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The Universe of Keith Haring

The Universe of Keith Haring

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2008 IMDB Rating: 7.4

A portrait of New York artist Keith Haring. The film looks to Haring as an artistic role model for his preternatural talent, of course, but also for his infectious lust for life that had him as commit...

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The End of Poverty?

The End of Poverty?

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2008 IMDB Rating: 7.4

The End of Poverty? asks if the true causes of poverty today stem from a deliberate orchestration since colonial times which has evolved into our modern system whereby wealthy nations exploit the poor...

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Tyson

Tyson

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2008 IMDB Rating: 7.4

Director James Toback takes an unflinching, uncompromising look at the life of Mike Tyson--almost solely from the perspective of the man himself. TYSON alternates between the controversial boxer addre...

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Kicking It

Kicking It

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2008 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Kicking It chronicles the lives of seven players taking a once in a lifetime opportunity to represent their country at the Cape Town 2006 Homeless World Cup. Najib from war torn Afghanistan; Alex from...

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Trouble the Water

Trouble the Water

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2008 IMDB Rating: 7.3

"Trouble the Water" takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on screen. The film opens the day before the storm makes landfall--just blocks away from the French Quarter but far fr...

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BLAST!

BLAST!

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2008 IMDB Rating: 7.2

With extraordinary access, BLAST exposes a world of risky, hardcore, scientific adventure. The story follows an international team of astrophysicists trying to launch a multi-million dollar telescope...

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The Queen and I

The Queen and I

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Film Age rating: 4 Year: 2008 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Filmmaker and Iranian exile Nahid Persson talks with Queeen Farah, the widow of the late Shah of Iran, who also has been an Iranian exile since the Shah was overthrown in 1979. A meeting of two women...

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Of Time and the City

Of Time and the City

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 2008 IMDB Rating: 7.2

British director Terence Davies reflects on his birthplace of Liverpool - his memories of growing up there and how it has changed in the years since - in the process meditating on the internal struggl...

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Shine a Light

Shine a Light

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Film Age rating: 8 Year: 2008 IMDB Rating: 7.1

Martin Scorsese and the Rolling Stones unite in "Shine A Light," a look at The Rolling Stones." Scorsese filmed the Stones over a two-day period at the intimate Beacon Theater in New York City in fall...

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