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CIRCUS ROSAIRE
Filmmaker Robyn Bailey’s documentary from 2007 plays witness to the sad tale of this ninth generation family of animal trainers as they struggle with the demise of traditional family circuses. British-born wheel-chair bound octogenarian Derek Rosaire Snr presides over his extended family as they scramble to practice their crafts playing any gigs that they can…
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CIRKUS COLUMBIA
As movie opens Divko, a cranky old man, is driving through some countryside whilst arguing with Azra a pretty young girl who is trying to deal with a cat who is in a basket on her lap and continually throwing up. Things are not what they initially seem as the girl is not his daughter…
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Beats Rhymes & Life : The Travels of a Tribe called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest is an American Hip Hop Band formed in 1985 that achieved a great deal of success with their first three albums and disbanded in 1998, but then got back together in 2005 to tour the country again. Their became recognized as innovators at fusing hip hop with jazz and winning them…
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HUGH HEFNER
The joy about a good documentary is making one re-appraise opinions. Like this fascinating portrayal of Hugh Hefner, who before I started viewing, I had assumed was a very old somewhat annoying man who had made a tidy sum from soft-porn and now spent his days in his pajamas surrounded by a bevy of pretty…
