Favela Rising
Favela Rising : short review
Their music fueled a movement. His message fought a war.FAVELA RISING is an explosive and inspirational documentary about Rio de Janeiro's violent favela (Brazilian squatter settlement) and the revolutionary vision of a man who against all odds rises to enhance his community. Haunted by the murders of his family and friends, Anderson Sa is a former drug-traffiker who turns revolutionary in Rio's most feared slum. Through hip-hop music, the rhythms of the street, and Afro-Brazilian dance he rallies his community to counteract the violent oppression enforced by teenage drug armies and sustained by corrupt police. At the dawn of liberation, just as collective mobility is overcoming all odds and Anderson's grassroots Afro Reggae movement is at the height of its success, a tragic accident threatens to silence the movement forever.
Ulster Grand Prix 1956 & Motorcycle Sport 1956
Two films that capture the spirit of vintage racing from a memorable decade, bringing incredible footage of the 350 and 500 events, as well as some sidecar action! And that's not forgetting footage of Jon Surtees' first senior win on a classic Agusta.
Barry is a bored student who regales tourists with the story of his friend Josh. Mistakenly convinced that his long-distance girlfriend is cheating on him, Josh allows himself a night of passion with the campus babe Beth. By the time he realises that Tiffany is innocent, a videotape of the events is on the way to her in the post. Josh and his friends set off to try and retrieve the offending parcel.
Wagner - Der Ring Des Nibelungen
Opus Arte presents Harry Kupfer?s stunning production of Wagner?s colossal masterpiece Der Ring des Nibelungen from the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona as a complete box set. Deborah Polaski, Matti Salminen, Falk Struckmann, John Treleaven and Eric Halfvarson lead a splendid cast in this epic cycle which runs for over 15 hours. Bertrand de Billy conducts the superb Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu. This cycle is considered to be among the greatest productions of modern times and is recorded in sumptuous surround sound.
50 Years Of BBC Television News
Celebrating fifty years of BBC news broadcasting. This programme is a compilation of many of the notable news stories over those years, split into five half hour sections, with each section being presented by a major newsreader. Among the events covered are: the moon landing, Beatlemania, the fall of the Berlin Wall, JFK assassination and the 1966 World Cup Final.
Journey To The Center Of The Earth
Based on the classic tale from Jules Verne. Dr Greed and his servant Gower follow the Professor, his daughter Alexa and their pet guinea pig Hercules on their journey, Gower falls for Alexa and saves them all from danger and Hercules finds a golden key.
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