An imaginatively choreographed dance interpretation of the ballad by Nina Simone explores four common stereotypes of Black women.
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"Blood Sisters", Danish filmmaker Louise Friedberg's sophomore short film, is the kind of flick that you simply can't take your eyes off of. It's a relatively simple story that has been played out time and time again: a young girl feels threatened by her best friend's new friend/neighbour, jealousy brews, and tempers flare.
A young girl hitchhikes across Eastern Europe. Soon she has to find her way on her own for the first time in her life.
A story of a hopeless romantic, who's only means of communication are voiced through a sketchbook.
A social worker recounts the case of Ella Jackson, a girl who sees a man standing behind her in the mirror
Leonor desperately search for her son Perico, without realizing that she is wrapped in her Alzheimer's disease.
Laura will make her boxing debut in Las Vegas, but she doesn't know what kind of opponent she will have to fight against.
Roberto escapes from his pursuers and reaches a beautiful lake, which is his safe place. There a lonely man stalks him.
In a world where childbirth is state-regulated, a couple applies for a license to have a child. They pass the first round of the process, but have no idea what awaits them in the second round.
A summer trip with his friend Motor takes an unexpected turn when Gentle’s motorcycle breaks down, revealing feelings neither expected.
Mourad is a young Moroccan man who lives alone on his parents' farm. After a meal, Mourad's family realizes that the scars of the past are beyond anything they could have imagined.
'Lukas & the Aspies' is a story about 12-year old Lukas. In many ways, Lukas is a normal kid: He plays in a band, hangs out with his friends and fights with his little brother. But Lukas' has also Asperger syndrome - and hence his own set of unique problems.
A drug-addicted alcoholic shaves his head, yells at his housemate, gets fired, and ODs. It's a comedy.
Carlo is an amateur boxer, who trains in a renowned gym in his neighborhood! A forge of champions. The young and immature boxer, fights every day against his opponents and against the prejudices of a bigoted society, which is still struggling to accept homosexuality. His training weighs twice as much and his achievements are worth the same, specially in manly environment like that of boxing, when for those like Carlo, maybe, there is still no place.
A short film based on Alex Sawyer and Tasie Lawrence's song "Relapse."
Karin and Peter have been married for almost 15 years. From the outside, they seem happy, but behind the closed doors of the house there is a repression. Then the dog Orion steps into their lives ...
In a small Irish town where secrets are rare, a local man goes to church to confess his.
A boy helps a convict to escape after meeting him at his mother's graveyard. The convict gets rich in Australia and when he returns is arrested again but released in the last moment after a dying convict confesses.
Lin Jin, a passionate dancer held back by his father's disapproval, struggles to find creative inspiration. When he meets the confident and cheerful Xiao Zi, her influence helps him rediscover his passion and the true spirit of youth.
Requiem is set in 1605, against the backdrop of the witch trials. It's a coming of age story, following Evelyn as she engages in a game of cat and mouse against her father, Minister Gilbert, in order to be with Mary, the woman she loves.
A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based on the story of ballroom dancer, Pierre Dulane.
Their love of dance, and their friendship, is challenged for two high school girls when one is diagnosed with cancer.
Street dancer Skyler comes out of the shadow of her trained dancer sister, Tosha, & joins a dance competition with the Honey dance studio; the prize is a college scholarship.
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years.
At Mr. Rad's Warehouse, the best hip-hop crews in Los Angeles compete for money and respect. But when a suburban crew crashes the party, stealing their dancers — and their moves — two warring friends have to pull together to represent the street.
After the death of his younger brother, a troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles is able to bypass juvenile hall by enrolling in the historically black, Truth University in Atlanta, Georgia. But his efforts to get an education and woo the girl he likes are sidelined when he is courted by the top two campus fraternities, both of which want and need his fierce street-style dance moves to win the highly coveted national step show competition.
A talented young singer and aspiring songwriter’s Christian faith and family ties are tested when she defies her worship-pastor father and pursues pop-music stardom in GRACE UNPLUGGED, a moving and inspiring new film that explores the true meaning of success.
Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.
Coming of age tale told through the eyes of 'Tu', an ambitious young man from Auckland who dreams of being a professional hip-hop dancer.
A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.
A young alcoholic ambient musician locks himself in his apartment on a dangerous seven day bender as he attempts to finish his upcoming album.
An agoraphobic hip-hop prodigy and a disgraced former music manager cross paths in Chicago’s South Side and help each other face demons of their pasts.
Ghost is an ideological musician and leader of a jazz band who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself. His peripatetic performances lead him to cross paths with a singer, while his masculinity is thrown into question following a violent brawl.
In 1950s Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and against his better judgment, hires a young electric guitarist in a last ditch effort to draw crowds during harvest time.
Based on the life and career of legendary entertainer, Bobby Darin, the biopic moves back and forth between his childhood and adulthood, to tell the tale of his life.
An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.
XOXO follows six strangers whose lives collide in one frenetic, dream-chasing, hopelessly romantic night.
A pair of star-crossed dancers in New York find themselves at the center of a bitter rivalry between their brothers' underground dance clubs.
A famous pianist at the twilight of his career meets a free-spirited music critic who soon becomes his rock as his mental state deteriorates.
