The Conspirators

Between The Black Keys

In a society forbidding emotion, a pianist attempts to mourn her late daughter against the wishes of the oppressive regime.

We Believed

2010 · ★ 6.6

1828. After witnessing the brutal repression of revolutions in monarchist South, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's patriotic cause, seeking to finally unify Italy under a republican government. Their idealism will clash with the inevitable disillusionment as they grow apart over the following decades.

The Russian Revolution

2017 · ★ 6.3

Starting in 1881 this film shows the personal battle between Lenin's Ulyanov family and the royal Romanovs that eventually led to the Russian revolution.

Deck'd 3

2011

In the final, climactic musical finale to the Deck'd series, 18-year-old Peter Bell finds himself revelling in his new Christmas celebrity status. But when Peter's Christmas-adventuring pal, Hark the Herald Angel, is accused of a heinous Christmas crime, Peter lets his ego get the best of him, and finds himself arrogantly standing up to the laws of Santa Claus himself!

Hans Christian Andersen

1952 · ★ 6.2

A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer.

两个小八路

1978

No synopsis available.

A Lesson in History

1989

Lesson in History was produced when Peters was a student at the West Surrey School of Art and Design. Having read The People Could Fly by Virginia Hamilton, she was inspired to make what she describes as 'the stories of black achievement and how stories had not been told.' The animated film was subsequently screened on the BBC as part of the series 10X10. It was shot on 16mm using cutouts, photography and masks.

Marquis

1989 · ★ 6.5

On the eve of revolution, French activist and author Marquis and his talking penis, Colin, await judgment in the Bastille for allegedly plotting against the state. While Marquis dedicates himself to his art and Colin longs for action, the provocative pair unwittingly rouse the interest of competing ideological factions.

Balidaan

1997

A group of brave rebels and an ordinary leader fight against an oppressive regime for democracy and freedom during Nepal's Panchayat era.

Excellent Cadavers

1999 · ★ 6.3

Palermo, Sicily, 1984. Examining magistrate Giovanni Falcone allies with Tomasso Buscetta, a former mobster, to defeat the clan of Corleone, the ruthless Mafia faction that rules Cosa Nostra with an iron hand, cruelly eliminating all those who dare to oppose its immense power: other criminals, policemen, judges, even innocent civilians. One of them wants revenge, the other wants justice. But only one can survive such an unequal fight.

Wolz – Life and Transfiguration of a German Anarchist

1973 · ★ 6.6

Soldier Ignaz Wolz returns from WWI with an immeasurable hatred of capitalist war profiteers. He decides to start his own revolution, but tries to stay away from the organized class struggle. He steals from the rich men and divides the wealth among the poor. One day, Wolz is arrested and sentenced to life in prison; seven years later he is released due to mass protests. More than ever, it is hard for him to fit in. He severs ties with his former companions, who reject his ideas, and leaves Germany.

A King in New York

1957 · ★ 6.7

A recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he's wrongly accused of being a Communist and gets caught up in subsequent HUAC hearings.