86
Year: 2006
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Leave or die: this was the choice white majority residents in various cities around the United States gave African Americans between the end of the Civil War and the Great Depression. Banished examines this shameful, hidden chapter in the history of American race relations by revisiting three of the communities that forcibly expelled their entire African American populations and interviewing the descendants of families who left their communities and property behind as they fled for their lives. In the still all-white communities of Pierce City, Missouri; Harrison, Arkansas; and Forsyth County, Georgia; the echoes of racial injustice during the past century still reverberate.
Filmmaker Marco Williams (Two Towns of Jasper, Sundance 2002 and Pan African Film Festival 2002) travels to each town, conspicuous as the only African American, and meets with historians, civic leaders, and residents. While his conversations sharply highlight the way these towns confront or ignore their legacy, the institutionalization of racism becomes most tangible through the stories of the descendants of Morgan Strickland and James Cobb. Strickland's relatives search for proof that he really sold off his land before leaving Forsyth County, while Cobb's family seeks his remains in an unmarked Pierce City cemetery plot. The roadblocks they encounter point to the difficulties facing reconciliation and reparation.
Banished shines light on a compelling story largely unacknowledged by history, a story that must be illuminated so we can better understand race relations and move forward.— Basil Tsiokos --SUNDANCE
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2007
Title: Bathroom Break
Director: Michelle Baxter
Producer: Nkechi Okoro
Screenwriter: Nkechi Okoro
Dir. of Photography: Eric Steelberg
Music: Rob Murat
Editor: Jessica Rubin
Sound: Steven Carthy
Country: US
Duration: 13
Year: 2005
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Sierra's day goes from bad to worse as she suffers public humiliation at the hands of her husband and is forced to spend hours locked in a bathroom with a woman who represents everything she hates. However, Sierra soon realizes that sometimes help and friendship come in the most unlikely packages. |
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2007
Title: Beloved No More: The Story of Margaret Garner
Director: Mustapha Hasnaoui
Producer: Laurence Uebersfeld
Dir. of Photography: GillesPicard, Eric Longs, Beth Flowler, Thomas Sady
Music: Toni Morrison & Richard Danielpour
Editor: Stephane Huter
Sound: Julien Ngo Trong
Country: France
Duration: 52
Year: 2006
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Through the creation of a modern, popular opera, based on the true story of a slave woman who killed her children to prevent them from becoming slaves, this film explores everyday attitudes about race relations in America and shows how vital it is to reconcile past and present in order to create a harmonious future. Beloved, by Toni Morrison, was based upon the same story. |
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2007
Title: Best Kept Secret
Director: Malik Booth
Producer: Karimah Westbrook
Screenwriter: Karimah Westbrook & Erin Norman
Dir. of Photography: Nelson Cragg
Music: Jeffery Alan Jones
Editor: Arik Lewis
Sound: Jeffery Alan Jones
Costume: Erin Norman
Country: US
Duration: 14
Year: 2006
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From the outside looking in, it seems as though Cassandra and Dwayne have the perfect relationship until she discovers a secret that will change their lives forever. |
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2007
Title: Beyond the Pretty Door
Director: Bobby Boermans
Producer: Khadija Brockington
Screenwriter: Renee McClellan
Dir. of Photography: Henry Dhuy
Music: David Wood
Editor: Paul Petrissans
Sound: Private Island Trax
Costume: Michele DeGroseillers & Kathryn Coldiron
Country: US
Duration: 18
Year: 2006
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Three children try to survive under the cruel conditions created by their violent mother. |
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2007
Title: Big Sugar: White, Sweet and Deadly
Director: Brian McKenna
Screenwriter: Brian McKenna
Dir. of Photography: Stefan Nitoslawski
Music: Lance Neveu
Editor: Susan Shanks
Country: Canada
Duration: 120
Year: 2005
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Big Sugar explores the dark history and modern power of the world's reigning sugar cartels. Using dramatic reenactments, it reveals how sugar was at the heart of slavery in the West Indies in the 18th century, while showing how present-day consumers are slaves to a sugar-based diet. A lost chapter of North American history is discovered, illustrating how 18th century sugar lobbyists in England used blackmail and bribes to determine the fate of Canada and Martinique. |
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2007
Title: Black Gold
Director: Marc Francis & Nick Francis
Producer: Marc Francis & Nick Francis
Music: Andreas Kapsalis
Editor: Hugh Williams
Sound: Gerard Abeille
Country: UK/US
Duration: 78
Year: 2006
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Multinational coffee companies now rule our shopping malls and supermarkets and dominate the industry worth over $80 billion, making coffee the most valuable trading commodity in the world after oil. But while we continue to pay for our lattes and cappuccinos, the price paid to coffee farmers remains so low that many have been forced to abandon their coffee fields. Nowhere is this paradox more evident than in Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee. Tadesse Meskela is one man on a mission to save his 74,000 struggling coffee farmers from bankruptcy. As his farmers strive to harvest some of the highest quality coffee beans on the international market, Tadesse travels the world in an attempt to find buyers willing to pay a fair price. Against the backdrop of Tadesse's journey to London and Seattle, the enormous power of the multinational players that dominate the world's coffee trade becomes apparent. New York commodity traders, the international coffee exchanges, and the double dealings of trade ministers at the World Trade Organisation reveal the many challenges Tadesse faces in his quest for a long term solution for his farmers.
