documentary
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5 BROKEN CAMERAS
Emid Burnat is a Palestinian farmer who works the same land that his family have done for generations in Bil’in on the West Bank and this movie is his firsthand account when the village is threatened by the encroaching Israeli Settlements. This highly personal documentary film bears witness to how the non-violent resistance by the…
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JOSEPHINE BAKER : BLACK DIVA IN A WHITE MAN'S WORLD
Ask anyone today what they know about the great Josephine Baker and they will inevitably trot out the fact that she scandalized tout Paris in the 1920’s by dancing wearing nothing more than a bunch of bananas. In this (far too short) film on her life we learn there was so much more to this…
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TOM WOLFE GETS BACK TO BLOOD
Now in his ‘80’s, the writer and journalist Tom Wolfe is regarded as one of America’s great literary giants. Not just highly-successful but as an ingenious self-promoter quite infamous too. One whose works are well read and reviewed although not necessary well-regarded by all his literary peers. In the early part of his writing career…
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FOLLOW MY VOICE : WITH THE MUSIC OF HEDWIG
Back in 2003 Chris Slusarenko a record producer had the idea of getting some cutting-edge musicians to record a tribute album consisting of all the songs from ‘Hedwig and The Angry Inch’. And all the proceeds from the sales of the album would go towards helping fund the Harvey Milk School for gay, bisexual and…
