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Come Back, Africa

History · Docudrama · World Cinema

In making this mixture of documentary and drama, director Lionel Rogosin’s aimed to reveal the harsh injustice of apartheid in Sophiatown, a South African ghetto where Black citizens formed their own vibrant community and culture. Rogosin spent a year meeting with locals in order to capture th…

Come Back, Africa/Black Roots

History · World Cinema · Drama

Working secretly with activists and ordinary Africans, Lionel Rogosin created the first film exposing apartheid. He then took the fight for equality home to the US with the astonishing Black Roots.

Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 7: Evgeni Bauer

Drama · Comedy · Silent

These three films by the magnificent and macabre Evgeni Bauer reveal the distinctive eroticism and dark melodrama of early Russian cinema.

The Edge of the World

Drama · Romance

Two families living on a remote island off of Scotland are torn asunder by a race between their sons in this thrilling romantic drama from director Michael Powell (The Red Shoes, Stairway to Heaven).

Household Saints

Religion · Romance · Drama

Nancy Savoca’s chronicle of a spirited Italian-American New York family boasts memorable performances from Vincent D’Onofrio, Tracey Ullman, Lili Taylor, and Michael Imperioli, and showcases a unique voice in 1990s independent filmmaking.

On the Bowery

Documentary

ON THE BOWERY chronicles three days in the drinking life of Ray Salyer, a part-time railroad worker adrift on New York’s skid row. When the film first opened in 1956, it exploded on the screen, jump-started the post-war American independent scene and shortly won an Oscar nomination. Restored b…

On the Bowery: The Films of Lionel Rogosin Vol. 1

History · Drama · Documentary

Lionel Rogosin's portrait of life on New York's skid row remains devastating and powerful more than sixty years later. Also features making-of docs by the filmmaker's son Michael Rogosin.