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2007
Title: Brother Gordon
Director: Fredrick Johnson
Producer: Fredrick Johnson
Country: Thailand/US
Duration: 27
Year: 2006
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A Black man's spiritual journey from the US Special Forces during the Vietnam War to the unlikely life of a monk in present-day Thailand. |
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2007
Title: Bushman's Secret
Director: Rehad Desai
Producer: "Zivia Desai Keiper, Rehad Desai, Hartmut Keiper, Anita Khanna"
Screenwriter: Anita Khanna & Rehad Desai
Dir. of Photography: Richard Wicksteed
Music: Philip Miller
Editor: Catherine Meyburgh & Menno Boerema
Sound: Robin Harris
Country: South Africa
Duration: 65
Year: 2006
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Hoodia, a cactus used by the San for centuries, has caught the attention of a giant pharmaceutical company as a weight control drug. It now stands to decide the fate of the Khomani San. |
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2007
Title: Carmen & Geoffrey
Director: Linda Atkinson & Nick Doob
Producer: Linda Atkinson & Nick Doob
Dir. of Photography: Nick Doob
Editor: Nick Doob
Sound: Linda Atkinson
Country: US
Duration: 79
Year: 2005
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Archival footage traces the careers of Carmen de Lavallade, a Horton-trained dancer from California who moved to New York with Alvin Ailey and began a legacy of modern dance in America, and Geoffrey Holder, a Trinidad-born choreographer who set New York on fire as set and costume designer, painter and man-about-town with productions such as The Wiz. With Carmen de Lavallade, Geoffrey Holder, Judith Jamison, Alvin Ailey and Gus Solomon, Jr. |
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2007
Title: Catch a Fire
Director: Phillip Noyce
Screenwriter: Shawn Slovo
Dir. of Photography: Ron Fortunato
Music: Philip Miller
Editor: Jill Bilcock
Sound: Andrew Plain
Costume: Reza Levy
Country: France/UK/South Africa/US
Duration: 101
Year: 2006
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A political thriller that powerfully tells the real-life story of a South African hero's journey to freedom. In the country's turbulent and divided times in the 1980s, Patrick Chamusso is an oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who is apolitical - until he and his wife Precious are jailed. Patrick is stunned into action against the country's oppressive reigning system, even as police Colonel Nic Vos further insinuates himself into the Chamussos' lives. Starring Derek Luke, Bonnie Henna and Tim Robbins. |
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2007
Title: City Teacher
Director: Juney Smith
Producer: Juney Smith
Screenwriter: Juney Smith
Dir. of Photography: Ron Wolf
Editor: Liette Pedraza
Sound: Deborah Roth
Costume: Alisha Crutchfield
Country: US
Duration: 99
Year: 2006
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A Jewish parole officer, raised by a Black family, is assigned to teach reading to an all-Black class of illiterate teens in a New York high school. Starring Glynn Turman, Ella Joyce, Tommy Ford and Chuck D. |
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2007
Title: Clandestine
Director: Ty Walker & Condra Magee
Producer: Ty Walker & Catina Jones
Screenwriter: Condra Magee
Dir. of Photography: Daryl Mayfield
Music: Braxx
Editor: Scott Hauser
Sound: Ken Westbrook
Costume: Nina Gray
Country: US
Duration: 33
Year: 2006
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An account of true friendship, envy and insecurity. An adulteress' jealousy leads her to betray her most loyal friend, a move that sets in motion an awful and covert sequence of events harming everyone involved. The truth is revealed--possibly too late. |
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2007
Title: Cole Nobody Knows, The
Director: Clay Walker
Producer: Clay Walker & Maxine Harvard
Dir. of Photography: Clay Walker
Music: Freddy Cole
Editor: Clay Walker
Sound: Clay Walker
Country: US/Switzerland
Duration: 21
Year: 2006
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The amazing musical talent of Freddy Cole, the lesser-known, yet equally talented younger brother of Nat ""King"" Cole, is profiled. |
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2007
Title: Congressman Robert Smalls: A Patriot's Journey from Slavery to Capitol Hill
Director: Adrena Ifill
Producer: Adrena Ifill
Editor: Sekou Frye & Rich Gray
Country: US
Duration: 51
Year: 2005
