A VOICE FROM HEAVEN

DescriptionDescription In an age when technology records and distributes an overwhelming array of voices in every language and every genre, it is no small honor to be recognized as one of the most beautiful voices of the century. Such was the praise for legendary Pakistani Oawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. A VOICE FROM HEAVEN...

WHO’S DANCIN’ NOW?

DescriptionDescription In 1983, the Oscar-winning documentary HE MAKES ME FEEL LIKE DANCIN' captured the exuberance and commitment of public school children enrolled in Jacques d'Amboise's innovative dance program, the National Dance Institute. Using footage from the original film to identify the participants, WHO'S DANCIN' NOW? revisits the alumni - now it their twenties - to...

THE YOUNG GIRL AND THE MONSOON

DescriptionDescription Growing up is hard to do - particularly for an adolescent girl in Manhattan with a photojournalist father still reeling from a messy divorce. Thirteen-year-old Constance is torn by life, stretched between parents and struggling through all the typical, daunting rites of passage. Her father doesn't have it much easier. Distant and caring, Hank...

VANAPRASTHAM, THE LAST DANCE

DescriptionDescription According to Indian scriptures, a man's life is divided into stages. After a student life and a family life, one takes up 'Vanaprastham,' learning the renunciation of material attachments. A tense and powerful story of passion and betrayal directed by one of India's greatest cinematographers, VANAPRASTHAM, THE LAST DANCE explores the nature of man...

VIOLET

DescriptionDescription A badly-scarred young woman iourneys to find the TV evangelist who has promised to heal her. Along the way, she meets two soldiers, one of whom falls in love with her. Leaving him behind to continue her quest, she ultimately learns to accept herself as she is.

THE TREE OF CHERRIES (L’ARBRE DE LES CIRERES)

DescriptionDescription After years of serving in a remote valley village in the Catalonian region of Spain, the town doctor decides to return to life in the city. His departure reverberates amongst the townspeople, as they wonder why some might want to leave and why others might choose to stay. Unconcerned by such questions is Angel,...

UNDER A SPELL (UN EMBRUJO)

DescriptionDescription In 1920s Mexico, 13-year-old Eliseo dreams of escaping his hometown and his impoverished, domineering father. lncreqsingly alienated by his father's rough manner, Eliseo seeks refuge at the home of his teacher, Felipa, who is unfulfilled by her clandestine affair with Bruno. What begins as two lonely people finding comfort in one another becomes Eliseo's...

THRONE OF DEATH (MARANA SIMHASANAM)

DescriptionDescription Awarded the Camera d'Or at Cannes, THRONE OF DEATH is a provocative and darkly comic examination of politics, technology and human nature. Krishnan and his family, seasonal laborers far generations, live in a small island community in Kerala. Out of work and desperate to feed his family, Krishnan steals a bunch of coconuts from...

TOOTS AND CASPER: CASPER’S NIGHT OUT

DescriptionDescription AFl's latest film restoration/ preservation work includes the only existing copies of three comedies, a 1949 Three Stooges TV film and two movies based on old-time comic strips. The Stooges film, JERKS OF ALL TRADES, was made for a TV series but never shown on television. It stars Moe, Larry and Shemp as painters/wallpaper...

SUPER CHIEF

DescriptionDescription Corrupt leaders, rigged elections and the passionate efforts of citizens to change a system that seems untouchable are at the center of Nick Kurzon's documentary. The millions of dollars that come through the new casino on the White Earth Reservation all stop at the desk of tribal chairman "Chip" Wadena. And Wadena - the...

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