2005
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Narrated by Oprah Winfrey, Emmanuel?s Gift is an astonishing study of determination and courage?the story of a man who becomes a legend.
If you were born disabled in Ghana, West Africa, you are more likely to be abandoned by family members or hidden away from the public than succeed. Yet one man was able not only to succeed, but also to change the country?s image of the handicapped forever. This is the inspiring story of Emmanuel?s Gift.
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Marc has just been released from a 7 year prison sentence and is picked up from the train station by his life-long friend Jay, who breaks to Marc the news of his recent past. Jay is now married and Marc's only love has a new life with her husband and 6 year old daughter.
Taking advantage of his first night of freedom, Marc heads to a local bar looking for company, which he finds in the form of a beautiful woman named Samanta who returns with him to his hotel room. He gets more than he bargains for in Samanta, learning the following day at Jay's barbeque that she is Jay's wife.
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Every parent is familiar with the trials that accompany their children's transitional object. Find out how things can go from bad to worse when a toddler loses her beloved stuffed bunny.
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In Madagascar, one of the world's poorest countries, nearly half of the population is under the age of 14. Very few people have access to electricity, plumbing, or many of the other conveniences we take for granted in the first world.
What do two small boys in this nation of children do with a free day? Tulch and Noel, best friends with a day off from school, successfully illustrate that you don't need fancy toys or the latest technology to have some fun on a beautiful summer day. Maybe all you need is a tin can and a little imagination.
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An emotionally fragile woman struggles to free herself from the ghosts of her past as she embarks on a relationship with a young musician - and extricates herself from the grip of her overbearing father.
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The Art Of Flight is the story of three people ? a refugee from southern Sudan, a human rights activist from northern Sudan and an American journalist in self-imposed exile ? all living in Cairo. For very different reasons, the trio has found themselves struggling to survive in Egypt ? a U.S.-backed dictatorship that has reluctantly become their home. The film explores all three characters relationships as they cross paths for a fleeting moment in time.
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Dildo shopping, spying on neighbors, getting high and getting a facial. A day in the life of Alex and her friend Vanessa - that is until Franky crash-lands on their parade. Alex faces the reality of her less than perfect life, and the sprightly image she'd like to portray.
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Short Program 8: Reflections from the East and Back
Reflections from the East and Back mixes narrative works with documentary and even includes one that falls nicely in-between. Reflections from the East and Back offers a number of views of the lives of people of several different cultures and how they interact, compare or contrast with familiar ones. From the United States, Japan, India, Hong Kong, South Korea, and even Mongolia, Reflections from the East and Back touches on ways of life that are strikingly different from ours while feeling nothing but familiar.
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On the distant steppes of Mongolia, using only simple tools, strength and ingenuity, a nomad builds a home much the way his ancestors have for a thousand years.
Mujaan (The Craftsman) is a meditation on work and a vivid window to a disappearing way of life in a pristine wilderness.
The twenty-five minute video was inspired by Baraka's chicken-factory sequence, in which the audience comes to know the process of a modern chicken's life without any narrative explanation.
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Short Program 8: Reflections from the East and Back
Reflections from the East and Back mixes narrative works with documentary and even includes one that falls nicely in-between. Reflections from the East and Back offers a number of views of the lives of people of several different cultures and how they interact, compare or contrast with familiar ones. From the United States, Japan, India, Hong Kong, South Korea, and even Mongolia, Reflections from the East and Back touches on ways of life that are strikingly different from ours while feeling nothing but familiar.