Eriq Ebouaney
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
Français
Description
This film, the first from the Central African Republic, takes us inside the world of the 'pygmies' or more properly BaAka. Le silence de la forêt is a film about the difficulty for even the most well-intentioned person to know and respect another culture. In this case, the problem is so acute that there is even heated debate over what to call that 'other.' The subtitles in the film use the familiar word 'pygmies,' a relatively pejorative European...
2) Lumumba
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Language
Lingala
Description
From the director of I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO. Made in the tradition of such true-life political thrillers as Malcolm X and JFK, Raoul Peck’s award-winning LUMUMBA is a gripping epic that dramatizes for the first time the rise and fall of legendary African leader Patrice Lumumba. When the Congo declared its independence from Belgium in 1960, Lumumba became the first Prime Minister of the newly independent state. Called "the politico of the bush" by journalists...
3) Femme fatale
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Edition
Widescreen version (16x9).
Language
English
Description
An alluring seductress is suddenly exposed to the world, including her enemies, by a voyeuristic photographer who becomes ensnared in her surreal quest for revenge.
5) Disgrace
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Professor David Lurie is a man whose world is shattered when he is fired for seducing a college student. He finds peace at his estranged daughter's modest farm in South Africa until a horrific incident of terror and violence forces Lurie to confront his beliefs and the disturbing racial complexities of the new South Africa.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Edition
Full screen & widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
Valentina is the kidnapped daughter of a Ukranian government official. Frank Martin is given an offer he cannot refuse and ends up putting on his driving gloves to deliver Valentina from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to deal with the thugs who want to intercept Valentina's safe delivery. On top of that, he cannot let his personal feelings get in the way of his dangerous objective.
7) Hitman
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
A genetically engineered assassin with killer style and deadly aim, known only as "Agent 47," eliminates targets for a top-secret organization. But when he's double-crossed on a mission, the hunter becomes the prey as 47 finds himself in an international game of life-or-death.