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Nigeria became an independent country in 1960. In 1967 it was torn apart by civil war. Between these two events Nigeria enjoyed a kind of golden age, full of cultural ferment and cross-tribal fertilization. Every kid out of the village was writing the great Nigerian novel. A spirit of great hope prevailed through the land. Give Me A Riddle is about this golden age, seen through the eyes of ex-Peace Corps volunteer returning to his host country a couple of years after his Peace Corps service as a teacher at the University of Nigeria. The film follows Roger as he looks up his old student friends, travels with them to their homes, talks with them about their lives and the life of their country. Shot in 1966, the film is a time capsule of a Nigeria and the Peace Corps both in the rambunctious bloom of youth.

Give Me a Riddle.1966.576p.BDRip-AVC.ZONE.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 7 min
Size: 	1.29 GiB
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Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	768x576 
Aspect ratio:  	4:3
Frame rate: 	23.976 fps
Bit rate: 	2 500 kb/s
BPP: 	0.236
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#1:  	English 2.0ch AC-3 @ 224 kb/s

https://nitro.download/view/6AC02BBEFC357A2/Give_Me_a_Riddle.1966.576p.BDRip-AVC.ZONE.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:Hardcoded for non-English parts

The post David Schickele – Give Me a Riddle (1966) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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Dennis and Julie Parks left the eastern seaboard in the early 1960’s, settling in the former mining boomtown of Tuscarora, Nevada, population twelve. They spent the next twenty-five years operating and expanding their pottery school, raising a family and running a studio. A mining company, motivated by high gold prices, began a large open pit gold mining operation just outside of town in 1989. Nevada, encouraging mining, writes its laws to favor that industry’s interests over all others. The pit grew ever larger, and the town found its very existence threatened. Spurning buyout offers from the mining company, the Parkses and the other residents decided to stay and fight the near-certain destruction of Tuscarora. As the video chronicles the ongoing saga, we learn much about the Parkses, their school, Dennis’ clay work and life in the wide open west. A human scale is given to a story which is told all too often today: as with the rain forests, the snail darter and the spotted owl, economic forces and societal needs can threaten elements of our natural world. In the case of Tuscarora and its residents, relief was granted when the mine shut down as gold prices decreased. For now it’s back to business as usual, but there still lurks the possibility of resumed mining in the future if gold prices rise again.

Tuscarora.1992.480p.BDRip-AVC.ZONE.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	58 min 56 s
Size: 	1.05 GiB
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Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	640x480 
Aspect ratio:  	4:3
Frame rate: 	29.970 fps
Bit rate: 	2 400 kb/s
BPP: 	0.261
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#1:  	English 2.0ch AC-3 @ 160 kb/s

https://nitro.download/view/A8AB1B7E482E2CC/Tuscarora.1992.480p.BDRip-AVC.ZONE.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:English

The post David Schickele – Tuscarora (1992) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

In 1968, Peace Corps veteran David Schickele enlisted his friend Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam to star in a light-hearted comedy about the adventures of a young Nigerian intellectual in San Francisco. Using a docu-fictional style reminiscent of Cassavetes’ Shadows, the film observes the foibles of late 1960s African-American culture with an outsider’s incisive eye. The result is a vibrant snapshot of the nation’s racial politics, from interracial romance to cross-cultural misunderstandings and countercultural joy. The film morphs into a documentary when the director’s voice abruptly intrudes to narrate its star’s enraging fate: Okpokam was accused of a crime he did not commit and was thrown in prison before being expelled from the country.

Bushman.1971.576p.BDRip-AVC.ZONE.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 14 min
Size: 	1.79 GiB
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Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	958x576 
Aspect ratio:  	5:3
Frame rate: 	23.976 fps
Bit rate: 	3 000 kb/s
BPP: 	0.227
Audio
#1:  	English 2.0ch AC-3 @ 224 kb/s
#2:  	English 2.0ch AC-3 @ 192 kb/s (Commentary by film historian Daniel Kremer and filmmaker Rob Nilsson)

https://nitro.download/view/EB2F6DED1836146/Bushman.1971.576p.BDRip-AVC.ZONE.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:English

The post David Schickele – Bushman (1971) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Directed by the brother of Peter Schickele (P.D.Q. Bach), this film features an early performance from David Lynch favorite, Jack Nance!

“The film describes the experiences and misadventures of a young Nigerian, nicknamed Gabriel, who comes to America for the first time, settles in the Bay Area and attends San Francisco State College.”
-MUBI

“This film began as a lighthearted comedy and then halfway through, became a rather indignant documentary. While shooting the comedy with Nigerian college student and actor Paul Okpokam, who plays a whimsical innocent abroad (i.e., a foreigner in America), Okpokam was deported for participating in a student demonstration. The director chose to finish his film by documenting what he felt was an unjust action of the State Department.”
-AllMovie, Clarke Fountain

	
Bushman.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 12 min
Size: 	691 MiB
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Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	706x350 ~> 706x397
Aspect ratio:  	16:9
Frame rate: 	29.970 fps
Bit rate: 	1 172 kb/s
BPP: 	0.158
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#1:  	English 2.0ch AAC LC @ 160 kb/s

https://nitro.download/view/15DE2B7919D2C33/Bushman.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:None

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