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Aisha's Story
Food is the most precious part of Palestinian heritage." Aisha Azzam and her husband started their family grain mill in Baqa'a refugee camp, Jordan, 35 years ago. She treasures her role in safeguarding culture by milling the grains and herbs essential to Palestinian cuisine. Through food, Aisha traces the story of Palestinian displacement and rebuilding family and community in a refugee camp. Harvesting, milling, cooking, and feasts ground the film's arc of displacement, longing, steadfastness and resistance. In Aisha's words, "Food is what keeps us together as Palestinians. '
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Black & Jewish America: An Interwoven History
Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History traces the rich, complex relationship between Black and Jewish Americans defined by solidarity and strained by division. Drawn together by racism and antisemitism, they forged civic and cultural bonds, especially during the civil rights era. The series explores both the challenges and enduring promises of that alliance.
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Bottle Conditioned
Bottle Conditioned explores the small Belgian community where lambic beer--one of the oldest, rarest styles of beer--is made. A cultural heritage almost lost after WWII, lambic is on the rise again today. The film follows three of the most revered lambic producers at a pivotal point in time, where each grapple with the growing demand for their beers. Through their stories the film explores various themes and conflicts, from the challenges of running a multigenerational family business, to complications in expanding upon tradition, to difficulties in meeting expectations from consumers worldwide.
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Clemente
From executive producers Lebron James and Richard Linklater, Clemente is the definitive documentary on the extraordinary life, career, and enduring legacy of Major League Baseball icon Roberto Clemente. Told through stunning archival footage, never-before-heard recordings, and unprecedented interviews, the film reveals the story of a man who lived by his own uncompromising code. A double outsider--too Black for white America and too Latino for Black America--Clemente refused to stay silent in the face of racism and injustice. Through sheer determination and relentless discipline, he rose from poverty to superstardom yet never lost sight of those on the margins. Clemente is more than a sports story; it's a portrait of a man who gave everything for the game and for others. A powerful, joyful reminder that a life marked by passion, courage, and empathy can truly change the world
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France
France de Meurs, a seemingly unflappable superstar TV journalist whose career, home life, and psychological stability are shaken after she carelessly drives into a young delivery man on a busy Paris street. This accident triggers a series of self-reckonings, as well as a strange romance that proves impossible to shake. A film that teases at redemption while refusing to grant absolution, France is tragicomic and deliciously ambivalent a very 21st-century treatment of the difficulty of maintaining identity in a corrosive culture.
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Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down
It tells the extraordinary story of former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords: her relentless fight to recover following an assassination attempt in 2011, and her new life as one of the most effective activists in the battle against gun violence. Featuring extensive Verite filming of Gabby and her husband, astronaut-turned-Senator Mark Kelly; interviews with Barack Obama and other friends and colleagues; and exclusive access to stunning videos taken in the weeks following her near-death, this film is the story of a rising star transformed by gun violence, and a close-up portrait of the marriage that sustains her.
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He Ain't Heavy
Jade has sacrificed the better part of her life to rescue her little brother Max from drug addiction. In desperation, Jade locks him inside a vacant rural home in an attempt to get him clean. Before long, a shocking discovery is made.
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A Little Prayer
When Bill, the proud patriarch of an unruly but loving family in Winston-Salem, discovers his son David is having an affair, he grapples with how to protect his beloved daughter-in-law Tammy."-- Container. Bill (David Strathairn) is a pillar of his Southern community: a business owner, a veteran, and the proud patriarch of an unruly but loving family. His daughter Patti (Anna Camp) has returned home after the collapse of her marriage, while his son David (Will Pullen) struggles to stay afloat. He has brought David into the family business, but harbors doubts about his discipline and commitment. Bill gravitates towards Tammy (Jane Levy), his daughter-in-law and the only other person in his rambunctious household who values contemplation and repose. When Bill begins to suspect that David may be straying from his marital vows with a coworker (Dascha Polanco), the father must confront the perplexing inscrutability of his son's choices and their consequences for the rest of the family. A heart-tugging drama about finding kindred spirits in unexpected places, A Little Prayer is a sensitive and searching portrait of an American family from writer-director Angus MacLachlan.
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Obex
In pre-internet 1987, Conor and his dog Sandy live a life of seclusion, lost in the slow-rendering graphics of early Macs and televisions aglow with late night horror movie marathons. But when he begins playing OBEX, a new and mysterious, state-of-the-art computer game, he finds himself trapped in a low-tech, but high-stakes analog hellscape as the line between reality and game blurs. Audacious and uncanny, writer-director Albert Birney's OBEX is a delightfully skewed lo-fi fantasy. Shot in striking black and white, this surreally nostalgic nightmare revisits the dawn of personal computing to reflect on the loneliness of our always-online present day.
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Queer as Punk
In Muslim-majority Malaysia, a queer punk band led by a transman are outliers of the system carving out spaces to exist through their music while challenging conservative traditions and religious extremism. Brash, defiant and wickedly funny, punk rockers Shh…Diam! are an underground sensation in Kuala Lumpur. An all-queer band led by charismatic trans man Farris Saad, they've won devoted fans. Malaysia's harsh laws are no laughing matter, however, and they put Farris and his bandmates at real risk of state persecution. They tour, perform, and protest, showcasing resilience, camaraderie, and the rebellious punk ethos amid societal constraints. Includes Mala dialogue.
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Red Island
Thomas lives in a military base on colony of Madagascar, with his parents and friends. He gradually becomes aware of territorial and sexual politics while finding an outlet for his imagination in the exploits of crime-buster Fantm̥ette.
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Tailor
The bank threatens Nikos to repossess his tailor shop and his father fall ill. Nikos with a tailor shop on wheels, reinvents himself while bringing style and confidence to the women of Athens.
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