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- The Series Guns and Thighs for the first time tells the highly potent story of the Mumbai Mafia in India, which is much more dangerous than the Italian, Russian or Hong Kong Mafia. The Series focuses on the internal conflicts in the infamous D Company, headed by Dawood Ibrahim (declared by the US as one of the Most Wanted) and its collusion with cops, politicians and the glamour industry, popularly known as Bollywood. It's a high energy crime/drama coming from the land of 'Slumdog Millionaire'.
- A woman with amnesia tries to unravel the mystery of the missing day in her life.
- Adrien, 40 years old and totally immature, is dumped by Maude, 35 years old, eager to finally found a family. In an attempt to regain the love of his life, Adrien decides to move into the future ex-married apartment: a nursery home - The beginning, an improbable educational experience .
- A young cop needs to show his true potential to catch a gangster and to win his love.
- "The Karma Killings," is a modern-day crime thriller mixed in with Indian mythology and class warfare. The documentary delves into India's most infamous serial killings and its impact on a nation. Told through the people directly involved, the film unravels the complexities of the case and goes beyond the sensational headlines to present a suspenseful and scary mystery. And has a huge twist - one of the killers maybe innocent?
- Depressed in life, three youngsters decide to commit suicide and go to a beach house to do it, not realizing that the place is haunted by a ghost.
- Santhanam plays the role of a jobless youth whose only ambition in life is to marry a beautiful girl. The rest of the story shows how he achieves this with the help of a love guru played by VTV Ganesh.
- Vanavarayan (Krishna) and Vallavarayan (Makapa Anand) are siblings and their unity seems to end with the same family that they belong to, and come across as arch rivals who bring the roof down in their fight. But they share a unique bond wherein no matter however much they fight, they never let down on the other. After several failures straight, Vanavarayan finally lands a beautiful girl, Anjali (Monal) and is very sincerely in love with her. Their secret affair creeps out and when their respective families and villagers come into the picture, it turns into a nasty business. Vallavarayan tries to help but only complicates issues further at each step !
- Enslaved convicts for treason plan escape but get caught by pirates and work for them before gaining their support and fighting back their country's authoritarian rule.
- When a rich man in Ooty falls in love with a woman he recently befriended, his presumed-dead wife returns home to tell him that she is still alive. He claims her to be a lookalike but no one believes him. He goes through a heavy emotional trauma before finding out the truth about the people around him.
- Through a series of mysterious unfortunate incidents, a doctor is inclined to believe that he's being haunted by the ghost of a woman he was in love with in a past life, and the woman's ghost wants to kill him. However, the truth turns out to be much much different than he expected.
- change of decay The vulnerabilities for women in our country have remained the same ever since. Needless to say, women are more likely than men to be raped in the middle of the night. There are no men here to let her go home safely. The rape incident has been going on for women since that day. Did you start talking about rape as soon as I took it? For rape, one I would say let's see what true story has to do with a ritual. who is affected by this ritual and Nisharin Saif who plays. Writer Bala comes home to Nishar's Saif home. Saif by writer Bala Nishar asks about life. Nishar's Saif begins to tell about their lives. Bala pays close attention to it and asks Nishar's Saif, Bala when a ceremony like this takes place do you want to ask the girl for consent? Bala asks, "Isn't it?" Nishar's Saif answers. Nishar's Saif begins to say angrily, "This ritual has the same meaning as rape." Do you know how much ritual people do now?
- While the Heroine, a young medical student is researching why split personality exists in humans, she is introduced to the Hero who often behaves strangely.
- This is an exploration of the complex patriarchal structure ingrained into the very fabric of society. The Caesarean idea of a particular word defining the way it has to behave for the masses to accept it. The Choice of free will is highly questionable. I have also explored the rudimentary principles of the power dynamics, between a parent and child. Societal thinking and brandishing in the boxing community has also been explored. Overall, I come from a society with heavy male dominant values. It was a great shock for me to see how similar the culture of different worlds is.
- A narration of L Ron Hubbard's "The Way to Happiness" with dramatizations.
