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Serge Diaghilev and the Ballet Russes
MC-1356, 2013
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The impresario Serge Diaghilev was the creator and driving force of the Ballets Russes. He persuaded, cajoled, and charmed the greatest talents of the early twentieth century to join his company. Artists (Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse),... more >
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N.A.S.A.
MC-1348, 2012
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N.A.S.A.: The Spirit of Apollo is an intimate, behind the scenes look at the making of N.A.S.A.'s (North America South America) landmark debut LP, The Spirit of Apollo. Created by two close friends and musical aficionados from opposite hemispheres,... more >
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Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters
MC-1378, 2012
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An acclaimed photographer with the eye of a filmmaker, Gregory Crewdson has created some of the most gorgeously haunting pictures in the history of the medium. His meticulously composed, large-scale images are stunning narratives of small-town... more >
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The Days of the Commune
MC-1355, 2013
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In the spring of 2012, Zoe Beloff brought together a group of actors, activists and enthusiasts to perform Brecht's play The Days of the Commune (1949) in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. Thinking about Occupy as a radical theater of the people,... more >
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The Queen of the People
MC-1341, 2006
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In 1944, Caracas hosts the 7th Amateur Baseball World Series. The organizers decide that the beauty queen of the event has to be elected via a popular vote. The title is disputed by Yolanda Leal, a school teacher from a humble neighbourhood, and Oly... more >
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El Cerrito
MC-1342, 2006
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Caracas, during the Fifties, is a prosperous Latin American metropolis. The modernising impulse expresses itself in the construction of a new city, with spaces, shapes and styles that break with the past and represent the economic prosperity of the... more >
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Reverón
MC-1343, 2009
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Around 1920, a young artist moves to a solitary spot by the Caribbean sea, in the Venezuelan shores. He seems to be heading against the stream. While his contemporaries pursue an ideal of progress, he produces a unique work that ends up placing him... more >
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The Cardboard Bernini
MC-1353, 2012
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"The Cardboard Bernini" examines the work and life of artist James Grashow as he builds a giant cardboard fountain inspired by the work of the famous Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
James Grashow is an artist who has built, among many... more >
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The Great Commanders
MC-1354, 2013
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The Great Commanders is a masterly portrait of six men - Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Horatio Nelson, Napoleon Bonaparte, Ulysses S. Grant and Georgi Zhukov - whose military genius changed the course of world history.
Providing a refreshing... more >
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