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The world According to Sesame St.
Added: 8th November 2007
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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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Sisters in Law
Added: 8th November 2007
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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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Darwins Nightmare
Added: 21st November 2007
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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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The Film Class
Added: 4th December 2007
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Views: 358
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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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The Boys of Baraka
Added: 18th December 2007
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Views: 239
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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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Pray The Devil Back to Hell
Added: 4th May 2008
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Views: 188
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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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Sisai
Added: 7th June 2008
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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
Added: 23rd July 2008
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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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Youssous N'Dour: I Bring What I Love trailer
Added: 2nd July 2009
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Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love, is a music-infused cinematic journey about the power of one man’s voice to inspire change. Ndour is the highest selling African artist of all time and has collaborated with musical superstars like Bono, Neneh Cherry and Peter Gabriel . At home in Senegal,...

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Bus Station Blues
Added: 14th July 2008
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Views: 177
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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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