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Callas Forever This fictionalized biopic chronicles the final years of opera meta-diva Maria Callas (Fanny Ardant), filling in the blank spots with a "what if" scenario. It's the late 1970s and Callas, once the greatest singer in opera, has lost her voice, been thrown over by Aristotle Onassis in favor of Jackie Kennedy, and now stomps around her apartment…    more      Children Underground Showing the horrendous effects of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's oppressive regime, Edet Belzberg's CHILDREN UNDERGROUND is an unflinchingly brutal, eye-opening work of social commentary. Ceausescu's decision to ban contraception and abortion as a way of increasing the country's work force resulted in a generation of children born…    more      The Academy Collection This collection of Academy Award winners and nominees in the Best Documentary section includes: FROM MAO TO MOZART, MAYA LIN: A STRONG CLEAR VISION, MURDER ON A MONDAY MORNING, SCARED STRAIGHT, CHILDREN UNDERGROUND, GENGHIS BLUES, NADJA SALERNO-SONNENBERG: SPEAKING IN STRINGS, PAUL TAYLOR: DANCEMAKER, REGRET TO INFORM, SOUND AND FURY…    more