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War

The Patriot: True Patriots

The Patriot: True Patriots

October 24, 2000

A featurette that shows how the filmmakers tried to accurately re-create the look of that time in history.

Taif Al-Madina

Taif Al-Madina

October 23, 2000

To escape the civil war between Christians and Muslims, a Lebanese family moves from the countryside to Beirut, only to find themselves caught in an equally dangerous situation

Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol

Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol

October 5, 2000

An elite commando unit must rescue a captured peacekeeping force from a ruthless international arms dealer.

The Silence of a Hero

The Silence of a Hero

October 1, 2000

Harrison's Flowers

Harrison's Flowers

September 23, 2000

1991. Harrison Lloyd, a renowned photojournalist covering the war in Yugoslavia, is reported missing. Sarah, his wife, convinced that he is not dead, decides to go to Bosnia to find him.

Tigerland

Tigerland

October 6, 2000

A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971.

Brave New Land

Brave New Land

September 7, 2000

Diogo is a cartographer and artist who is encharged to set the new frontiers of Portuguese Colonies in South America. When he reaches the center of the continent, finds apparently nothing but wilderness and ‘uncivilized’ natives with strange ways of living. But Captain Pedro, the rude scout who guides him through the jungle, involves Diogo in an involuntary act of violence which will tie him in an unusual way to that far away country. At the same time, the Portuguese colonists are trying to make peace with Guaicuru Indians (one of the few natives with horse-riding abilities). But peace doesn’t ever have a low price.

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

September 15, 2000

In the nine months prior to World War II, 10.000 innocent children left behind their families, their homes, their childhood, and took the journey... to Britain to escape the Nazi Holocaust.

Babitsky's War

Babitsky's War

September 4, 2000

Documentary of the Second Chechen War, centered on the work of war journalist Andrei Babitsky..

The Man Who Cried

The Man Who Cried

August 29, 2000

A young refugee travels from Russia to America in search of her lost father and falls in love with a gypsy horseman.

Leftenan Adnan

Leftenan Adnan

August 28, 2000

This is a film about a Malaysian soldier, Lt. Adnan, who gave his life in defending Malaya from the Japanese invasion during World War II. It exemplifies an example of the patriotic spirit that should be in every Malaysian. Lt. Adnan was a courageous individual who was willing to give everything, including his life, for the people and nation. He also succeeded in destroying the widely held myth that Malays were good only as rebels and pirates. He believed that no matter what, as a patriotic citizen, one had to fight until the last drop of blood to defend the nation.

Joint Security Area

Joint Security Area

September 9, 2000

Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman, receives differing accounts from the two sides.

走出硝烟的女神

走出硝烟的女神

July 26, 2000

Falling Sparrows

July 21, 2000

A high action war film with a twist. Shoot outs, stand-offs and heroics aplenty -- the difference being it's young kids not adult soldiers taking part.

The Patriot

The Patriot

June 28, 2000

After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, America, against the British, Benjamin reluctantly returns to his old life to protect his son.

Wilfred

June 3, 2000

Imagining the unimaginable through the eyes of Wilfred Owen, combining reconstructions of Owen’s war experiences with animation and readings from his poems and letters.

Vola sciusciù

Vola sciusciù

May 30, 2000

by joseph sargent

La Commune (Paris, 1871)

La Commune (Paris, 1871)

July 3, 2003

We are in the year 1871. A journalist for Versailles Television broadcasts a soothing and official view of events while a Commune television is set up to provide the perspectives of the Paris rebels. On a stage-like set, more than 200 actors interpret characters of the Commune, especially the Popincourt neighborhood in the XIth arrondissement. They voice their thoughts and feelings concerning the social and political reforms.

A Time for Drunken Horses

A Time for Drunken Horses

September 13, 2000

After their father dies, a family of five children are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq.

Kippur

Kippur

September 7, 2000

The film takes place in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War in which Egypt and Syria launched attacks in Sinai and the Golan Heights. The story is told from the perspective of Israeli soldiers. We are led by Weinraub and his friend Ruso on a day that begins with quiet city streets, but ends with death, destruction and devastation of both body and mind. Various scenes are awash in the surreal, as Weinraub's head hangs out over a rescue helicopter's open door, watching with tranquil desperation as the earth passes beneath, the overpowering whir of the blades creating a hypnotic state. It is not a traditional blood, guts and glory film. There are no men in battle, only the rescue crew trying to pick up the broken pieces.