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Rock 'n' Roll Hotel
Rock 'n' Roll Hotel
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The story follows a young trio of musicians, played by Rachel Sweet, Matthew Penn (son of Arthur) and Judd Nelson, called The Third Dimension. They enter a battle of the bands in an old hotel called the Rock N' Roll Hotel. However, rival band The Weevils are intent on stopping the young band from winning the contest and taking the title for themselves... Essentially one of the first feature-length music videos, the film was produced in Richmond, VA, shot in 3D, filled with musical numbers, written by Russ Dvonch (Rock 'n' Roll High School), co-directed by Paul Justman (Standing In The Shadows of Motown) and featured 80s cable icon Colin Quinn as a local DJ. (Synopsis from Spectacle Theater)

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Theme: Touching and sentimental family stories
Americas in Transition
Americas in Transition
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Americas in Transition provides a concise and fast-paced history of the volatile forces that rocked Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua in the 1970s and 1980s. Drawing on interviews with the Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes, former CIA director Lyman Kirkpatrick, former U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador Murat Williams, and Maryknoll missioner Peggy Healy, the film examines the roots of dictatorship, attempts at democracy, communist influences, and the U.S. role in Latin American politics. Americas in Transition remains the best introduction to U.S. relations with Latin America, and the underlying causes of unrest there. 1981 Academy Award Nominee, Best Short Documentary.

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Theme: Quirky and endearing relationships
The Big Picnic
The Big Picnic
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Rysiek is an escapee from a reform school. Julek escapes the anger of a fire brigade in a small town from which he embezzled. In search for food Rysiek breaks into a villa and discovers a bundle of cash in the freezer. They team together in Warsaw and decide to go on a rampage through the city.

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Theme: Heartbreaking and moving family drama
On the Same River
On the Same River
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Hoi and V?n fall in love during the war against the French. V?n fought as a guerrilla and V?n ferried guerrillas across the river. When peace comes, Vietnam is divided in two across the B?n H?i River, leaving them separated.

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Theme: Adorable animals and heartwarming families
The Fleet's In
The Fleet's In
"It's Ankles Aweigh...and Heaven help a poor sailor in a plight like this!"

Shy sailor Casey Kirby suddenly becomes known as a sea wolf when his picture is taken with a famous actress. Things get complicated when bets are placed on his prowess with the ladies.

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Theme: Horror, the undead and monster classics
The Ship
The Ship
"Tragedy by Gabriele D'Annunzio"

The newly-settled city of Venice in the Sixth Century AD: A wandering people struggle to establish Christian Theocracy. Basiliola Faledro, an exotic dancer, wicked and cunning, arrives from faraway lands seeking to avenge her pagan lineage; Her father and brothers blinded and humilated by frenzied zealots. Her primary targets are the brothers Grtico, both newly-elected to positions of power: One, Marco, an arbiter and tribune, the other, Sergio, a bishop. The title refers to a bold pronouncement made by Deaconess Ema Grtico to her subjects the Venetians, a seafaring and desperate tribe-- That their native homeland is aboard a ship.

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Theme: Bloody vampire horror

Released under the MIT License.

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