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Title | Author | Year of Publication | Country | Abstract |
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Sunday School with Franz Hinkelammert | Finn, Jim | 2012 | Argentina |
In this documentary, Franz Hinkelammert, a German-born liberation theologian, economist, and philosopher who specializes in Latin America, critiques the new world order based on neoliberalism, religious fundamentalism, authoritarianism, and... |
El amigo alemán / The German Friend | Meerapfel, Jeanine | 2012 | Argentina |
Argentina, in the middle fifties. Sulamit is the daughter of German-Jewish refugees. Friedrich is the son of German-Nazis refugees. Both children are closely friends as times goes by between the fall of Peron's Government in 1955 and the years of... |
11 Settembre 1683 / The Day of the Siege | Martinelli, Renzo | 2012 | Poland, Italy |
In the summer of 1683, 300,000 warriors of the Ottoman Empire began the siege of Vienna. The fall of the city would have opened the way to conquer Europe. On September 11 was the main battle between the Polish cavalry and the Turks. |
Nairobi Half Life | Gitonga, David | 2012 | Kenya |
A young, aspiring actor from upcountry Kenya dreams of becoming a success in the big city. In pursuit of this and to the chagrin of his brother and parents, he makes his way to Nairobi: the city of opportunity. [IMBD] |
Would You Have Sex With An Arab? | Zauberman, Yolande | 2012 | France |
Shot in Israel, the film is an orchestration of interviews with people who all answer the same questions posed by the author – "Would you have sex with an Arab?" and "Would you have sex with an Israeli Jew?". Most, if not all of the scenes are... |
Lincoln | Spielberg, Steven | 2012 | United States |
In 1865, as the American Civil War winds inexorably toward conclusion, Abraham Lincoln endeavors to achieve passage of the landmark constitutional amendment which will forever ban slavery from the United States. However, his task is a race... |
Lines of Wellington | Valeria Sarmiento | 2012 | Portugal, France |
This movie, directed by Valeria Sarmiento, tells a story from the Peninsular campaign during the Napoleonic Wars. On September 27, 1810, the French troops commanded by Marshal Massena, were defeated in the Serra do Buçaco by the Anglo-Portuguese... |
Black November | Jeta Amata | 2012 | United States; Nigeria |
The people of a volatile, oil-rich Nigerian community wages war against their corrupt government and a multi-national oil corporation to protect their land from being destroyed by excessive drilling and spills. To seek justice, a rebel... |
5 Broken Cameras | Burnat, Emad | 2011 | Palestine; Israel; France |
5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements. Shot almost entirely by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, the film follows... |
Un homme qui crie / A Screaming Man | Haroun, Mahamat-Saleh | 2011 | France, Belgium, Chad |
A man's ego supersedes his roles as father, husband, and breadwinner in the chaos of the modern day civil war in Chad. A former champion swimmer holds a respectable job as pool attendant when management replaces him with his son. He sends his son... |
La Redota - Una Historia de Artigas / The Story of Artigas | Charlone, César | 2011 | Uruguay; Spain |
When commissioned to paint a portrait of General José Artigas, the revolutionary leader of Uruguay, decades after his death, Juan Manuel Blanes researches his subject's life and stumbles upon old secrets from the Spanish Wars of Independence. A ... |
Memorias de un Soldado | Ovalles, Caupolican | 2011 | Venezuela |
At a time when war, chaos and death reign over every last inch of Venezuela, a soldier and a brave young woman manage to make a space for love, despite their apparently conflicting ideals. After several years of a harsh and bloody war, Braulio, a... |
Ici on noie les Algériens: 17 Octobre 1961 / Here We Drown Algerians: October 17th, 1961 | Adi, Yasmina | 2011 | France |
On the call of the revolutionary National Liberation Front (FLN), thousands of Algerians marched in Paris, on October 17, 1961, to protest France's war effort in Algeria, despite the curfew imposed by the government. The police responded with... |