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Art Of Grieving
Following the untimely death of his 35-year-old brother, an artist immerses himself in a year-long painting project to process grief and answer the question, 'how can society be better equipped to deal with the grieving process?'
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Ask Me to Dance
Unlucky in love, Jack and Jill are destined to meet each other before the clock strikes midnight on New Years Eve.
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Cane Fire
The Hawaiian island of Kauai is seen as a paradise of leisure and pristine natural beauty, but these escapist fantasies obscure the colonial displacement, hyper-exploitation of workers and destructive environmental extraction that have actually shaped life on the island for the last 250 years. Cane Fire critically examines the island's history - and the various strategies by which Hollywood has represented it-through four generations of director Anthony Banua-Simon's family, who first immigrated to Kauai from the Philippines to work on the sugar plantations. Assembled from a diverse array of sources-from Banua-Simon's observational footage, to amateur YouTube travelogues, to epic Hollywood dance sequences - Cane Fire offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of the economic and cultural forces that have cast Indigenous and working-class residents as "extras" in their own story.
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Four Seasons
Through winter, spring, summer and fall... somehow these friends have survived them all! In this heartfelt comedy about three 40-something couples who frequently vacation together, life's ups and downs take their toll. Their perfect dynamic is forever changed when one friend leaves his wife for a much younger woman. The lines are drawn when they are forced to take sides regarding the new couple, reminding us that friendship is like the seasons—forever changing. Written, directed and starring Alan Alda (Sweet Liberty, Betsy's Wedding), this hit romantic comedy also stars Carol Burnett (The Front Page), Len Cariou (A Little Night Music), Sandy Dennis (The Indian Runner), Rita Moreno (The Night of the Following Day), Jack Weston (Fuzz) and Bess Armstrong (High Road to China).
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He Dreams of Giants
The culmination of a trilogy of documentaries that have followed film director Terry Gilliam over a twenty-five-year period. Charting Gilliam's final, beleaguered quest to adapt Don Quixote, this documentary is a study of creative obsession. For over thirty years, Terry Gilliam has dreamed of creating a screen adaptation of Cervantes' masterpiece. The collapse of that infamous and ill-fated production only further cemented Gilliam's reputation as an idealist chasing an impossible dream.
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In the Summers
Every summer, siblings Violeta and Eva travel to New Mexico to spend time with their loving but unpredictable father. Over the course of four formative summers that span adolescence to early adulthood, Violeta and Eva learn to accept their father.
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Memoir of a Snail
Grace Pudel is a book-loving, snail-collecting misfit that falls into a series of misfortunes after being separated from her twin brother Gilbert. Despite her hardships, inspiration and hope arise when Grace begins a friendship with an eccentric elderly woman named Pinky.
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Mother Of All Lies
Unclear about her family's lack of personal photos, director Asmae El Moudir learns that her grandmother Zahra strictly prohibited the creation of any images or photographs. El Moudir and her father Mohamed open an atelier where they craft a set of miniature clay figurines that recreate her childhood street in Sebata district in Casablanca. Friends, neighbors, and, more difficultly, Zahra are brought to the workshop to interact with the miniatures and reflect upon their past. As she investigates her family's history, she unravels its connection to the collective history of the neighborhood, particularly to the 1981 Casablanca bread riots which resulted in the massacre of many residents.
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Omni Loop
A quantum physicist finds herself stuck in a time loop, with a black hole growing in her chest and only a week to live. When she meets a gifted university student, they team up to save her life--and to unlock the mysteries of time travel.
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Perfect Day For Caribou
A Perfect Day for Caribou tells the story of one extraordinary day in the life of Herman, Nate, and Ralph. Herman is an alcoholic with a depleted appetite for life. Nate is his estranged son and an anxious young father himself reckoning with his past so he might move further into the future. And Ralph is an unusual, misunderstood child off in his own world. Over the course of the day, these lost and broken people attempt to find themselves, each other, and search for a way to get themselves back together. They have until nightfall to figure each other out, and all the while, danger and devastation are always just around the corner. If put in the same situation one day to make good on mistakes and become a hero, how would you handle it? What will these three make of it? For Herman, today might be his last.
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The Taste of Mango
A hypnotically cinematic love letter flowing through time and generations. Director Chloe Abrahams probes raw questions her mother and grandmother have long brushed aside, tenderly untangling painful knots in her family's unspoken past.
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The Woman of Stars and Mountains
The Woman of Stars and Mountains recounts the story of Rita, an indigenous woman from Mexico. Rita left her mountain community in northern Mexico and embarked on a journey to Kansas. There, she was involuntarily detained and confined in a psychiatric hospital for 12 years because the hospital authorities could not ascertain her identity, origins, or the language she spoke. Upon the discovery of the truth, Rita returned to live in the Sierra Tarahumara. Her niece, Juanita, cared for her. The documentary delves into the lives of these two women and explores the solidarity and affection that people have even in unexpected situations.
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