At night, the streets of Harlem are haunted by lost souls. Bodies that drift around in the darkness and bear the weight of the past on their shoulders. The Haitian man Frenchie is one of them, and his accentuated stutter bears witness to exile and years of abuse. But he is more than just that in Khalik Allah's new, hypnotic film opus, which turns the American tradition of social realist street photography into its own art form.
During one fateful weekend, the family of brilliant astrophysicist Albert James has a complete meltdown, setting in motion a raucous and hilarious series of events that mirror his radical theories of the behavior of the universe.
A community is under siege as three Belmont Highschool coed students go missing with no trace of their whereabouts. The pressure is on the police to capture the culprits responsible. Scouring the school hallways in search of clues, undercover female detective Maggie Rawdon (Jessica Sonnerborn) enters Belmont High as a transfer student in an attempt to solve the hideous disappearance of the students. Maggie makes a few new friends, and gets invited to a private rave in the country. Just as the group begins to suspect that they've taken a wrong turn, however, the trap is sprung and Maggie finds out firsthand what fate has befallen the missing girls.
Matei lives with his grandfather in Romania. His parents have gone to work in Italy. After arguing with his grandfather, he leaves. A poignant, beautifully shot film on the illusions and disillusionments of childhood.
Vermin Supreme is no ordinary presidential candidate. Promising a free pony for every American, a fully funded time travel research program, and unprecedented zombie preparedness initiatives for a new American Republic, he truly is the people's candidate and the friendly fascist par excellence. "Who Is Vermin Supreme? An Outsider Odyssey" follows Vermin Supreme's raucous 2012 campaign from the Rainbow Gathering in the the Cherokee National Forest to the Democratic and Republican National Conventions to Occupy Wall Street protests, and all the way to heart of the American Empire in Washington, DC. From the unsettling gravitas of marauding riot police to the unbridled joy of songs sung for police officers and pranks played on anti-abortion fanatics, "Who Is Vermin Supreme?" is certain to show you America as you've never seen it before.
1975 in der Altmark: Der Bürgermeister Jadup hält gerade eine Rede anlässlich einer Kaufhauseröffnung, als ein marodes Haus in der Nähe zusammenbricht. In den Trümmern wird von einem Trödelsammler eine Widmung gefunden, die Jadup einst an das Flüchtlingsmädchen Boel Martin geschrieben hatte. Mit diesem Zeitpunkt wird Jadup von der Vergangenheit eingeholt. Er hatte zu Zeiten des Zweiten Weltkrieges eine enge Freundschaft mit dem Mädchen aufgebaut, das nach einer Vergewaltigung spurlos verschwand.
An archival investigation into the imperial image-making of the RAF ‘Z Unit’, which determined the destruction of human, animal and cultural life across Somaliland, as well as Africa and Asia.
Vijay Khanna is a law graduate-cum-tabloid editor he falls in love with Princess Sunita, while general election are underway. Vijay becomes a murder accused of a political leader. Gradually the couple tries to expose a criminal-politician nexus. (From wikipedia)
A rich old lady, who was dying, hired a detective agency to go in search of her long lost granddaughter. Lacking the manpower for the job, janitor Andrew was passed off as a private detective. He located the missing girl who was working as a sales lady.
Joseph, a retired New York police officer and Holocaust survivor, travels to Nuremberg to visit his son Ronnie years after turning his back on him for rejecting a promising career in the NYPD and marrying a local artist, Anna. No sooner does Joseph attempt to heal the rift with Ronnie then he swears that living in the apartment above, under the false name of Shrager, is the now aging SS Commander who slaughtered his entire family during World War II. With little hope of seeing him stand trial, Joseph talks Ronnie into exacting justice - and vengeance - and together they set out to kill him.
"Maintenance by any Means" is about two maintenance men vying for the position of maintenance supervisor in an apartment complex. The maintenance men must compete with each other in order to get the job left open by the former Maintenance Supervisor. They need evaluations by the people who live at the apartments for every work order they finish. The problem is the renters themselves. Each one they run into has their own set of interesting problems. The maintenance men soon discover that a positive review may be hard to come by. Fixing broken down items in the apartments is the least of their worries. Finally one of the maintenance men must win the contest, by any means.
Photographer Barnard Jacobs is dying and Ashley, the woman he loves, won't admit her feelings for him. She's too wrapped up in her cocaine addiction and desire to find a wealthy husband. When fashionista Madeleine begs Barnard to call Ashley for drugs, a party develops. Madeline pairs off with a rich tech executive named Boccaccio. Barnard goes home, where Ashley, seeking peace and solitude, joins him. In flashback, Barnard recalls how his best friend Pickering hired him to take photos of women's eyes. He hired Ashley and the two forged a deep connection. Back in the present, Boccaccio and Madeleine do drugs and become removed from the world. As Barnard learns death is near, he reaches out to Ashley in a final attempt to save both of them.
"Renee" tells the story of Renee Richards' battle to enter the 1977 U.S. Open as the first transgender tennis player. Simultaneously, it follows her today as she struggles to cope with a life of contradictions and personal conflict. Through interviews with tennis legends, family, friends and experts from the transgender field, a story of perseverance, breakthrough and hardship unfolds.
Ein indisches Ehepaar, das gegen das Kastensystem geheiratet hat und deshalb mit ihren Familien brechen musste. Ein japanisches Ehepaar, das zwangsverheiratet wurde und sich sehr schwer tat mit dem Lieben. Ein knorriges Nachkriegspaar aus dem Ruhrgebiet. Und zwei homosexuelle Männer aus den USA, die erst heiraten durften, nachdem sie schon fünf Jahrzehnte beisammen waren und die damit verbundenen rechtlichen Probleme lösten, in dem der eine den anderen adoptierte. Vier Paare aus drei Kontinenten erzählen offen und ehrlich, was es heißen kann, 55 Jahre und länger zusammen zu sein. Was auch immer sie zusammenführte, ob Liebe oder arrangierte Ehe, sie alle haben gemeinsam, dass sie sich ein komplettes Leben dieser Beziehung gewidmet haben. Im Guten, wie im Schlechten. Vielleicht nicht immer glücklich, ganz sicher nicht ohne Kämpfe - aber trotzdem zusammen. Und was steht da am Ende, wenn man sich nach einem ganzen Leben in die Augen blickt?
Sarah Kamya is a school counselor in New York City. She began the project Little Diverse Libraries on June 3rd and has already raised over $13,000, supported black owned bookstores, and has distributed 775 books to Little Free Libraries across all 50 states. Sarah is helping educate communities while most importantly amplifying and empowering black voices.
Chaos folgt einem tödlichen Duo wahnsinniger Attentäter, nachdem sie ein brutales, kompromissloses Turnier in einem unheimlichen Stahlkäfig veranstalten, der von rasiermesserscharfem Stacheldraht umgeben ist, nachdem sie hungrige, aufstrebende Models mit einem Preis in die Hinterwälder von Columbus, Ohio, gelockt haben gut um wahr zu sein. Gerade als sie das Blatt gegeneinander wenden, bedroht eine mysteriöse und eindringliche gewalttätige Füchsin, buchstäblich mit einer Axt zu schleifen, ihren Status als tödliche Attentäter in diesem blutgetränkten, schweißgetränkten Alptraum, den Sie nie vergessen werden. Inspiriert von erschreckend wahren Ereignissen.