Tag: 1980s

April 11, 2020 / Drama

In one of the rare films from Ivory Coast, director and writer Fadika Kramo-Lancine has focused on a common problem facing many African countries, the clash between tradition and its unwritten codes of conduct and the modern world with its own accepted modes of behaviour. Two people from the same village (and therefore, same tribe) meet while they are attending college and fall in love.

April 11, 2020 / Comedy

After their late-life marriage, a middle-aged Australian couple move to the countryside. Their life and tempestuous marriage is detailed.

April 11, 2020 / Drama
April 7, 2020 / Documentary

A documentary filmed in secret during the 1985 state of emergency in South Africa, exploring the problems of police violence and repression in South African townships via the testimonies of the victims and witnesses of these occurences, with particular focus on the effects of apartheid on children. The program also shows interviews with white South Africans and their own conflicting opinions of the situation. Included is an interview with Bishop Desmond Tutu.

March 29, 2020 / Documentary

A documentary on youth gang violence in Los Angeles and the special police detail which is designated to fight it.

March 19, 2020 / Biography
March 19, 2020 / Adventure

A tale of passion and betrayal in which Samson, a judge of Israel who fled with his tribe during the Great Exodus from Egypt, uses his herculean strength in the fight against the Philistine oppressors. He is seduced by Delilah, a Philistine courtesan, who uses her cunning to discover the secret of her lover’s great power and then betrays him.

March 15, 2020 / Biography

The story of Ernie Kovacs, a talented radio and TV presenter and entertainer ahead of his time, who tried to make his shows as innovative and quirky as budget and censorship would allow. Ignored during life, celebrated after death.