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    Partisans of Vilna (1986)

    Filmmaker Josh Waltezky uses interviews and archival footage to recall the Jewish-ghetto resistance...

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    Sie sind freid, Dr. Korczak!

    During World War II, unusual opportunities to escape the fate of most Jews sometimes presented...

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    Uptight (1968)

    A desperate African-American man betrays his friend, a black militant leader, for some money to help...

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    Shoot For the Sun

    Geordie makes a living supplying heroin to other Edinburgh dealers. He is assisted by his wife Sadie...

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    Super Spook

    In this blaxploitation comedy, a private clutzy detective and his bumbling assistant attempt to...

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    Soursweet (1989)

    A Hong Kong family struggles to survive after immigrating to a London suburb where they open a cheap...

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    El Aire de un Crimen

    The mystery surrounding a crime that took place in a small Spanish town in 1956.

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    Sweet Perfection

    Set within a Chicago housing project this low-budget, but earnest independently produced comedy, the...

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    Street Story (1988)

    Two brothers struggle to survive in a volatile South Bronx neighborhood.

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    Living the Blues

    The fact that Livin' the Blues has next to no budget does not diminish its excellence in the least....

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    A Strange Day (1960)

    When a working-class young man has a child by his neighbor girlfriend, he goes out to find work to...

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    Small Time (1991)

    The confessional reflections of a petty hood who's been imprisoned for murder.

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    Love Your Mama (1993)

    A determined mother struggles to keep her family intact despite the many hardships and temptations...

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    Z Podnieszonimy Rekamy

    The most famous photo taken in the Warsaw Ghetto--of a child with raised hands--becomes a fictional...

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    Homeboys

    In the violent streets of Los Angeles, two brothers, one a gang leader - one a cop, face off.

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    Hitz

    Story of a court judge, frustrated by problems in the legal system.

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    Jumpin at the Boneyard (1992)

    A man (Tim Roth) confronts his crack-addicted brother (Alexis Arquette) and crusades to get him into...

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    I Morgon Mario

    A day in the life of street urchins on the tourist island Madeira--a very "Swedish" vacation spot.

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    Chronicle of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (1995)

    The course of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising from the perspective of Marek Edelman, one of its...

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    Rai

    Djamel is a serious young man who works and lives in a Paris suburb. His brother Nordine, however,...

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    Portland (1997)

    Janus, twenty-three and fresh out of prison for drug dealing, and Jakob, seventeen and newly escaped...

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    Select Hotel (1997)

    Set in a tiny flophouse, among its disenfranchised denizens--transvestite hookers and professional...

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    Riot

    A British officer (Gary Daniels) tries to rescue an ambassador's daughter kidnapped by IRA...

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    Under the Bridge (1996)

    Eddie is an eight year old boy who runs away from his Brooklyn orphanage and befriends the homeless...

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    Cuba Libre

    An outrageous comedy about a group of radical anarchist squatters who inadvertently overtake the...

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    I'm Bout It

    A comedy drama told as a fictionalized account of Master P's experiences in the New Orleans projects...

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    A Visitor From the Living

    Claude Lanzmann constructed this documentary around an interview he conducted with Maurice Rossel in...

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    The Bogus Witch Project

    Pauly Shore introduces a collection of short films spoofing ``The Blair Witch Project.''

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    Perfume de Violetas (2004)

    Unhappy with her family life, teenager Yessica finds some solace in a close friendship with shy...

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    Focus

    Robert has been trying to regain focus in his life ever since the death of his best friend in...