75m; France
Director: Robert Bresson
Cast: Martin LaSalle, Marika Green and Jean Pélégri
Synopsis: Michel is released from jail after serving a sentence for thievery. His mother dies and he resorts to pickpocketing as a means of survival.
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Picture Bride (1994)
95m; U.S.
Director: Kayo Hatta
Cast: Youki Kudoh, Akira Takayama and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Synopsis (IMDB): The story of 16-year-old Riyo who journeys to Hawaii in 1918 to marry a man she has never met, except through photographs and letters they have exchanged. Hoping to escape a troubled past and to start anew, Riyo is bitterly disappointed upon her arrival: her husband is twice her age and Hawaii is not the paradise she expected. As Riyo comes to terms with her new home, she discovers a land full of hardship, struggle–and unexpected joy.
Picture Man: The Poetry of Photographer Milton Rogovin (2009)
20m; U.S.
Director: Mark Rogovin (Producer)
Synopsis: Life of world renowned social documentary photographer Milton Rogovin.
Contact: Mark Rogovin (708) 366-5535; markrogovin@gmail.com; http://www.miltonrogovin.com
Pigpen (1969)
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast: Pierre Clémenti, Jean-Pierre Léaud and Alberto Lionello
Synopsis (IMDB): Two dramatic stories. In an undetermined past, a young cannibal (who killed his own father) is condemned to be torn to pieces by some wild beasts. In the second story, Julian, the young son of a post-war German industrialist, is on the way to lie down with his farm’s pigs, because he doesn’t like human relationships.
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Contact: OUTCAST FILMS Vanessa Domico info@outcast-films.com Office: 917.520.7392
The Planning Lady (2007)
9m; U.S.
Director: Marty Shea
Synopsis: A 1st grader visits the school guidance counselor and must decide what she wants to be for the rest of her life.
Contact: Marty Shea 773-989-8501 tragedies@crewdocs.com
Pleasure For The People
90m; France
Director: Jean-Pierre Thorn
Synopsis: Tells the story through hip-hop and music of the immigrant Morrocan and African youth in France and the racism that they face.
Plunder: The Crime of our Time (2009)
100m; U.S.
Director: Danny Schechter
Synopsis: A hard-hitting investigative film that explores how the financial crisis was built on a foundation of criminal activity uncovering the connection between the collapse of the housing market and the economic catastrophe that followed.
Contact: http://plunderthecrimeofourtime.com/contact.htm
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