A portrait of the groundbreaking Moroccan band Nass El Ghiwane, documenting a series of electrifying live performances in Tunisia, Morocco, and France; on the streets of Casablanca; and in intimate conversations. Storytellers through song and traditional instruments, and with connections to political theatre, the band became a local phenomenon and an international sensation, thanks to their rebellious lyrics and sublime, fully acoustic sound, which draws on Berber rhythms, Malhun sung poetry, and Gnawa dances.
Category: Documentary
Documentary
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Hollywood’s Children
A documentary about child actors, since the beginning of motion pictures (narrated by Roddy McDowell).
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Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
A retrospective look at 60 years of great moments in film comedy, from the 1920s to 1982.
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Round Trip to Glasgow
British Transport film.
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Seven Machine Performances
A selection of Survival Research Laboratories early performances, a must for those interested in how such an enterprise ever got started in the first place.
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James Bond: The First 21 Years
A look back at the first 21 years of Britain’s most successful film series.
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I Lived, But…
An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from vintage films and new material (both interviews and Ozu-related locations) shot by Ozu’s long-time camera-man (who came out of retirement to work on this). Surprisingly (or perhaps not), it focuses less on Ozu’s accomplishments as a film-maker than on his impact on the lives of the people he worked with..
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A Personal History of the Australian Surf
An autobiographical documentary written and directed by Michael Blakemore in 1981 in which he plays his own father. The film was made on 16mm and first screened in the UK at London’s National Film Theatre.