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That’s Life

September 26, 2011 / Documentary, English, Iran, Law, Politics & Government, Movie Trailers, Pirooz Kalantari

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Zendegi Hamin Ast Released: 2002 Country: Iran Director: Pirooz Kalantari Language: English Theme: Law, Politics & Government Genre: Documentary Summary Armed with references to Existentialism and Woody Allen, the conversations of these Tehran University students could easily blend in at any Greenwich Village coffee shop. But unlike their democratic American counterparts, these [...]

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Five By Four

September 26, 2011 / Drama, English, Family & Relationships, India, Movie Trailers, Roopa Swaminathan

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 2003 Country: India Director: Roopa Swaminathan Language: English Theme: Family & Relationships Genre: Drama Summary An intimate group of five girls embark on the different paths of their lives after college but remain steadfast friends. Their stories are told in a series of four episodic stories, over the course of ten years: Shruti [...]

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NETPAC: Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema

September 25, 2011 / Aruna Vasudev, Communication & Media, Documentary, English, Hosts, Jeannette Hereniko

In the twenty years since it was founded, NETPAC has become established as the leading platform for the discovery and promotion of Asian cinema. Learn more about this incredible organization.

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Hawai’i International Film Festival Mini-Documentary

September 24, 2011 / Art & Music, Documentary, English, Free, Jay Hubert, United States

Released: 2009 Country: United States Director: Jay Hubert Language: English Theme: Art & Music Genre: Documentary Summary 2010 marks the thirtieth year that the Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) has been presenting the finest Asian and Pacific Island films to the people of Hawaii and beyond. HIFF’s purpose remains promoting cultural understanding between the East and West through the screening of the films made by Asians and Pacific Islanders. Up to 80,000 people attend the festival each year, making the [...]

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Revolutions Happen Like Refrains in a Song

September 24, 2011 / Documentary, English, Human Rights, Movie Trailers, Nick Deocampo, Philippines

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 1987 Country: Philippines Director: Nick Deocampo Language: English Theme: Human Rights Genre: Documentary Summary The third part of Nick Deocampo’s award-winning trilogy of short Super-8 films about life in the eighties under dictator Ferdinand Marcos is, as Deocampo says, “an exercise in low-budget film making. I only had ten rolls of Super-8 film, [...]

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Edades: Victorio C. Edades and Modernism in Philippine Art

September 22, 2011 / Art & Music, Documentary, English, Movie Trailers, Nick Deocampo, Philippines

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 2004 Country: Philippines Director: Nick Deocampo Language: English Theme: Art & Music Genre: Documentary Summary Recognized as the father of Philippine Modernism, Victorio C. Edades came of age during the American occupation of the Philippines, becoming one of the formative influences among local artists who struggled to define the nation’s soul against its [...]

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Corazon

September 22, 2011 / English, Experimental, Khavn De La Cruz, Mental Health & Psychology, Movie Trailers, Philippines

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: The Profane And Senseless Passion Of Hesus Corazon Who, By The Disgrace Of God, Freezes The Heart Of The Loved One Released: 2007 Country: Philippines Director: Khavn De La Cruz Language: English Theme: Mental Health & Psychology Genre: Experimental Summary No story. No actors. An unedited blur of random images from a [...]

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Cameroon Love Letter

September 22, 2011 / English, Experimental, Khavn De La Cruz, Movie Trailers, Philippines, Philosophy & Ethics

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 2010 Country: Philippines Director: Khavn De La Cruz Language: English Theme: Philosophy & Ethics Genre: Experimental Summary Prolific Philippine filmmaker Khavn De La Cruz pays tribute to Cameroon, a nation that has long embraced Philippine cinema, in this work that combines documentary footage with a narrative that mirrors the style of soap operas [...]

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When Fear Reigned

September 22, 2011 / Documentary, English, Human Rights, Movie Trailers, Tom Coffman, United States

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 2010 Country: United States Director: Tom Coffman Language: English Theme: Human Rights Genre: Documentary Summary When the Territorial Governor of Hawaii signed the order for martial law after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, islanders believed that it was only for a short time, but it ended up lasting until 1944. Fear [...]

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Waikiki: Riding the Waves of Change

September 22, 2011 / Caroline Yacoe, Documentary, English, Eric Jordan, History, Movie Trailers, United States

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 2007 Country: United States Director: Caroline Yacoe, Eric Jordan Language: English Theme: History Genre: Documentary Summary Like hula, surfing was viewed as immoral by European missionaries to Hawai’i, so it had languished until the early twentieth century when the first tourist hotels appeared in Waikiki, and a small band of watermen began to [...]

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They Call Her Lady Fingers

September 22, 2011 / Art & Music, Documentary, English, Movie Trailers, Patricia Elser Gillespie, United States

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 2003 Country: United States Director: Patricia Elser Gillespie Language: English Theme: Art & Music Genre: Documentary Summary This documentary traces Hawaii’s Jazz scene through the prolific life of Betty Loo Taylor. Could a female Chinese-American pianist really play hot, swinging jazz with the big boys? Yes she could and 40 years later she [...]

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Then There Were None

September 22, 2011 / Documentary, Dr. Elizabeth Kapu‘uwailani Lindsey, English, Ethnicity & Cultural Identity, Movie Trailers, United States

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 1996 Country: United States Director: Dr. Elizabeth Kapu‘uwailani Lindsey Language: English Theme: Ethnicity & Cultural Identity Genre: Documentary Summary More than half a million native Hawaiians were living in the islands at the time of European contact in 1778. Within 50 years, that population was cut in half as Western diseases claimed thousands [...]

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