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GLOBAL LENS COLLECTION on DVD
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Almost Brothers
A film by Lúcia Murat, Brazil
This searing look at the class struggle of Brazil over a period of four decades is told through the closely linked yet fatally divided lives of Miguel, a middle-class white rebel, and Jorge, his black childhood friend.
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Angel on
the Right
A film by Djamshed
Usmonov, Tajikistan
Ten years after leaving Tajikistan, the gangster
Hamro is tricked into returning to his home village,
where he must confront old foes, debts, his tradition
bound mother and a son that he didn’t know
he had.
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Another Man's Garden
A film by João Luis Sol de Carvalho, Mozambique
Sofia, a young girl in Mozambique who is studying to be a doctor, finds that her professor wants more from her than hard work. This acclaimed feature debut brings to light the terrible struggle women in many African countries face.
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Border Café
A film by Kambozia Partovi, Iran
A young widow takes over her late husband's truck stop café, staying in the kitchen so as not to cause a scandal in Iran's conservative society. But her brother-in-law, out of familial obligation, wants to take her as a wife and also take over the café.
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Buffalo Boy
A film by Nguyen-Vô
Nghiem-Minh, Vietnam
In 1940s Vietnam, a young man takes up with a
band of nomadic buffalo herders and discovers freedom,
violence and love - but also secrets about his past
that will change his life forever.
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Bunny Chow
A film by John Barker, South Africa
Three up-and-coming comedians make it clear that life in the ‘new’ Johannesburg is not just about hardship and townships, but also about humor, friends, and celebrating life on a raucous road trip to South Africa’s largest music festival.
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Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures
A film by Marcelo Gomes, Brazil
Johann, a young German opposed to Hitler’s war, travels the roads of Brazil where he meets Ranulpho, a sharp-tongued hitchhiker. But as Brazil enters the war against Germany and Johann is ordered home, each man must decide his own fate.
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Dam Street
A film by Li Yu , China
During a time of rigid moral code in China, a sixteen year old girl living in small town discovers she is pregnant, and is forced to put her child up for adoption. Ten years later, a marriage proposal probes the depth of her unresolved past.
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Daughter of Keltoum
A film by Mehdi Charef, Algeria
A 19 year-old Swiss woman travels to her birthplace - an isolated Berber settlement in the mountainous desert landscape of Algeria - to find her biological mother, who she has never met
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Enough!
A film by Djamila Sahraoui, Algeria / France
Set amidst the civil war of Algeria in the 1990s, Enough! is the story of two women, Emel and Khadija, who embark on a dangerous search for Emel’s missing husband, braving the beautiful but lawless countryside.
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Fine Dead Girls
A film by Dalibor Matanic, Croatia
A lesbian couple rent an apartment in a seemingly quiet building, but what initially appears as a safe love haven quickly turns into a nightmare. Fine Dead Girls has been named one of the best Croatian movies of the last decade.
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Fish Fall in Love
A film by Ali Raffi, Iran
Loosely based on the Persian fable of Shahrazad and A Thousand and One Nights, director Ali Raffi uses the language of food to paint a richly textured portrait of life and love in Iran.
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Fuse
A film by Pjer Zalica,
Bosnia Herzegovina
In this bitingly funny story set in Bosnia two years after the civil war, a small town is turned upside down trying to create a squeaky clean image of itself as it prepares for a visit by President Bill Clinton.
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Hollow City
A film by Maria João Ganga, Angola
One of the few films to have been made in Angola since it was torn apart by civil war, this eye-opening drama is set in Luanda, the capital of Angola, in the aftermath of the war
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Kept and Dreamless
A film by Vera Fogwill and Martin Desalvo, Argentina
During Argentina’s economic crisis, 9-year-old Eugenia and her mother live a seemingly colorful life, but Eugenia has to grow up fast to take care of her drug-addicted mother, now pregnant (again) by an unknown father.
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Kilometre Zero
A film by Hiner Saleem, Iraq
The first Iraqi film to be chosen to compete in the prestigious Palme d'Or competition at Cannes, Kilometre Zero is a darkly funny story about a Kurdish soldier and an Iraqi taxi driver who join together to return the body of a soldier to his family.
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Kite, The
A film by Randa Chahal Sabbag, Lebanon
In this enchanting drama, 16-year-old Lamia must cross a border checkpoint between Lebanon and Israel to marry a man she has never met– a matter complicated by her surprising admission that she is in love with the Israeli soldier guarding the border.
