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3 Women
directed by Manijeh Hekmat, 1962-; performed by Babak Hamidian, 1981-, Pegah Ahangarani, fl. 2001-2012 and Niki Karimi, 1971- (Iran: Iranian Independents), 1 hour 34 mins
3 Women constitutes Iranian filmmaker Manijeh Hekmat's second feature film and focuses on the lives of three generations of women -- a grandmother, mother, and daughter -- all of whom struggle to come to grips with their past and their identity. Manoo -- a textile specialist who works tirelessly to protect antiqu...
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directed by Manijeh Hekmat, 1962-; performed by Babak Hamidian, 1981-, Pegah Ahangarani, fl. 2001-2012 and Niki Karimi, 1971- (Iran: Iranian Independents), 1 hour 34 mins
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3 Women constitutes Iranian filmmaker Manijeh Hekmat's second feature film and focuses on the lives of three generations of women -- a grandmother, mother, and daughter -- all of whom struggle to come to grips with their past and their identity. Manoo -- a textile specialist who works tirelessly to protect antique rugs from being smuggled out of Iran -- is forced to drop everything when her elderly mother goes missing. Her mother, who is in the...
3 Women constitutes Iranian filmmaker Manijeh Hekmat's second feature film and focuses on the lives of three generations of women -- a grandmother, mother, and daughter -- all of whom struggle to come to grips with their past and their identity. Manoo -- a textile specialist who works tirelessly to protect antique rugs from being smuggled out of Iran -- is forced to drop everything when her elderly mother goes missing. Her mother, who is in the early stages of dementia, absconds with one of the rugs Manoo has been trying to protect and journeys to the village from which she was forced to flee as a young woman. Pegah, the youngest of the trio, embarks on her own journey -- a road trip into the desert -- during which time she meets a fellow traveler who is also trying to "find" himself. This beautifully told narrative highlights in a powerful way the human condition in all its strengths and frailties.
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Date Written / Recorded
2009-10-19
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Babak Hamidian, 1981-, Pegah Ahangarani, fl. 2001-2012, Niki Karimi, 1971-
Author / Creator
Manijeh Hekmat, 1962-, Babak Hamidian, 1981-, Pegah Ahangarani, fl. 2001-2012, Niki Karimi, 1971-
Publisher
Iranian Independents
Topic / Theme
Family, Cultural life, Identity (Psychology)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2008 Used by permission of Iranian Independents.
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27 Down
directed by Avtar Krishan Kaul; performed by Sadhu Meher, fl. 1969-2007, Rakhee Gulzar, 1947- and Sudhir Dalvi, fl. 1974 (India: National Film Development Corporation Ltd, 1974), 1 hour 54 mins
Anna (Om Shivpuri) and his son, Sanjay (M.K. Raina) live in a small town. Anna is a train-driver and works for the Railways. One day his train meets with an accident and he his right leg gets paralyzed. When Sanjay grows up, Anna gets him a job with the Railways as a Ticket Checker. Sanjay gets accustomed to his j...
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directed by Avtar Krishan Kaul; performed by Sadhu Meher, fl. 1969-2007, Rakhee Gulzar, 1947- and Sudhir Dalvi, fl. 1974 (India: National Film Development Corporation Ltd, 1974), 1 hour 54 mins
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Anna (Om Shivpuri) and his son, Sanjay (M.K. Raina) live in a small town. Anna is a train-driver and works for the Railways. One day his train meets with an accident and he his right leg gets paralyzed. When Sanjay grows up, Anna gets him a job with the Railways as a Ticket Checker. Sanjay gets accustomed to his job so much that he starts more and more time on the train then in his house. During his travels he comes across a young lady passenger,...
Anna (Om Shivpuri) and his son, Sanjay (M.K. Raina) live in a small town. Anna is a train-driver and works for the Railways. One day his train meets with an accident and he his right leg gets paralyzed. When Sanjay grows up, Anna gets him a job with the Railways as a Ticket Checker. Sanjay gets accustomed to his job so much that he starts more and more time on the train then in his house. During his travels he comes across a young lady passenger, Shalini (Raakhee). They meet often and explore having a relationship. Thinking that Shalini wants to marry him, he accompanies her to meet her grandfather and two siblings. He is shocked when Shalini introduces him as a married man, working as her co-worker. Sanjay, in disbelief, must find out why Shalini lied about this marital status and his employment with the Railways. His father finds out about his affair with Shalini, and arranges his marriage with another girl from the village. Sanjay, reluctantly marries but is unable to get Shalini.
