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  • 1983
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    Possibly in Michigan

    Possibly in Michigan

    7.50 1983 HD

    A musical horror story about two young women who are stalked through a shopping mall by a cannibal. He follows them home, and here the victims become...

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  • 1977
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    The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

    The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

    6.00 1977 HD

    Orson Welles reads the poem especially for this film by Larry Jordan, which is dedicated to the late Wallace Berman, and is made possible by a grant...

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  • 2016
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    Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

    Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

    7.90 2016 HD

    A celebration of Dr. Maya Angelou by weaving her words with rare and intimate archival photographs and videos, which paint hidden moments of her...

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  • 1991
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    Queen of Diamonds

    Queen of Diamonds

    5.00 1991 HD

    Firdaus is a Blackjack dealer in a Las Vegas landscape juxtaposed between glittering casino lights and the deteriorating desert oasis. Negotiating a...

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  • 2017
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    Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

    Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

    6.20 2017 HD

    On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s 'A Raisin in the Sun' opened on Broadway and changed the face of American theater forever. As the...

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  • 1989
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    Borders

    Borders

    6.00 1989 HD

    A philosophical flume ride through the physical, political and moral borders that inhibit the free movement of people and ideas. Mixing commentary,...

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  • 1982
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    Seepage

    Seepage

    7.00 1982 HD

    "Marlborough" and "The Arab", lounging on the pool terrace, are alienated characters in some future time, living in a world where art work comes to...

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  • 1987
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    Prometheus' Garden

    Prometheus' Garden

    5.80 1987 HD

    Inspired by the Greek myth of Prometheus, a Titan who created the first mortals from clay and stole fire from the gods, Prometheus' Garden immerses...

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  • 2020
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    9to5: The Story of a Movement

    9to5: The Story of a Movement

    7.60 2020 HD

    In the early 1970s, a group of secretaries in Boston decided that they had suffered in silence long enough. They started fighting back, creating a...

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  • 1974
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    Euphoria

    Euphoria

    5.90 1974 HD

    Consistent stylistic-thematic structures link and merge throughout the bewildering event chain. The distinction between organic forms and human...

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  • 1982
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    Tongues

    Tongues

    5.00 1982 HD

    A performance piece written by Sam Shepard, enacted by Joseph Chaikin and directed by Shirley Clarke, a dying man reflects on his life while...

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  • 2024
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    Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round

    Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round

    1 2024 HD

    When five Howard University students sat on a segregated Maryland carousel in 1960, the arrests made headlines. When the largely Jewish community...

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  • 1993
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    The Genius

    The Genius

    5.00 1993 HD

    A ramshackle underground SF satire set and shot in the self-absorbed art world of lower Manhattan, written, produced, and directed by Joe Gibbons,...

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  • 1992
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    To Write and Keep Kind

    To Write and Keep Kind

    1 1992 HD

    A PBS documentary on the life and work of writer Raymond Carver. It features interviews with his family and friends, and provides an insightful look...

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  • 1987
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    Lilith

    Lilith

    1 1987 HD

    Against a field of swaying and halting yellow vegetation, another processed field: the image of the eponymous subject (performed by painter Doris...

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  • 1980
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    Minnesota Landscapes

    Minnesota Landscapes

    1 1980 HD

    Produced by the National Endowment for the Arts, along with the Jerome Foundation, this showcase is hour-long collection of shorts from six prominent...

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  • 1981
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    Fannie's Film

    Fannie's Film

    6.00 1981 HD

    A 65-year-old cleaning woman for a professional dancers' exercise studio performs her job while telling us in voiceover about her life, hopes, goals,...

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  • 1983
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    The Commission

    The Commission

    1 1983 HD

    This work is Woody's first entry into the narrative sphere, whereby the "story" is continually undermined with the aid of various anti-narrative...

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  • 1988
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    Last Night at the S&S Diner

    Last Night at the S&S Diner

    1 1988 HD

    Story about the last original "American Diner" in Miami, Florida. Since 1938 the S & S has been owned and operated by the family of the present...

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