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Robert Smalls went from being a slave to a Civil War hero to a master politician in South Carolina. His rags-to-riches story, embodying a strong work ethic and patriotism, demonstrates personal commitment and strength, foreshadowing the modern-day civil rights movement. Narrated by Sean Patrick Thomas. |
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2007
Title: Conquistadors of Cuba (Kuuban Valloittajat)
Director: Arto Halonen
Producer: Arto Halonen
Screenwriter: Arto Halonen
Dir. of Photography: Jari Pollari
Music: Thomas Kantelinen
Editor: Jukka Nykänen
Sound: Heikki Innanen
Country: Finland/Cuba
Duration: 88
Year: 2005
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Cuba is known for its vintage American cars. Maximiliano is an old man, going blind, who gets an important job--try to repair Che Guevara's old car and bring it back to life. Maximiliano himself owns an old American car with a motor taken from former Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista's car. Furthermore, a good friend of Maximiliano's owns a car that used to belong to Mafioso Meyer Lansky and whose destiny intertwines with both Batista and Che. Through the discussion of vintage cars and their former owners, the viewer gets a unique incite into the Cuban experience. |
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2007
Title: Cousines
Director: Richard Senecal
Producer: Wilkenson Bruna & Jimmy Jean-Louis
Screenwriter: Richard Senecal
Dir. of Photography: Richard Senecal
Editor: Richard Senecal
Sound: John Mogene
Country: Haiti
Duration: 106
Year: 2006
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Jessica is a young Haitian girl. She lives a quiet life in Port-au-Prince with her father’s friends Margareth and Gasner. Everything changes when her father, who is in the US, dies. She’s soon homeless and must go to her friend’s home. Johanne is a girl without resources who to survive must deal with her too many lovers. Will Jessica be able to resist the temptation? Will she resist the sincere love of the young Bobby, the sex appeal of the dangerous Ralph or the sexual appetite of the millionaire Félix? Starring Jessica Généus and Jimmy Jean-Louis. |
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2007
Title: Cuttin' Da Mustard CLOSING NIGHT
Director: Reed McCants
Producer: Kimberly L. Ogletree
Screenwriter: Reed McCants
Dir. of Photography: Joseph Calloway
Music: Brian Holt
Editor: George Artope
Sound: Jack Hutson
Costume: Fontella Boone
Country: US
Duration: 110
Year: 2006
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An urban comedy with a serious take. The film chronicles the lives of a group of aspiring young community theater actors in Queens, New York, who perfect their craft while grappling with personal problems. Spirits sour and soar in the face of obstacles like puppy love and its heartbreak, illiteracy, and low-self esteem. We follow this young, rag tag group of actors as they sharpen their skills and change their lives…
The cast includes: Brandon T. Jackson, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Adrienne Bailon, Chico Benymon, Lil' Zane, Shaun Baker, Lorenzo Eduardo, Paige Bryan, Lauren Karl, Brenda Vivian, Taylor Tan, Chioke Dmachi, Tangie Ambrose, Bonita Brisker, Charles S. Dutton, Debra Wilson, Sinbad. |
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2007
Title: Daratt (Dry Season)
Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Producer: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun & Abderrahmane Sissako
Screenwriter: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Dir. of Photography: Abraham Haile Biru
Music: Wasis Diop
Editor: Marie-Hélène Dozo
Sound: Dana Farzanehpour
Costume: Fatime Lamana & Valerie Wadar
Country: Chad/France/Belgium/Austria
Duration: 96
Year: 2006
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Chad, 2006. The government has granted amnesty to all war criminals. Atim, 16 years old, is given a revolver by his grandfather so that he can kill the man who killed his father. Atim leaves his village for N’djamena, the capital, seeking a man he does not know. He quickly locates the former war criminal Nassara, who is now married and settled down as the owner of a small bakery. With the firm intention of killing him, Atim gets closer to Nassara under the guise of looking for work, and is hired as an apprentice baker… Intrigued by Atim's attitude toward him, Nassara takes him under his wing and teaches him the secrets of making bread. Over the weeks, a strange relationship evolves between the two. Despite his disgust, Atim begins to recognize in Nassara the father figure he has always needed, while Nassara sees the teenager as a potential son. One day, he suggests adoption. A beautifully developed, powerful film juxtaposing the human urge for revenge against perhaps the human need for forgiveness and reconciliation. |
