Ahmed flees his war-torn homeland of Syria and faces discrimination in Iraq. The people of the new society he joins make it impossible for him to move on and begin a new life.
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Two teenagers search for escape and solitude in inner-city London. But even as they find their moment of tranquillity, it’s impossible to escape society’s preconceptions.
Exploring the art of Armenian portraitist Hakob Hovnatanyan, Parajanov revives the culture of Tbilisi of the 19th century.
Artemio is a photojournalist who portrays the murder of a sex worker he knows and begins a search to find the murderer.
A teenage girl roams the streets trying to buy alcohol. Then she gets desperate...
Experimental filmmaker Rubén Gámez explores the iconography of the maguey plant in Mexican cinematic history.
As Alex struggles with disturbing hallucinations, his wife Vera tries to help, until they both experience their own profound revelations.
A young woman tries to repay her adoptive parents' kindness by shielding their biological child, who has gotten involved with an embezzler, from the police.
Iran, 1984. Homeless brothers struggle to survive in a country at war.
"Random Stop" is a first-person P.O.V. recreation of events from the life of a highway patrolman. The film is based on the true story of Sheriff's Deputy Kyle Dinkheller who - at the end of a shift - pulled over a speeding pickup truck driven by disturbed Vietnam veteran, Andrew Brannan. The results of this routine traffic stop were both tragic and deadly. Footage of the stop is now used in police training throughout the world.
A nervous job candidate is forced to show much more than a positive attitude to save the life of her competitor.
Ben wants nothing more than to have his estranged 15-year-old daughter, Victoria, back in his life. When Victoria asks to meet with him, Ben eagerly seizes the opportunity, but quickly realizes that her reasons for coming back into his life have nothing to do with reconciliation.
In the winter of 2002-'03, as the US was building its case to attack Iraq, people around the world responded with a series fo the largest peace protests in history. Shutdown: The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War, is an action-packed documentary chronicling how DASW successfully organized to shut down a major US city and how they failed to effectively maintain the organization to fight the war machine and end the occupation of Iraq. Created by organizers involved with DASW, Shutdown combines detailed information on organizing for a mass action, critical interviews on organizing pitfalls, and the wisdom of hindsight. It is a must-see film for those engaged in the continuous struggle toward social justice.
Two tourists meet and hang out in sunny Tel Aviv - but neither is quite who he says he is.
An adolescent dreamer struggles to find closure after the untimely death of his older brother.
Aspects of a London day, including prostitutes on street corners, a striptease show and the 2i's Coffee Bar.
Kieran is making hard cash from a con he's recently developed: blackmailing married men out of a few hundred quid by claiming to be only 15 when he sleeps with them. It's not long before he ropes his boyfriend, Jamie, in for the ride but his first job goes terribly wrong. The couple are at odds and tension builds to an explosive point where Kieran confesses to having never loved Jamie to begin with. But when Kieran is arrested for a crime he did not commit and Jamie runs over to check if the police found the cash-stash, Jamie finds hidden evidence that Kieran really did care all along.
At any age, awaiting surgery can be a traumatizing experience, but at just 12 years old, young Danny Cole - a veteran to hospital stays - is trying to cope with this latest procedure as best he can.