2015
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A theater troupe of LGBTQ youth create and share their powerful story of LOVE. With passion, wit, intelligence and attitude, an LGBTQ youth theater group creates a play about love in all its forms, while bonding together to make change in their own lives. With candor, they tell their stories through intimate interviews, entertaining and powerful clips of their self-written plays, and glimpse into their everyday lives. Members range from a transgender woman being kicked out of her home, to a runway model who likes mens clothing, to an out gay man accepted unconditionally by his mother.
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Discovery and transformation during the Egyptian Revolution Mary lives in Egypt and has ridden the wave of the revolution, from triumphantly overthrowing a despot to the realization that under new leadership nothing has really changed. Director Amal Ramsis takes us inside this volatile political maelstrom, beginning with the Maspero massacre that left 27 demonstrators killed at the hands of Egypt's military.
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I would tell my grandchildren, "I'm the strongest man in the world," and they'd believe me, because they love me. Beef is an anxiety-ridden Cuban man who fancies himself The Strongest Man in the World -- a belief he wants to share with his grandchildren (yet, he doesn't want kids of his own). His best friend Conan helps center Beef, while a young girl Illy, reveals Beef's restless side. When Beef's most prized possession -- his gold BMX bike -- is stolen, his ensuing quest to recover it leads him to both find and lose more than he ever expected.
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Boys will be boys .really? Much has been written and filmed about society and media's stereotypes, expectations and limitations of girls and women - from body image to career opportunity. Less has been said, studied and filmed about the male in contemporary society. Jennifer Siebel Newsom (Miss Representation, Sundance 2011) gives boys their due. Compared to girls, research shows that boys in the U.S. are more likely to be diagnosed with a behavior disorder, prescribed stimulant medications, fail out of school, binge drink, commit a violent crime, and/or take their own lives.
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A road trip revives the past for two brothers. A note reads: I had to leave Mom. Teenage brothers Rodrigo and Samuel embark on a cross-country road trip in search of their manic-depressive mother after she disappears, leaving behind only a note. The two brothers share a love-hate relationship, having reacted in opposite ways to an upbringing by a mother with an enduring mental illness.
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A chilling and unnerving psychological twist on the haunted house. Seven months pregnant and recovering from a mental breakdown, Jennifer Branagan reluctantly moves back to her humdrum hometown to begin parenthood with her husband. Her new home turns out to be a fixer upper with an eerie aura - later confirmed when furniture starts moving and apparitions begin appearing. Jennifer becomes convinced that her house is haunted; however, no one else believes her because no one else seems to be experiencing it.
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How far is too far for the ultimate dream? When Jonah, recently fired from his newspaper job, goes mysteriously missing, his young wife Maggie has to weigh the hopes of his return against impending financial breakdown. The anxiety of the following days threatens to tip her over the edge, yet she hopes any moment could provide the answer to the puzzle of what happened to her husband.
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Together they form the perfect dysfunctional family. Secrets every family has them. The Hamsters takes on the territory of the dysfunctional family drama but in a wisely structured and smartly written way. Teenagers Juan and Jessica take pride in being able to get away with anything little do they know, their parents arent saints either. Despite their fathers (Angel Norzagaray, Only God Knows) façade as the reliable family man, hes secretly driven the family into deep financial trouble.
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This famous silent film displays a remarkable combination of poetry and social realism in depicting the life of a quite ordinary man and his family in New York City. The Crowd is one of the great movies of the silent era. Director King Vidors extraordinary film about the life of an average young man (just one of the crowd) is unequivocally American, despite the influence of German Expressionism (in particular, the impressive sets and cinematography). John grows up, works an uninspiring job, marries Mary, has children, experiences love and happiness and disillusion and loss.
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He has a new chance at a new life, but is it worth the cost? Ryan is not unlike millions of people - fresh out of college, a dead-end job, and an endless search for meaning in his life. Offered a new start via a self-help group, simply known as The Center, and their highly charismatic leader Vincent, Ryan soon finds himself enmeshed in a world that seemingly offers him hope. But, there is a dark side to everything, and The Center has many secrets.