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Humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb. If the vast majority of the world's scientists are right, we have
just ten years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet into a tail-spin of epic
destruction involving extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics and killer heat...
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A documentary on Chicago-native Freddy Cole, the
lesser-known, yet equally talented younger brother of Nat "King" Cole. At
age 77, Freddy Cole is, at last, being widely recognized for his amazing
musical talent.
The film examines the complicated journey of creating a career in the...
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Until the late seventies Pashtu cinema revolved around traditional themes such as love stories and heroic tales. During the eighties this changed. The story lines became less complex and the appearance of violence increased, on top of that the curvy actresses became a visual focus point. People...
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Copyright © 2007 HBO Films
An opus in three parts, Iraq In Fragments offers a series of intimate, passionately-felt portraits: A fatherless 11-year-old is apprenticed to the domineering owner of a Baghdad garage; Sadr followers in two Shiite cities rally for regional...
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Struggling filmmaker Lee Kazimir reads the words of Werner Herzog, who said that filmmakers should skip film school and instead make a journey alone, on foot, for a distance of 5,000 kilometers, let\'s say from Madrid to Kiev. Herzog states that this journey would teach one more about what...
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Copyright © 2007 City Lights Pictures
A cinematic bullet into the cerebral cortex, a documentary that unflinchingly exploring the cycles
of violence that plague Brazil\’s upper and lower economic classes in fits of rampant corruption
and violent kidnappings. The film...
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Copyright © 2007 Warner Independent Pictures
A story of hope in the midst of one of humanity’s darkest hours - a call to action for people everywhere to end the catastrophe unfolding in Darfur, Sudan. In this documentary, the struggles and achievements of six different individuals from...
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Being an orthodox Jewish woman in the 21st century is no easy task. Women are traditionally deprived from the public arena, no matter how educated they are. Hadar, an actress and playwright, defies the conventions while trying to remain orthodox. (Hebrew, English subtitles) Broadcast in...
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