City of Dreams
A Mexican teenager whose dreams of becoming a soccer star are disrupted when his mother dies. He's smuggled across the border with the promise of a better life but is instead sold to a sweatshop in downtown LA.
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A Mexican teenager whose dreams of becoming a soccer star are disrupted when his mother dies. He's smuggled across the border with the promise of a better life but is instead sold to a sweatshop in downtown LA.
A young writer, haunted by the death of his girlfriend, finds himself trapped in the past. In the present, he struggles between financial hardship and a creative deadlock—all concealed beneath the misty veil of Da Lat.
"City of Dreams" is the story of Marcel "Bambi" Commanda, an Ojibway man from Rama First Nation. Marcel sits in a prison cell, reciting a passage from his life. The film touches on his marginalization and displacement in
When the body of Gabrielle Garrett is found on Lake Mead on a Christmas day, the coroner rules it as suicide. However, her three sisters begin their own investigation, which leads them to Byron Lord and the dark Las Vega
After a hot-tempered showgirl learns about a lifetime opportunity on Broadway, she finds the only way to be cast the lead is to surrender her morals.
A comedic look at Lagos and its residents inherent dreams and aspirations.
Ezedike, an Igbo boy who’s the head of the eastern part of the Oju Alafia area boys, is getting ready to succeed Goke Snapper, his mentor and head of the whole of Oju Alafia area boys. But first he must deal with hids ri
This fascinating documentary explores the collaboration between Marion Mahony, the first registered woman architect in the world and the longest serving designer in Frank Lloyd Wright’s practice, and husband Walter Burle
Miss Otis nearly hits a derelict with her car, and out of sympathy she gives him some money and advises him to "clean up and keep clean." Soon after, the derelict meets Esther, an anarchist who involves him in a plot to
A BBC documentary on the city of Vienna – covering its historical legacies, prominent figures, artistic wonders, and elusive urban identity.
The story of an aspiring actress who comes to Mumbai to fulfill her desires. But her dreams will have to pay a heavy price as nothing in the film industry is as clear as it seems. In order to survive, she will have to gi
Dib moves with his younger brother and their mother from his home town of Quneitra to Damascus after the death of his father. The children’s grandfather, who was known for his tyranny, reluctantly agrees to shelter the g
Every jazz funeral is a drama, a freeze-frame of the city. The marching band leads the procession of grief to the slow dirges, sorrow songs, and after burial the jazzmen kick into up tempo parade anthems, the soul’s “cu
Intriguingly unpacks various meanings of the film. The feature presents five perspectives on Dark City: "A Postmodern Film" (Lem Dobbs), "Identity Theft" (UCLA professor Vivian Sobchak), "Worlds Constructed" (NYU profess
By the end of the 30s, the ideal world erected on the screen is declared the only true reality. The invasion of fascist Germany destroys this illusion. A person is left alone with history — both in life and on the screen
An illustrated poem about being a youthful soul lost in the ceaseless bustling crowd of a major metropolitan city, highlighting the irony of the moniker 'City of Dreams (Mayanagari)' when in fact the reality is quite to
This short film focuses on the homosexual relationship between two friends that takes center stage in northern India. It focuses the real issues that LGBT community faces this days in India.
Young Henning and his friends are struggling to stay alive in 19th century Stockholm, where he has ended up in search of employment. In the harsh city, he and his friends dream of the good life while struggling for their
In the made-up country of Alanien, King Alexander I has been overthrown while abroad. Now, he's in Vienna with his daughter, the city of his fondest memories since studying there as a boy. It doesn't take long for the ch