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Director: Felix de Rooy
From: Netherland/USA
Year: 1984 Minutes: 96
Language: English subtitles
Genre: drama
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Set in Brooklyn, New York this Dutch film is based on a true story that appeared on a New York newspaper in 1980.
Desirée lives in the past. A series of flashbacks expose us to her psychologically troubled childhood very much affected by a promiscous mother. Her present life evolves around three people: her employer Mrs. Resnick, Freddy, her lover and Father Siego, leader of the church "The True Confessors".
Desirée's relationship with each one of these characters is at the origin of her falling apart. Freddy is an insecure black man who finishes their love affair with a sad note, Father Siego is the leader of a rigid narrow-minded religious sect and Mrs Resnick is a racist, prejudiced white woman who feels black people are inferior and incapable of living their own live.
Rejected by all because of her pregnancy, Desirée blames her child as the source of evil. She is then possessed by evil and wants to exorcise it. The only way is to get rid of her daughter...
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35mm rental: $300
video rental: $90
video sale: $195
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Director: John Carstarphen
From: USA
Year: 1999 Minutes: 89
Language: English
Genre: satirical comedy
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A provocative digital feature that dares to probe the question: What the f*ck is going on in American filmmaking? FLMKR is a quirky, comic thriller, which traces the odyssey of Jewish filmmaker Veronica Davidson, as professional setbacks are amplified by personal betrayals; then she realizes something more sinister has taken over the film industry in America. FLMKR explores the agonies of film making, from personal compromises, to the concessions required of an entertainment-addicted society. All seen through the eyes of one paranoid filmmaker, living and working in the heart of the “conspiracy capitol of the world”, Dallas, Texas.
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video rental: $90
video sale: $195
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Director: Dany Laferriere
From: Canada/Haiti
Year: 2004 Minutes: 96
Language: French with English Subtitles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
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Recipient of Zenith Prize (Best First
Fiction Feature), Montreal World Film Festival 2004
Newly arrived in Montréal, and determined to conquer
North America by charming blond-haired women, Gégé,
a Haitian in his thirties, lands up at Fanfan's - his nostalgic
uncle who has given up poetry for a good old taxicab and
dreams of returning to his homeland. Over the course of
one night filled with humor and friendship -- highlighted
by a party attended by twins Andrée and Denise, two
Quebecers with contrasting charms -- the two fun-loving
guys take stock of their lives, memories and fantasies.
Meanwhile, on television, various celebrities draw up a
comic portrait of North American society.
"A shrewd, funny, humane and very well-written and
acted comedy from Haitian-born Montreal writer Dany Laferriere
(author of "How To Make Love To a Negro Without Getting
Tired" and "On the Verge of a Fever"), who
makes a lively directorial debut with this comic-dramatic
tale."
~ Michael Wilmington - Chicago Tribune
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35mm rental: $300
video rental: $90
video sale: $195
DVD sale: $295
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Director: Nelson George
From: USA
Year: 2005 Minutes: 60
Language: English
Genre: Documentry
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Nelson George, one of the leading critics of black American culture -- during the last two decades, he's published more than a dozen books on the history of R&B, basketball and hip-hop and has also collaborated on film projects with Spike Lee, Chris Rock and Halle Berry -- brings us his latest documentary, Smart Black People, which features personalities who left their stamp on America in the 1980s, including Greg Tate, Michele Wallace, Russell Simmons, and is based on George's latest book, Post-Soul Nation.
"An hour long documentary I produced and directed, Smart Black People is a record of two panel discussions I sponsored a few years back in support of my book Post-Soul Nation. For anyone interested in black pop culture in the go-go '80s this will be both insightful and fun. Reggie Hudlin, Greg Tate, Barry Michael Cooper, Michelle Wallace, Lynell George, Kool Moe Dee and Russell Simmons are among the old heads kicking the ballistics in Harlem and Beverly Hills." ~ Nelson George
Bonus with DVD: One on one interviews with several panel members (Greg Tate, Barry Michael Cooper, Michele Wallace and Nelson George) and An essay by Nelson George on the era.
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Director: Anthony Metchie
From: Canada
Year: 1995 Minutes: 92
Language: English
Genre: drama
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A psychological drama about the outcome of choices we make in life. This film is a positive message to all those who have faced difficulties in life and to the people who are affected by their decisions to cope with it.
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16mm rental: $250
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