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  • 2020
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    The Silver Wave

    The Silver Wave

    1 2020 HD

    Ada Blackjack, an Iñupiat woman, was the only surviving member of an expedition to Wrangel Island in the Arctic in 1921. Ada was employed as a...

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  • 1995
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    Celebrashan

    Celebrashan

    1 1995 HD

    Short documentary film about the influence of African oral tradition, poetry, dance and drumming on popular musical forms such as rap, hip-hop and...

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  • 2009
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    For Cultural Purposes Only

    For Cultural Purposes Only

    1 2009 HD

    The Palestinian Film Archive contained over 100 films showing the daily life and struggle of the Palestinian people. It was lost in the Israeli siege...

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  • 2014
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    Birdboy and the General

    Birdboy and the General

    1 2014 HD

    Filmed in parks and markets within and beyond Tbilisi, and also in the ancient hermetic cave networks of Davit Gareja on the desert border with...

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  • 1995
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    Cedar Wood & Silk

    Cedar Wood & Silk

    1 1995 HD

    Differing opinions about fashion spark a vibrant, insightful exploration of the tender relationship between a Jamaican mother and her British-born...

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  • 2020
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    Fabula

    Fabula

    7.70 2020 HD

    "Fabula" is an experimental film by Jordan Baseman that asks questions about our dreams and dream experiences during the coronavirus pandemic of...

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  • 2022
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    The Directors: Anthony

    The Directors: Anthony

    1 2022 HD

    The Directors is a collaboration between artist Marcus Coates and five individuals in recovery from different lived experiences of psychosis....

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  • 2023
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    Moving in Time

    Moving in Time

    1 2023 HD

    A partnership between Matthew Bourne's New Adventures and Magic Me, the UK's leading intergenerational arts charity, Moving in Time is a heartwarming...

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  • 1996
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    Bristol Vibes

    Bristol Vibes

    1 1996 HD

    Documentary covering 24 hours in the life of Bristol, particularly focusing on the range of musical variety driven by its Afro-Caribbean inhabitants.

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  • 1995
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    Night Dances

    Night Dances

    7.00 1995 HD

    "Night Dances is for my mother, who died whilst helping me to make this piano musical. The Dance of Death is bound to life - Lechaim - as we whirl...

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  • 2021
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    Not Yet Out of the Wood

    Not Yet Out of the Wood

    1 2021 HD

    It's not the bats' fault. Holed up in lockdown, I made a bat-head mask, I made a skeleton. I made a miniature wood by collecting twigs and moss from...

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  • 2022
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    What Are You Looking At?

    What Are You Looking At?

    1 2022 HD

    Slyly integrating audio descriptions and captions, visual artist Angela Charles shares her story of ‘coming out’ as a blind artist after...

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  • 2002
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    The Old Fools

    The Old Fools

    1 2002 HD

    A clear-eyed look at the inevitability of our demise, based on Philip Larkin’s poem of the same name.

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  • 2002
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    The Directors: Marcus

    The Directors: Marcus

    1 2002 HD

    The Directors is a collaboration between artist Marcus Coates and five individuals in recovery from different lived experiences of psychosis....

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  • 1997
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    Body Projections

    Body Projections

    1 1997 HD

    Experimental art / moving image film by Tony Donoghue.

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  • 2022
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    I’ll Be Back!

    I’ll Be Back!

    1 2022 HD

    Existing at the convergence of history and myth, the Haitian maroon leader François Mackandal returns to disrupt the colonial logic of the...

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  • 2006
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    The J. Street Project 2002-2005

    The J. Street Project 2002-2005

    1 2006 HD

    The J. Street Project 2002–5 is a sixty-seven minute film that consists of a sequence of static camera shots of street signs in Germany that...

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  • 1992
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    We the Ragamuffin

    We the Ragamuffin

    1 1992 HD

    Julian Henriques' urban musical showcases the style, vernacular and vibrancy of British Caribbean Dancehall culture. Filled with undeniable style,...

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  • 2022
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    The Directors: Lucy

    The Directors: Lucy

    1 2022 HD

    The Directors is a collaboration between artist Marcus Coates and five individuals in recovery from different lived experiences of psychosis....

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  • 1994
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    End of Restriction

    End of Restriction

    6.00 1994 HD

    End of Restriction enters into the claustrophobic world of a teenage boy growing up in an English village. The film follows the boy’s cycle...

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