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Africa United
United Kingdom, 2010, 87 min.
Two young Rwandan soccer players undertake the 3,000-mile trip to South Africa for the World Cup in this exuberant, hopeful and supremely entertaining road movie that, while not whitewashing the myriad problems faced by modern Africans, shows how fast things are changing.... more
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Another Year
United Kingdom, 2010, 129 min.
Over the course of four seasons, Tom and Gerri and their single friends Mary and Ken meet to chat, eat, drink and generally get on with their lives. Naturally, in a Mike Leigh film, this turns out to be anything but mundane.... more
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The Arbor
United Kingdom, 2010, 90 min.
This stunningly original picture reconstructs the life of talented British playwright Andrea Dunbar (Rita, Sue and Bob Too) who died at age 29. After spending two years conducting audio recordings with Dunbar’s family, friends, and neighbors, Barnard filmed actors flawlessly lip-synching the intervi... more
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
United Kingdom, 2010, 90 min.
An insightful tribute to the great British cameraman Jack Cardiff, recipient of the first-ever honorary Academy Award for cinematography for his work with masters such as Powell & Pressburger (The Red Shoes, Black Narcissus) and Huston (The African Queen), and a pantheon of screen goddesses from Die... more
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Desert Flower
United Kingdom, 2010, 124 min.
Daughter of a Somali shepherd, Waris Dirie went on to become a top supermodel and a spokesperson against the ongoing genital mutilation of African women. Hormann’s gorgeous biopic of this inspiring woman is anchored by supermodel Liya Kebede’s quietly determined turn in the lead.... more
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The Drummond Will
United Kingdom, 2010, 81 min.
A delicious black comedy that veers from quirky mystery into more dark and violent places, Butterworth’s debut features a mismatched set of brothers who attend their father’s rural funeral and find that the “eccentric” villagers are definitely not what they seem…... more
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The First Grader
United Kingdom, 2010, 98 min.
Eighty-four-year-old Kimani, a former Mau Mau freedom fighter, takes advantage of a new Kenyan law and goes to school…. Justin Chadwick’s emotionally uplifting drama cuts between Kimani’s education and flashbacks to his harsh treatment at the hands of the British. Winner, Audience Award, Tribeca Doh... more
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The First Movie
United Kingdom, 2009, 76 min.
A lyrical journey into the hearts and minds of the children of a small Kurdish village in northern Iraq, Mark Cousins’ celebrated film The First Movie shows his infectious passion for cinema inspiring the village children to create their own images and stories that transcend adversity. ... more
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How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster?
United Kingdom, 2010, 78 min.
This terrific-looking globe-trotting documentary traces the career of prolific English architect Norman Foster from his humble origins to the top of his profession, visits some of his most iconic structures, and explores how the “Mozart of Modernism” has been influenced by the world of art and how h... more
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I Am Slave
United Kingdom, 2010, 82 min.
Powerful and shocking by turns, this drama of the modern-day slave trade features a soul-stirring performance from Wunmi Mosaku as a Sudanese woman sold into slavery who ends up “working” for a family in London without pay and while deprived of her passport.... more
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Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow
United Kingdom, 2010, 98 min.
An art film in the literal sense of the term, this glorious-looking documentary shows renowned German artist Anselm Kiefer at work at La Ribaute, his sprawling estate in the south of France, where, during the first decade of the 21st century, he began constructing a series of elaborate, large-scale ... more
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