Scenic Highway Trailer Add Favorites   Scenic Highway Trailer

When Clouds Clear Trailer Add Favorites   When Clouds Clear is a feature-length documentary that delves into one remote community’s radical resistance to a proposed copper mine that would level and destroy their way of life forever. Set in the isolated cloud forests of the northern Andes Mountains, the film is narrated by the founders and children of Junín who depict how the village’s daily life has been affected by the rich ore deposits that were discovered beneath their land. As two invading mining companies become increasingly brazen in their attempts to infiltrate and control the area, the community must coalesce into a united resistance in order to survive. Still, some citizens side with the wealth that the companies promise, causing irreparable divisions, pitting friend against friend and father against son. Suddenly these once-peaceful farmers find themselves thrust into a dangerous world of corruption, splintered households, murder and arson as they fight tenaciously to protect their land and families. Directed and produced by emerging filmmakers Anne Slick and Danielle Bernstein, When Clouds Clear is a gripping and beautiful documentary shot on a patchwork of 16 mm, Super 8 and video that serves as a reminder to us all that wealth and poverty cannot always be measured in dollars and cents.

Meeting Resistance Trailer Add Favorites   Meeting Resistance is an 84 minute documentary film exploring the emergence and development of violent resistance to occupation in Iraq.

MAY 13, 1985: an interview with Mike Africa Jr. Add Favorites   Along with the new Mike Africa Jr. interview, this video features archival footage from May 13, 1985, including an excerpt of a police video of the fire taken from across the street, where a cop is actually heard joking that: “They won’t call the police commissioner a motherfu**er anymore,” followed by enthusiastic police laughter. Along with excerpts of archival footage from the Cohort Media documentary titled "MOVE", this video features a new interview with MOVE member Mike Africa Jr. Born in prison, he is the son of MOVE prisoners Mike Sr. and Debbie Africa, who are both eligible for parole in 2008, after 30 years in prison, along with the six other remaining MOVE prisoners. This video is the first in a series of videos to be released in the weeks leading up to the Parole Hearings in April. MOVE is asking for support. Please sign a petition in support of Parole: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/mo... and send a letter to the Parole Board: http://move9parole.blogspot.com/2008/... For more information, please visit onamove.com, Abu-Jamal-News.com, or move9parole.blogspot.com

Glory at Sea trailer Add Favorites   Trailer for the film Glory at Sea which will be playing at the 2008 New Orleans International Human Rights Festival.

Driving to Zigzigland (Trailer) Add Favorites   Shot in Jerusalem, Ramallah and Los Angeles, DRIVING TO ZIGZIGLAND is a chronicle of a day in the life of a Bashar, a Palestinian cab driver in Los Angeles. Bashar holds tight onto the American Dream of becoming an actor in Hollywood but also longs to go back home to his legitimate theatrical acting job in Palestine, despite the Israeli occupation. In Los Angeles, a film audition typecasts Bashar to play an Al Qaeda terrorist role. When Bashar gets home, he realizes the utilities payments are due and he has twenty-four hours to make the money. For the remaining hours left until tomorrow, an unceasing flow of passengers ride in Bashar's taxi and give the Arab cabbie the run-around on issues that deal with suicide bombers, George Bush, Cat Stevens, the war in Iraq, Rai music, and world geography. In a post-9/11 American day, Bashar falls into the interest of the F.B.I. and suffers a massive blow from the bureaucracy of the former INS, now Homeland Security. All the while, Bashar's nostalgia of the Al Kasaba Theater in Ramallah, his place of work before being confined to his green American cab, poses the question of whether or not the American Dream is an idea really worth fighting for. Bashar's quest to make the money is won until he realizes he must choose between the Department of Homeland Security and his own family. Based on true stories. A 2006 BintFilm US-Palestine Production Comedy, 92 Minutes WEBSITE: http://www.drivingtozigzigland.com FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2354660827 UPCOMING FESTIVAL SCREENINGS: 21st Singapore International Film Festival http://www.filmfest.org.sg/world-cinema.php Screening Date: April, 6, 2008 Time: 4:15PM Location: National Museum New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival http://www.nolahumanrights.org Screening Date: April 15, 2008 Time: 7:00PM Location: Zeitgeist Theater, New Orleans Salem Film Fest, Salem, Oregon http://www.salemfilmfestival.com Screening Date: April 19, 2008 Time: 2:00PM Location: TBD Del Ray Beach Film Festival, Florida http://www.dbff.us Festival Run: April, 2008 Screening Dates TBD Chicago Palestine Film Festival http://www.palestinefilmfest.com Fest Run: April/May 2008 Screening Dates: TBD Houston Palestine Film Festival http://www.hpff.org Fest Run: May 2008 Screening Dates TBD Shintoku Film Festival, Japan http://kuusounomori.com/ Festival Run: Sept 12-15, 2008 Screening Dates TBD Toronto Palestine Film Festival Festival Run: Oct 23 - Nov 1, 2008 Screening Dates: TBD

