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An engaging film on a memorable rite of passage, as shared by mothers and daughters. more »
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This revealing portrait of an overeater will strike a chord worth Americans who are concerned with weight and body image. 28 min. more »
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An Indian woman photographer, who photographed notables such as Gandhi, Ho Chi Minh, Queen Elizabeth, and Jackie Kennedy, yet had to publish under her husband's name. more »
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Through patience and perseverance, a local woman persuades village elders to reconsider the tradition of female circumcision. more »
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A series of three videos that gives insight into the complex position of the educated Muslim woman. more »
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Toucan Faisal of Jordan is the first and only woman in the Jordanian parliament. A former television personality, she decided to go into government to rectify the abuses her investigative reports uncovered. more »
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Focuses on Aicha Belarbi, professor of sociology at the University of Rabat, who has written books about gender roles, child welfare, women and power, and the modern Muslim woman.. more »
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This engaging, often funny documentary film chronicles the adventures of an enterprising 23-year-old named Aaron Lansky, who rallied together an international network of volunteers and set out to rescue the world¹s Yiddish books. more »
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Eloquent and witty, 92-year-old Andree 'Poumy' Moreuil reflects on her adventures when, as a young Jewish mother, she joined the wartime resistance in France. Acting against oppression helped her transcend isolation and fear. more »
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Samburu warriors from Kenya, part of the U.N. peacekeeping force, try to understand the war in Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia. more »
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This ironic film show how the natives of Papua New Guinea are confused by the rivalry for conversions among competing churches more »
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This film takes a wry look at the cultural confrontation of East and West, as reflected in Hindu attitudes towards the slaughter in England of cows sick with Mad Cow disease. more »
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Many say Singapore has the best education system in the world. This film shows how this system has produced such amazing results and how it differs from the educational philosophy as practiced here in the U.S. more »
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African traditions are kept alive in Brazil by the descendants of those who came to Brazil as slaves. more »
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This powerful documentary reveals the epidemic of sexual abuse of boys and its impact on both the individuals and their families. more »
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This important documentary investigates the effect of incest on three women as it illuminates their journey from pain and despair to recovery to finally working to end the cycle of incest. more »
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Gay people in Africa are facing increased persecution in a continent where two=thirds of countries retain laws against homosexuals. more »
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In this film both the anti-Communists and the victims of the notorious McCarthy witchhunts, between 1945 and the early 50's, talk candidly about the era of anti-Communist hysteria and blacklists. more »
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This is a touching portrait of one of the first and foremost photographers of black American life, who set up shop in Harlem and spent sixty years taking stunningly direct pictures there. more »
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The Artist Was a Woman uncovers the works of several gifted female artists while exploring why their talent was so often overlooked. more »
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The Longing, set in Ecuador, tells the story of a group of ”conversos" attempting to regain their birthright. Their ancestors Spanish Jews were forced to convert during the Inquisition. more »
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This documentary on Schindler, the wartime rescuer of 1200 Jews, grapples with the moral ambiguity of a flawed hero. more »
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A portrait of autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire who has an uncanny ability to draw buildings from memory. Oliver Sacks wrote about him. more »
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An intimate portrayal of Tibetan resistance to China, it contrasts the moderate approach of the Dalai Lama with that of young rebels who are more confrontational. more »
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Fascinating portraits of three gifted autistic individuals: one who is gifted musically; one who is a mathematical genius; and one who is an artist. more »
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From the renowned Under the Sun series of BBC, this trilogy focuses on the Hamar, an isolated people of southwestern Ethiopia whose traditional lifestyle has been barely touched by the war and the famine in the north. more »
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Duka, a young unmarried Hamar girl learns what awaits her in life from the older women of her tribe. more »
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Duka and her young friend Gardi excitedly prepare to marry men they have never met. more »
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Duka is now a mother with a two-year-old daughter and infant son. Her life is dominated by caring for them and her husband more »
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Since 1980 when China decreed that couples should have just one child, there has been an alarming disproportion of young men over young women. Here are the personal stories behind a modern demographic crisis in China. more »
