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- All White in Barking - Filmmaker Marc Isaacs examines, with charm and humor, modern attitudes toward race in Barking, a white working class community east of London. (new April, 2008)
- Antonio Negri - Traces the biography and current relevance of this controversial moral and political philosopher, his work, and his contemporary role as an intellectual leader of the anti-globalization movement.
- The Architecture of Doom - Considers the Nazis' atrocities as a wholly rational extension of a fundamental tenet seeking to beautify the world.
- Art and Remembrance: The Legacy of Felix Nussbaum - The story of artist Felix Nussbaum, who created the major body of work about the Jews during the Holocaust.
- August Sander - A portrait of one of the most important photographers of the 20th century, who though uncelebrated in his own lifetime, pioneered social documentary photography.
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- Beyond Hatred - After their gay son is murdered by a gang of skinheads, a close-knit family tries to move toward understanding, and even forgiveness.
- Bonhoeffer - The dramatic story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the young German theologian who was one of the first clear voices of resistance against Adolf Hitler, and who openly challenged his church to stand with the Jews in their time of need.
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- The Case of the Grinning Cat - In his newest film, French cinema-essayist Chris Marker reflects on French and international politics, art and culture at the start of the new millennium.
- Chain of Love - A film about the Philippines' second largest export product - maternal love - and how the international trade in love and care affects the women involved, their families, and families in the West.
- Charlotte - Based on the autobiographical series "Life or Theater?" by Charlotte Salomon, a young Jewish painter from Berlin, who sought refuge in Nice during World War II.
- Children of Fate - Thirty years in the life of a gutsy Sicilian woman who battles poverty, crime, and an abusive husband to keep her family together.
- Colette - A fascinating visit with the legendary writer in her Paris apartment on the Palais Royal circa 1951. And Jean Cocteau drops by.
- Constant, Avant le Depart - Filmed shortly before Constant Nieuwenhuys' death, this is an intimate glimpse into the life and work of the painter, urban theorist, and influential member of the European avant-garde.
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- Death On Request - Controversial documentary records the last days - and actual death - of a Dutch man who chose euthanasia to end his suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- Distress Signals - A worrisome look at the global consequences of America's number 2 export: entertainment.
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- East of War - Former Wehrmacht soldiers talk about their experiences beyond the bounds of "normal" warfare on the Eastern Front of World War II.
- The Electronic Curtain - Examines the replacement of the former Iron Curtain by a new, highly sophisticated invisible electronic curtain designed to curb illegal immigration from eastern to western Europe.
- Etoiles - A fortuitous blend of Gallic verbosity and sublime artistry, ETOILES - DANCERS OF THE PARIS OPERA BALLET is an unusually articulate look at the competitive world of ballet.
- Euskadi: A Stateless Nation
- Excellent Cadavers - A dramatic investigation of the recent history of the Mafia and its integral relationship to postwar Italian politics. Based on the book by Alexander Stille.
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- For Man Must Work - A provocative look at the future of labor in the changing global economy.
- Forever - A poignant tour of the importance of art in the lives of visitors to the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, the final resting place for legendary writers, composers, painters and other artists from around the world.
- Forging Identity - The remarkable' life of Adolfo Kaminsky, master forger. He helped thousands of Jews escape Nazi persecution, and after the war many 'underground' movements.
- 49 UP - The seventh film in a series of landmark documentaries that began 42 years ago, inspired by the Jesuit maxim "Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man."
- 42 Up - The latest installment in Michael Apted's remarkable documentary series following the lives of 14 people, now 42-years-old.
- The Future Is Not What It Used To Be - A fascinating profile of Erkki Kurenniemi, an early inventor of electronic synthesizers and microcomputers, whose career represents a surprisingly natural blend of music, film, computers, robotics, science and art.
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- Give Us Our Skeletons! - Niillas Somby, a Sami, an ethnic group which inhabits northern Scandinavia, is fighting the Norwegian authorities, trying to compel them to release the skull of a rebellious ancestor.
- A Grin Without A Cat - Chris Marker's epic film-essay on the worldwide political wars of the 60's and 70's: Vietnam, Che, May '68, Prague, Chile, and the fate of the New Left.
