Yves
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Made in China tells one of the millions of stories of migrants from rural China who comprise the backbone of the Chinese economic miracle. It provides a human face behind the ubiquitous label "Made in China." This massive dislocation of people may well represent the largest, most rapid migration in human history. The film demonstrates how one generation of Chinese is experiencing the culture shock of an Industrial Revolution which took centuries in...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A musical road movie, Return to Gorée follows Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour's historical journey tracing the trail left by slaves and the jazz music they created. Youssou N'Dour's challenge is to bring back to Africa a jazz repertoire of his own songs to perform a concert in Gorée, the island that today symbolizes the slave trade and stands to honor its victims. From Atlanta to New Orleans, from New York to Bordeaux and Luxembourg, the songs...
7) Cuba Son
Publisher
Planet Group Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Blending musical elements of African and Spanish origin, Son Cubano made its way to Havana and played in the film The Buena Vista Social Club, but its origins are Santiago de Cuba as played here by Los Jubliados, the authentic ’Son’ stars of the city.
9) Le Joli Mai
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
1963.
Language
Français
Description
Filmed just after the March ceasefire between France and Algeria, LE JOLI MAI documents the hopes, beliefs and uncertainties of Parisians in the early 1960s. Interviews with workers, students, houswives and lovers combine to create a panoramic portrait of social and political life in Paris.
10) Musafir
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Musafir is the name given to a group of folk musicians from different castes and religions in Rajasthan, India. Hameed Khan, a tabla player who divides his time between Paris and Jaipur, is constantly searching for the best musicians who he then takes under his wing and teaches them the Musafir repertoire.
Publisher
Planet Group Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In this spellbinding biography of Nobel Prize Winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the brilliant storyteller is interviewed in depth, and takes us between the worlds of magic and reality—a sorcerer’s tale, in his own words.
12) Celebration
Publisher
KimStim
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Français
Description
A fascinating, long-suppressed documentary on the legendary Yves Saint Laurent, commissioned by his business partner (and former lover) Pierre Bergé – and then shelved for more than a decade when Bergé decided it was too revealing. Filming as the proverbial fly-on-the-wall over three years, as YSL became increasingly frail and incommunicado, Meyrou captures the last of the great haute couture houses. Seamstresses, cutters (“les petites mains”)...
13) The Confession
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1970.
Language
Español
Description
Anton Ludvik, aka Gerard, is vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia. He realizes he is watched and followed. One day, he is arrested and put into jail, in solitary confinement. Will be shown the mental tortures during the investigations and how a faithful top-ranking civil servant is made to confess to treason. Based on the true story of Czechoslovakian communist Artur London, this is not an anticommunist film but a plea against totalitaism....
Publisher
Distrib Films
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Français
Description
Disciplined and conscientious, Alain Lamare, a model policeman, appreciated by his superiors, leads an investigation about a series of crimes. However, if the maniac escapes from the traps and roadblocks set by the police, perhaps it is because the killer is this young, timid policeman who leads a quiet, banal life among his brigade. At least until he loses the maps detailing his murderous wanderings… Nominated for Best Actor at the **César Awards**...
Publisher
Under the Milky Way
Pub. Date
1971.
Language
Français
Description
Don Salluste, a petty tyrant in his own home and minister of the King of Spain, falls from grace. Wanting revenge, he tries to compromize the Queen with his valet Blaze, introduced as his cousin. But poor Blaze gets stuck with a rather repulsive duenna, who is madly in love with him and very keen on getting her way. This wild comedy takes off at a dashing pace set by the De Funès, Montand and Sapritch trio.
Publisher
GKIDS Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Français
Description
From renowned animator and storyteller Michel Ocelot comes a dazzling and magical new film that is certain to delight children, families and animation fans of all ages. Silhouetted characters set off against exquisitely detailed backgrounds bursting with color and kaleidoscopic patterns, as the film weaves together six exotic fables each unfolding in a unique locale, from Tibet, to medieval Europe, an Aztec kingdom, the African plains, and even the...
17) Heat Wave
Publisher
Visit Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Français
Description
On a sweltering day in the south of France, four characters find themselves on a collision course that ends in tragedy. Nominated for the Golden Camera and the C.I.C.A.E. Awards at the **Cannes Film Festival.** Winner of the Cinema Nouveau Award at the **Santa Barbara International Film Festival.**
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Italiano
Description
Set in a fishing village off Italy's Dalmatian coast, under a brilliant, turquoise sky, Yves Montand plays Squarcio, a rogue fisherman who manages to feed his family (his wife played by the exquisite Alida Valli) by tossing bombs into the water to kill the maximum number of fish. When a new chief of police puts Squarcio's illegal and dangerous exploits under closer scrutiny, his livelihood is threatened. Montand's unforgettable, complex character...
Publisher
GKIDS Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
From renowned animator and storyteller Michel Ocelot comes a dazzling and magical new film that is certain to delight children, families and animation fans of all ages. Silhouetted characters set off against exquisitely detailed backgrounds bursting with color and kaleidoscopic patterns, as the film weaves together six exotic fables each unfolding in a unique locale, from Tibet, to medieval Europe, an Aztec kingdom, the African plains, and even the...