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At the beginning of the century there were 1,000 paintings by Rembrandt in existence. Now there are less than 300. They disappeared not through thefts, fires or acts of God. Their numbers have shrunk because of the controversial process of attribution that began in the 1960's when the Dutch government began the Rembrandt Research Project. more »
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This BBC film takes us to the heart of rural China, where one woman about to have her third child is in trouble with the family planning officials, and another excitedly plans for her traditional wedding. more »
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A seventy-year-old professor sustains serious brain injury in an accident His family must decide whether to have him undergo risky surgery which could leave him in a vegetative state. more »
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By getting a bit of start up money, these women in Ghana have been able to start small businesses. more »
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The focus is on Deborah Salmon, a music therapist who helps terminally ill patients find spiritual and emotional nourishment during their last days. more »
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Chronicles a successful development program in Togo, West Africa where villagers, especially women, undertook the drilling of a well to get clean, accessible water. more »
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If all of us would know that our last days would be spent surrounded by caring people in a humane environment, such as the one we see in this film at the Royal Victoria Hospital, then dying would be less terrifying. more »
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The incidence of grandparents raising their grandchildren as primary caregivers has increased 30 percent since 2000. This film depicts such a situation as we see the daily life of a frail 77- year-old grandmother who is raising four grandsons aged 5-8. more »
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Two important women writers from the West Bank speak out for full participation of women in the Arab world. more »
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A short, dramatic film based on real events that took place during the Civil Rights struggle. more »
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Filmed in the deserts of Namibia, one of the hottest and driest places on earth, we meet indigenous people who survive in this harsh environment. more »
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The Mexican government has occupied the Indian village, Taniperla, in Chiapas in an effort to suppress the Zapatistas. In defiance, the community painted a mural to celebrate their autonomy. The mural has been reproduced around the world as a symbol of their movement more »
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Filmed in four areas of the world where young women coming of age are particularly vulnerable. more »
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Bolivia has silver mines which date back to the Spanish conquest. The miners work in hazardous conditions that have not improved over the years, for a meager livelihood. more »
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Using animation techniques combined with filmed actual performances, this colorful production documents an ancient storytelling tradition still ongoing in India. It recounts the epic of Lord Pabuji of Rajasthan. more »
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This is an intimate and spontaneous depiction of the lives of Zulu women left behind while their husbands, migrant laborers, work in the mines far away. By turns sad, touching or amusing, this film bears eloquent testimony to the ravages of an economic system which tears families apart to feed South Africa¹s insatiable mines. more »
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In 1800 South Carolina was home to the largest and wealthiest Jewish community in North America. This lively documentary traces their history from colonial days until the present time, showing how they maintained both their southern and Jewish identities. more »
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Introduces us to women of diverse ages and backgrounds who have developed large, successful businesses. more »
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A sparkling young Baghdadi woman, Kawkab, leads us around her city with a mischievous glint. Defying the stereotype of the Muslim woman, she is not afraid to speak her mind about anything, from sex, love and virginity to her pro-Saddam patriotism. more »
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This film explores the lives of four child molesters. Three are in treatment at the nation's largest community-based facility in Seattle; we witness dramatic group therapy sessions and learn how devastating this crime is to the child and the family. more »
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In a small West Texas town, a parent refuses to have his 12-year-old son undergo mandatory drug testing. This conservative farmer forms an unlikely alliance with the American Civil Liberties Union to fight for his son's Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable search. more »
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This lively film adds a new dimension to the appreciation of African music, focusing as it does on the space between sounds - the richness of silence. more »
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This psychological dual biography exposes the chilling parallels -- and the glaring differences -- of these two dictators. Includes exceptional footage from film archives in Russia, Germany, Eastern Europe, Great Britain and the U.S. more »
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In the impoverished black townships outside Cape Town, South Africa, everyone knows that the only way to improve one's life is to go to university and get a good job. And the only way to do that is to pass the challenging series of examinations known as Matric. more »