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Lili's Apron
A film by Mariano Galperin, Argentina
After Ramón loses his job, his wife Lili suffers a nervous breakdown; they will lose their house unless something drastic is done. Desperate, Ramón accepts a job in Lili’s name - and clothes – to serve as a maid to a rich family.
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Luxury Car
A film by Wang Chao, China
In this suspenseful award-winning drama, an old schoolteacher travels
from his small village to the city of Wuhan in search of his missing
son, who his dying wife wants to see one last time.
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Mango Yellow
A film by
Cláudio Assis, Brazil
The hothouse atmosphere of Brazil comes alive in Mango
Yellow, where lust and economic desperation combine
in a volatile brew of provocative cinema.
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Margarette's
Feast
A film by Renato Falcão,
Brazil
A modern silent masterpiece, Margarette’s
Feast tells an allegory of Brazil’s social
struggles without words while making dazzling use
of exhilarating Brazilian music.
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Max and Mona
A film by Teddy Mattera, South Africa
In this funny and engaging film from South Africa, young Max leaves his small village to become a doctor in the big city. But things start to go wrong right away as Max is mistakenly sent on his journey with the sacred village goat.
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Nada +
A film by Juan
Carlos Cremata Malberti, Cuba
Carla, a postal worker in Havana, fulfills her
romantic longings by opening letters and rewriting
them into passionate prose before sending them out
again to their intended recipients.
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Night of Truth
A film by Fanta Régina Nacro, Burkina Faso
This award-winning debut feature by one of Africa’s most talented female directors takes place in an unnamed country, where two peoples have finally embarked on a path to peace after a decade of atrocities.
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Of Love and Eggs
A film by Garin Nugroho, Indonesia
Set in and around a mosque in sprawling Jakarta, Indonesia, during the Muslim holiday of Lebaran, the interwoven stories of family, faith and romantic love in this humorous yet poignant film are revealed through the eyes of three Jakarta children.
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On Each Side
A film by Hugo Grosso, Argentina
Evocative and lyrical, On Each Side follows the interconnected lives of several characters who are affected by the building of the Rosario-Victoria Bridge – a gargantuan, modern undertaking that links two Argentinean cities.
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Opera Jawa
A film by Garin Nugroho, Indonesia
Inspired by the famous story “The Abduction of Sita” from the ancient great classic the Ramayana, Opera Jawa, about a passionate love triangle, is a musical like no other in cinema.
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Rachida
A film by Yamina
Bachir-Chouikh, Algeria
This acclaimed debut feature offers a unique glimpse
into Algeria, where terrorism was commonplace during
the 90s. Rachida, a young teacher
at an elementary school, becomes the target of terrorists
when she refuses to place a bomb in her classroom.
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The Sacred Family
A film by Sebastián Campos, Chile
In this comedy drama from Chile, Marco brings his beautiful new girlfriend to meet his parents at their beach house, but her manipulative ways soon expose latent frictions, sexual tensions, and the unspoken rules that tie the family together.
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Shadow Kill
A film by Adoor
Gopalakrishnan, India
In 1940s southern India, a hangman named Kaliyappan
struggles with the guilt and implications of the
executions he obediently carries out.
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Stolen Life
A film by Li Shaohong, China
A young girl, Yanni, is taken to live with her aunt and grandmother in Beijing. Surprising everyone, she is accepted to college. But as she prepares to begin her new life, an encounter with a delivery man triggers a series of unexpected events.
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Today and Tomorrow
A film by Alejandro Chomski, Argentina
Paula, an aspiring actress in Buenos Aires, is trapped in a cycle of unpaid bills and debts. Reluctantly, she calls a friend who mentors her in a new way to make money - streetwalking.
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Uniform
A film by Diao Yinan, China
A young tailor discovers a solution for his problems: a policeman’s uniform, left in the family shop. A humorous but realistic portrait of the clashing values of modern-day China.
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Whisky
A film by Juan Pablo
Rebella and Pablo Stoll, Uruguay
When Jacobo, a lonely factory owner in Uruguay,
hears about the impending visit of his irritatingly
cheerful brother who he hasn't seen in years, he
enlists his faithful assistant Marta to pretend
to be his wife.
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Women's Prison
A film by Manijeh Hekmat, Iran
Banned in Iran, this taboo-breaking film uses the claustrophobic life of women behind bars as a metaphor for Iranian society since the Revolution. Mitra, in prison for killing her violent stepfather, confronts the new warden and challenges her dogmatic views.
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A Wonderful Night in Split
A film by Arsen A. Ostojic, Croatia
Set in the dark, eerie streets of medieval Split, Croatia, during the two hours before midnight on New Year's eve, this stylish film noir spins three tales of desire, treachery and murder.
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