(Oko nad Prahou)
Oko nad Prahou is of 0 hour(s) and 0 minute(s). It is Produced By: Simply Cinema, Česká televize. It was released on 2010-04-15.
Genres: Documentary
(Oko nad Prahou)
Oko nad Prahou is of 0 hour(s) and 0 minute(s). It is Produced By: Simply Cinema, Česká televize. It was released on 2010-04-15.
Genres: Documentary
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It has an average vote of 8.7 on TMDB.
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Marble—in its raw state and as a noble product—is the matter that Quarry is made of. The film portrays two distinct interiors, a large underground marble quarry in Vermont, and several showrooms of Manhattan luxury condos. In between stands a solid reflection about the material choices associated to these architectures and the stone's value within a speculative economy.
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The collaboration between architects, scientists, archaeologists and engineers in their efforts to restore Notre Dame.
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It has an average vote of 4.3 on TMDB.
The New Black is a documentary that tells the story of how the African-American community is grappling with the gay rights issue in light of the recent gay marriage movement and the fight over civil rights. The film documents activists, families and clergy on both sides of the campaign to legalize gay marriage and examines homophobia in the black community's institutional pillar-the black church and reveals the Christian right wing's strategy of exploiting this phenomenon in order to pursue an anti-gay political agenda. The New Black takes viewers into the pews and onto the streets and provides a seat at the kitchen table as it tells the story of the historic fight to win marriage equality in Maryland and charts the evolution of this divisive issue within the black community.
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Conversations On Serious Topics is a film without exterior action, props, landscapes or special effects. Its main characters are children and teenagers with a special ability to describe the surrounding world. Intimate conversations with them reveal the picture of the modern world -- at times melancholic, at times comical, at times dramatic. Shot in a minimalist fashion, the film raises questions about loneliness, love, God, the world and human relations. "The world is people." "Don't you believe in God? I can teach you how to start believing..."
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It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
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