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For two centuries, Mississippi blacks have had to endure slavery, poverty, discrimination, and violence. Finally in the 1960's, the civil rights campaign in the South brought real change. Mississippi now has thirteen elected black sheriffs. This film tells the story of one of them: Sheriff Frank Davis and how he gained acceptance by the community of Port Gibson as its major law enforcer. more »
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This historical documentary chronicles the risky but successful effort of a few women working at Delta Pride Catfish to organize a union at their plant. The mostly black female workforce had worked in noisy and wet factories for minimum wage and without benefits. more »
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Trash collecting may sound dismal, but in this film, shot in Rio de Janeiro, the people featured are undaunted, and proud of their survival skills. They make their living picking through trash in search of recyclable material and are popularly known as donkeys without a tail. more »
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This delightful short is for film lovers everywhere. Jose Zagati is a trash gatherer on the outskirts of Sao Paulo. He has with created a fully functioning film theater from recycled objects. His modest garage is a gathering place for the children of the village who experience the joy of cinema (and popcorn) free of charge. more »
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Street life in Rio de Janeiro is astoundingly varied. There are more ways to earn a living than any North American can imagine. In this colorful film, Sergio Bloch, who has a special affinity for recording the pulse of urban life in his native Brazil, presents a variety of performers, vendors and special artisans. more »
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This program examines the long journeys of the garments Westerners donate to charity, often ending in African markets where they're sold in competition with local clothing. more »
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A film about a surprising friendship which emerged between an embittered Ku Klux Klan leader and an outspoken black woman activist. more »
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In the Central African Republic, one of the poorest countries in the world, witchcraft is an enshrined element of their legal system—formally treated as a crime. Each year thousands are tried, imprisoned, and even killed in accordance with the law. more »
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This colorful film portrays three Sami women of different generations as they follow the reindeer herds of Lapland. more »
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This dazzling Academy Award nominee tells the story of a Lithuanian immigrant, who left the shtetl to escape the virulent anti-Semitism there and became a recognized painter in the New World. The film captures his artwork by using innovative animation techniques. more »
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Twelve women with breast cancer, in different stages, come together for a retreat. They share their experiences and are helped by the understanding and compassion of the group. more »
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This film focuses on three survivors of sexual assaults, two women and a man, who poignantly and openly share their experience and its aftermath. more »
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Chicken has become a global agribusiness, and the chicken in our super markets may have come from far away Thailand. Globalization is forcing the traditional farmer out of business. more »
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This portrait of warlord Mamour Hasan and his villagers illuminates a way of life, a social organization and indeed a mentality that needs to be understood by westerners considering the future of Afghanistan. more »
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Though a culture of fear, secrecy, and hopelessness prohibits many women in the military from speaking out about their frequent sexual abuses, Rape in the Ranks shares the story four young women and their families brave enough to talk openly about their ordeals. more »
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Benazir Bhutto was Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1988, the first woman to head a Muslim country. This film traces her political life and how she and her family are linked with Pakistan¹s stormy history. more »
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Dr. Curtis Boyd is a courageous doctor who risked imprisonment, loss of license, and his future in order to provide safe abortions in an era when women could not get them legally. more »
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This no-holds-barred documentary follows the illicit opium industry, from the cultivation of the opium plants, to the processing of heroin, to the cross border smuggling that occurs between Afghanistan and Iran. more »
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Filmed at great risk during the height of Pinochet's power, this Academy Award Nominee documents some of the abuses of his regime. more »
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Fond Memories of Cuba is an affectionate and thoughtful portrait of Cuba, some forty years after Castro took power. Academy Award-nominated David Bradbury (Frontline, Chile Hasta Cuando?) documents the erosion of the revolution in Cuba and sadly acknowledges that the socialist dreams of earlier decades have evaporated in the face of harsh circumstances. more »
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This Academy Award-nominee is a must for all courses dealing with the Vietnam War and its divisive effect on the American people. Its focus is Neil Davis, a news cameraman whose famous combat footage was shown all over the world. more »
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In December 2001, there was a seismic shift in Argentina¹s economic and political landscape. The Government devalued the currency and froze people¹s savings effectively pushing he middle class into the even larger pool of working poor. In response to this crisis a leader, Raul Castells, has emerged. more »
