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1) Rubble kings
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English
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From 1968 to 1975, gangs ruled New York City. An unrealistic rage lay beyond the idealistic hopes of the civil rights movement. Neither law enforcement nor social agency could end the escalating bloodshed. Peace came only through the birth of hip-hop culture, the most unlikely and courageous of events that would change the world for generations to come. RUBBLE KINGS, the most comprehensive documentation to date of life during this era of gang rule,...
2) Paris
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Français
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While waiting for a heart transplant that could save his life, Pierre reunites with his sister and her lively children. This rediscovery of his family and observation of the teeming streets outside his window give Pierre hope, and a new sense of how he might spend the time still left to him. A story about the middle-class and bourgeois, immigrants and students, fashion models and the homeless, and all the lovers and strangers whose paths could cross...
4) Lana's rain
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English
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A young woman escapes the violence in Bosnia to find paradise in Chicago with her long lost brother. She is forced to live on the mean streets of Chicago, while being pulled deeper and deeper into her brothers criminal world.
6) Stone pillow
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English
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The great Lucille Ball plays an elderly bag lady struggling to survive on the streets of New York City. When approached by a young social worker, both women discover a new perspective on their lives.
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English
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After serving five years in prison, Coy returns home with the determination to avoid the people and situations that sent him down a path astray from his religious roots. Almost immediately, Coy is thrown into having to care for his ill mother and adapt to being a father to an estranged daughter. Once Pudda, Coy's old friend, comes back around expecting their street life to resume, Coy's determination to change is put to the test.
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English
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On the darkside of Tinseltown, there lives a group of runaways. The gang of teenagers are lead by King. They survive on the streets begging, prostituting and stealing money. Among King's best friends are Little J, who is a gay prostitute; Greg, who is drug addicted capable of stealing to buy drugs with the dealer Ted; and the paralytic Manny. When newcomer and runaway Heather comes from Chicago, she meets King. They fall in love for each other. But...
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English
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No, a young teenage girl, has run away from her home, a place of abuse and neglect. She finds herself on the streets of Liverpool. Ken is an ex-cinema manager who made a split-second decision during a traumatic experience which caused his life to turn upside down. Ken's mental breakdown leads to self-prescribed medication in the form of alcohol and his life on the street has begun. The two lost souls befriend and find comfort in each other, but No...
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English
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Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandma ride the bus across town. But today, CJ wonders why they don't own a car like his friend Colby? Why doesn't he have an iPod like the boys on the bus? How come they always have to get off in the dirty part of town? Each question is met with an encouraging answer from grandma, who helps him see the beauty-and fun-in their routine and the world around them.
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English
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New Jersey Drive: Two teens get involved in carjacking in Newark and the local police get tough in a way they didn't bargain for.
Empire: An ambitious Bronx drug dealer tries to hook up with a Wall Street banker on a complicated investment scheme that becomes more dangerous than his day-to-day life on the streets.
Mobsters: Follows the daring and violent exploits of four men growing up in the 1920's: charming "Lucky" Luciano, skilled negotiator...
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Wolof
Description
The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun and Le Franc are masterpieces of the medium-length form, completed by Mambéty in his final years. They give us a fuller picture of the elements that define his small but perfect filmography, rich social vision, sly humor, and formal ingenuity.
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