Daughter of Keltoum

$17.95 | 101 minutes

This intriguing film, written and directed by the impressive Mehdi Charef, follows Rallia (Cylia Malki), a 19-year-old Swiss woman who goes looking for her biological mother in a remote Berber region of Algeria&hellip…

Dial History

$19.95 | 68 minutes

This thought provoking exposition on the history of aircraft hijacking offers a fascinating glimpse at a terrifying phenomena. Shot pre-9/11, DIAL HISTORY travels back to the 1960s for its first examples of commercial flights being commandeered, mostly as a means to get a political message across. Few of these early demonstrations met&hellip…

Fertile Memory

$23.95 | 99 minutes

In the first feature film produced within the Palestinian West Bank "Green Line," Michel Khleifi's FERTILE MEMORY combines documentary and narrative elements to examine the lives of Palestinian women living in a conflicted culture. Romia works in an Israeli factory and continually fights Israeli authorities for the rights to her family&hellip…

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Free Zone

$23.95 | 90 minutes

Beginning with a lengthy close-up shot of a fragile Natalie Portman sobbing in the back seat of a car, it's clear from the very beginning that FREE ZONE is going to offer some challenging viewing. Portman's character is Rebecca, and the location is close to the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. Hanna (Hanna Laslo) is the driver of the cab in&hellip…

Fruit of Paradise

$23.95 | 95 minutes

Czech director Vera Chytilova offers a modern day imagining of the classic Adam and Eve tale with FRUIT OF PARADISE. Shot in 1970, Chytilova's film follows a couple who eat some "forbidden" fruit while on vacation, which sets them on the path to finding a deadly killer&hellip…

Hop

$10.95 | 104 minutes

Shot in striking black and white with a digital 24p Panasonic video camera, HOP marks the feature film directorial debut of Dominique Standaert. Set in Brussels, the film follows an African teenager named Justin and his father as they struggle to overcome racism in their predominantly white surroundings and the hassles of being illegal&hellip…

Imaginary Heroes

$7.95 | 112 minutes

This realistic family film starring Sigourney Weaver and Emile Hirsch as a loving mother and son asks some deep questions about mortality, the risks of depression, and staying together verses splitting up. Living in a beautiful house in a manicured suburban neighborhood, the Travis family seems flawless at first glance. That is, until&hellip…

Kirikou and the Sorceress

$23.95 | 74 minutes

The exceptional powers possessed by a young boy form the focus for this outstanding animated drama. The plot is based on stories that have entered into African legend as tales of a remarkably gifted child have been handed down through the generations. Physically strong, incredibly intelligent, and able to talk from an inexplicably early&hellip…

La Promesse

$15.95 | 93 minutes

THIS TITLE IS CURRENTLY ON MORATORIUM AND IS NOT AVAILABLE. Roger, a teenage boy, works for his father's construction business, a company that employs illegal immigrants from all over the world. When Hamidu, an immigrant from Burkina Faso, is critically injured in a workplace accident he asks Roger to promise to look after his wife and&hellip…

Man Bites Dog

$25.95 | 92 minutes

A mock black comic documentary that spoofs reality TV, and questions the media's role in perpetuating and abetting violence. A homicidal maniac, serial-killer, Ben Patard, is accompanied on his killing sprees by a film crew who document, then later participate in, even as they question, his activities&hellip…

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