Ruvimbo's Wedding (2017)
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Tiempo de ejecución : 5M
Director : Ben Mahaka
Sinopsis
Short film about child marriage.
Tras haber vivido un matrimonio arreglado, una mujer enigmática con un pasado doloroso se enfoca en su hogar mientras una plaga de crímenes sobrenaturales azota su aldea.
Tras haber vivido un matrimonio arreglado, una mujer enigmática con un pasado doloroso se enfoca en su hogar mientras una plaga de crímenes sobrenaturales azota su aldea.
Aproximación biográfica al mito del rock and roll Jerry Lee Lewis. Se narran sus comienzos como cantante, sus grandes éxitos -con sus espectaculares actuaciones donde quemaba el piano- y cómo cayó en desgracia cuando se casó con una prima suya de sólo trece años.
Aproximación biográfica al mito del rock and roll Jerry Lee Lewis. Se narran sus comienzos como cantante, sus grandes éxitos -con sus espectaculares actuaciones donde quemaba el piano- y cómo cayó en desgracia cuando se casó con una prima suya de sólo trece años.
Jennie is a twelve-year-old girl living with her parents in extremely rural mountain country. Her schoolteacher, Miss Carol, though a mountain girl herself, has gone off to be educated and returned in hopes of stopping the tradition of child marriage which permeates the culture. Jennie's father Ira is a good man who tries to protect Miss Carol from the men who threaten her if she doesn't call off her crusade. One of these men, Jake Bolby, has his eye on little Jennie and plots to make her his bride. NOTE: the actress playing Jennie was 14 years old when she made this film, and appears topless in a couple of shots.
Jennie is a twelve-year-old girl living with her parents in extremely rural mountain country. Her schoolteacher, Miss Carol, though a mountain girl herself, has gone off to be educated and returned in hopes of stopping the tradition of child marriage which permeates the culture. Jennie's father Ira is a good man who tries to protect Miss Carol from the men who threaten her if she doesn't call off her crusade. One of these men, Jake Bolby, has his eye on little Jennie and plots to make her his bride. NOTE: the actress playing Jennie was 14 years old when she made this film, and appears topless in a couple of shots.
En una casa lejos de Santiago de Chile, el pequeño Alonso intenta cambiar el destino de su hermana Daniela, todavía apenas una niña, que está a punto de convertirse en la séptima esposa del León de Judá, un supuesto profeta, líder de una secta, que al parecer proporciona electricidad cuando es tocado.
En una casa lejos de Santiago de Chile, el pequeño Alonso intenta cambiar el destino de su hermana Daniela, todavía apenas una niña, que está a punto de convertirse en la séptima esposa del León de Judá, un supuesto profeta, líder de una secta, que al parecer proporciona electricidad cuando es tocado.
16-year-old Hormoz is consoled by the prospect of hiring on at the strip mine as he is married off to 13-year-old Hendi. Alas, the young man finds the doors of opportunity shut tight. When Hendi becomes pregnant Hormoz enters into an ominous pact with a smuggler in order to ensure his family’s livelihood.
16-year-old Hormoz is consoled by the prospect of hiring on at the strip mine as he is married off to 13-year-old Hendi. Alas, the young man finds the doors of opportunity shut tight. When Hendi becomes pregnant Hormoz enters into an ominous pact with a smuggler in order to ensure his family’s livelihood.
A young Ojibwa girl from 1770 marries a Scottish fur trader and leaves home for the shores of Georgian Bay. Although the union is beneficial for her tribe, it results in hardship and isolation for Ikwe. Values and customs clash until, finally, the events of a dream Ikwe once had unfold with tragic clarity.
A young Ojibwa girl from 1770 marries a Scottish fur trader and leaves home for the shores of Georgian Bay. Although the union is beneficial for her tribe, it results in hardship and isolation for Ikwe. Values and customs clash until, finally, the events of a dream Ikwe once had unfold with tragic clarity.
Child marriages have been an unnoticed reality in some sections of the Muslim community in Sri Lanka. This film tells the story of Fatima, a 16-year old school girl, who is set to marry a man far older than her. Not only her right to education is denied but her consent to marriage too. Until she accidentally meets her future husband, she has not even seen him. She is caught up between her hopes and the reality of her destiny.
Child marriages have been an unnoticed reality in some sections of the Muslim community in Sri Lanka. This film tells the story of Fatima, a 16-year old school girl, who is set to marry a man far older than her. Not only her right to education is denied but her consent to marriage too. Until she accidentally meets her future husband, she has not even seen him. She is caught up between her hopes and the reality of her destiny.
Three working-class teenage girls in a port city in Bangladesh escape daily hardships and stifling family lives by riding waves on their surfboards and grabbing hold of the fleeting and thrilling sense of freedom that brings.
Three working-class teenage girls in a port city in Bangladesh escape daily hardships and stifling family lives by riding waves on their surfboards and grabbing hold of the fleeting and thrilling sense of freedom that brings.