Movies: Independence

An aimless office worker's life is permanently changed when he encounters a mystical homeless man....

Musa, who is only a thirteen-year-old shoe shiner, undergoes destiny through his adventure of waging war during the war time. Will he manage to bring peace among the troops who keep on fighting for nothing?...

2035, United States of Europe. Some humans are not sustainable anymore....

Revolution in Spain, around the events of 2 May 1808, when the people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation....

Sam Von Schamm The Hessian and Bugs Bunny fight it out in the little known American Revolutionary War Battle of Bagel Heights....

Two weeks after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in August 1945, Indonesian Independence leaders proclaimed “Indonesia Merdeka!” ‘Freedom for Indonesia’ and an end to Dutch colonial rule over the Netherlands East Indies. Internationally renowne...

A documentary that traces the life and times of Bhagat Singh, a committed Marxist who fought against British imperialism in undivided India and most ably exemplified the spirit of revolutionary resistance in the struggle for freedom....

Following a break-up, a young woman awaits a phone call....

The tenth film from Shahriar Hanife's series of experimental etudes, an Iranian researcher....

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Ahmed Guessous loses his parents during the war of Gaza in 1924. He will be found and adopted by Lieutenant Bourget Bourget keep him under his protection until he died a few months later. The friend of Bourget, Gassiaux, who promised his friend to ke...

The meaty saga of Burger Baron, a rogue fast-food chain with mysterious origins and a cult following, run by a loose network of fiercely independent Arab Canadian immigrants....

This film is the product of a seven-year research journey on the popular insurrection of December 1960 in Algeria and the failure of the counter-insurrection, thanks to the Wretched of the Earth themselves....

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Carlos sweeps and mops the floor of an old-time barbershop. The day before Independence Day, among the customers is Julio. Their eyes meet, and when the barbershop closes Julio comes back for Carlos. They spend the night together, eating, chatting an...

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Beni is an eight-year-old boy living in Korçë with his parents and leads a sheltered life. His mother is very protective and doesn't let him play outside. When Beni is able to go outside, the neighborhood children make fun of him. One day when his un...

Emotionally scarred by a string of unsuccessful relationships, artist Marilyn Ross has her guard up when it comes to men. While she's reluctant to embark on a new romance, she also can't deny the attraction she feels upon meeting recent divorcee Rodn...

Most people don't think about singing when they think about revolutions. But song was the weapon of choice when, between 1986 and 1991, Estonians sought to free themselves from decades of Soviet occupation. During those years, hundreds of thousands g...

The band Fugazi is documented over a period of more than ten years (1987-1998) through performance footage and interviews with the band and their fans. Director Jem Cohen's relationship with band member Ian MacKaye extends back to the 1970s when the...