2001-2010

  • Ousmane Sembene – Moolaadé (2004)

    2001-2010African CinemaDramaOusmane SembeneSenegal

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    Set in a small African village, four young girls face a ritual “purification” flee to the household of Colle’ Ardo Gallo Sy, a strong-willed woman who has managed to shield her own teenage daughter from mutilation.
    Colle’ invokes the time-honored custom of moolaade (sanctuary) to protect the fugitives, and tension mounts as the ensuing stand-off pits Colle’ against a village traditionalists (both male and female) and endangers the prospective marriage of her daughter to the heir-apparent to the tribal throne.Read More »

  • Tom Harper & Shane Meadows – This Is England ’86 (2010)

    Drama2001-2010Shane MeadowsTom HarperTVUnited Kingdom

    Synopsis:
    This Is England ’86 is a 2010 British drama miniseries written by Shane Meadows and Jack Thorne. A spin-off from the 2006 film This Is England, and set three years later, it focuses on the mod revival scene rather than the skinhead subculture. Like the film, This Is England ’86 stars Thomas Turgoose as Shaun, although Lol (Vicky McClure) and Woody (Joe Gilgun) play even more central roles.Read More »

  • Seng Tat Liew – Flower in the Pocket (2007)

    2001-2010ComedyDramaMalaysiaSeng Tat Liew

    Two boys, Li Ahh and Li Ohm, grow up motherless. Their father, Sui, is a workaholic who shuts himself out of the world. The boys’ quest to reach out to their father leads them to adopt a puppy. But when the animal is sent away for being a nuisance, the boys are devastated. For the first time, Sui realizes that all his children ask is simply to love and be loved.Read More »

  • Zhenzhi Feng – Yin xing de chi bang AKA Invisible Wings (2007)

    2001-2010ChinaDramaZhenzhi Feng

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    A girl named Zhi Hua lost both of her arms because of a high voltage electric shock. She could do nothing, not even going to school, because she couldn’t write her homework. This sudden blow caused her mother to suffer from spasmodic schizophrenia. Through long time hard training, Zhi Hua not only learned to write with her feet and won back her opportunity to go to school, but also learned to eat, wash her face, brush her teeth and put on her clothes, among other things, with her feet. So the school finally accepted her as a boarding student. Read More »

  • Heitor Dhalia – O Cheiro do Ralo AKA Drained (2006)

    2001-2010BrazilComedyDramaHeitor Dhalia

    Synopsis
    A pawn shop proprietor buys used goods from desperate locals–as much to play perverse power games as for his own livelihood, but when the perfect rump and a backed-up toilet enter his life, he loses all control.Read More »

  • Spike Lee – Kobe Doin’ Work (2009)

    2001-2010DocumentarySpike LeeUSA

    A documentary following Kobe Bryant during one day during a game against the San Antonio Spurs.Read More »

  • Nicolás Pereda – ¿Dónde están sus historias? AKA Where Are Their Stories? (2007)

    2001-2010ArthouseDramaMexicoNicolás Pereda

    Pereda’s debut feature showcases his carefully restrained narrative and visual style with its meticulously understated story of a young man trying to prevent his uncles from selling his elderly grandmother’s farm. With Pereda’s regular actors Teresa Sanchez and Gabino Rodríguez making their first appearance in the mother and son roles they have played in four films to date, Where Are Their Stories? also introduces the theme of family which unites the films, here by revealing subtle, ironic parallels between the boy’s rural home and the relatively luxurious Mexico City home where his mother works as a live-in maid.Read More »

  • Frederick Wiseman – La danse – Le ballet de l’Opéra de Paris (2009)

    2001-2010DocumentaryFranceFrederick WisemanMusical

    Documentary master Frederick Wiseman’s 38th film in a career that has spanned more than that number of years, turns his attention to one of the world’s greatest ballet companies, the Paris Opera Ballet. John Davey’s camera roams the vast Palais Garnier, an opulent 19th century pile of a building: from its crystal chandelier-laden corridors to its labyrinthine underground chambers, from its light-filled rehearsal studios to its luxurious theater replete with 2,200 scarlet velvet seats and Marc Chagall ceiling. LA DANSE devotes most of its time to watching impossibly beautiful young men and women — among them Nicolas Le Riche, Marie-Agnès Gillot, and Agnès Letestu — rehearsing the choreography of Mats Ek, Wayne McGregor, Rudolf Nureyev and Pina Bausch. For balletomanes and the curious alike, LA DANSE serves up a scrumptious meal of delectable moments, one more glorious than the next, made even more precious by their ephemeral nature.Read More »

  • Emin Alper – Rifat (2006)

    2001-2010Emin AlperPoliticsShort FilmTurkey

    A young Kurdish political activist named “Rıfat” is wounded by the police and is taken home by his friends. His father nurses him with the hope he won’t die. Second short film of Emin Alper who is famous for his feature debut “Tepenin Ardı”.Read More »

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