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2) Bushman
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In 1968, Peace Corps veteran David Schickele enlisted his friend Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam to star in a light-hearted drama about the adventures of a well-educated Nigerian immigrant in San Francisco. Using a docu-fictional style reminiscent of John Cassavetes' Shadows (1959), Bushman observes the foibles of late-1960s African American culture with an outsider's penetrating eye. The film morphs into a documentary when the director's voice abruptly intrudes...
3) Perpetrator
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Jonny Baptiste is a reckless teen sent to live with her estranged Aunt Hildie. On the event of her 18th birthday, she experiences a radical metamorphosis: a family spell that redefines her called Forevering. When several teen girls go missing from her new school, a mythically feral Jonny goes after the Perpetrator.
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The future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright, a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynets operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation...
5) True love
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The 1989 Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner that helped jumpstart the '90s indie movement, Nancy Savoca's True Love is a seminal work of Italian American cinema. A humorous yet unflinching look at the realities of love and marriage, the film follows Michael and Donna, a young couple preparing for their wedding in an Italian enclave of the Bronx. Through revealing moments in dive bars, pizzerias, and living rooms, the film offers a nuanced meditation...
7) Rebel
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When Kamal resolves to change his life for the better, he leaves Belgium to help war victims in Syria. But, having arrived, he is forced to join ISIS and is left stranded in Raqqa. Back home, his younger brother Nassim quickly becomes easy prey for radical recruiters, who promise to reunite him with his brother. Their mother, Leila, fights to protect the only thing she has left: her youngest son.
8) Avatar
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On the amazing world of Pandora, a man embarks on an epic journey of adventure and love, ultimately fighting to save the unique place he has learned to call home.
10) Black brigade
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When a redneck officer is put in charge of a squad of poorly trained black troops tasked with taking an important hydrodam from the Germans, his men rise to the occasion.
11) The lost boys
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Financial troubles force a recent divorcee and her teenage sons, Mike and Sam, to settle down with her father in Santa Clara, California. At first, Sam laughs off rumours he hears about vampires who inhabit the small town. But after Mike meets a beautiful girl at the local amusement park, he begins to exhibit the classic signs of vampirism. Fearing for his own safety, Sam recruits two young vampire hunters to save his brother by finding and destroying...
12) Amadeus
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Adapted from Shaffer's play, the film presents the life of Antonio Salieri, a mediocre 18th century Viennese composer obsessed with and jealous of the musical genius of the age: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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