Mothers of Bedford
Eighty percent of women in US prisons today are mothers of school-age children. Filmmaker Jenifer McShane spent four years visiting Bedford Hills and following the women and their families. A mother herself, Jenifer was
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Eighty percent of women in US prisons today are mothers of school-age children. Filmmaker Jenifer McShane spent four years visiting Bedford Hills and following the women and their families. A mother herself, Jenifer was
Lizette loves Jean but a 10,000 franc dowry insisted upon by Jean's father is keeping them apart. Paul, Lizette's "black sheep" brother, begs that she gives him her saved money so he can increase it for her - at the gami
A witch that is observing from the apartment across the street and a story no child should ever hear. Dani is trying to sleep on the top bunkbed, while his mother is telling Lucas a story on the one below… but who is act
Sewer worker Saber learns about the role of the woman who decides to repent. He claims to the people of the neighborhood that he is his cousin and lives in the house of the teacher Nusa. Mimu, one of the gang members, ar
They were orphans, the children of martyrs of the Palestinian revolution in the late sixties. These boys and girls lived and studied in a mixed orphanage in Mount Lebanon in the town of “Souk el Gharb”. It was a challeng
A man’s nightmares and anxieties prevent him, and his partner, from sleeping on a dark and stormy night.
After the Trio's racket drives Casper from his bed, the friendly ghost encounters a Bear with insomnia. He enlists the help of the Sandman, but the bear seems incurable.
Early 1970s documentary that shows all the sexual positions and modes of having sex 1970s style.
Pictures made from an 1800-foot panorama painted in 1848 and authentic songs of the period sung and played by Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacCall are used in portraying a whaling voyage around the world. Includes views of New
A fifteen-year-old Latino boy at a high school in the Bronx makes a mistake that will define the rest of his life.
She would like to return as a little bird in the next life, small enough to hide. Right now she still lives in a bird cage, at the mercy of the whims of a fate that transported her and her family from Myanmar to a refuge
Layla and Al-Buraq are cousins who pledge their love to each other, but the tribal Sheikh covets Layla. As he plots her kidnapping, he locks her up in the king's palace, but Al-Buraq comes to the rescue.
A Monty Banks comedy short.
This film collage is based on Heinrich Heine’s poem "Lorelei". Traditional German postcards were used with images of the siren on the Rhine who lured fishermen and sailors to their death with her beauty and song. The sto
After having a nightmare about his grandfather, Tala looks his mother for answers. She recounts a tale about Tala's grandfather and how he got his name. In this tale, she tells him about his grandfather's friend, a monke
As ALS ravages her body, 47-years-old Michal lost everything she was: a tour guide, a woman, a wife. With time running out, she holds onto her motherhood. She and her 7-years-old son, Naveh, discover a shared love for tr
Through beautiful childlike dioramas and vivid bedtime stories, director Vibeke Bryld complicates George W. Bush’s simple-minded characterization of North Korea, Iran and Iraq. By illuminating the universal ritual of ins