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| The Battle of Algiers | 2012-02-28 | 2004-10-12 | - |
Shot in the streets of Algiers in documentary style, this film vividly re-creates the tumultuous Algerian uprising against the occupying French in 1957. The violence soon escalates on both sides in this war drama that remains relevant.
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Gillo Pontecorvo (Director)
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| District 9 | 2009-12-22 | 2009-12-22 | - |
When aliens land on Earth, a global conglomerate forces them into rigid containment zones where they are compelled to labor, even as their otherworldly technology is exploited for profit. As tensions build, a rogue agent leads a resistance movement.
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Neill Blomkamp (Director),
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| Life, Above All | 2011-12-06 | 2011-12-06 | - |
In a tiny village near Johannesburg, 12-year-old Chanda is left to care for two younger siblings when her infant sister dies and her mother becomes gravely ill. But this isn't the only challenge she faces; the town has turned against her.
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Oliver Schmitz (Director)
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| Kinshasa Symphony | - | - | - |
In the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, a group of mostly self-taught musicians assembles in the capital city of Kinshasa to play in Central Africa's only orchestra, founded and conducted by pilot Armand Diangienda. Filmmakers Martin Baer and Claus Wischmann follow the Kinshasa Symphony as it rehearses for an Independence Day celebration the musicians hope will inspire their countrymen to share in their creative and collaborative spirit.
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Martin Baer (Director),
Claus Wischmann (Director)
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| Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema | - | 2010-09-28 | 2012-11-01 |
With dreams of making enough to buy his seaside dream house, young Lucky Kunene (Rapulana Seiphemo) adopts a small-time criminal lifestyle that balloons into big-time crime, attracting the attention of local law enforcement and stoking the ire of a powerful drug lord. Writer Ralph Ziman also directs this gritty tale of desperation and blind ambition set in the shadow of apartheid-era South Africa and inspired by a true story.
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Ralph Ziman (Director)
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| Master Harold...and the Boys | - | 2011-11-15 | 2012-03-31 |
Young white South African Hally finds himself trapped between the views of his bigoted father and of the black man who takes care of him, Sam, in this film adaptation of the critically acclaimed play by Athol Fugard set in the apartheid era.
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Lonny Price (Director)
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| White Wedding | 2011-01-25 | 2011-01-25 | 2012-03-22 |
Groom-to-be Elvis confronts a tide of obstacles when he tries to cover the 1,000 miles to Cape Town, South Africa, in time for his wedding. At the same time, his fiancée Ayanda faces different challenges in the run-up to their wedding.
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Jann Turner (Director)
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| Adventures in Zambezia | - | - | - |
In this charming animated comedy, adventurous young falcon Kai leaves the wilderness and his father to journey to the bird city of Zembezia -- where he learns some important life lessons about survival and community.
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Wayne Thornley (Director)
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| Sniper: Reloaded | 2011-04-26 | 2011-04-26 | 2013-01-01 |
Following in the footsteps of his father, renowned sniper Tom Beckett, U.S. Marine Sgt. Brandon Beckett takes on the toughest assignments -- including a deadly mission to rescue a Belgian plantation owner from hostilities in the Congo.
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Claudio Fäh (Director)
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| Benda Bilili! | - | 2012-04-03 | - |
Benda Bilili is an African street band, with a mix of paraplegics and able-bodied artists, determined to create a sound that would take Congo Kinshasa by storm. This doc captures their formation to their thrilling first performances, over five years.
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Renaud Barret (Director),
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