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The story of Kili Radio, "Voice of the Lakota Nation," which broadcasts out of a small wooden house in the vast countryside of South Dakota. more »
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Though it’s generally accepted that the human mind affects the body, this film gives dramatic examples, supported by scientific data, of people who recovered from debilitating physical and mental illnesses, including depression and post traumatic stress syndrome, without the aid of medication. more »
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An in-depth look at the culture and experience of normal aging in the area of the world often called an "epicenter of longevity." more »
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Filmed after the civil war in El Salvador ended, the filmmaker traveled through out the country to hear the survivors' poignant stories and to document how former enemies are now working together to reconstruct their nation more »
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Two African-American journalists who covered the events of the civil rights movement in the fifties and sixties return to the deep South where it all took place.Their journey brings back memories of those turbulent times. more »
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A portrait of a twenty-one year old Indian film star, who despite the glamour of her career, still has the traditional values of her parents. She will have a suitable arranged marriage. more »
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The burning of a Sikh temple in upstate New York is the starting point of this film about arson, forgiveness and healing in the post 9/11 world. more »
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This gripping documentary chronicles the devastating effect of giant book chains on the country's independent bookstores. During the golden years of the independents, there were 5,200 members of the American Booksellers Association -- today there are fewer than 3,000. more »
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After sixty-five years of silence, Paul and Sally Taylor decide to undergo cochlear implant surgery and explore the unfamiliar world of sound. In this deeply personal memoir, the filmmaker documents the profound changes in her parents' lives after the surgery. more »
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This heartwarming film documents the friendship between two young women with Down syndrome. For nineteen years, Ciara and Aileen have done everything together – horseback riding, disco dancing, pottery making. Through their friendship, each has gained an impressive level of independence. more »
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Languages Lost and Found is uniquely thought provoking for those who take their language for granted. It will be a resource for courses in anthropology, communication, ethnomusicology, and the humanities in general. more »
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Recent demographic studies show that the aging of the Japanese is occurring at a much faster rate than anticipated. By the year 2025 there will be only two working people for every retired person, and within the next fifty years, one out of every three Japanese will be over 65. The particular Japanese response to this phenomenon is to stay in the workforce long after the normal retirement age. more »
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A sensitive look at incarcerated women who give birth and care for their babies in prison. more »
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The film follows one strong, open, lively girl as she navigates the passage from preadolescence to adolescence. We follow Lila from a tree-climbing eight-year-old who likes to compete with boys, through the complexities of a changing body and a new set of rules for behavior. more »
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This is an exploration of influential organizations, worldwide, who lobby for the coal, oil and nuclear power industries against supporters of sustainable (renewable) energy. more »
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The first and largest federally funded artists’ colony in the United States, Westbeth became home to a generation of artists grateful for cheap rent and a place to live and work. Since 1970 the west Greenwich Village site has provided a home to artists who range from emerging to well-established and represent a wide variety of disciplines. more »
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This remarkable film shows in a short space of time many examples of children from pre-school age to high school, and even adults, who suffer from ADHD. more »
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A grassroots theater company in Honduras led by a Jesuit priest brings messages of social justice to remote villages. more »
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Divorced and living apart from her grown children, Elizabeth discovered she had incurable cancer. The film is about her loyal and loving friends and family who shared in her care and kept her company throughout this critical period. more »
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Costa Rica has been called the Switzerland of South America. It has no army, is a democracy and has maintained its neutrality although surrounded by warring neighbors. more »
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This documentary examines the origins of Castro's revolution and charts U.S.-Cuban relations since 1898. more »
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When a family member has been tragically murdered, the survivors not only face the shock of losing a loved one, but face the cruel fact that the death was caused by another human being. Five individuals describe their feelings of betrayal, rage and alienation in this film. more »
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This richly illustrated film uses the paintings and writings of the Afro-Cuban artist Wifredo Lam along with interviews with authorities on art and Caribbean culture to trace the evolution of a unique and truly multicultural twentieth century artist. more »
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