Willie Ruff, musician, composer, educator, filmmaker, and Yale School of Music alumnus was on the faculty of the Yale School of Music from 1971 until his retirement in 2017. He directed and produced this short film which follows Dizzy Gillespie and Ruff’s musical partner Dwike Mitchell on a tour of key locations in the history of bebop in New York City. Gillespie led the filmmakers to Minton’s Playhouse, Carnegie Hall, the former site of the Savoy Ballroom, and made an unannounced stop at Miles’ Davis home. (Yale Film Archive)
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A Dangerous Relationship
Bassima looks forward to marrying her daughter Siham off to Ahmed, the teacher who lives in her house. When Siham accuses Ahmed of assaulting her, causing him to be fired from his work and ruining his reputation, Ahmed becomes determined to reveal the truth.
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Mr. Rossi’s Vacation
A story about Mr. Rossi and his dog who go on vacation and all the adventures they have, from leading an animal revolt to climbing the Andes, or heading to the beach and being serenaded by strange fish.
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Mitsuryōzuma: oku no uzuki
In the sweltering heat a wife searches for men to satisfy her insatiable lust. But someone is watching… and learning.
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Chie the Brat
Chie Takemoto is a dependable girl who struggles to help her troublesome father run a small tavern in Osaka. Unbeknown to her dad, she occasionally visits her mother who left him not too long ago. She plans on trying to reunite them, but not until her father gets a job.
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Cute But Ordinary
The youngest daughter of a rich man has been raped by five black men in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, and her father arranges her marriage to one of his employees in order to save the family’s honor.
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Ikaw o ako
Directed by Jerry O. Tirazona.
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White Smile
A well-meaning teacher starts working at a school where she clashes with a student whose tough guy exterior masks a secret pain.
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Moa sekushi kemono no yoni mo ichido
A couple of delinquents doing small time con jobs steal the car of a local councilman. Inside the car they find a stuffed panda. Suddenly the two find themselves targeted by the yakuza. It seems they will do anything to retrieve the panda. But why?
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Autumn Trip to Mother
Successful film director Dmitry Pavlovich must fly by plane to Moscow and then to Rome. But the phone rings in his house and he is told that his old mother, who lives in Melovatka, his native village, has fallen ill. Dmitry Pavlovich hires a taxi and begins his “autumn journey to his mother.”