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Language
English
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When it was first produced in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for that season and hailed as a watershed in American drama. A pioneering work by an African-American playwright, the play was a radically new representation of black life. "A play that changed American theater forever."
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
Deutsch
Description
This playlist includes the following special features from Kuhle wampe or Who owns the world, How the Berlin worker lives (dir. Slatan Dudow, 1930) Slatan Dudow: a film about a marxist artist (dir. Volker Koepp, 1974) original prologue, with Herbert Jhering, 1958.
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on a true story of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time. But the true-life terror is tempered by the unexpected displays of compassion, courage, and simple kindness that Maria and her family encounter during the darkest hours of their lives.
7) Diggers
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Language
English
Description
A coming-of-age story about four working-class friends growing up in Long Island, New York, as clam diggers.
9) Home
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
Français
Description
A family enjoys an idyllic existence in their isolated, ramshackle home, which edges onto an abandoned highway. Almost entirely cut off from society at large, they forge their own Utopia, but everything changes when city trucks roll in to complete the road's construction, allowing rush hour traffic to start rumbling by. Stars Isabelle Huppert (The piano teacher).
12) Momma's man
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
One of the most acclaimed films of this year's Sundance Film Festival, Azazel Jacobs' third feature is both a tribute to his parents (and to the lost New York of his childhood) and an acutely perceptive, deeply personal take on a universal experience: the fear of growing up.
13) King Charles III
Publisher
PBS
Language
English
Description
Adapted from the Tony-nominated stage play, this is an examination of contemporary Britain—part political thriller, part family drama. After the Queen’s death, Prince Charles finds himself wrestling his conscience over a bill to sign into law, resulting in a constitutional and political crisis.
14) One Small Step
Publisher
Ouat Media
Language
English
Description
A nine-year-old girl attempts to juggle the responsibilities of school and her younger siblings after her mother goes missing. Nominated for Best Student Film at the **Annapolis Film Festival**.
15) I Wish
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Language
日本語
Description
Koichi's wish is for his family to be reunited. He learns a new train line will open and starts to believe that a miracle will take place with the trains. Koichi sets out on a journey with a group of friends, each hoping to witness a miracle.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
Mongolian
Description
A nomadic Mongolian family find themselves in disagreement when the oldest daughter, Nansaa, finds a small dog and brings it home. Believing that it is responsible for attacking his sheep, her father won't allow her to keep it. When the family to move on, Nansaa must decide whether to defy her father and take her new friend with them.
17) Kung fu zombie
Publisher
All Channel Films
Language
English
Description
How do you kill something that's already dead? That's the question Billy Chong faces when he goes up against the "Kung Fu Zombie". Billy's father crosses the wrong exorcist, and there's hell to pay. The evil priest unleashes an army of the undead against Chong's family, led by the Mad Korean, Kwan Young Moon.
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Language
Norwegian
Description
Nils (Stellan Skarsgård), uncovers his son’s murderer, he begins to unravel. He embarks on a quest for revenge. Reminiscent of Tarantino and The Coen Brothers, Nils finds himself in a different world in order to bring his son’s murderers to justice.
20) Tom at the farm
Publisher
GoDigital
Language
Français
Description
In this tense thriller from acclaimed director Xavier Dolan (The Death and Life of John F. Donovan), a young man travels to an isolated farm for his lover Guillaume's funeral. Upon arrival, he is quickly drawn into a twisted, sexually-charged game by Guillaume's aggressive brother, Francis.
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