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A film that follows the complexity of creating the television show ”Sesame Street” world wide. The show, created in 1968, is presently broadcasted in 120 countries. It has special, cultural adaptations to suit children of various countries. The film focuses on three countries: South Africa, where...
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The film takes place in Kumba Cameroon, presenting a feminist portrait of the changing Cameroonian society, by focusing on three women: a Marital Court Judge, a Policewoman and a State Prosecutor, all representing the tremendous change this African state is undergoing. The film follows three...
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When in the depression years, the wife of Dutch Prime Minister Colijn recommended eating fish head soup, the question was raised who the hell ate the fish. Darwin\'s Nightmare, zooming in on the current consequences of biological and social Darwinism, eliminates any misunderstanding. A couple of...
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In 2004, Filmmaker Uri Rosenwaks, came to Rahat, a Bedouin town down in Israel\'s Negev Dessert, to teach a group of Black Bedouin women a class in filmmaking.
Rahat is by no means an ordinary place. It is afflicted with pessimism, unemployment, poverty and violence. It is partially...
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Four 12-year-old black boys from one of the most violent ghettos in Baltimore,
Maryland, are taken 10,000 miles away to an experimental boarding school
in rural Kenya, to try to take advantage of the educational opportunities
they can\'t get in their own country
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Charles Taylor was elected president of Liberia in 1996 and soon proved to be a corrupt dictator.
Opposing warlords emerged from the North and raped, murdered, and terrorized the citizens of Liberia while
Charles Taylor purportedly supported them in secret. The war killed 250,000 people and...
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20-year-old Sisai, Ethiopian immigrant in Israel,
lives with his adoptive family - the Gavros. Father Gavro returns from Ethiopia with news of Sisai's
biological father's whereabouts. Confused by the news and the fresh confrontation with his past, Sisai
does not share his family's excitement....
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Lullaby is about my two mothers. I am accompanying on their journeys in South Africa to discover the meaning of motherhood.
éÙè âèé ÔÕÐ âÜ éêÙ ÔÐÙÞÔÕê éÜÙ. ÐàÙ ÞêÜÕÕÔ ÜÞáâÕê éÜÔß ÑÓèÕÝ ÐäèÙçÔ ÕÙÕæÐê ÜÞáâ ÞéÜÙ, âÜ Þàê ÜÔÑÙß Ðê ÞéÞâÕê ÔÐÙÞÔÕê.
A Film by Natalie Haziza
Script: Natalie...
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Tel Aviv’s central bus-station area is a fascinating micro-cosmos - the transient home of labor migrants from around the world, victims of humiliation and fear. Behind half-shuttered doors, in improvised semi-clandestine spaces, they create an isolated and protected world, home away from home,...
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Shot in full HD, this visually stunning doc takes you deep into the natural and captivating world
of the Maasai. There we unravel one of the last ancient tribal rituals of the Maasai Warrior.
The narrative follows the Warriors as they prepare to undergo a unique rite of passage that will...
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