31 Oct Little Satchmo

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There was never a time in Sharon's childhood that Louis Armstrong was not a part of, but the type of bond between the two was not shown beyond family boundaries. In the public fanfare surrounding Ambassador Satch no one, apart from close family and friends,...

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31 Oct In My Skin

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A doctor mistaken for a thief. A cleaning lady treated as a slave. A mother who lost her son murdered by the police. A trans employee who is never promoted. What do they have in common? The skin color. A reflection into deep-rooted racism in...

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31 Oct Everything at Once – Paco & Manolo’s Gaze

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A film essay about a singular couple, Paco and Manolo, two Catalan photographers from the outskirts of Barcelona, who have been together for thirty years. Both have managed to work as a single photographer and have captured their imagery in Kink magazine, a very personal...

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31 Oct El Fulgor

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The carnival is coming soon. We witness the ritual of “cleaning the meat” performed by the “gauchos” who unfold their knives. The bucolic landscape mixes with the city streets. Slowly, everything fills with colour, feathers and semi-naked men. Face masks begin to cover the faces...

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31 Oct Clown’s Planet

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The film director shows us the world of activist clowns from refugee camps in Holy land to a church devoted to worship a rubber duck in Madrid and hospitals and orphanages in Russia. He becomes himself a clown in a crew commanded by Patch Adams...

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10 Nov Darryl Jones: In the Blood

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A documentary about Darryl Jones, extraordinary musician and activist, bass player for Miles Davis, Sting, Madonna and the Rolling Stones. A story about music and racism in America. ...

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10 Nov Opeka

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Pedro Opeka declined an opportunity to play professional soccer in his native Buenos Aires. He chose instead to become a missionary and live in one of the poorest countries in the world. The son of a bricklayer, he convinced destitute families living in Madagascar’s largest...

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10 Nov Women According to Men

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This well-researched documentary, with over 120 clips from archival films shot almost exclusively by male film-makers, portrays the domestic and social position of Iranian women from 1932 to the 1979 revolution. The patriarchal family, love and deception, unwanted pregnancies and abortions, arranged marriages and polygamy...

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10 Nov The Fog of Peace

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The mountains of Colombia have been a silent witness through 50 years of war. In the rebel camps deep in the forest, Teo writes the harsh memories of his fellow guerrilleros. Meanwhile Boris, a cameraman for the FARC, films behind the scenes of the peace...

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10 Nov I Am

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A solitary night watchman opens the doors of his work to take us on a cathartic inner journey, in which he strips off the mask he’s created before the world to finally question who he is. ...

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