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1. History of Manawan - Part Two (History of Manawan - Part Two)

Atikamekw elder Cézar Néwashish continues to recount the history of the community of Manawan that first began in The History of Manawan: Part One. As Christianity and European customs take deeper root in the community – abetted by residential schools and aggressive assimilationist government policies – seemingly irreversible changes to significant customs begin to unfold. Despite these struggles, the people carry on. This short is part of the Manawan series directed by Alanis Obomsawin.

2. Camus, l'icône de la révolte (Camus, l'icône de la révolte)

(Camus, l'icône de la révolte)

It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.

3. The Pottery Makers (Ceramiqueros de tras la sierra)

Raymundo Gleyzer's documentary on o community of Pottery Makers in the west of Cordoba province in Argentina who create pieces to sell to the tourists.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

4. The Chosen (El elegido)

Spain, 1937. Ramón Mercader, a young communist combatant, is recruited and trained by the Soviet intelligence service to participate in a top secret mission ordered by the ruthless dictator Joseph Stalin: the assassination of his former political rival, Leon Trotsky, who is living in exile in Mexico.

It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.

5. L'Odyssée des Jeux olympiques (L'Odyssée des Jeux olympiques)

(L'Odyssée des Jeux olympiques)

It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.

6. A Month With the Girls (Un mois chez les filles)

The French female pioneer of immersion journalism, Maryse Choisy, who infiltrated in 1928 the prostitution underworld of Paris. Posing as a chambermaid, a lesbian bar dancer and more, she wrote a very successful and scandalous book about that avant-garde experience, and changed her mind about this world and these women's difficult condition.

It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.

7. While at War (Mientras dure la guerra)

Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War , writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the prevailing political chaos will end. But when the confrontation becomes bloody, Unamuno must question his initial position.

It has an average vote of 7.143 on TMDB.

8. Dear Esther

In 1989, a woman writes a letter to her mentor. She reminisces about a life-changing campaign they spearheaded to save a historic home, Irving Gill's Walter Luther Dodge House in Los Angeles, twenty years prior.

9. Othelo The Great (Othelo, O Grande)

A beautifully told story using archival footage to explore the life of Grande Otelo, a groundbreaking Black Brazilian actor. Overcoming poverty and racism, he built a stellar career, facing controversy yet using it to challenge prejudice.

10. Madame Soleil, la femme qui était supposée savoir (Madame Soleil, la femme qui était supposée savoir)

(Madame Soleil, la femme qui était supposée savoir)

11. Joyeux Noel (Joyeux Noël)

France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody no man's land that the French and the Scots dispute with the Germans…

It has an average vote of 7.402 on TMDB.

12. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (戦場のメリークリスマス)

Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.

It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.

13. Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Marion Stokes secretly recorded television 24 hours a day for 30 years from 1975 until her death in 2012. For Marion taping was a form of activism to seek the truth, and she believed that a comprehensive archive of the media would be invaluable for future generations. Her visionary and maddening project nearly tore her family apart, but now her 70,000 VHS tapes are being digitized and they'll be searchable online.

It has an average vote of 6.25 on TMDB.

14. Dangerous Liaisons: A Feminist Manifesto? (Les Liaisons scandaleuses)

Well known for its exploration of seduction and revenge, the “Dangerous Liaisons” by Choderlos de Laclos caused a scandal from its first publication in 1782. Despite – or because of the scandal – the book was a top-seller. Since then, it stood the test of time. Combining eras, continents and people, the novel is adapted around the world. Marvelous tool for reflection on the female condition, social satire announcing the Revolution, remarkable work on the conflicting nature of love but also of the gender war, consecration of the power of the words, a libertine manual… “Dangerous Liaisons” is all of these at once.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

15. Excellent Cadavers

Palermo, Sicily, 1984. Examining magistrate Giovanni Falcone allies with Tomasso Buscetta, a former mobster, to defeat the clan of Corleone, the ruthless Mafia faction that rules Cosa Nostra with an iron hand, cruelly eliminating all those who dare to oppose its immense power: other criminals, policemen, judges, even innocent civilians. One of them wants revenge, the other wants justice. But only one can survive such an unequal fight.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

16. La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès (La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès)

(La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès)

It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.

17. Far from the Trees (Lejos de los árboles)

An unprejudiced portrait of Spanish folklore and a crude analysis in black and white of its intimate relationship with atavism and superstition, with violence and pain, with blood and death; a story of terror, a journey to the most sinister and ancestral Spain; the one that lived far from the most visited tourist destinations, from the economic miracle and unstoppable progress, relentlessly promoted by the Franco regime during the sixties.

It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.

18. Katyn (Katyń)

On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the Soviet Red Army crosses the border. The Polish army, unable to fight on two fronts, is defeated. Thousands of Polish men, both military and government officials, are captured by the invaders. Their fate will only be known several years later.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

19. Talking the Pictures (カツベン！)

Set at a movie theater in a small village around 100 years ago. Silent films are play at the movie theater. A young man aspires to become a benshi, a performer that provides live narration to silent films.

It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.

20. When Nirvana Came to Britain

A look at the special relationship between Nirvana and the UK on the 30th anniversary of their seminal album Nevermind, including the role Britain played in paving the way for their success.

It has an average vote of 8.25 on TMDB.