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2007
Title: Dark Secrets*
Director: Robinson Vil
Producer: Robinson Vil
Screenwriter: Robinson Vil
Dir. of Photography: Alex Orr
Music: Misha Stefanuk
Editor: Chris Campbell
Sound: Aron Siegel
Costume: B2Artistry
Country: US
Duration: 25
Year: 2005
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Loved by most and envied by all, successful attorneys Leo and Rachel seem to have everything going for them, but things are not always what they appear to be. Six years of dedication and love on the verge of disaster as infidelity slithers in. A compelling story of temptation, lies, deception and dire consequences. |
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2007
Title: Day in L.A., A
Director: Curtis Arsenal
Producer: Curtis Arsenal
Screenwriter: Curtis Arsenal
Dir. of Photography: Curtis Arsenal & Vinny Threats
Editor: Vinny Threats
Sound: Vinny Threats
Country: US
Duration: 82
Year: 2005
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An insurance salesman by day and a comedian at night, Curtis dreams of opening his own comedy club and quitting his day job. Appearances by Alex Thomas, Guy Torry, Chris Spencer, Sandy Brown, Cam Jones, Bobby Lee, Eric Edwards, to name a few. |
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2007
Title: Days of Glory (Indigènes)
Director: Rachid Bouchareb
Producer: Jean Bréhat
Screenwriter: Rachid Bouchareb & Olivier Lorelle
Dir. of Photography: Patrick Blossier
Music: Armand Amar & Cheb Khaled
Editor: Yannick Kergoat
Country: Morocco/Algeria/Belgium/France
Duration: 120
Year: 2006
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During WWII, four North African men enlist in the French army to liberate that country from The WWII tale of a group of African soldiers who join the French in their fight against the Nazis. Although they passionately battle to defend the “fatherland”, a place they’ve never been, they face inequality and daily humiliation within the French army. Winner of the Best Actor (Ensemble) Award at Cannes and nominated for the 2006 Oscar in the “Best Foreign Language” feature category. Community Collaborator: NAACP Image Awards |
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2007
Title: Death of Two Sons
Director: Micah Schaffer
Producer: Alrick Brown
Dir. of Photography: Cary Fukunaga
Music: John Jennings Boyd
Editor: Dena Mermelstein & Martha Skolnik
Sound: Alrick Brown
Country: US/Guinea
Duration: 63
Year: 2006
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Story of Amadou Diallo, killed by NYPD and a white Peace Corps worker, adopted by the Diallo family in Guinea, who was killed shortly after in a road accident in Guinea. An interesting contrast between how both countries dealt with the deaths and justice systems. |
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2007
Title: Derek & Delila*
Director: Joseph May
Producer: Kathryn Melton
Screenwriter: Joseph May
Dir. of Photography: Winston Reid
Editor: Joseph May
Sound: Peter Cassadine & Kyle Ellison
Costume: Linda Borcojo
Country: US
Duration: 85
Year: 2006
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When Derek and Lisa Williams start having trouble in their nine-year marriage, Derek decides to purchase a blow-up doll (Delila) to keep as a companion. He becomes engrossed with his new "girlfriend" who actually comes to life in his mind…or does she really? |
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2007
Title: Diary of a Tired Black Man
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Director: Tim Alexander
Producer: Tim Alexander
Screenwriter: Tim Alexander
Duration: 100
Year: 2007
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A story about complex relationships between Black Men and Black Women. It follows the life and relationships of a successful Black man looking for love. Starring Jimmy Jean-Louis, Paula Lima, Natasha M. Dixon, Shavsha Israel, and Little Cierra Lockett
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2007
Title: Dirty Laundry
Director: Maurice Jamal
Producer: Crystal McCrary Anthony
Screenwriter: Maurice Jamal
Dir. of Photography: Rory King & Liz Rubin
Editor: Gene Graham
Sound: Antonio Moncada
Costume: Lawrence Roach & Nicholaus Stansberry
Country: US
Duration: 100
Year: 2006
