Dr. Pimsleur earned his Ph. D. in French from Columbia University and was a Professor of Romance Languages and Language Education at both Ohio State University and State University of New York at Albany. Here, Pimsleur offers listeners a ten-lesson, five hour program which consists of beginning language strategies for communication and traveling needs.

A boy and the moon share a walk through his neighborhood.

In northern Albania a teenage brother and sister are physically and emotionally trapped in a cycle of violence, a result of their father's entanglement with a rival clan over a piece of land.

A young woman named Hana who lives in an Albanian village ruled by men, takes an oath of eternal virginity to live as a ₁sworn virgin₂ becoming Mark, so she can live free as a man. Years later, restless and feeling imprisoned by his choice, Mark leaves for Italy to visit his sister and family. There, he explores the unexpected pleasures of attraction and the body and decides to abandon Mark, rediscovering herself (himself) as Hana, to become a...

A political official is sent to a faraway prison to bring an important dissident back to the capital. This is an attempt to get him to testify on behalf of the government he fought against, but the failings and challenges of the country' reality frustrate the mission at every turn.

Set in Albania during communist rule, the Kulla family struggles as government agents force them into internment. For Artur, the family's son, things get more complicated when his girlfriend Frida is forced into an engagement with a high-ranking operative. They continue to be subjected to cruel punishment when the arrival of a repatriated family friend complicates matters further.

Sundance triple award winner HIVE is a searing drama based on the true story of Fahrije, who, like many of the other women in her patriarchal village, has lived with fading hope and burgeoning grief since her husband went missing during the war in Kosovo. In order to provide for her struggling family, she pulls the other widows in her community together to launch a business selling a local food product. Together, they find healing and solace in considering...

After a year of online communication, Ben, a Shy Kosovar teen, is exhilarated to finally meet his first (but secret) love, Leo. Consumed with passion, Ben carefully weaves a plan for his much-desired romantic encounter with Leo, who is arriving from Germany in just one month. But when his mother surprises Ben with the news of the family relocating to a new area, he needs to put his family on hold for the love of a boy that he's never met.