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10 mainstream movies with steamy sex scenes. Yet Another 12 Mind-Blowing Documentaries To Watch On Netflix. I got tired of reading all of those "Great Movies You Never Heard Of" threads but having almost all of them be films r/movies have circlejerked to death. So I made this list of 15 movies which I guarantee most of you haven't heard of. : movies. 15 excellent but little-known movies. The Green Beautiful/ La Belle Verte (ENG) Christopher Walken Dance Now. Native filmmaker hopes movie exposes ‘hidden truth’ of residential schools. EDMONTON - Her dad committed suicide when she was 18, and Georgina Lightning was so troubled by it that she, too, tried once to kill herself.

Native filmmaker hopes movie exposes ‘hidden truth’ of residential schools

She couldn’t reconcile it with herself until many years later when a relative revealed a family secret: her father had been preyed upon while attending residential schools. “It was a hidden truth that nobody ever spoke of,” Lightning, 50, a filmmaker who was raised in Edmonton, said Monday night before a screening of her movie Older Than America at the Art Gallery of Alberta. The viewing was held before a panel discussion that involved members of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that will convene for three days beginning March 27 at the Shaw Conference Centre. “It wasn’t until learning about it that my journey to healing began,” Lightning said. “It evoked compassion, and then I could let go.”

Lightning wrote, directed and starred in the film, which exposes the abuses and culture-killing effects of native boarding schools. Slava Polunin / SnowShow / full version. ‘The Power Of The Witch’ - super rare British witchcraft documentary from 1971. What a find!

‘The Power Of The Witch’ - super rare British witchcraft documentary from 1971

The Power Of The Witch is a documentary about witchcraft as it was practised in the late 60s and early 70s in the UK - apparently it was only screened once and there is practically no information about it on the web. From the uploader taitsitarot‘s YouTube description: An extremely rare documentary about Witchcraft aired once in the UK in 1971. Featuring contributions from Eleanor Bone, Cecil Williamson, Alex & Maxine Sanders [above], Doreen Valiente et al.

Very much of its time and with some very rare footage, also includes reference to the famously unsolved murder of Charles Walton on Meon Hill. The Power Of The Witch is worth a watch even if you are not particularly interested in the occult - rather watch it as a document of its time, capturing as it does people’s attitudes, beliefs, fashions and plummy Brit accents. Thanks to Seth David Rodriguez! Weed - [Official HD] CNN Special Dr Sanjay Gupta 2013 Documentary Full English [Official 1080p HD] If You Think Only Poor People Need Welfare, Wait Till You See What Really Rich Folks Do With It. Narrator: And all this time I thought the world was round.

If You Think Only Poor People Need Welfare, Wait Till You See What Really Rich Folks Do With It

The world is not round. It has edges we can fall from and faces staring in entirely different directions. And I thought the world was huge, but it is not. It’s in our hands. We can hold it, change it, turn it, shake it. One afternoon last year I listened to a group of my student’s discuses welfare and poverty in America. I realize that afternoon that this post welfare generation was also expressing deep ambivalent about the role of government. This is why they fall in love with the ideas of William Easterly, especially, his line, “The rich have markets, the poor have bureaucrats.” And there are millions of other families who enjoy the same benefits.

The America welfare stage was setup in the wake of the great depression to create a new deal of social programs. Narrator:In our search for the welfare queen we were looking for actually people when we should have been looking for corporate people. And so that afternoon at U.C. Cinematic Terms - A FilmMaking Glossary. Video: Metis artist publishes moving book about spirit animals. The 5 Best Movies For Mature Audiences In 2013.

With some of Hollywood's finest actors and actresses like Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep belonging to the post-50 crowd, tinseltown can't help but cater to the boomer generation at the box office.

The 5 Best Movies For Mature Audiences In 2013

And we have to say, the studios sure didn't disappoint in 2013. Post 50s make up around a quarter of all moviegoers and that number is likely to keep growing, with studios churning out hits like "Gravity" starring George Clooney and "Captain Phillips" with Tom Hanks. They've also gotten the hint that mature moviegoers have a wide variety of interests and don't just want to see the chronicles of aging on screen.

From a hilarious story about a long-married couple, to a dark drama about a dysfunctional family, we've rounded up some of the best movies for mature audiences from 2013. "Le Week-End" As any long-married couple approaching their anniversary, Nick, played by Jim Broadbent, and Meg, played by Lindsay Duncan, are looking to reignite their spark in their now routine marriage. Free Film Noir Movies. During the 1940s and 50s, Hollywood entered a “noir” period, producing riveting films based on hard-boiled fiction.

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These films were set in dark locations and shot in a black & white aesthetic that fit like a glove. Hardened men wore fedoras and forever smoked cigarettes. Women played the femme fatale role brilliantly. Love was the surest way to death. All of these elements figured into what Roger Ebert calls “the most American film genre” in his short Guide to Film Noir. For more free films, please visit our big collection of Free Movies Online.

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