Alive Inside (2013) Women of Algiers in Their Apartment. Women of Algiers in Their Apartment French: Femmes d'Alger dans leur Appartement is a 1980 novel by the Algerian writer Assia Djebar.[1] It is a collection of short stories celebrating the strength and dignity of Algerian women of the past and the present. The interweaving stories of the lives of three Muslim Algerian women. Assia Djebar wrote her Femme d'Alger dans leur appartement after her inspiration of Delacroix's painting. Plot[edit] A collection of short stories about the lives of pre-colonial, colonial, and postcolonial women various levels of the Algerian society. It is a piece about the compartmentalization of women in Algeria and the harems in which they are put.
[edit] Hyènes. Hyènes is a 1992 Senegalese comedy film adaptation of the Swiss-German satirical play, "The Visit",[1] directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty. The intimate story of love and revenge parallels a critique of neocolonialism and African consumerism. It was entered into the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.[2] Plot[edit] Hyènes (Hyenas) tells the story of Linguere Ramatou, an aging, wealthy woman who revisits her home village of Colobane. Cast[edit] Ami Diakhate as Linguere RamatouDjibril Diop MambétyMansour Diouf as Dramaan DramehCalgou Fall as The PriestFaly Gueye as Mme.
Critical response[edit] Critical response to the film was mostly positive. "A timeless story...The strong story line and fine ensemble acting provide a faster, more easily assimilated rhythm than many African films. " - Variety"This pungent film adaptation's change of locale lends the tale a new political dimension... References[edit] The Battle of Chile. The Battle of Chile is a documentary film directed by the Chilean Patricio Guzman, in 3 parts: The Insurrection of the Bourgeoisie (1975), The Coup d'état (1976), Popular Power (1979).
It is a chronicle of the political tension in Chile in 1973 and of the violent counter revolution against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende. It won the Grand Prix in 1975 and 1976 at the Grenoble International Film Festival. In 1996, Chile, Obstinate Memory was released and followed Guzmán back to Chile as he screened the 3-part documentary to Chileans who had never seen it before.[1] Background[edit] The film opens in March 1973 with reporters asking people how they intend to vote in the coming congressional election. The election is taking place after Allende has been in office for over two years and has been trying to reorganize society along democratic socialist lines. Chile, Obstinate Memory (1996)[edit] Guzmán struggled with the decision to make a personal essay film. Harvest: 3,000 Years. Mirt Sost Shi Amit (Harvest: 3,000 Years) is a 1976 Ethiopian film directed by Haile Gerima. Plot summary[edit] For the production of Mirt Sost Shi Amit (Harvest: 3,000 Years)[1] Gerima returned to his native Ethiopia to produce the tale of a poor peasant family who eke out an existence within a brutal, exploitative, and feudal system of labor.
Cast[edit] Kasu Asfaw ... MotherGebru KasaWorke Kasa ... Awards and honors[edit] Soundtrack[edit] External links[edit] Harvest: 3,000 Years at the Internet Movie Database References[edit] Minamata: The Victims and Their World. Minamata: The Victims and Their World (水俣 患者さんとその世界? , Minamata: Kanja-san to sono sekai) is a Japanese documentary made in 1971 by Noriaki Tsuchimoto. It is the first in a series of independent documentaries that Tsuchimoto made of the mercury poisoning incident in Minamata, Japan. Film content[edit] The film focuses on the residents of Minamata and nearby communities who suffered damage to their nervous systems, or who were born deformed, due to the ingestion of fish containing abnormal amounts of mercury released into the sea by a fertilizer factory owned by Chisso. It not only shows their current condition and the hardships borne by their families, but also the discrimination they had suffered from other Minamata residents, the insufficient response by Chisso, the slowness of government action, and the problems faced by victims who had not been officially designated as suffering from Minamata disease.
Reception[edit] Versions[edit] The original Japanese film is 167 minutes long. A Moment of Innocence. A Moment of Innocence (Persian: نون و گلدون, Nūn o goldūn) is a 1996 film directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. It is also known as Nun va Goldoon, Bread and Flower,[2] Bread and Flower Pot, and The Bread and the Vase[3] Plot[edit] The film is a semi-autobiographical account of Makmahlbaf's experience as a teenager when, as a seventeen-year-old, he stabbed a policeman at a protest rally and was jailed. Two decades later, Makhmalbaf made the decision to track down the policeman whom he had injured in an attempt to make amends.
A Moment of Innocence is a dramatization of that real event. Cast[edit] Mirhadi Tayebi as The PolicemanMohsen Makhmalbaf as The DirectorAli Bakhsi as The Young DirectorAmmar Tafti as The Young PolicemanMaryam Mohamadamini as The Young Woman [edit] Although the film was banned in Iran, Western critics were very positive toward the film. Notes[edit] External links[edit] BDP2700/98 Codecs. Question What are the supported audio and video file formats by the player? Answer Please refer to the below tables for the supported audio and video file formats respectively. Supported audio file formats: Supported video file formats: Culture Unplugged. MARFILMES. Meanwhile in Romania... [VIDEO] Greatest voice crack in history. [VIDEO] Awesome audience guy. [VIDEO] Printer of the future. [VIDEO]