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- I For India - A chronicle of immigration, from the Sixties to the present day, as seen through the eyes of one Asian family and their 40 years worth of Super 8mm home movies.
- The Internationale - Draws on people's stories of an emotionally charged radical song (the long-time anthem of socialism and communism) to celebrate the relationship between music and social change.
- Irish Voices - Examines an unusual loophole in Britain's attempt to quell media access in the Irish conflict.
- Irish Ways - Examines the current conflict in Northern Ireland after a quarter century.
- The Ister - A journey up the Danube River, this film takes up some of the most challenging paths in Martin Heidegger's thought. With the philosophers Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Jean-Luc Nancy, Bernard Stiegler, and filmmaker Hans-Jürgen Syberberg.
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- The Jackets Green - Republicans in Northern Ireland answer the question "What are you fighting for?"
- Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir - From 1967, for the first time on video or DVD, a portrait of two of the most influential and controversial writers and thinkers of the 20th century. They discuss their work, lives, and the role of intellectuals in modern society.
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- La Commune - The new film by Peter Watkins. A 5 hour 45 minute event. Based on a thorough historical research into the Paris Commune of 1871, this film leads to an inevitable reflection about the present.
- The Lion's Den - The trials of a novice London teacher confronted by a diverse and sometimes unruly class of teenagers.
- Lisdoonvarna: Lourdes of Love - Follows the fortunes of three bachelors in County Clare, on the West Coast of Ireland, who are determined to meet the perfect woman at the Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival.
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- Madrid - Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzman's new film, an intimate and sentimental visit to the Spanish capital.
- Marguerite, A Reflection of Herself - A personal portrait of the great French writer Marguerite Duras. Made with home moves, archives, film extracts, readings, and television interviews filmed over many years.
- A Mobile World - A fascinating and comprehensive look at the current telecommunications revolution and the growing concerns over the ever-widening digital divide.
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- Napoleon, David - Featuring the paintings of Jacques-Louis David, including "Napoleon's Coronation." Examines how art and propaganda were intertwined throughout Napoleon's career.
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- Once Upon A Time...Rome, Open City - An exploration of the making of Rome, Open City, its significance in cinema history and reflections on the great director, Roberto Rossellini, by his family, colleagues and film critics.
- One Island, Two Irelands - Tells the history of Ireland north and south - using only original archival materials.
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- The Patriot Game - The history of the long and bitter battle for Northern Ireland.
- The Pinochet Case - The story of the landmark legal case against General Augusto Pinochet of Chile, before and after his arrest in London in 1998. The new film by Patricio Guzmán.
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- Remembrance of Things to Come - Reminiscent of Resnais, Ivens, even Kubrick, but in its deployment of still photographs (as in La Jetée), its theme of history and memory, its subject-skipping montage and rapid shuttle of wit and philosophy it's pure Marker.
- Rocky Road to Dublin - The last film screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 1968. A provocative, biting portrayal of 1960s Ireland: the stultifying educational system, the repressive, reactionary clergy, and the myopic cultural nationalism.
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- A Song for Argyris - The moving story of Argyris who survived a Nazi massacre in his village in Greece and who has dedicated his life to ensuring that such wartime atrocities never happen again. (new January, 2008)
- States of Terror - Investigates the role played by the Spanish and French governments in a campaign of terrorist acts designed to suppress ETA and the Basque Separatist movement.
- Sunshadow - A portrait of Cristina Sanchez, Spain's most famous female matador.
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- The Two Lives of Eva - The complicated, traumatic story of a young woman, the filmmaker's mother, a well-off, Polish Lutheran before WWII, who afterwards married a Jewish Warsaw ghetto survivor.
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- War and Peace in Ireland - Retraces the conflict in Northern Ireland from 1968 up until the present day peace process.
- Working Women of the World - Focusing on Levi Strauss & Co., examines the relocation of factories from Western countries to nations like Indonesia, the Philippines, and Turkey, where low wages are the rule and employee rights are nonexistent.
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- Zygosis - A radical and humorous electronic homage to John Heartfield, anti-Nazi German satirist who pioneered the photomontage.
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