Arabs and Terrorism Add Favorites   Unique in its breadth and scope: researched in 6 languages and filmed on location in 11 countries, with 120 experts/politicians and hundreds of street interviews in the United States, Europe, and the Arab world. It examines the dominant discourse on terrorism in the United States and Europe and offers critics from multiple perspectives an opportunity to respond to each other. 135m, documentary, directed by Bassam Haddad. http://www.arabsandterrorism.com/

IN THE NAME OF THE SON PREVIEW Add Favorites   30 second preview for the short film IN THE NAME OF THE SON

The Sugar Babies Add Favorites   [5:54 min] The Sugar Babies: The Plight of the Children of Agricultural Workers in the Sugar Industry of the Dominican Republic, Amy Serrano, Director/ Writer/ Cinematographer. SIREN STUDIOS www.sirenstudios.net

Intimidad Add Favorites   [1:52 min] Intimidad trailer for Carnivalesque Films SXSW debut! www.carnivalesquefilms.com

Black Womyn: Conversations with Lesbians of African Descent Add Favorites   [5:12 min] Black./womyn.:conversations...a film by Tiona McClodden.

Bilin My Love Add Favorites   [1:46 min] Director: Shai Carmeli-Pollak

Jena Six Add Favorites   [2:17 min]In a small town in Louisiana, six families are fighting for their sons' lives. Two nooses are left as a warning to black students trying to integrate their playground, fights break out across town, a white man pulls a shotgun on black students, someone burns down most of the school, the DA puts six black students on trial for attempted murder, and the quiet town of Jena becomes the site of the largest civil rights demonstration in the South since the 1960s. The Jena 6 is the story of hidden racial inequality and violence becoming visible. It is a powerful symbol for, and example of, how racial justice works in America -- where the lynching noose has been replaced by the DA's pen

Scenic Highway Add Favorites   [17 min] Due to the recent unpleasantness, Baton Rouge has eclipsed New Orleans as the largest city in Louisiana. Is the city destined for greatness? Scenic Highway is the name of US Highway 61 as it passes through northern Baton Rouge. It is also this trip to the city -- and such landmarks as Huey Long's art deco State Capitol building and Buckminster Fuller's hidden geodesic dome. This darkly affectionate memoir is also an exposé of the city's colorful history -- told through the use of animated motion graphics, archival Super 8 footage, and re-created & faux-created elements.

From the Mouthpiece on Back Add Favorites   [by: by mouthpieceonback] A feature documentary about a young brass band rebuilding New Orleans by bringing the music back to the city.

Going Big Box vs. Going Local Add Favorites   What are the effects of our shopping? That big box chain may seem convenient, but is it? How much is all of our shopping costing us ? and the planet? This great new film by Amy Wolf, a film fellow for the Movement Vision Lab, gives us the chance to step back and re-think how we buy what we buy and why!

YaHeardMe Add Favorites   Trailer for the Motion Picture "Ya Heard Me", a documentary film about New Orleans Hip Hop "bounce music", pre and post Katrina

The Other Side Add Favorites   A 2000-mile journey along the U.S./Mexico border reveals a geography of aspiration and insecurity.

Democracy in Daker (Film Trailer) Add Favorites   [3:26 min] By African Underground, filmed in Dakar, Senegal. For more information, visit: http://www.Africanunderground.com

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