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Date Written / Recorded
1974
Field of Study
Film
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Sadhu Meher, fl. 1969-2007, Rakhee Gulzar, 1947-, Sudhir Dalvi, fl. 1974
Author / Creator
Avtar Krishan Kaul, Sadhu Meher, fl. 1969-2007, Rakhee Gulzar, 1947-, Sudhir Dalvi, fl. 1974
Date Published / Released
1974
Publisher
National Film Development Corporation Ltd
Topic / Theme
Employment, Romantic relationships, Railroad companies, Railroads, Trains, Accidents (Physical health), Arranged marriages, Family
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1974 Used by permission of National Film Development Corporation.
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100 Bloody Acres
directed by Colin Cairnes, fl. 1997-2017 and Cameron Cairnes, fl. 2004-2017; produced by Julie Ryan, fl. 1996-2017 and Kate Croser, fl. 2005-2017, Cyan Films and Major International Pictures (Chicago, IL: Music Box Films, 2012), 1 hour 31 mins
In 100 Bloody Acres, brothers Reg and Lindsay Morgan are struggling to keep their organic blood and bone fertilizer business in motion. Their secret "recipe" for success (using dead car crash victims in their product) was a huge boon to business, but lately supply has been gravely low. Months have passed since t...
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directed by Colin Cairnes, fl. 1997-2017 and Cameron Cairnes, fl. 2004-2017; produced by Julie Ryan, fl. 1996-2017 and Kate Croser, fl. 2005-2017, Cyan Films and Major International Pictures (Chicago, IL: Music Box Films, 2012), 1 hour 31 mins
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In 100 Bloody Acres, brothers Reg and Lindsay Morgan are struggling to keep their organic blood and bone fertilizer business in motion. Their secret "recipe" for success (using dead car crash victims in their product) was a huge boon to business, but lately supply has been gravely low. Months have passed since their last find, and an important new customer is now waiting on a delivery. When junior partner Reg (Damon Herriman of Justified) stu...
In 100 Bloody Acres, brothers Reg and Lindsay Morgan are struggling to keep their organic blood and bone fertilizer business in motion. Their secret "recipe" for success (using dead car crash victims in their product) was a huge boon to business, but lately supply has been gravely low. Months have passed since their last find, and an important new customer is now waiting on a delivery. When junior partner Reg (Damon Herriman of Justified) stumbles upon 3 travelers stranded on a remote country road, he cooks up a radical solution to their problem, and a way of finally gaining the respect of his bossy big brother (Angus Sampson, featured in the upcoming Insidious: Chapter 2). But when Reg starts to fall for Sophie, one of the intended victims, things get complicated. A bloody good time, the Cairnes’ brothers witty horror-comedy blends sly Australian humor, gory fun, and a clever storyline that gives "recycling" a whole new context.
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Film
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
Julie Ryan, fl. 1996-2017, Kate Croser, fl. 2005-2017, Cyan Films, Major International Pictures
Author / Creator
Colin Cairnes, fl. 1997-2017, Cameron Cairnes, fl. 2004-2017
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Music Box Films
Topic / Theme
Business, Brothers, Murder, Fertilizers, Corpses
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 Music Box Films
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1,000 Times Good Night
directed by Erik Poppe, 1960-; produced by Erik Poppe, 1960-, Film i Väst, Newgrange Pictures, Paradox Spillefilm and Zentropa Entertainments (New York, NY: Film Movement, 2014), 1 hour 58 mins
Rebecca (Juliette Binoche) is one of the world's top war photojournalists, capturing dangerous and chilling images in the most dire landscapes, all in an effort to shed light on the real cost of modern war. But she's also a wife and mother, leaving behind a husband and two young daughters every time she travels to...
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directed by Erik Poppe, 1960-; produced by Erik Poppe, 1960-, Film i Väst, Newgrange Pictures, Paradox Spillefilm and Zentropa Entertainments (New York, NY: Film Movement, 2014), 1 hour 58 mins
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Rebecca (Juliette Binoche) is one of the world's top war photojournalists, capturing dangerous and chilling images in the most dire landscapes, all in an effort to shed light on the real cost of modern war. But she's also a wife and mother, leaving behind a husband and two young daughters every time she travels to a new combat zone. After a near-death experience chronicling the ritual of a female suicide bomber, husband Marcus (Nikolaj Coster-Wal...
Rebecca (Juliette Binoche) is one of the world's top war photojournalists, capturing dangerous and chilling images in the most dire landscapes, all in an effort to shed light on the real cost of modern war. But she's also a wife and mother, leaving behind a husband and two young daughters every time she travels to a new combat zone. After a near-death experience chronicling the ritual of a female suicide bomber, husband Marcus (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) levels an ultimatum: give up the dangerous profession or lose the family she counts on being there when she returns from each assignment. Yet the conviction that her photos can make a difference keeps pulling at Rebecca's resolve, making it difficult for her to walk away entirely. With an offer to photograph a refugee camp in Kenya, a place allegedly so safe that daughter Steph (Lauryn Canny) is allowed to join her, Rebecca comes face to face with just how much she risks each time she steps back into the fray.