- Three couples and their love story.
- Detective Harish Vedanti is on a hunt to crack down a new murder case which seems to be complex. His perceptions on usage of technology is at stake. Is he going to adapt at the cost of solving a murder case? Who holds the key in solving it?
- PRIYA - India's first female superhero, embarks on a mission to stop the spread of Covid-19. She befriends a little girl named Meena to show her the sacrifices made by frontline healthcare workers and instill the power of courage and compassion during this difficult time. Along with her tiger Sahas, Priya helps to end the pandemic around the world.
- A young woman named Mabel discovers that after the death of her parents, her family has lost all of its money. With no help from her brothers, Mabel is left to fend for herself. Only after meeting Jack Ferguson, a local doctor, does she finally regain a sense of self-worth. The Horse Dealer's Daughter is a tale of love and turmoil, based on the short story by D.H. Lawrence.
- A woman's pursuit in achieving social identity after the dawn of her step grandfather's empire.
- The Football World Cup, Summer 2014. Italy play Uruguay. During the economic crisis a family, crippled by debts, is faced with the repossession of their home. In desperation, they threaten to blow it to pieces.
- A Jewish family is terrorized by Nazis at Auschwitz.
- A desert village perched on a mountain of Aspromonte. A young farmer teaches the craft to a laborer from Senegal. The next day the farmer will have to emigrate to the North in search of work and leave his mother and his homeland. Against the backdrop of evocative landscapes, filtered by the look of a master of our cinema, there are the fates of immigrants and emigrants.
- Sina Washington and her fabulous friends are competing in the biggest hair show competition in Philly - Hair Idol. Decide her fate in this interactive film series.
- Damu(10year old boy) , leaves his home to buy Jagarry .On the way he meets his friend Manya . They stop at a Bioscopewallah. Damu realizes that he is not having enough money and he decides to earn some quick money . This greed takes him to play a game . After the game Damu goes to the shop . But he walk back with tearful eyes.........
- On 11-11-11, Steve and Eliseo had a same-sex marriage ceremony in New York City. They met on November 11 and Steve first popped the question 11 years ago knowing that it could never be a formal marriage. When New York State legalized same-sex marriages in June, they knew they had to get married on 11-11-11! Both Steve and Eliseo started a boutique clothing line for small dogs and with the help of their pet Chihuahua, Martina, they recount their love and prepare for one of the first ceremonial gay marriages in New York City!
- In spring 2011, poets and writers Joshua Ferris, Eliza Griswold, Bob Holman, Nathalie Handal and Christopher Merrill traveled to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal and UAE as part of a literary tour sponsored by the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. POSTCARDS is a series of short pieces about their trip including their experiences in Pakistan when Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. Special Forces.
- India is going through extraordinary changes and entering the global market. This documentary focuses on how India's largest film industry "Bollywood" is transforming itself to appeal to a world audience and an emerging Indian middle class. The documentary follows two brothers, Sanjay and Kumar, as they try to make their big movie. We get a glimpse into the many dimensions of Bollywood and the people who make a living entertaining over 3 billion people a year.
- PRIYA, India's first female superhero has to protect her enchanted forest from greedy industrialists threatening to cut down all the trees. With the help of a little girl named Somya and the local villagers, they defend their home and reminiscent of India's Chipko movement. Priya shows Somya, who is suffering from asthma due to the toxic haze and the beauty of her forest and its power to heal Mother Earth and her.
- The poet Hal Sirowitz has been living with Parkinson's disease for almost twenty-years, but he continues to be vibrant and creative. He was one of the most popular poets in the United States in the 1990s and a regular on MTV and one of the original performers at the Nuyorican Poets' Cafe. Hal and his partner -- the writer Minter Krotzer -- have become advocates for people and families struggling with Parkinson's disease. HAL and MINTER is a funny and uplifting story about being a creative couple and finding your voice.
