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Movies

The Sheik and I
Animation
When an American filmmaker is commissioned to make a film for a Middle East Biennial on the theme of 'art as a subversive act,' his film is banned for blasphemy, he is asked to destroy every copy, and threatened with arrest.
When Herzog Rescued Phoenix
Director
Famed film director Werner Herzog recounts the time he rescued Joaquin Phoenix from lighting a deadly cigarette.
When Lynch Met Lucas
Director
This is an animated short made using audio of Film Director David Lynch telling the story of when he met George Lucas about possibly directing Return of The Jedi.