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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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A fifty-two minute video clip-like montage with a heady pace that speaks out against capitalistic consumerism and its methods of advertising, while using the same brain washing techniques as a television advert. Erik Gandini has created a militant film. Its inspiration is the message touted by...
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A history of world terrorist movement as told through the story of the enigmatic figure Jacques Verges.
Communist, anti-colonialist, right-wing extremist? What convictions guide the moral mind of Jacques Vergès?
Barbet Schroeder...
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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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A masked terrorist is pointing a gun at the head of a handcuffed hostage, who is pleading for help from his family and country. This image, which has lately become too familiar, is the starting point of Six Days in October, an investigative documentary that follows an event that shook the Middle...
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