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This performance was recorded in June, 2001 at the Cape Verdean Progressive Club, East Providence, Rhode Island with "Flash" Tavares, Sr., Vickie Vieira and musicians who collectively represent the defining sounds of 20th century Cape Verdean American music. The soundtrack is a masterpiece of classical Cape Verdean American music.
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Here, confront the intriguing question of whether Confucianism is a religion or a philosophy. Learn about the Confucian canon and how it became the foundation of Chinese state ideology. Sample texts encompassing poetry, history, ritual, rules for living, and explorations of morality, and consider why we refer to them as "classics" rather than "scripture."
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Ono Masahiko is an unlucky gas station attendant who belongs to a losing junior baseball team. When the local yakuza threaten and capture his coach, he and a friend get more than they bargained for when they travel to Okinawa seeking revenge. This is the second feature film from renowned action auteur Takeshi "Beat"Kitano.
10) Antonia's Line
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In the aftermath of WWII, strong-willed Antonia returns to her small hometown where she has inherited her mother’s farm. Antonia, joined by her free-spirited artist daughter Danielle, ingratiate themselves with the town’s tight-knit and eccentric community. As the years unfold, love and tragedy come to Antonia and Danielle and the pair foster a vibrant circle of strong, liberated women.. Winner - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
11) The Quiet Earth
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In this sci-fi cult classic, Zac Hobson, a mid-level scientist working on a global energy project, wakes up to a nightmare. After his project malfunctions, Zac discovers that he may be the last man on Earth. As he searches empty cities for other survivors, Zac’s mental state begins to deteriorate - culminating in the film’s iconic and hotly debated ending.
12) Violent Cop
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In his explosive directorial debut Japanese renaissance man-cum-comedian-extraordinaire Takeshi "Beat"Kitano plays vicious rogue homicide Detective Azuma who takes on a sadistic crime syndicate only to discover widespread internal corruption in the police force. Facing criminal charges for his unorthodox "Dirty Harry"type methods, Azuma finds himself caught in a web of betrayal and intrigue that sends him on a bloody trail of vengeance. But when his...
13) Kamikaze '89
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In his final acting role, legendary auteur Rainer Werner Fassbinder (clad in an iconic leopard skin suit) stars as hardboiled detective Jansen. In a neon-drenched futuristic dystopia ruled by a multimedia conglomerate called The Combine, Jansen is sent on a labyrinthine investigation when their headquarters is threatened with mass destruction by a phantom bomber. This essential cult classic features an hypnotic electronic score by Tangerine Dream's...
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Maori couple Jake and Beth Heke are deeply in love, but Jake's alcoholic-fueled rage turns into domestic violence that threatens to tear their family apart. As their home life grows increasingly dangerous, Beth must do all she can to protect their three children. Set against the backdrop of traditional tribal culture, this classic and controversial 90's indie sleeper hit put New Zealand on the cinema map.
15) Sorceress
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Set in an isolated medieval village in France, SORCERESS is the story of Etienne de Bourbon, a thirteenth-century friar who is sent by the Pope to seek out heresy. Etienne discovers that, when their children are sick, the village women go to a forest woman, Elda, to help them heal their babies. Elda is schooled in the ancient arts of healing, the use of leaves, seeds, and bark, and, if need be, she leads the mothers and their children to a grove where...
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In this issue of Videofashion Collections, New York Fashion Week continues to steal the headlines! Miami to Manhattan, graffitied and collaged, street art has stylish impact on Donna Karan’s Spring 2015 collection. It’s a bouquet of laidback luxury from perennial favorite, Michael Kors! Kors, the king of comfort, makes sportswear classics optimistically chic for the upcoming season. Plus, Peter Som’s Pop Art prints create clean crisp summer...
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Albert Finney plays a brilliant but stern classics instructor at a posh prep school who is forced out of his job and into the realization that he is despised in the classroom...and at home. Nominated for Best Screenplay at the **BAFTA Awards.** Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the **Cannes Film Festival.** *"Finney is a master of letting us glimpse the bruised heart of a man like Andrew Crocker-Harris, who has used his devotion to the classics to bury...
19) The Love Witch
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In this cult favorite, modern-day witch Elaine (Samantha Robinson) uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her. A stylish tribute to 1960s technicolor horror, THE LOVE WITCH utilizes camp and pastiche to depict a feminist revision of the classics of a bygone era.
20) Dark Journey
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One of the great romantic classics of the 1930s. Radiant Vivien Leigh plays an Allied double agent in 1915 Stockholm. When the Germans, suspicious that she’s passing secrets to the French, send Chief of Intelligence Conrad Veidt to catch her, the two fall hopelessly in love..
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