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Made in China is not just a label. To survive in a receding business, Lin Dalin, director of a toy factory in Shenzen, desperately accepts an order from an American conglomerate with almost no profit margin. Cutting corners on worker safety, far behind with employees' wages, and exposed by an undercover journalist, Lin's actions bring the enterprise closer and closer to the brink of ruin.
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Sex, love, and drama in the heady world of Elsewhere, NY. A single encounter that was thought of as best left behind takes an unexpected turn in the present in this fresh, authentic, and intimate story about a love triangle in New York. On her first night in the city, Jen meets Todd; she spends the night with him, only to discover he has already departed the morning after. Two years on, Todd reappears and disrupts the life Jen has created with her new boyfriend, Ethan.
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One night can change it all. Set in Ecuador during a time of unrest, three young boys are at a crossroads as they face adulthood. Pablo, Andres, and Juan are always there for each other even when their own families disappoint them. Along comes Carolina, a free and daring girl who puts Juan and Pablo against each other testing the depth of their friendship. As they struggle to repair the holes in their bond, their youthful sense for adventure takes over. A night of joyriding turns turns into one of tragedy forcing Pablo to flee the country.
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His lens captured the world of motion - but couldnt help him control his life. In the second half of the 19th century, Eadweard Muybridge, the father of motion pictures, embarks on an obsessive project to record on film "the motion of life" in all of its abundance. His epic quest is eclipsed only by the depth of his jealousy over his beautiful, young wife Flora. As the project progresses, his paranoia over her fidelity consumes him, until questions arise about his son's paternity, causing him to erupt.
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The difficulty of keeping the past in the past. Robert, a troubled former driver in illegal street racing, returns to his hometown harboring a dark and painful past. Determined to turn his life around, he takes a job at a car repair shop but becomes distracted by Alice, a local English teacher who catches his eye on the bus. An intense intrigue takes over, and Robert finds himself going to great lengths to spend time with her under a false identity. However, as the two forge a bond, their closeness reveals its danger, and the past threatens to unravel.
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It takes two to make a relationship crazy. A lonely, obsessive and unsuccessful filmmaker meets an aimless drifter and before he knows it, she's living in his tiny LA apartment. He's an eco-freak with a love of post-it notes, keeping his recyclables separate from his trash, and unconventional romances on Netflix. She's an unscrupulous young woman who would rather have an IV of tequila straight into her liver than deal with adult responsibilities. Unable to stand each other and yet not able to leave, both of them vow to make the other's life a living hell.
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Pleasure is her greatest obsession. Sex and alienation play out marvelously in this intense, hypnotizing, and offbeat drama set in New York. Karen, a strong-willed businesswoman, lives alone and rarely gets in touch with her college-age son. She harbors very peculiar tastes in sex, which involve strangers only: Karen picks up men in the street, pretends to be a prostitute, and seeks out masochistic experiences through online dating sites. At one point, she pushes her obsession too far...
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Join us for the stunning North American Premiere and Q&A for Ross Clarke's brilliant adaptation of Craig Clevenger's bestselling novel, starring Joseph Morgan (The Originals), Walton Goggins (Justified), Kate Walsh (Greys Anatomy) and Ron Perlman (Hellboy). Suffering from amnesia, chemist Eric Ashworth (Morgan) finds himself being pulled in different directions. There is the drug dealer who wants the formula to a drug that only Eric knows, a cop who wants to know how he got involved, and a lawyer with ulterior motives.
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The trials and tribulations of a sex life after children. With humor and wit, Crushed Lives - Sex or Kids? takes on the probing but taboo question: what happens to our sex lives after children? New father Saverio films a documentary to get to the bottom of this matter after an uninspired sex session with his wife. Interviewing couples at various stages of parenthood, Saverio unearths the fear and anxieties that seem to universally plague his peers as they collectively experience the quiet devastation of a dying bedroom.
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Winner of the 2015 Kaiser Thrive Award at Cinequest, Crescendo! The Power of Music inspires and transforms the heart. Since its inception in Venezuela in 1976, the El Sistema youth orchestra program has transformed the lives of disadvantaged children worldwide by putting musical instruments in their hands and encouraging them through the mysterious power of music.