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Day of Celebration

July 16, 2005

Over 46,000 youth and their leaders from the Utah Salt Lake City Area gathered in Rice-Eccles Stadium on July 16, 2005, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the Prophet Joseph Smith. This gala was held in response to a letter to all Church leaders dated February 19, 2004. In that letter, the First Presidency declared: "We encourage local leaders to hold stake and multistake events and activities to provide a sense of unity and opportunities to develop friendships, especially among the youth. These events could include music, dance, drama, speech, sports, or visual arts...Events [may be] held in conjunction with special occasions such as...historical commemorations." The Day of Celebration included a choir of 15,000 (numbers approximate), 4,800 dancers, 2,400 flag bearers, 1,000 changers, 100 drummers, and participation by everyone there. It was an event those who attended will always remember.

Migration and Dominican cinema

Migration and Dominican cinema

June 29, 2017

Dominican filmmakers explore the most important theme in dominican film history: Migration.

The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams

The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams

July 15, 2005

Amid the bitter divisiveness of the Civil War, Confederate Capt. Robert Adams (Julian Adams) feels the rift within his soul. Steadfastly loyal to the South, Adams also holds an unshakable love for his Northerner wife, Eveline McCord (Gwendolyn Edwards). Based on the true story of Robert Adams and produced by his descendents, this stirring historical drama -- a film festival favorite -- delves into the themes of honor, patriotism and love.

The Mystery of the Afghan Gold

July 14, 2005

A history of the Bactrian Gold, Afghanistan's greatest treasure and one of the world's great archaeological collections, which was rediscovered in 2003 after it was thought to have been destroyed by the Taliban or looted. The 2000-year-old crafted gold was originally discovered in 1978 by Soviet archaeologists.

Maquis

Maquis

July 14, 2005

Gie

Gie

July 13, 2005

Indonesian activist Soe Hok Gie experiences a political awakening during the tumultuous regimes of Soeharto and Soekarno.

A Cursed Monarchy

A Cursed Monarchy

July 10, 2005

It is the early 1300's and the treasury of France, under the rule of Philippe IV (Philippe le Bel or Philippe the Beautiful), is empty. The king decides the only solution is to raid the treasures of the Knights Templar (amongst others) and concocts various charges of treason, heresy and deviance against the Knights and their Grand Master Jacques de Molay. Having confessed under torture to the crimes of which he is accused, de Molay is condemned to be burned at the stake. With his dying breath he curses the king, the king's advisor (Guillaume de Nogaret), the pope (Pope Clement V) and the thirteen succeeding generations of their families. There follows one of the most dramatic periods in French history, half a century of political intrigue, murder, treason, war and famine, which ultimately culminates in the 100 Years War.

Lu Xun

Lu Xun

July 1, 2005

The Book of the Dead

The Book of the Dead

July 1, 2005

A sheltered aristocratic woman in feudal Japan, bored and unfamiliar with the world outside her estate, passes the time copying a special Buddhist sutra sent by her father who has been absent on official business for years. While gazing out her window one late afternoon, the setting sun creates a vision of a holy figure in the distant mountains.

Ils voulaient tuer de Gaulle

Ils voulaient tuer de Gaulle

June 30, 2005

Based on the model of documentary fiction (alternating period films, interviews and re-enactments with actors), the film begins on September 8, 1961 with the failure of the Pont-sur-Seine attack on a road convoy carrying Charles de Gaulle, then President of the Republic, and continues with the slow preparation, the occurrence and the consequences of the Petit-Clamart attack on August 22, 1962.

Dream of the Bridal Chamber

Dream of the Bridal Chamber

June 28, 2005

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the feudal lords engaged in a fierce battle, with numerous heroes vying for the deer and smoke of war rising everywhere. Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu fought fiercely for power, causing the people to suffer from conscription and exile.

El Calentito

El Calentito

June 24, 2005

Early 80's, Sara is a good-family girl, she has never been with a man, does not drinks, does not take drugs. Following her love, she enters in "El Calentito" a bar where the group "las Siux" is singing.

Nelson's Trafalgar

Nelson's Trafalgar

June 22, 2005

Nelson's Trafalgar examines the man behind the legend, his affair with Lady Hamilton – one of the great romances of history, and the dark side of a hero whose exploits were described by. A slightly light-hearted look at the Battle of Trafalgar. Nelson's Trafalgar examines the man behind the legend, his affair with Lady Hamilton – one of the great romances of history,. In 1813, the year that he was appointed Poet Laureate, Robert Southey published The Life of Nelson. Horatio, Lord Viscount Nelson was Britain's greatest Naval hero who had been killed during.

Fantastic Mr. Dahl

Fantastic Mr. Dahl

June 22, 2005

Documentary about author Roald Dahl, produced for the British television series Imagine.

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

June 19, 2005

At age 18, Frederick Douglass boarded a train to the north and escaped the brutal life of slavery he'd known since childhood. Once there, he joined the anti-slavery movement and began lecturing, later becoming one of the most influential abolitionists of his time, even advising Lincoln during the Civil War. This A&E biography presents the compelling life of a talented writer and orator who worked tirelessly to promote justice and freedom.

风起云涌

风起云涌

June 15, 2005

Reiz bija Sibīrija

Reiz bija Sibīrija

June 14, 2005

Eclipse

June 14, 2005

This lunar eclipse event of November 2003 is observed, documented, and translated by eye and hand via the light-sensitive medium of Kodachrome film. In the 4th c BCE Aristotle founded The Lyceum, a school for the study of all natural phenomena pursued without the aid of mathematics, which was considered too perfect for application on this imperfect terrestrial sphere. This film then, in the spirit of...

Diario de un skin

Diario de un skin

June 13, 2005

A Picture of Birmingham, by Benjamin Zephaniah

A Picture of Birmingham, by Benjamin Zephaniah

June 8, 2005

Poet Benjamin Zephaniah revisits the place of his birth, Birmingham, on a mission to compose a new poem, which he will then read out on the streets of the city. While there, he watches Aston Villa and revisits the approved school he went to when he was a child.