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Foreign Body & Stambali

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DOUBLE DVD - SPOTLIGHT ON TUNISIA - In FOREIGN BODY, a young Tunisian woman arrives illegally in France following her escape from Tunisia’s mounting Islamist fundamentalism.  In Tunisia, the history of STAMBALI goes back to the arrival of the first Africans taken as slaves from Mali, Timbuktu specifically...    FOREIGN BODYDIRECTED...

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...