Surviving Syria’s Prisons
★ 8 · 2025 · 75m · Documentary
A look inside one of the most brutal campaigns of state repression in modern history - told by those who endured it and those who enforced it.
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Narrated by Uncle Jack Charles and seen through the eyes of Indigenous prisoners at Victoria’s Fulham Correctional Centre, this documentary explores how art and culture can empower Australia's First Nations people to transcend their unjust cycles of imprisonment.
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Remix Tape Volume 1
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Russia's most skilled streetball players unleash a whole arsenal of unique tricks, incredible dunks, and defenders-destroying dribbling moves. Spotlighting the burgeoning streetball culture of the largest country in the World, documents first streetball challenges and tournaments including performances from the biggest names in hip-hop industry.
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Restoring Hope
2012
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California Light
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One filmmaker's exploration of natural light in California and its influence on people's lives.
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Au nom de mon frère : les derniers jours de Samuel Paty
2024 · ★ 8
The documentary, devoted to the last days of the professor who was tragically beheaded by an Islamist terrorist. This film highlights the failings of the state and the national education system in this deeply disturbing case.
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Wer 4 Sind
2019 · ★ 5.8
What is the secret of Germany's most successful hip-hop band? What makes them different? How did they make their mark in German pop culture and develop over the years? A behind-the-scenes look at a band that has written German music history and continues to do so.
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