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202) Valentine road
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English
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Explores the murder of gay eighth-grader Lawrence King who was shot and killed by his classmate Brandon McInerney in Oxnard, California in 2008.
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The story of Emmett Till is a riveting notorious murder case that gave birth to the modern day civil rights movement, a story that continues to generate enormous interest from the general public and the media at large. A dynamic and explosive story of courage, determination and faith, which gave rise to several aware winning documentaries, and honorable mentions in several major motion pictures and television mini-series such as the mini-series King...
204) Facing fear
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In the Academy Award-nominated short documentary, worlds collide when a former neo-Nazi skinhead and the gay victim of his hate crime attack meet by chance 25 years after the incident that dramatically shaped both of their lives. Together, they embark on a journey of forgiveness that challenges both to grapple with their beliefs and fears, eventually leading to an improbable collaboration, and friendship.
206) From the other side
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In From the other side, Chantal Akerman shifts her focus between the border towns of Agua Prieta, Sonora, where people from all over Mexico wait, in limbo, before crossing over into the United States, and the cross-border town of Douglas, Arizona.
Inspired by her love of William Faulkner and James Baldwin, renowned director Chantal Akerman had planned to produce a meditation on the American South. However, just days before she was to begin filming,...
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"La verdadera historia del asesinato de un inmigrante que transformó un acogedor pueblo de Long Island en la zona cero de la guerra contra la inmigración. En noviembre de 2008, Marcelo Lucero, un inmigrante Ecuatoriano de treinta y siete años, fue atacado y asesinado por un grupo de adolecentes cuando caminaba por las calles de Patchogue. Los atacantes iban a "cazar beaners"--término despectivo para Latinos-- algo que formaba parte de su diversión...
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