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A modern-day prodigal son story with a twist. It follows Patrick, a magazine writer who seems to have the "perfect life" until one day there is a knock at the door. On the other side stands a secret that brings him face to face with the traditional southern family he hasn't seen in over 10 years. Stars Rockmond Dunbar, Loretta Devine, Jenifer Lewis, Terri J. Vaughn and Sommore
Community Collaborator: National Black Justice Coalition |
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2007
Title: DL Chronicles: Robert, The*
Director: Deondray Gossett & Quincy LeNear
Producer: Quincy Le Near & Deondray Gossett
Screenwriter: Deondray Gossett
Dir. of Photography: Mark Cadeux
Music: Jody Watley, Rahsaan Patterson, Steph Jones, Cha'n Andre
Editor: Deondray Gossett
Sound: Peter Navarro
Costume: Arlene Flores, Moonglow & Walter J. Vine III
Country: US
Duration: 38
Year: 2006
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A romantic dramedy which introduces us to Robert Hall, a closeted talent agent who falls for a hot health food store manager 20 years his junior. What Robert fails to share is that there is a very special lady in his life. When Robert's new lover grows suspicious about his many secrets, a game of cat and mouse ensues amongst a humorous love triangle with a surprising twist of events. Community Collaborator: In the Meantime Men’s Group, Inc. |
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2007
Title: DL Chronicles: Wes, The*
Director: Quincy LeNear & Deondray Gossett
Producer: Deondray Gossett & Quincy Le Near
Screenwriter: Quincy LeNear
Dir. of Photography: Ed Button
Music: Nina Cimone
Editor: Deondray Gossett
Sound: Mike Williams
Costume: Arlene Flores & Moonglow
Country: US
Duration: 30
Year: 2005
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Wes, an upwardly mobile real estate banker, is overwhelmed by the demands of his marriage, career, and closeted attraction to men. When Wes' sexy but ambivalent brother-in-law stops in for an unexpected stay, he is directly faced with temptation and ultimately falls for the forbidden fruit. Community Collaborator: In the Meantime Men’s Group, Inc. |
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2007
Title: Don't Touch
Director: Zulfah Otto-Sallies
Screenwriter: Zulfah Otto-Sallies
Dir. of Photography: Shahied Sallies
Music: Adriaan Hellenberg
Editor: Zulfah Otto-Sallies
Sound: Reza Williams
Costume: Nadia Booley
Country: South Africa
Duration: 101
Year: 2006
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All hell breaks loose when 16-year-old Layla finds out that her father has married a second wife under Muslim law. Feeling betrayed by his actions, Layla rebels against authority figures, particularly her parents. An emotional rollercoaster that embraces the concerns of contemporary South African youth, presenting a fascinating world that encompasses adolescent loneliness, drugs and friendship. Framed by a global melting pot defined by generational disjuncture. |
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2007
Title: Dreamer's Dream
Director: Chester Yang
Producer: Chester Yang
Screenwriter: Chester Yang
Dir. of Photography: Michael Kinirons & Suzie Lavelle
Music: Mathew Davidson
Editor: Chester Yang
Sound: Guy Hake & Chris Pow
Country: UK
Duration: 57
Year: 2006
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Ray is a family man who is struggling to find himself in the rhythm of poetic words while discovering the true nature of today's world. |
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2007
Title: Echoes of My Past
Director: Thabang Molibeli
Producer: Thabang Molibeli
Screenwriter: Thabang Molibeli
Editor: M. Symms
Sound: Nami Mhlongo
Country: South Africa
Duration: 48
Year: 2005
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An emotional documentary about the Sharpeville massacre where many innocent people were shot by the apartheid police on March 21, 1960. Malehola Malindi meets with the organizers of the march, survivors and journalists who give a personal view of the horrific day. |
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2007
Title: El Cimarrón
Director: Ivan Dariel Ortiz
Producer: Ivan Gonzalo Ortiz
Screenwriter: Ivan Gonzalo Ortiz
Dir. of Photography: Jaime Costa Latoni
Music: José Ojeda
Editor: Ivan Dariel Ortiz
Sound: Jamil Martínez
Costume: Vilma Martínez
Country: Puerto Rico
Duration: 111
Year: 2006
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A love story about a young African couple, Marcos and Carolina, that takes place during the era of slavery at the turn of the nineteenth century on a Caribbean island. Eventually, they are both acquired by a malevolent Spanish landholder. After several futile attempts to escape, Marcos finally wins his freedom and returns to liberate his beloved Carolina and many other slaves. |
