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Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story

Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story

February 1, 2025

15-year-old Puerto Rican Lisa Velez overcomes sexism, racism, and breast cancer to become Latin pop pioneer behind hits like "Can You Feel The Beat," inspiring generations of Latina artists.

Four Rivers Six Ranges: The Untold Story of Tibet

Four Rivers Six Ranges: The Untold Story of Tibet

February 1, 2025

4 Rivers 6 Ranges is based on the book “Flight at the Cuckoos Behest” by Dorjee Wangdi Dewatshang

Mariana's Room

Mariana's Room

April 23, 2025

In the darkest days of the Second World War, Yulia and Hugo, a Jewish mother and son, escape from a Ukrainian ghetto. Fearing for his safety, Yulia entrusts her boy to the care of her friend Mariana, a sex worker who lives in a brothel. Hugo is placed in a closet, nominally for his safety, but from which he rarely leaves. With little view of the outside world, he conjures up ghosts and scenarios. But over time, Mariana brings the boy out and in doing so transforms his life.

Moses The Kalimullah: At Dawn

Moses The Kalimullah: At Dawn

January 31, 2025

Wondrous Is the Silence of My Master

Wondrous Is the Silence of My Master

January 31, 2025

In 19th-century Montenegro, the free mountain territories are surrounded by Turkish forces, isolated from the West and steeped in conservatism, patriarchy, and superstition. Morlak, a poet and bishop inspired by the historical figure Petar II Petrović Njegoš, leads his tribe in resisting the invaders. Gravely ill, he is sent to southern Italy in search of a cure. The journey takes him to a house in Naples, a city that contrasts sharply with his homeland’s isolated hills. As Morlak contemplates his existence, his loyal servant Djuko struggles with profound nostalgia, driven by the fear of his master’s death in a foreign land.

Finding Ramlee

Finding Ramlee

June 19, 2025

To pay his debts, a small-time actor is forced to impersonate screen icon P. Ramlee.

The Rose of Versailles

The Rose of Versailles

January 31, 2025

Oscar François de Jarjayes is a young noblewoman raised as a son by her father. As commander of Marie Antoinette's palace guard, Oscar is brought face-to-face with the luxury of King Louis XVI's court at Versailles. Joined by her servant André, Oscar is privy to the intrigue and deceit of France's last great royal regime.

This City Is a Battlefield

This City Is a Battlefield

April 30, 2025

Isa, a taciturn school teacher working for the resistance, is tasked with carrying out an assassination with the help of Hazil, a charming rebel who finds himself falling for Isa’s wife, Fatimah.

Paulīnes stāsts

Paulīnes stāsts

January 30, 2025

Latvia, 1949. Seventeen-year-old Pauline's safe and sunny youth gets shattered by the Soviet occupation forces as she's deported to Siberia. She now needs to focus her strengths to overcome the deprivation of food, exhausting work and torture, while trying to preserve her inner light and humanity in the face of evil.

Fierce Town

Fierce Town

January 30, 2025

By the middle of the 12th century, the borders of the Mongolian Empire stretched from the Adriatic and Mediterranean Seas in the west to the southern lands of China in the east. The Mongolian army, under Khan Batu’s command, was known for its invisibility, destroying anyone who dared to challenge them. Yet, even within their central territories, some areas refused to bow to the Genghisids. Kozelsk was one of them. The Mongolian armies bypassed the high walls of this small town, considering that "the skin of the wolf was not worth the risk of encountering its teeth".However, one of the Khan’s commanders harbored a grudge against the town's citizens. Now, the people of Kozelsk must face a battle against the strongest army in the world, with no hope of victory. This is a story about people facing their death. Some try to escape, others are willing to do anything to survive, but most are prepared to protect their city from the relentless storms of the Mongolian hordes.

Ercilia Pepín: ejemplo de enseñanza, patriotismo y dignidad

Ercilia Pepín: ejemplo de enseñanza, patriotismo y dignidad

February 3, 2025

The life of Dominican teacher, patriot and activist Ercilia Pepín.

Mãos que não se alcançam

Mãos que não se alcançam

January 29, 2025

Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants

Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants

January 29, 2025

Under Genghis Khan, the Mongolian army pushes west to destroy the Jin Dynasty, setting its sights on the Song Dynasty next. Amid internal conflicts among martial arts schools, Guo Jing unites the Central Plains' warriors to defend Xiangyang, embodying courage and loyalty in the fight for the nation.

Oldemors reise

Oldemors reise

January 28, 2025

Soarele Moldovei.Inceputul

Soarele Moldovei.Inceputul

January 28, 2025

Family Council

Family Council

January 25, 2025

A 19th century Portuguese wine magnate must prevail over politicians, phylloxera, patriarchy, and especially her own children to ensure the survival of her family's business empire.

Puxando Raízes com Cecelia Condit

Puxando Raízes com Cecelia Condit

January 25, 2025

A video essay that seeks to represent, study and pay homage to the North American filmmaker Cecelia Condit, covering all of her film work and video installation, portraying her through devices of semiotics, aesthetics and cinematographic language.

Olhares do Interior

Olhares do Interior

January 25, 2025

Film Fascism

Film Fascism

January 25, 2025

1929. 1939. 1945. 1948. 1955. 1964. 1975. 1988. 2001. 2013. 2019. 2020. 2021. 2022. 2023. 2024...

From the Grove to Graduation

From the Grove to Graduation

January 24, 2025

A documentary covering the History of Lake-Sumter State College, Johnson Junior College, and the Leesburg/Lake County area.