Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam
Taqwacore chronicles the nascent Muslim punk rock movement represented by the work of writer and musician Michael Knight and various other young subversives as they tour across the U.S. to Lahore – a movement that challenges and protests against Muslim, American and Muslim American establishment.
Videocracy
Director Erik Gandini inquires into the mercenary underbelly of the high-glitz, low-politics, skin-baring media culture promulgated by Berlusconi’s ownership of the majority of the country’s television stations, unveiling a modern Italy as both comedy and tragedy.
Reel Injun
Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond takes an entertaining and insightful look at the Hollywood Indian, exploring the portrayal of North American Natives through a century of cinema.
Kimjongilia
The first film to fully expose the humanitarian crisis of North Korea, NC Heikin’s stylish, deeply moving documentary is centered around astonishing interviews with survivors of North Korea’s vast and largely hidden prison camps, and interspersed with archival footage of North Korean propaganda films and original performance.
Home
In Ursula Meier’s stunning theatrical debut (the official Swiss submission for this year’s Academy Award for Best Foreign Film), a family (including matriarch Isabelle Huppert) finds themselves pushed to dangerous extremes when a busy highway is opened right next to their isolated property.
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