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A King Like Me(en)

Follows members of the Zulu Club, New Orleans’ first Black Mardi Gras, as they work to bring the Zulu parade back to the streets for Mardi Gras Day 2022, in the face of a global pandemic, hurricane Ida and the loss of members due to COVID and gun violence.

Member of the Club(en)

Tells the story of New Orleans's black aristocracy as seen through the eyes of an African American debutante and her matriarchal family. This poignant coming of age story opens a lens to the wider struggle of black New Orleans's to shape an upper class society during the rise of the Jim Crow south.

Fieldwork Footage(en)

Under the tutelage of anthropologist Franz Boas (her former Columbia professor) and Harlem Renaissance arts patron Charlotte Osgood Mason, Zora Neale Hurston spent nearly two years, from 1927 to 1929, studying the folkloric customs, work songs, spirituals, and vernacular language of African American communities along the River Road and from New Orleans to Florida.

Sonny(en)

New Orleans, 1981. Sonny Phillips, just discharged from the Army, returns home. The only life he's known is as a gigolo, working for his mother, but he wants to leave that behind. However, the job his Army buddy promised doesn't materialize, and he can't escape his past.

Wounds(en)

Disturbing and mysterious things begin to happen to a bartender in New Orleans after he picks up a phone left behind at his bar.

Be Happy(en)

The movie follows 50-year-old Val, a devoted wife and stay-at-home mom, who is eager to reignite the spark in her marriage when her youngest child leaves for college. Grappling with empty-nest feelings, loneliness, and growing emotional distance from her husband Ross, Val begins to realize that her marriage and the woman she once was may be slipping away. A spontaneous escape to New Orleans to support her pregnant daughter, Kayla, awakens long-buried dreams and passions and introduces her to Peter Mosley, a handsome and charismatic photographer who sees her in ways she has forgotten to see herself. Reawakening her artistic spirit and rediscovering her worth, Val must face a life-altering question: Is it ever too late to choose yourself and the love you truly deserve?

Electric Light Orchestra Live At BBC Radio Theatre(en)

On Thursday 12 November, Radio 2 welcomed Jeff Lynne’s ELO to the BBC Radio Theatre. Setlist: "Turn To Stone", "Evil Woman", "Showdown", "All Over The World", "When I Was A Boy", "Livin' Thing", "Strange Magic", "Don't Bring Me Down", "Steppin' Out", "When The Night Comes", "Sweet Talkin' Woman", "Ain't It A Drag", "Telephone Line", "Mr. Blue Sky"

Sound! Euphonium The Movie: May the Melody Reach You!(ja)

Autumn is in the air as the Kitauji High School concert band prepares for the National Competition. The band hears troubling news that Asuka Tanaka, vice president of the club and one of the key euphonium players in the band, may quit! Asuka is beautiful and charismatic and everyone relies on her, but she also has a cool side and never reveals her true self. Kumiko doesn’t get along with Asuka initially, but her feelings change when she learns that Asuka may actually drop out. Asuka has feelings about the euphonium that she cannot tell anyone else…

Minor/Major(en)

A narrator recounts the experiences of a film-making team who are making a film about becoming lost.

Boca Aberta(pt)

A discussion on Brazilian cinema, focusing on São Paulo's Boca do Lixo production pole.

Sing Along(en)

A sheltered boy with a dream of starring on Broadway survives day-to-day life by imagining the world as a musical.

Something Like Summer(en)

Something Like Summer traces the tumultuous relationship of Ben and Tim, secret high school sweethearts who grow over the years into both adulthood enemies and complicated friends.

Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death... and Insects(en)

A documentary that goes inside the dark, witty, surreal world of cult English singer/songwriter Robyn Hitchcock.

Grey Matter(nl)

We follow neurosurgeons Clemens Dirven and Arnoud Vincent of the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam in this documentary during the treatment of three patients with a brain tumor.

Contigo(es)

7 Gabi sa Hong Kong(tl)

Love-ful, Romance-ful ,Laugh-ful, Alive with Songs and Dances.

Kirbyvision(en)

Comic legend Jack Kirby co-created Captain America, Avengers, Black Panther and more for Marvel and DC. From Depression-era roots through WWII service to his 60-year comics career, he shaped the medium as a major 20th century artist.

By Kevin Thomas(en)

A documentary featuring former Los Angeles Times film critic Kevin Thomas.