Simon Cameron
The true story of America's iconic 16th president is told by weaving together both scripted dramatizations of important moments in his life and commentary by authoritative historians and public figures.
Writer
A woman single-handedly shoulders her family's burdens, without reward or thanks, to farm her husband's land and keep the family fed and cared for. She finds herself training her daughter to walk the same path she does. No school, all work. Pests threaten her harvest and are exterminated using a loan from the local women's Co-op. But when Manyusi squanders her prized harvest and schemes to marry off their daughter, Fatuma must enlist the help of her fellow ladies at the co-op to make things right.
Screenplay
Mashoto’s life in the city is a hustle. It’s a fast life in the fast city of Dar es Salaam. There’s no time to stop and Mashoto likes it this way. There’s no time to think about the people he left behind in the village. Until silence cuts through the city racket with three words: mother has died. With those words Mashoto’s life changes forever. He returns home, to the place he abandoned, to bury his only ally. Yet his mother has left behind a gift. Her voice, her unseen presence, a gentle whisper urging him to open his eyes and strain his ears- to learn the lessons of nature, of the earth and the roots that draw their nourishment from it. Cast out by his father after losing the little money his mother had left, Mashoto must learn to survive from the land. He must learn to face old enemies and forge new alliances, to fight and to love. Most of all, Mashoto must discover what it is he is fighting for.
Writer
Juma is a poor fisherman who loves telling tales. Amina is the girl who loves to hear his stories. They long to be together, but Amina's father, Ali, wants a better life for her. Ali thinks that he has found this in Yustus, a rich but self-serving young suitor.Juma must put everything on the line to save their love, but he must sacrifice more than he bargained for in order to succeed.
Negotatior
Stuart Conway (Sean Astin) é um inventor genial que trabalha para um projeto secreto do governo. Escondido de todos, ele acaba de inventar uma máquina do tempo tão pequena que cabe na palma da mão. Para testar a sua invenção, desconta várias vezes o mesmo cheque. Neste exato momento, um assalto acontece e sua invenção é roubada. Na fuga, o ladrão sequestra um ônibus cheio de turistas e durante a perseguição, por acidente, ativa a máquina do tempo, descobrindo o seu grande potencial.Agora, o tempo está em suas mãos e população se torna refém.
Writer
Two teens, Tamari and Itai, are impoverished following the death of their parents when their uncle takes their plow which they need to feed themselves. While their preoccupied neighbors in the village ignore them, Itai leaves for Harare and Tamari stays behind to care for their younger brother and sister. Finally, some of the neighbors notice and come together to support the children.
Ticket Taker
Um órfão, o pequeno PK, procura ajuda em seu único amigo: um gentil e experiente prisioneiro que o ensina a lutar boxe. O pequeno quando é esperto vence o grande, diz o prisioneiro. Primeiro com a cabeça, depois com o coração. Vivendo por essas palavras, PK amadurece lutando com os seus punhos e com o coração. Ele abala o sistema e as injustiças a sua volta e descobre que uma pessoa realmente pode fazer diferença.
Chris
África do Sul, 1976. Ben du Toit (Donald Sutherland) é um professor que, gradativamente, toma consciência da terrível realidade do seu país, na qual os negros são assassinados sem o menor motivo e os assassinos são protegidos pelo regime dominante. Diante deste quadro, ele resolve enfrentar o sistema.
Interrogating Officer
A White enclave in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1960s. Molly Roth, 13 years old, is the daughter of leftist parents, and she must piece together what's happening around her when her father disappears one night, barely evading arrest, and, not long after, her mother is detained by the authorities. Some of Molly's White friends turn against her, and her family's friendships with Blacks take on new meaning. Relationships are fragile in the world of apartheid. How will she manage?
Sub-Editor
Na África do Sul dos anos 70, Donald Woods, um jornalista branco, faz amizade com Stephen Biko, um corajoso ativista negro contra o apartheid. Biko é executado em 1977 e Donald, exilado, dedica-se a divulgar a luta do amigo pela liberdade.
German
Na África do início do século 20, o aventureiro e caçador de tesouros Allan Quatermain é contratado pela jovem norte-americana Jesse Huston para procurar seu pai arqueólogo, que desapareceu enquanto organizava uma expedição às lendárias Minas do Rei Salomão. Além de diversos perigos, Quatermain e Jesse também enfrentarão um destacamento alemão, liderado pelo Coronel Bockner e um grupo de mercenários sob o comando do vilão turco Dogati. Todos eles em busca da fortuna em diamantes escondida no interior das minas.