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Great African Films - Vol. 1

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GREAT AFRICAN FILMS - VOL 1 : Haramuya & Faraw! Mother of the Dunes - Two films are included in the package, making for an entertaining and edifying double feature experience: Drissa Toure’s Haramuya (1995) is a dramatic comedy about several generations of a traditional Muslim family scraping up against...

Great African Films - Vol. 2

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GREAT AFRICAN FILMS, VOLUME 2: Tasuma / Sia, the Dream of the Python - The second installment in this series of award-winning films from Africa includes Kollo Sanou's Tasuma, the Fighter (2003, 90 minutes, French and Jula with English subtitles), a look at the impact of French colonialism on Africa;...

African Mothers with "Seasons of a Life" & "Joy"

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AFRICAN MOTHERS Two films that explore the commitment of motherhood by looking at the life of two African women, in "Seasons of Life," a housemaid, who is sexually abused is forced to give up her child but comes back for him years later, in "Joy" A Nigerian mother living in the USA struggles...

Nigerian Tales with THE LAST TREE & GLORIOUS EXIT - 2 disc set

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THE LAST TREE tells the compelling coming-of-age story of a Black British boy of Nigerian descent in London.  In GLORIOUS EXIT Jarreth Merz, a Swiss-Nigerian actor living in Los Angeles, is summoned to Nigeria to bury his father.  THE LAST TREE 2021 NAACP Awards Nominee for Outstanding International Motion Picture! Femi, a...

REVOLUTIONARY WOMEN 2 DVD Set: Made in Bangladesh and She Had a Dream

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MADE IN BANGLADESH   Shimu, 23, works in a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Faced with difficult conditions at work, she decides to start a union with her co-workers. Despite threats from the management and disapproval of her husband, Shimu is determined to go on. Together the women must fight...

Great African Films - Vol. 3

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GREAT AFRICAN FILMS, VOLUME 3: Daratt (Dry Season) & The Desert Ark - The third installment in this series of award-winning films from Africa includes Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's Dry Season (2006, 95 minutes, French and Arabic with English subtitles), a subtle and often surprising film from Chad about the relationship between...

Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story

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SCHEHERAZADE, TELL ME A STORY This "bold and brave" (Variety) drama from Egyptian filmmaker Yousry Nasrallah is a tale ripped from the headlines, and yet a clever reference to the myths and lore of the Middle East. Hebba, a TV talk-show host, produces a successful political program on a privately...

Voices of the New South Africa

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VOICES OF THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA: NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH and HOMECOMING From the new South Africa comes this double feature focusing on the struggle of Black South Africans - both those who lived in exile and those who stayed home - to find their place in their country after...

Masai: The Rain Warriors

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MASAI, THE RAIN WARRIORS Faced with a drought that endangers the continuity of their people, Masai elders are convinced that they have been cursed by the Red God -- the God of Vengeance. Following the death of the war chief, a group of adolescents must now cross over to adulthood,...