My Friend Fela provides a new perspective on the Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, to counter the « eccentric African pop idol of the ghetto” vision people have, according to director Joel Zito Araújo.
Fela’s complex existence is told through the eyes and conversations with close friend and official biographer, African-Cuban Carlos Moore.
As the documentary unfolds, it reveals the many influences and forces that shaped Fela’s extraordinary life: from the relationship with his mother to his many and problematic relationships with women, from his ties with his spiritual advisor Professor Hindu to his mutually influential encounters with...
Inspired by Kenneth Angerís book “Hollywood Babilonia”, the film tells the story of Italian cinema in the thirties and forties or Cinecittà at the age of Facism.
Combining archive materials and interviews, it shares a unique point of view, between history and gossip, of what we know as « Hollywood on Tiber ».
=> Original Italian version with English subtitles
An alcoholic man and his two young children barely survive in Taipei. They cross path with a lonely grocery clerk who might help them make a better life.
=> VOD available with English or French subtitles. Also available in a DVD set, along with Journey To The West.
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Billie, jeune adolescente, et son petit frère Nico luttent pour trouver leur place dans une famille dysfonctionnelle. Partagés entre un père alcoolique mais aimant et une mère trop souvent absente, leur vie oscille entre malaises et incompréhensions. Lors d’un été mouvementé, ils rencontrent Malik, jeune garçon en quête d’ailleurs, et décident de fuguer avec lui.
Film en VOSTFR
Pour le coffret DVD contenant 3 films de Alexandre Rockwell (Sweet Thing, In The Soup et Little Feet), cliquez ici.
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