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Film
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
Erik Poppe, 1960-, Film i Väst, Newgrange Pictures, Paradox Spillefilm, Zentropa Entertainments
Author / Creator
Erik Poppe, 1960-
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Film Movement
Topic / Theme
War, Family relationships, Work-life balance, Photographers, Journalists
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014 by Film Movement
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49th Day
directed by Kang Jina, fl. 2013 (South Korea: Korea National University of Arts, 2013), 9 mins
This drama was directed by Kang Jina.
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directed by Kang Jina, fl. 2013 (South Korea: Korea National University of Arts, 2013), 9 mins
Description
This drama was directed by Kang Jina.
Date Written / Recorded
2013
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Author / Creator
Kang Jina, fl. 2013
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Korea National University of Arts
Topic / Theme
Family, Women
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 Used by permission of Korea National University of Arts.
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About a Bad Boy
directed by Park Shin-woo, fl. 2006; produced by Korea National University of Arts (South Korea: Korea National University of Arts, 2006), 10 mins
A teenager who killed his mother and a detective who investigates him. What is the truth between them?
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directed by Park Shin-woo, fl. 2006; produced by Korea National University of Arts (South Korea: Korea National University of Arts, 2006), 10 mins
Description
A teenager who killed his mother and a detective who investigates him. What is the truth between them?
Date Written / Recorded
2006
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
Korea National University of Arts
Author / Creator
Park Shin-woo, fl. 2006
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Korea National University of Arts
Topic / Theme
Mothers, Police interrogations, Adolescence, Murder, Crime
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2006 Used by permission of Korea National University of Arts.
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Adarna and the Memory of Crystal
directed by Vicente Salumbides, fl. 1925-1949 and Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; produced by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Ester Magalona, fl. 1940-1949, Fred Cortes, fl. 1940-1950 and Mila del Sol, 1923- (Philippines: Privately Published, 2006), 6 mins
Legend has it that an elusive, magical bird called the Adarna can heal any sickness through song, but it can also turn men into stone with its droppings. This does not stop three princes – Don Pedro, Don Diego & Don Juan – from looking for the bird in the hope of helping their ailing father. But who catches th...
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directed by Vicente Salumbides, fl. 1925-1949 and Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; produced by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Ester Magalona, fl. 1940-1949, Fred Cortes, fl. 1940-1950 and Mila del Sol, 1923- (Philippines: Privately Published, 2006), 6 mins
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Legend has it that an elusive, magical bird called the Adarna can heal any sickness through song, but it can also turn men into stone with its droppings. This does not stop three princes – Don Pedro, Don Diego & Don Juan – from looking for the bird in the hope of helping their ailing father. But who catches the bird? Who turns to stone? In this seven-minute found-footage opus, Vicente Salumbides’ 1941 take on this beloved classic is condens...
Legend has it that an elusive, magical bird called the Adarna can heal any sickness through song, but it can also turn men into stone with its droppings. This does not stop three princes – Don Pedro, Don Diego & Don Juan – from looking for the bird in the hope of helping their ailing father. But who catches the bird? Who turns to stone? In this seven-minute found-footage opus, Vicente Salumbides’ 1941 take on this beloved classic is condensed and retold silently, in glorious black and white. Adult
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Ester Magalona, fl. 1940-1949, Fred Cortes, fl. 1940-1950, Mila del Sol, 1923-
Contributor
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-
Author / Creator
Vicente Salumbides, fl. 1925-1949, Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-, Ester Magalona, fl. 1940-1949, Fred Cortes, fl. 1940-1950, Mila del Sol, 1923-
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Birds, Family, Health
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2006 Khavn de la Cruz. All rights reserved.
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Adoration
directed by Atom Egoyan, 1960-; produced by Atom Egoyan, 1960-, Simone Urdl, fl. 1998 and Jennifer Weiss, fl. 2000, Serendipity Point Films, ARP Sélection, Ego Film Arts and Film Farm; performed by Devon Bostick, 1991-, Rachel Blanchard, 1976-, Scott Speedman, 1975- and Arsinée Khanjian, 1958- (New York, NY: Sony Pictures Classics, 2009), 1 hour 41 mins,
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Source: www.imdb.com
What would you do if you found out your father may have been a terrorist? A high school boy writes a story for class that makes this claim. Is it true? Friends, family, teachers and internet chat-room partners start to wonder and worry. Now he must journey through a maze of family secrets to find the truth about h...
