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Since 2014, in France, Restorative Justice has been offering victims and offenders the opportunity to engage in dialogues within secure environments.

Jeanne Herry | 2024 | 118 minutes | Color | French | English subtitles

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Newly restored, and on Blu-ray for the first time ever! The epic chronicle of Chile's open and peaceful socialist revolution, and of the violent counter-revolution against it in 1973.

Patricio Guzmán | 2023 | 275 minutes | English subtitles

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French actress Bernadette Lafont was a multi-faceted performer, who refused to be boxed into one role.

Esther Hoffenberg | 2024 | 66 minutes | Color | French | English subtitles

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In Nigeria, a group of students from the University of Ibadan organize a film club and transform a small classroom into a space for conversation and impassioned debate.

Alain Kassanda | 2023 | 89 minutes | Color | English; French; Yoruba | English subtitles | Closed Captioned

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A filmmaker interviews his grandparents about their experience of Belgian colonialism.

Alain Kassanda | 2023 | 89 minutes | Color | Lingala; French | English subtitles

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Against the wishes of the authorities, 60-year-old Yuri Dmitriev searches for mass graves from the era of Stalin’s terror against his own people - until one day he is arrested and sentenced to 15 years in a penal colony. Following Yuri closely, the film paints a shocking picture of the way the Russian state rewrites history and treats its citizens.

Jessica Gorter | 2024 | 96 minutes | Color | Russian | English subtitles

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Short films from the French New Wave — the earliest works of its most emblematic auteurs. Including Jean-Luc Godard, Agnès Varda, Maurice Pialat, and more.

2023 | 348 minutes | Color | French | English subtitles

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Lyd

The story of a city that once connected Palestine to the world – what it once was, what it is now, and what it could have become.

Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland | 2024 | 79 minutes | Color | Arabic; Hebrew | English subtitles

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Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Rosine Mbakam's narrative film debut about a seamstress facing a series of misfortunes.

Rosine Mbakam | 2023 | 93 minutes | Color | French; Bamileke; Cameroon Pidgin | English subtitles

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An unflinching look at the brutal methods used by the Abidjan police chief to investigate the murder of a police officer.

Mosco Boucault | 2024 | 86 minutes | Color | French | English subtitles

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Captures the uncertainty of a young woman living in the Uyghur region, who is at a personal crossroads.

Bastien Ehouzan and Mukaddas Mijit | 2022 | 56 minutes | Color | Uygur | English subtitles

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A box set of films by acclaimed filmmaker Natalia Almada.

Natalia Almada | 2023 | Color | Spanish; English | English subtitles | Closed Captioned

BOX SET

Four documentaries and 2 short films are included in this box set, with a 6-page booklet about the filmmaker.

Rosine Mbakam | 2022 | 349 minutes | Color | Cameroon Pidgin; French | English subtitles

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79 years old and overlooked since the 1970’s, abstract artist Peter Bradley reflects on life and shares his artistic process on the cusp of his rediscovery.

Alex Rappoport | 2024 | 86 minutes | Color | English | Closed Captioned

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Individual and collective stories unfold in Zhili's textile workshops, becoming ever more dramatic as the seasons go by. The second installment of Wang Bing's epic profile of Chinese garment workers.

Wang Bing | 2024 | 226 minutes | Color | Mandarin | English subtitles

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In this latest installment of YOUTH, Wang BING starts out in Zhili's deserted textile workshops on New Year’s Eve, before travelling to Shiwei's marriage in the Yunnan mountains. The third installment of Wang Bing's epic profile of Chinese garment workers.

Wang Bing | 2024 | 160 minutes | Color | Mandarin | English subtitles

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The first installment of Wang Bing's epic profile of Chinese garment workers.

Wang Bing | 2023 | 215 minutes | Color | Mandarin | English subtitles

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Profiles the home funeral movement, and the complex psychological, cultural, legal and financial issues surrounding families choosing to prepare loved ones at home for burial or cremation.

Elizabeth Westrate | 2003 | 56 minutes | Color | English

An engaging and searing examination of the hitherto unexplored relationships between Pan-African culture, science fiction, intergalactic travel, and rapidly progressing computer technology. (from the Jan., 1998 Catalog Supplement)

John Akomfrah | 1997 | 45 minutes | Color | English

Lyd

The story of a city that once connected Palestine to the world – what it once was, what it is now, and what it could have become.

Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland | 2024 | 79 minutes | Color | Arabic; Hebrew | English subtitles

Follows four children on their long and challenging journeys to school, in Kenya, Morocco, India and Argentina.

Pascal Plisson | 2017 | 77 minutes | Color | English; French | English subtitles

An intimate portrait by Camila Guzmán Urzúa about growing up in Cuba during the "golden years" of the Cuban Revolution.

Camila Guzmán Urzúa | 2007 | 80 minutes | Color | Spanish | English subtitles

Too controversial to be shown on French TV when first released, this is the story of Eastern Europeans, mostly Jews, who fought the German occupation of Paris during World War II.

Mosco Boucault | 2024 | 71 minutes | Color | French | English subtitles

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