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2007
Title: Enough is Enough (Reke Tumanwo)
Director: kibAara
Producer: kibAara
Screenwriter: kibAara
Dir. of Photography: Gad Waweru
Music: Mburu Kimani
Editor: Ben Okeyo
Sound: James Wachira
Costume: Paul Gatonye
Country: Kenya
Duration: 113
Year: 2005
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An episode in the Mau Mau resistance against British colonial rule focusing on a young woman who decides to join the army. While some fight bravely, others collaborate with the British and betray their follow freedom fighters. To escape certain death at the hands of the British Colonial Forces, Njeir flees to the Mt. Kenya Forest to join the Mau Mau liberation forces. |
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2007
Title: Faces of Change
Director: Michèle Stephenson
Producer: Michèle Stephenson
Dir. of Photography: Wolfgang Held, Martina Radwan & Lloyd Handwerker
Music: Jay Rodriguez
Editor: Jane Abramowitz
Sound: Margaret Crimmons
Country: US
Duration: 80
Year: 2005
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Five activists from five different continents relay unique video dispatches from their respective corners of the world. From their communities in Brazil, India, Mauritania, Bulgaria and the United States, these activists go behind the camera to find a common voice denied them because of their social, racial, gender or ethnic background. They walk us through their lives, experiences and societies as we see the world through their eyes. Their intimate videos capture their hopes and dreams, echoing the nature of our common humanity. The result is a gripping tapestry of personal stories unlike anything you have ever seen. |
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2007
Title: Fat Girl's Guide To Yoga, A
Director: Gregory Colleton & Tajamika Paxton
Screenwriter: Gregory Colleton & Tajamika Paxton
Country: US
Duration: 12
Year: 2007
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Oversized and with a knack for wise cracks, Wendy turns to yoga to lose weight. Insecure about whether she’s cut out for yoga, in the beginning she's a disastrous combination of self-consciousness and overly enthusiastic. She undergoes a series of new challenges, giving audiences a comical glimpse into the skewed mind of a woman trying to find her "Om." Gregory Colleton and Tajamika Paxton wrote and directed this irreverent take on the world of crossed legs and incense, inspired by Paxton's experiences as a Los Angeles yoga instructor. The film features Lalanya Masters and Joy Osmanski and introduces new talents Mecca and Wendy McKinney. |
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2007
Title: Fidel
Director: Estela Brava
Country: Cuba
Duration: 91
Year: 2000
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Revered by some as a great revolutionary and bulwark of the progressive world movement and despised by others as a vengeful dictator, the Cuban president stands as one of the great political figures of modern times. This landmark documentary illuminates the life of Fidel Castro from his teenage years through the present. |
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2007
Title: Fly Like Mercury
Director: Harry J. Lennix
Producer: Tom Hodges, David Schwimmer & Jennifer Blair
Screenwriter: Reginald Nelson
Dir. of Photography: Jesse M. Feldman
Music: Ryan Beveridge
Editor: Andrew Charlton & Linda DiFranco
Sound: Chris Adams, Tina Gradilone & Justin Ipock
Costume: Ashley Yoder
Country: US
Duration: 18
Year: 2006
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A world-class sprinter tragically discovers the difference between a winner and a champion. |
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2007
Title: Forbidden
Director: Lisa Acrond
Producer: Lisa Acrond, Leyanys Escobar, Kandyce Evans, Dave Kessinger
Screenwriter: Lisa Acrond & Darren Bailey
Dir. of Photography: Dave Kessinger
Music: Facette Jones
Editor: Lisa Acrond, Leyanys Escobar, Kandyce Evans, Dave Kessinger
Country: US
Duration: 14
Year: 2005
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Nina Ross spent the greater part of her childhood in church, consuming principles of purity. As an adult, Nina begins to question her religious upbringing and eventually decides to surrender to the advances of a devilishly handsome gentleman. Their encounter sends Nina on a psychological sea of religious conviction and contradiction as her dreams reveal the Bible awakening of an unholy truth. |
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