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Like most immigrants, Arjun Singh brought his family to America with the hope of creating a better life. So far, his wishes have been realized, and the future looks promising. One dream remains: the marriage of his daughter, Simrun, to a promising family friend.
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What separates each of us from the other? Director Lynne Sachs explores this complex question and others in her haunting new film States of Unbelonging?a beautiful poetic journey that searches for how one person understands another across cultural, historical and political divides.
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Set in the rainy environs of Oregon and Washington, Punk Love is the story of two forlorn lovers, searching for that elusive Hollywood Ending to the story of their dreams.
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On May 13, 2000, Eusebio de Haro, a young Mexican migrant, was shot and killed in Texas during one of his journeys north. The signpost at the beginning of El Inmigrante shows a high number of such occurrences, but this deeply humanitarian story focuses on Haro?s death to examine the Mexico-U.S. border crisis with particular scrupulousness.
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Best friends Dunkin and Jay have little to live for in Los Angeles. Dunkin is tired of the monotony of his aimless existence and is suffering from a chronic stomach disease. Jay has just been dumped by his fiancé. With nothing else to anticipate at home but the next cocaine-induced high, Dunkin and Jay journey on a whim to exotic Colombia.
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Inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche?s ?Thus Spoke Zarathustra?, ?The Spirit of Gravity? is an animated mini-musical, in which Nietzsche sings his philosophy to a small town, arousing the villagers to join him in defying the forces of nature. ?The Spirit of Gravity? is a visual poem that explores the meaning, beauty and mystery of Nietzsche's great work. The animation is composed of thousands of collaged photographic images, which have been animated using both traditional and digital techniques.
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The "Gotham Cafe" is based on King's story "Lunch At The Gotham Cafe" which first appeared in a collection titled "Dark Love", first published as hardcover in 1995 by Roc.
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?Zooey? is the true story a love story between a prostitute and her husband - two social outcasts that are not much different than ourselves. They love, live and dream of better things.
On the streets since she was a teenager, Zooey battles a drug addiction. She says she ?just doesn?t want to survive she wants to live.? While ?on the stroll? or at work, she literally runs into Angel, a small time drug dealer and they fall in love. They share a dream of leaving their life on the street and moving to Churchill, ?where the snow is pure and white.?
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Mission Movie/Una Película de la Misión is derived from real stories of San Francisco?s most vibrant and complex neighborhood. Inner turmoil spills outward in this bilingual drama about the struggle for territory and the need to belong.
Based on true-life stories, the cast is led by veteran Columbian actor Diego Vasquez and includes many Bay Area actors, including cameos by well-known artists and activists. In true form to the Mission District, the bilingual film features both Spanish and English subtitles.
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Don?t Fence Me In is the captivating portrait of 70-year-old freedom fighter Major Mary and her people?s struggle for self-determination. Major Mary?s charismatic storytelling is accompanied by rare, clandestine footage smuggled out of the refugee camps along the border between Burma and Thailand. The film reveals the Karen refugees? spirit and determination to survive as political and historical forces conspire against them.