- Look up from the busy hectic streets of New York City life, and you will see a flock of purebred pigeons flying in circles around an abandoned tenement building in Bushwick. Their aerial acrobatics are guided by their keeper, a street-wise Puerto Rico man nicknamed 2Tone. On the other end of Brooklyn, Goodwin and his pal, Super 13, tend their pigeon coop and flock of 300 birds. Each one trying to lure each other's pigeons away in order to get bragging rights. A beautifully shot documentary designed for online news and cultural publications. The film is told through the voices and perspectives of the pigeon keepers and brings the audience into this obscure and dying culture in New York City.
- Documents 22-year-old singer/song-writer David Porteous' solo journey across Europe following the footsteps of soldiers who fought during WWII, as he writes and records music along the way.
- Three countries. One passion to make a tower of hundreds of people, of their trust in each other, to get close enough and balance long enough, to go ten levels of humans high into the sky.
- After 15 years Rosa comes back to Calabria, to the village where she grew up. Her former best friend, Pepe, is a down guy who has waited for her return for years. Now he is waiting for her at the harbor. Because of the inevitable meeting with Mico, Rosa remembers a painful episode of her adolescence, a journey never set out on and a child never born. Pepe is the only one to be with her, he would hold her and not let her go away anymore.
- The action drama short film by Ram Al-Khameesi is about Jack, who is suspected by the CIA of having committed a murder that he did not commit. In the course of the film, with the help of John, his former trainer, Alex, his best friend, and the gang led by Lucius, he tries to find out why and what the CIA is doing in Vienna. Confrontations ensue..
- In the virtual world of Madlin, the most wanted gang in the country known as the Mini Cooper Lords have robbed the Madlin National Bank. The bank robber known as the phantom has just stolen 2 million dollars and is being chased by a drunk cop. The Madlin Police are closing the gap but are now faced with another unexpected challenge.
- A soulful Nepali song, is a heartfelt song by Babina Bhattarai, with the poignant lyrics expertly penned by Hari Ram Paudel. This engaging composition takes the listener on an emotional journey, delving deep into the complex and beautiful realm of love. As the title suggests, "Pirati ko Geet" translates to "The Song of Love" or "Love's Song." Babina Bhattarai's stirring voice brings alive the deep emotions of the song, while Hari Ram Paudel's poignant verses explore the intricacies of love and reveal the tender feelings one holds for their beloved. The song is a musical exploration of the joy that love entails. The composition is thoughtfully crafted, intertwining the emotive power of the lyrics with the enchanting melodies, creating a harmonious blend that resonates with the listener's soul. "Pirati ko Geet" stands as a testament to the universal language of love, a timeless melody that captures the essence of one's deep and profound connection with their dear one.
- Jon, a spoken-word poet and New York City bike messenger stumbles up a lost manuscript from 1974 by Claire Wilks, a forgotten poet who was murdered. Initially intrigued by the possibilities of bringing attention to this important literary work, Jon quickly becomes obsessed to unravel Claire's unsolved murder. Drawn into New York City literary world, he encounters many poetry characters and landmarks, as well as sparks a romance with beautiful young poet, Angel.
- Jon and Angel plunge into the mystery of Claire's death while being stalked by a crazy radical poet, Lamont who sees the manuscript as a threat to him and his past. While another mysterious poet, Mark, appears in New York City after a self-exile in Berlin. He is on the brink of major literary success, but will the ghost of Claire and the manuscript destroy him?
- While in Berlin, Angel's professor Bob Holman discovers a cryptic poem written by Claire that sheds light on a dark figure. Jon meets Mary Alice Fulton, an old friend of Claire's who warns him of the trouble he's unleashed with the manuscript. Aroused by memories and regret, she reveals more about Claire and her covert past.
- Jon's obsession with finding the truth about Claire leads to an unexpected phone call from John Giorno who invites him to legendary writer and junkie William S. Burroughs' dungeon layer -- THE BUNKER. While learning about Claire's secret connection with Burroughs, Jon discovers her typewriter and a suicide note written by her. Was it murder or a suicide?
