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The Tracker |
Australia |
The year is 1922 and The Tracker (David Gulpilil, Walkabout,
Rabbit-Proof Fence) has the job of pursuing The Fugitive - an aborigine
who is suspected of murdering a white woman - as he leads three mounted policemen:
The Fanatic, The Follower and also The Veteran across the outback. |
$29.95 $9.99 |
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The Colors of Curacao |
Curacao |
This two-DVD set featuring classic film "Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story" and contemporary drama "Papa's Song" serves as a window into the charming world of Curacao, part of the Dutch-owned Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. |
$29.95 $12.99 |
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Sankofa |
USA |
A stunning film with great reserves
of emotional power and intelligence, Sankofa tells
the story of Mona, a beautiful African-American model on a fashion shoot in
West Africa who becomes enmeshed with a mystical spot that forces her to recall
her racial past. |
$39.95 $23.97 |
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Race and History in Brazil |
Brazil |
Race and its impact on the art and history of Brazil are highlighted in this two-disc set with Joel Zito Araujo's documentary Denying Brazil (A Negacao do Brasil, 92 mins) and Geraldo Santos Pereira's Aleijadinho: Passion, Glory and Torment (Aleijadinho: Paixao, Gloria e Suplicio, 100 mins. |
$29.95 $12.99 |
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Playing Away |
United Kingdom |
The premise of Playing Away
is as simple as its effects are complex: a rural English village invites a West
Indian black cricket team from London’s Brixton section for a weekend
match, and the encounter proves to be rather comical. |
$29.95 $14.99 |
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Otomo |
Germany |
A powerful film portraying institutionalized
racism and police brutality, Otomo provides a convincing
look at the everyday world of refugees, who are continuously surrounded by tension
and insecurity. |
$29.95 $9.99 |
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Masai: The Rain Warriors |
Kenya |
Faced with a drought that endangers the continuity of
their people, Masai elders are convinced that they have been cursed by the Red
God -- the God of Vengeance. |
$24.95 $8.99 |
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Lumumba |
France |
Made in the tradition of such true-life
political thrillers as Malcolm X and JFK, Raoul Peck's award-winning Lumumba
is a gripping epic that dramatizes for the first time the rise and fall of legendary
African leader Patrice Lumumba. |
$29.95 $17.97 |
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Jamaican Music & Soul |
Jamaica |
'Jamaican Music & Soul' is a dvd that contains 2 documentaries, firstly Jerome Lapperousaz's powerful 'Made in Jamaica'(2006) and 2nd, the classic rasta repatriation story by German film maker Fitz Baumann 'Journey Of The Lion'(1992), which is a beautiful film that has withstood the test of time and continues to be screened at film festivals each year. |
$29.95 $11.99 |
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Great African Films - Vol. 3 |
Chad |
GREAT AFRICAN FILMS, VOLUME 3: Daratt (Dry Season) & The Desert Ark - The third installment in this series of award-winning films from Africa includes Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's Dry Season (2006, 95 minutes, French and Arabic with English subtitles), a subtle and often surprising film from Chad about the relationship between a young man and his father’s killer set at the end of the country’s civil war when the government has granted amnesty to war criminals - and Mohamed Chouikh's The Desert Ark (1997, 90 minutes, Arabic with English subtitles), Two teenagers from opposite sides of the tracks fall in love, their forbidden relationship pitting family against family - 185 minutes. |
$39.95 $12.99 |
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Great African Films - Vol. 2 |
USA |
GREAT AFRICAN FILMS, VOLUME 2: Tasuma / Sia, the
Dream of the Python -
The second installment in this series of award-winning
films from Africa includes Kollo Sanou's Tasuma, the Fighter (2003, 90 minutes, French
and Jula with English subtitles), a comic look at the impact of French colonialism
on Africa; Retired from the French army, Burkinabe soldier Sogo Sanou waits patiently
for his pension, which he plans to use to build a grain mill for the women of
his village - Next is Dani Kouyate's Sia, the Dream of the Python (2001,
96 minutes, Bambara with English subtitles), a modern adaptation of a seventh-century
African legend: A poor village decides it must make a human sacrifice to a mystical
snake god to guarantee a better future; Sia, the most beautiful woman in the
village, is chosen for the ritual, but she runs away in revolt - 186 minutes. |
$39.95 $12.99 |
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Great African Films - Vol. 1 |
Burkina Faso & Mali |
GREAT AFRICAN FILMS - VOL 1 : Haramuya & Faraw! Mother of the Dunes - Two films are included in the package, making for an entertaining and edifying double feature experience: Drissa Toure’s Haramuya (1995) is a sprawling dramatic comedy about several generations of a traditional Muslim family scraping up against various temptations (crime, movies, drugs, music) of modernity in the city of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, and Abbdoulaye Ascofare’s Faraw: Mother of the Dunes (1997), from Mali is about a mother of three who struggles to support her family while saving her daughter from becoming the concubine-maid of a French colonialist. |
$39.95 $12.99 |
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FLMKR |
USA |
A provocative digital feature that dares
to probe the question: What the f*ck is going on in American filmmaking? FLMKR
is a quirky, comic thriller, which traces the odyssey of independent filmmaker
Veronica Davidson, as professional setbacks are amplified by personal betrayals;
then she realizes something more sinister has taken over the film industry in
America. |
$29.95 $14.99 |
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Every Child is Born a Poet: The Life and Work of Piri Thomas |
USA |
A fiery mix of documentary, spoken word
poetry, and dramatizations, Every Child is Born a Poet explores
the life and work of Piri Thomas, the Afro-Cuban-Puerto Rican author of the
classic autobiographical novel DOWN THESE MEAN STREETS (1967). |
$25.00 $14.99 |
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DANY LAFERRIERE: Films from a Poet’s Imagination |
Haiti |
The mystery and wonder of modern-day Haiti come alive in this two-film set based on the work of writer-director Dany Laferriere with the two films How to Conquer America in One Night (96 mins) and On the Verge of a Fever (88 mins). |
$29.95 $8.99 |
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Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death |
Belgium |
The Belgian government has denounced this documentary as a "tendentious diatribe" for depicting King Leopold II - still a heroic figure in Belgium - as the moral forebear of Adolf Hitler, responsible for the death of 10 million people in his rapacious exploitation of the Congo. |
$29.95 $9.99 |
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Burning an Illusion |
United Kingdom |
A young British woman comes of age questioning
her middle-class aspirations and security through marriage. |
$29.95 $14.99 |
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Afro-Latino Music - 2-disc set |
Peru & Colombia |
This two-disc set showcases the influence and importance of African sounds, rhythms, and beats to the music of Latin America. |
$29.95 $15.99 |
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Afro-Cuba: Yesterday & Today - 2 disc set |
Cuba |
Two exciting, colorful films spotlight the African roots of Cuba's culture by focusing on two legendary artists -- Rumbero Papa Montero and Filmmaker Sara Gomez -- in this unique box set. |
$39.95 $13.98 |
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African Leaders |
Martinique/Algeria & Cape Verde |
Portrait of two leaders of the Pan-African Liberation Movement: Frantz Fanon and Amilcar Cabral. |
$29.95 $11.99 |
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