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First Bi-lingual movie made in Odia & Bengali. Bengali version name was "Pana Raksha". Produced with a budget of Rs. 64,000, the Odia movie was a hit however the Bengali version was unsuccessful.

The Chipmunks and the Chipettes go head to head in a hot air balloon race, and the winner gets $10,000. Unbeknownst to the participants, the "race" is actually a diamond smuggling ring!

African drummer leaves village, makes it big in the world. Great drumming!!

A team of journalists investigate how human trafficking and child labor in the Ivory Coast fuels the worldwide chocolate industry. The crew interview both proponents and opponents of these alleged practices, and use hidden camera techniques to delve into the gritty world of cocoa plantations.

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.

50년대 로큰롤 스타 제리 리 루이스의 일대기를 다룬 전기영화. 백인이면서 어려서부터 흑인음악에 관심이 많았던 제리 리 루이스는 경쾌하다 못해 시끄러울 만큼 열정적으로 피아노를 두드리며 노래했던 초기 로큰롤의 스타다. 육체적 리듬과 쾌락에 충실한 록음악을 악마의 음악으로 간주했던 50년대에 전성기를 구가한 그의 음악과 삶을 경쾌한 리듬으로 잡아냈다. 가수 이승환이 그를 소재로 (제리 제리 고고)란 노래를 부르기도 했는데, 가사에도 "불타는 피아노"가 나오지만 연주 후 피아노에 불을 지른 사건은 유명하다. 미성년자인 사촌 마이라와의 결혼으로 언론의 비난을 사고 음악적으로 몰락하기까지 흥망성쇠를 카메라에 담았다. 의자에서 일어나 피아노 앞에서 구르고 뛰면서 미친 듯이 연주하는 루이스로 분한 데니스 퀘이드의 연기는 손색이 없고, 루이스의 히트곡과 초기 로큰롤 사운드는 어깨를 들썩이며 향수를 자극한다. SF, 코미디, 스릴러의 다양한 장르를 통해 인간 삶에 대한 애착을 보여준 짐 맥브라이드가 이번에는 음악영화의 형태를 빌렸다

Ever since it was revealed that the chocolate industry is involved with child slavery in the Ivory Coast, the industry has been busy – due to consumer demands – explaining what exactly it does to actively fight trafficking and child labour. But does the industry live up to its own promises?In this investigative film, director Miki Mistrati tries to find out, if the chocolate industry – which is one of the largest corporations in the world – speak the truth, when they say that they provide education, medical care etc for the children of the Ivory Coast. But the project runs into trouble already from the get-go, because the embassy of the Ivory Coast won’t let Miki enter the country until he has an invitation – from the chocolate industry.

Though gay-themed stories about "coming out" and accepting one's sexuality are not uncommon in Western countries, such tales are still rare in many conservative African nations. Considered a ground-breaking film in its native Guinea, and filmed amidst a storm of controversy, Mohamed Camara's Dakan is the first of its nations films to directly address issues surrounding homosexuality. The story centers on the romance between two 20-year-old men, Manga and Sory who are first seen making out in a car. The trouble begins when Manga tells his widowed mother about his love for Sory, who is busy contending with his outraged father. The parents insist that the two never see each other again. Manga's mother then uses witchcraft to cleanse her son and change him into a heterosexual. Time passes and eventually Manga begins to date a girl. But it soon becomes apparent that try as he might, Manga's heart belongs to Sory.

아버지가 돌아가신 후 서재를 정리하던 ‘클라렌스’는 과거 스페인의 식민지였던 기니에서 온 의문의 편지를 발견하고, 가족들의 과거를 추적하기 위해 낯선 곳으로의 여행을 떠난다. 그곳에서 자신의 아버지 ‘하코보’와 작은아버지 ‘킬리안’, 그리고 원주민 처녀 ‘비실라’의 존재를 알게 되고, 숨겨졌던 두 남녀의 비극적 사랑의 역사와 마주하게 되는데…

Cyprien Tokoudagba is from the city of Abomey in the Benin Republic of West Africa, where he paints the religious houses of the vodun. Haas and his film crew follow Cyprien as he first paints and then takes part in the ceremony to open a new temple. The paintings include three vodun figures and several emblems, including a pipe and a duck. Cyprien explains his work in the context of the religion and takes the crew to film two other local ceremonies, one where the dead are believed to come back to instruct the living through wild dancing and, another, where women warriors perform their war dances.

In a house far from Santiago de Chile, little Alonso tries to change the fate of his sister Daniela, still just a child, who is about to become the seventh wife of the Lion of Judah, a supposed prophet, leader of a cult, who apparently provides electricity when he is touched.

This revealing documentary offers a rare view of daily life in West Africa. Shot in Senegal, Selbe focuses on the social role and economic responsibility of women in African society. Because men often leave their communities to earn money in the city, women are left with sole responsibility for their families. Through the character of Selbe we observe how one woman's personal struggle reflects the broader issues faced by many women in developing countries.

In 1989, this film was part of the PAMEZ project in Senegal which was part of the sea program of the CCFD, Catholic Committee against Hunger and for Development. It presents the economic and social role of women in the Casamance region for the development of fishing. These women who process and market fish, who are responsible for management, have a voice and express their opinion.

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.

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.

Short film about child marriage.

While working as a photographer in Benin, West Africa, a two-week trip will turn into a two months personal journey. Me dicen Yovo (I'm a Yovo) is a visual diary of that experience. A Peruvian traveller is an odd presence in Benin whose ethnic a cultural identities are constantly creating unique situations, and provoking original thoughts on what it means to be from the "third world".

When Lena and Ulli start the engine of their old Land Rover, Lady Terés, they have a plan: to drive from Hamburg to South Africa in six months. What they don't know yet is that they won't ever get there. Two totally different characters, jammed together in two square meters of space for almost two years, they experience what it really means to travel: leaving your comfort zone for good.

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.