- The infamous pack-rat poet Lamont makes a bold move to steal the manuscript, prompting Jon and Angel to track down the White Rabbit, an underground press from the 1980s. Meanwhile, Mark locks horns with Lamont in the dead of winter over the future of Claire's writings. Co-starring Bob Holman, Eileen Myles, Kurt Boone, and others.
- Poet Nathalie Handal is living in New York City. As the editor of "New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia & Beyond" (W.W. Norton & Co.), she published an Afghanistani woman poet who was later killed, so Nathalie travels to Kabul to meet with other women poets and experience their culture and language. At Kabul University, she teaches a poetry workshop with young girls and creates a beautiful love poem with them.
- Writer and reporter Eliza Griswold ("The Tenth Parallel," Farrar Straus Giroux) is in Karachi, Pakistan conducting workshops with the rest of the delegation when suddenly Osama bin Laden is killed and the country is thrown into turmoil. She is asked to report on the general feelings and fears of the Pakistani people for the "Daily Beast." A great documentary on the insights of reporting in difficult area during turbulent times.
- Spoken-word poet Bob Holman is on a search to record a Newari poet for the endangered languages cento, which will be presented at the United Nations in New York City. Pressed for time, he travels to Kathmandu and experiences the diverse languages and peoples of the mountainous country. In the midst of a national strike that shutdowns Kathmandu, he finds a young poet who reads a poem about her grandfather. Bob returns to New York City and jubilantly presents the cento at the UN's Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
- The show continues in Timbuktu where Bob gets more insight into the dusty off-station in the middle of nowhere. Bob goes to the Timbuktu Library, with volumes from the 16th Century when the city was the center of African learning. We ourselves learn how to ride a camel and how Timbuktu got its name before we venture into the Sahara and spend an afternoon listening to the hypnotic music of the Tuaregs, the nomadic "blue people," named because their indigo-dyed clothing rubs off on their skin. Then we head south to visit the Dogons, renowned for the interplay of their culture of masks with daily life and rituals. Bob tries to get a mask ceremony to happen: he buys millet beer for the town, and we see how it is brewed. Then he has his fortune read via iconic marks in the sand that are left overnight for the pale fox to wander through and change their meanings, one of many Dogon traditions first written about by Marcel Griaule. When the village erupts into a mask ceremony, the Dogon dancing, music and masks evoke a complete cosmology of extraordinary beauty, utterly fascinating and unique.
- Yiddish, which once had five daily newspapers in New York City, is now an Endangered Language. From the director of the Sholem-Aleichem House and the Yiddish storyteller, Sarat, we learn about the decline of Yiddish resulting from the rise of Hebrew as the national language of Israel. Sarat cooks us a delicious cholent, a stew combining many of the ingredients from the old countries. While in Jerusalem, we experience the musical sounds of Ladino, the Spanish Hebrew of the Sephardic Jews, which is also endangered. The poet Ronny Someck, a "true Israeli poet from Iraq," gives Bob a tour of Jaffa and tells us about the multilingual diversity that used to exist in Israel. He suggests visiting the West Bank to hear Arabic, so Bob takes the grueling journey through the endless checkpoints and the Separation Wall to reach Ramallah. Once across the Wall we meet with some young Palestinian hip-hop poets who explain the complexities of living near the Separation Wall that dominates the landscape. In the end, Bob is left to ponder how the resurrection of Hebrew into the national language has created barriers between the many different voices and languages of the region and how the monoglot of Hebrew in a polyglot land may have effected Israel's political thinking.
- A griot (gree-oh) is the keeper of the West African oral tradition and the tribe's genealogy through poetic songs. Bob is invited to Gambia by his long-time friend and teacher, Papa Susso, to learn more about this musical art and see how the kora, the 21-string harp-lute is made. Bob travels up the Niger River with Papa's son, Karamo, also a griot, in search of the spirit of the African-American Beat poet, Ted Joans, who lived a buoyant life in Timbuktu in the 70s and was Bob's mentor. Along the way, Bob discovers the roots of hip-hop, rap, the blues -- all the great American musical traditions that originated in Africa. The episode concludes with a kora-guitar jam session between Karamo and Ali Farka Toure's son, Vieux.