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No Kings
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directed by Emilia Mello, fl. 2009; produced by Denise Ping Lee, fl. 2011, Roberto Minervini, 1970- and Emilia Mello, fl. 2009, Pulpa Entertainment and Enciclopédia de lugares Imaginários (Barcelona, Catalonia: Utopic Documentaries, 2020), 1 hour 24 mins
Beyond sprawling highways and off the electrical grid, a remote fishing village in southeastern Brazil lives according to the rhythms of the sea. This community descended from Indigenous peoples, Europeans, and escaped African slaves, is one of the last of its kind. It’s a unique culture, whose sustainable pract...
directed by Emilia Mello, fl. 2009; produced by Denise Ping Lee, fl. 2011, Roberto Minervini, 1970- and Emilia Mello, fl. 2009, Pulpa Entertainment and Enciclopédia de lugares Imaginários (Barcelona, Catalonia: Utopic Documentaries, 2020), 1 hour 24 mins
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No Mataras
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directed by Eduardo Montes-Bradley, 1960-; produced by Eduardo Montes-Bradley, 1960-; performed by Marcelo Birmajer, 1966- (Charlottesville, VA: Heritage Film Project, 2004), 59 mins
This Spanish-language documentary, directed by Eduardo Montes-Bradley, features the Argentine writer Marcelo Birmajer.
directed by Eduardo Montes-Bradley, 1960-; produced by Eduardo Montes-Bradley, 1960-; performed by Marcelo Birmajer, 1966- (Charlottesville, VA: Heritage Film Project, 2004), 59 mins
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La piedra ausente
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directed by Sandra Rozental, fl. 2014 and Jesse Lerner; produced by Sandra Rozental, fl. 2014 and Jesse Lerner, Foprocine (Mexico City, Federal District (Mexico): Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE), 2013), 1 hour 22 mins
Focusing on the removal and subsequent replications of a colossal pre-Hispanic rain deity taken from a small Mexican town to the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, this film explores struggles over heritage and artifacts, contrasting diverse perspectives within the contemporary debate about cultural p...
directed by Sandra Rozental, fl. 2014 and Jesse Lerner; produced by Sandra Rozental, fl. 2014 and Jesse Lerner, Foprocine (Mexico City, Federal District (Mexico): Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE), 2013), 1 hour 22 mins
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Playeros: Travailleurs des plages
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directed by Alexandre Beaumont-Vachon, fl. 2015 (Quebec City, QC: Spira, 2019), 15 mins
"We dream of the beach; Nelson dreams of escaping it. We wish to go on vacation; Nelson wishes only to work. While we sleep, he is awake. By day, he walks among us. Yet, Nelson goes unnoticed..."
directed by Alexandre Beaumont-Vachon, fl. 2015 (Quebec City, QC: Spira, 2019), 15 mins
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Playland USA
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directed by Benjamin Schindler; produced by Fabian Wallenfels, Benjamin Schindler and Levin Hübner, Hübner/Wallenfels and zeitgebilde Filmproduktiong (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 2019), 1 hour 28 mins
A poetic time travel fantasy through the imagined history of the United States as a modern fairyland, along the traces of our desire for illusion and escapism – fatally bound between fact and fiction, anticipating the current reality shifts in the US. PLAYLAND USA questions the possibilities and limits of the...
directed by Benjamin Schindler; produced by Fabian Wallenfels, Benjamin Schindler and Levin Hübner, Hübner/Wallenfels and zeitgebilde Filmproduktiong (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 2019), 1 hour 28 mins
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Puhipau at the Yamagata International Film Festival
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produced by Puhipau, 1937-2016 and Joan Lander, fl. 1957, Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production) (Hawaii: Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production), 2016), 19 mins
In October of 1993 Joan Lander and Puhipau of the production team Na Maka o ka Aina traveled to the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in Japan to screen their documentary, Act of War - The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation. This video follows Puhipau as he participates in a press conference by the Fi...
produced by Puhipau, 1937-2016 and Joan Lander, fl. 1957, Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production) (Hawaii: Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production), 2016), 19 mins
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Quiet Flows The River Chitra
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directed by Tanvir Mokammel, 1955-; performed by Sumita Devi, 1936-2004, Towkier Ahmed, fl. 1994-1999 and Momtajuddin Ahmed, fl. 1999 (Bangladesh: Privately Published), 1 hour 46 mins
In 1947, following the partition of India, Pakistan was formed. In East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), millions of Hindu families were forced to choose between living under Islamic rule, or abandoning the land, which their ancestors had been living in for centuries. Shashikanta Sengupta, a lawyer, refuses to migrate...
directed by Tanvir Mokammel, 1955-; performed by Sumita Devi, 1936-2004, Towkier Ahmed, fl. 1994-1999 and Momtajuddin Ahmed, fl. 1999 (Bangladesh: Privately Published), 1 hour 46 mins
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Ruoma de shi qi sui
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directed by Zhang Jiarui, 1958-; performed by Zhigang Yang, fl. 2003, Min Li, fl. 2003 and Linyuan Shu, fl. 2003 (China: Privately Published), 1 hour 29 mins
When Ruo Ma Was Seventeen illustrates the perspectives and fantasies of young people towards love. Ruo Ma, a girl from the Xiani tribe, lives with her grandmother since childhood. Fantasising about the world outside, Ruo Ma wants to visit the city but has no money. She meets Ming, a photographer, who helps her ear...
directed by Zhang Jiarui, 1958-; performed by Zhigang Yang, fl. 2003, Min Li, fl. 2003 and Linyuan Shu, fl. 2003 (China: Privately Published), 1 hour 29 mins
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El Sekuestro
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directed by Eduardo Montes-Bradley, 1960-; performed by Sandra Ballesteros, Rodolfo Ranni, 1937- and Luis Fernandez, fl. 1997 (Charlottesville, VA: Heritage Film Project, 1997), 1 hour 23 mins
This comedy, directed by Eduardo Montes-Bradley and starring Sandra Ballesteros, Rodolfo Ranni and Luis Fernandez, is about a group of revolutionaries who kidnap the wrong man and have trouble collecting his ransom.
directed by Eduardo Montes-Bradley, 1960-; performed by Sandra Ballesteros, Rodolfo Ranni, 1937- and Luis Fernandez, fl. 1997 (Charlottesville, VA: Heritage Film Project, 1997), 1 hour 23 mins
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Seven Blind Women Filmmakers
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directed by Mohammad Shirvani, 1973- (Iran: Iranian Independents), 1 hour 46 mins
In Spring 2004, Mohd Shirvani decided to answer an old question in his mind - What should I do if I, as a film director, would become blind? I was wondering if I could keep making films. This film has been made by a number of blind women filmmakers to answer that question. I taught them how to narrate their own st...
directed by Mohammad Shirvani, 1973- (Iran: Iranian Independents), 1 hour 46 mins
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