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Armistice

Armistice

January 1, 2008

Professor David Reynolds applies fresh thinking to the now-familiar story of the 1918 armistice that effectively brought World War I to an end.

Madwoman of God

Madwoman of God

January 1, 2008

This feature-length film tells the story of the passion between Marie de l’Incarnation, a mid-seventeenth-century nun and God, her "divine spouse." Fusing documentary and acting by Marie Tifo, whom we follow as she rehearses for this demanding role, the film paints an astonishing portrait of this mystic who abandoned her son and left France to build a convent in Canada, where she became the first female writer in New France.

Our Anguilla

January 1, 2008

Our Anguilla is a short film about the history of Anguilla (British West Indies). The film was shot on location in Anguilla in the summer of 2008.

Kurukshetra

Kurukshetra

January 1, 2008

As intense battles rage between Indian and Pakistani forces in the Kargil district of Kashmir, Indian Col. Mahadeva (Mohanlal) leads his brave troops on a dangerous mission to capture the rocky Kargil territory. This Malayalam-language war drama -- directed by Major Ravi, a former Indian Army officer -- also stars Cochin Hanifa, Bineesh Kodiyeri, Manikuttan, Biju Menon and Siddique, and features songs by Sidhharth Bipin.

Abraham: The Friend of God

Abraham: The Friend of God

January 1, 2008

M. Sadeghi stars as the title character in filmmaker Reza Varzi's epic retelling of the life and times of Abraham, known as the patriarch of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the world's three most prominent monotheistic religions. Led by God from Mesopotamia to the land of Canaan, Abraham entered into a covenant with the Lord that, once fulfilled, would see him father a great nation of kings.

American Outrage

American Outrage

January 1, 2008

This documentary follows the story of elderly Native American sisters Mary Dann and Carrie Dann as they fight the U.S. government's attempts to seize their horses, which graze on land granted to the Western Shoshone Nation in an 1863 treaty. Filmmakers Beth Gage and George Gage chronicle the spirit and fire of these grandmothers, who confront bureaucrats, gold mining companies and others as they push their case all the way to the Supreme Court.

Un volto tra la folla

January 1, 2008

The Song of Taras Bulba

January 1, 2008

Ukrainian film adaptation of the famous work by Nikolai Gogol.

The Escape from Punta Carretas

January 1, 2008

Earthquake of Mexico

January 1, 2008

Cinema Museum

January 1, 2008

A first-person tour through the private collection of Ronald Grant and Martin Humphries in Britain with their curator Anna.

Krigsseilerne – med æren i behold

Krigsseilerne – med æren i behold

January 1, 2008

Blood of the Losers

Blood of the Losers

January 1, 2008

Ali Raïs

December 31, 2007

Ali Raïs is a pirate armed by the Bey of Tunis. In the year 124, his fleet was arrested by the Marquis of Santa Cruz and he found himself a prisoner, with his six hundred men in Palermo. Italian witnesses will recognize him and denounce him to the Inquisition as a renegade, an indictment which is liable to the stake. Ali seeks to influence the course of the trial, he denies ever having been a Christian and proclaims himself a Muslim, the son of a Muslim. A long game of failure takes place between the court and the prisoner, he alternately tries to speed up or slow down the course of the trial depending on the nature of the information and testimony available to the inquisitors. We believe we are witnessing a modern trial where the shots alternate according to the investigations. This story of Ali Raïs was however not invented, the character is real and all the facts are recorded in a handwritten account of the hearings of the court of the inquisition.

Divine Émilie

Divine Émilie

December 29, 2007

The life of Émilie du Châtelet, mathematician and physicist during the Enlightenment.

Ek Krantiveer: Vasudev Balwant Phadke

Ek Krantiveer: Vasudev Balwant Phadke

December 28, 2007

Vasudev Balwant Phadke's sacrifice rekindled the dying flames of the 1857 Uprising and he came to be worshipped as the foremost revolutionary of the nation. Watch the movie to find out how he fought against all odds.

18-14

18-14

December 27, 2007

Detective story set up in the time and place of young Pushkin, at Tsarskosel'sky Liceum.

Chacha: The Princess of Heaven

Chacha: The Princess of Heaven

December 22, 2007

Chacha, the woman of the blood of Nobunaga, who loved with Hideyoshi, and feared Tokugawa.

Callas Assoluta

Callas Assoluta

December 20, 2007

This revealing documentary from director Philippe Kohly examines the storied life of renowned soprano Maria Callas, from her troubled childhood in New York City to her scandal-laden but triumphant international career in opera. Featuring archival interviews with Callas herself and footage of contemporaries such as her lover Aristotle Onassis, this celebration of "La Divina" pays tribute to her enduring legacy some three decades after her death.

Charlie Wilson's War

Charlie Wilson's War

December 19, 2007

In the 1980s U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, Texas socialite Joanne Herring and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos form an unlikely alliance to boost funding for Afghan freedom fighters in their war against invading Soviets. The trio's successful efforts to finance these covert operations contributes to the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.