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directed by Atom Egoyan, 1960-; produced by Atom Egoyan, 1960-, Simone Urdl, fl. 1998 and Jennifer Weiss, fl. 2000, Serendipity Point Films, ARP Sélection, Ego Film Arts and Film Farm; performed by Devon Bostick, 1991-, Rachel Blanchard, 1976-, Scott Speedman, 1975- and Arsinée Khanjian, 1958- (New York, NY: Sony Pictures Classics, 2009), 1 hour 41 mins,
Source: www.imdb.com
Source: www.imdb.com
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What would you do if you found out your father may have been a terrorist? A high school boy writes a story for class that makes this claim. Is it true? Friends, family, teachers and internet chat-room partners start to wonder and worry. Now he must journey through a maze of family secrets to find the truth about his dead father. From Academy Award®-nominated director Atom Egoyan (1997, Best Director, The Sweet Hereafter) comes a story of a young...
What would you do if you found out your father may have been a terrorist? A high school boy writes a story for class that makes this claim. Is it true? Friends, family, teachers and internet chat-room partners start to wonder and worry. Now he must journey through a maze of family secrets to find the truth about his dead father. From Academy Award®-nominated director Atom Egoyan (1997, Best Director, The Sweet Hereafter) comes a story of a young man who must question everything he knows in order to learn who he is and who his father was. Adoration presents a world where there is no such thing as us versus them and the truth is never as simple as right and wrong.
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Film
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Devon Bostick, 1991-, Rachel Blanchard, 1976-, Scott Speedman, 1975-, Arsinée Khanjian, 1958-
Contributor
Paul Sarossy, 1963-, Atom Egoyan, 1960-, Simone Urdl, fl. 1998, Jennifer Weiss, fl. 2000, Serendipity Point Films, ARP Sélection, Ego Film Arts, Film Farm, Mychael Danna, 1958-
Author / Creator
Atom Egoyan, 1960-, Devon Bostick, 1991-, Rachel Blanchard, 1976-, Scott Speedman, 1975-, Arsinée Khanjian, 1958-
Date Published / Released
2008, 2009
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Topic / Theme
Orphans, Identity (Psychology), Teacher-student relationships, Homework, Simon, Rachel, Tom, Sabine
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 Sony Pictures Classics
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Aida’s Secrets
directed by Alon Schwarz, fl. 1997; produced by Alon Schwarz, fl. 1997 (Chicago, IL: Music Box Films, 2017), 1 hour 35 mins
A web of family secrets unravels in this documentary about two brothers, Izak and Shep, who were born inside the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp in 1945 and separated as babies, never told of the other’s existence. Nearly 70 years later, the discovery of family records leads the brothers to an emotional reu...
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directed by Alon Schwarz, fl. 1997; produced by Alon Schwarz, fl. 1997 (Chicago, IL: Music Box Films, 2017), 1 hour 35 mins
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A web of family secrets unravels in this documentary about two brothers, Izak and Shep, who were born inside the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp in 1945 and separated as babies, never told of the other’s existence. Nearly 70 years later, the discovery of family records leads the brothers to an emotional reunion with their elderly mother, Aida, who hid more from them than just each other.
Field of Study
Film
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Alon Schwarz, fl. 1997
Author / Creator
Alon Schwarz, fl. 1997
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Music Box Films
Topic / Theme
Brothers, Relationships, Family reunions, Documentary films
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2017 SMBC
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Ainsi Meurent les Anges
directed by Moussa Sene Absa, 1958-; produced by MSA Productions (California Newsreel, 2001), 58 mins
Moussa Sene Absa's latest work pushes the formal boundaries of African cinema to explore the complex interplay of history and psychology in contemporary Africa. Intensely personal and at the same time deeply political, Ainsi meurent les anges combines the elegiac lyricism of his Ça twiste à Poponguine with the...
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directed by Moussa Sene Absa, 1958-; produced by MSA Productions (California Newsreel, 2001), 58 mins
Description
Moussa Sene Absa's latest work pushes the formal boundaries of African cinema to explore the complex interplay of history and psychology in contemporary Africa. Intensely personal and at the same time deeply political, Ainsi meurent les anges combines the elegiac lyricism of his Ça twiste à Poponguine with the acerbic social critique of Tableau Ferraille. What is perhaps most surprising is that this creative freedom was won precisely by wor...
Moussa Sene Absa's latest work pushes the formal boundaries of African cinema to explore the complex interplay of history and psychology in contemporary Africa. Intensely personal and at the same time deeply political, Ainsi meurent les anges combines the elegiac lyricism of his Ça twiste à Poponguine with the acerbic social critique of Tableau Ferraille. What is perhaps most surprising is that this creative freedom was won precisely by working within the constraints of new low-budget video technology. Appearing the same year as Karmen Geï and Faat Kine, it attests to the continuing vitality of Senegalese filmmaking as it propels African cinema in boldly innovative directions.
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Field of Study
Film
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
MSA Productions
Author / Creator
Moussa Sene Absa, 1958-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
California Newsreel
Topic / Theme
Poets, Parent-child relations, Fathers, Social customs, Marriages, Senegalese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2001 California Newsreel
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