Beba
Dazzling self-portrait of a New York filmmaker who explores her Latin and African-American heritage in this revealing glimpse into her turbulent youth and family history.
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IDFA Meets
The program for a new generation of documentary viewers. At Cinema De Vlugt and Kriterion three films will be screened with exciting peripheral programming. In collaboration with Meervaart Studio: Ambassadors of Amsterdam.
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R 21 aka Restoring Solidarity
Militant films made between 1960 and 1980 presented the Palestinian struggle as a shining example to Japanese people opposed to US hegemony. An epilogue questions the boundary between sympathy, propaganda and identification.
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Racist Trees
Can a tree be racist? Residents of Crossley Tract, a historically Black neighborhood in Palm Springs, wrestled with this curious question for decades, culminating in heated discussions on national TV. The dispute is peeled away like the layers of an onion.
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