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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
Français
Description
Old home movies, newsreels and a prison diary are interwoven to link personal and public history in this assessment of human rights abuses in Guinea-Conakry. Allah Tantou is the first African film to confront the immense personal and political costs of the widespread human rights abuses on the continent. It follows filmmaker David Achkar's search for his father, his father's search for himself inside a Guinean prison and Africa's search for a new...
2) The omen
Language
English
Description
When their child is stillborn in Rome - on the 6th day, of the 6th month, at the 6th hour - Robert Thorne, an American diplomat and his wife Katherine are devastated. In his despair, Thorne exchanges his dead baby for one born at the same time. He unwittingly enters a bargain with the devil that culminates in a series of gruesome 'accidents' and a child destined to one day destroy the world.
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
William Gridley, an American diplomat in London, gets mixed up with his beautiful landlady, Carlye Hardwick. Gridley discovers that she is suspected of murdering her husband and fears he may be next although he has fallen in love with her. Carlye's estranged husband suddenly shows up looking for a fortune in jewels hidden in the Hardwick house. Then during an argument, Caryle accidently makes her husband as dead as everyone thinks. But a witness,...
Series
Criterion collection volume 410
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Edition
Widescreen version ; Special edition.
Language
English
Description
Withering from alcoholism, British consul Geoffrey Firmin stumbles through a small Mexican village amidst the Day of the Dead fiesta, attempting to reconnect with his estranged wife, but only further alienating himself.
Publisher
Siren Visual [distributor]
Language
English
Description
"The true story behind Ben Affleck's film "Argo, our Man in Tehran" features extensive interviews with Ken Taylor, Canada's former ambassador to Iran, who hid six Americans in his official residence and obtained the counterfeit documents that allowed them to make their dramatic escape from Tehran. The film uncovers new information and adds context, including an historical overview of Iran, interviews with the rescued Americans, former Prime Minister...
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