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ArtMattan Films Presents: The Invisible Color: Black Cubans in Miami (FIFDA)

from ArtMattan Productions PRO on September 20, 2023

$4.99

This latest documentary by the Dean of Afro-Cuban Cinema Sergio Giral investigates the black Cuban exile community in South Florida, since the first wave of political refugees in the 1959 revolutionary aftermath, to today. It tracks its presence throughout the region, and highlights its contribution…

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ArtMattan Films Presents: Youssou N Dour: Return to Goree

from ArtMattan Productions PRO on June 11, 2023

$2.99 - $9.99

YOUSSOU N'DOUR: RETURN TO GOREE Image Youssou N'Dour PosterA musical road movie, Return to Gorée follows Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour's historical journey tracing the trail left by enslaved Africans and the jazz music they created. Youssou N'Dour's challenge…

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ArtMattan Films Presents: Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

from ArtMattan Productions PRO on August 21, 2024

$4.99 - $9.99

Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun, directed by Sam Pollard, is an illuminating documentary that captures the life and legacy of one of the most significant African American writers of the 20th century, Zora Neale Hurston. The film takes its audience on a journey through Hurston's eventful life,…

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ArtMattan Films presents KINSHASA MAKAMBO

from ArtMattan Productions PRO on July 4, 2020

$10.00

DIRECTED BY DIEUDO HAMADI DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, FRANCE, GERMANY, NORWAY, QATAR, SWITZERLAND/ 2018/ LINGALA | FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES/ 75 MIN SYNOPSIS In January 2015, the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, sought a constitutional amendment that would allow…

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ArtMattan Films presents TANGO NEGRO: The African Roots of Tango

from ArtMattan Productions PRO on June 7, 2020

$4.99 - $12.99

DIRECTED BY DOM PEDRO FRANCE / 2013 / FRENCH AND SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES / 93 MIN SYNOPSIS Tango Negro, The African Roots of Tango by Angolan filmmaker Dom Pedro explores the expression of Tango’s Africanness and the contribution of African cultures in the creation of the tango. Tango…

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ArtMattan Films presents THE MAN WHO MENDS WOMEN: THE WRATH OF HIPPOCRATES

from ArtMattan Productions PRO on September 25, 2020

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THE MAN WHO MENDS WOMEN: THE WRATH OF HIPPOCRATES SYNOPSIS Portrait of the impressive life and work of internationally renowned gynecologist Dr. Denis Mukwege from the Democratic Republic of Congo. He received the 2014 prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, for his struggle against sexual…

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Artmattan Presents: The Esmeraldas Beach

from ArtMattan Productions PRO on May 3, 2023

$3.99

THE ESMERALDAS BEACH In today’s Ecuador, the black population, the descendants of enslaved Africans, continue to experience strong racial and social discrimination. Yet people in the community still strive to value their specific culture and transmit the rebellious memory of their ancestors…

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ArtMattan presents GURUMBÉ: AFRO-ANDALUSIAN MEMORIES (GURUMBÉ. CANCIONES DE TU MEMORIA NEGRA)

from ArtMattan Productions PRO on April 8, 2020

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GURUMBÉ: AFRO-ANDALUSIAN MEMORIES DIRECTED BY M. ÁNGEL ROSALE SPAIN, MEXICO, PORTUGAL, AND SENEGAL / 2016 / SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUTITLES / 72 MIN SYNOPSIS Flamenco is synonymous with Spanish culture. Yet, since its inception, theorists have sidelined the fundamental contribution…

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Art of Faith I

from Illuminations PRO on April 9, 2020

$4.99 - $10.99

Art of Faith I is a visually sumptuous series filmed in HD exploring the architecture and art of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The three hour-long films, presented and narrated by the broadcaster John McCarthy, visit many of the greatest and most significant religious buildings of the world. The…

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Art of Faith II

from Illuminations PRO on May 7, 2020

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Buddhism is a family of beliefs, derived from the teachings of Buddha who died around 400 BCE. The emperor Ashoka Maurya (who r.272-231BC) was responsible for the first large-scale stone art in India and he also redistributed the Buddha’s relics among (supposedly) 84,000 simple stupas (or solid…

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ART OF HEALING [from the CAAMA Collection]

from Ronin Films PRO on February 29, 2016

$4.00 - $17.50

The Saint Teresa Church stands proudly in the Aboriginal community of Ltyentye Apurte, a township of 500 people, 80km south-east of Alice Springs. This is a Catholic Church like no other. Agnes Palmer, an Arrernte woman, grew up in a Catholic Mission and as an adult felt that she had been given a…

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Art of Native America: Earl Biss

from KDMG, Inc. PRO on March 31, 2023

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“Earl Biss, The Spirit Who Walks Among His People” is a documentary that sheds light on this groundbreaking, mystical, and controversial Crow artist. Earl Biss (1947 – 1998) was a profound contributor to the explosion of Southwestern Art in the last half of the 20th century, and particularly…

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