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Don't Breathe

Nino Kirtadze’s most recent documentary could easily be mistaken for a drama—her subjects are so at ease before the camera’s lens, one would think they were professional actors.
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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
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Gems from the BAM/PFA Collection
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The Legend of Suram Fortress

Codirected by Dodo Abashidze and Sergei Paradjanov, this film is based on a Caucasus Mountains legend that tells of the repeated efforts of the Georgian people to construct a fortress against invaders. The fortress continues to collapse until a fortune-teller recalls a fateful prophecy.
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Shadow of Our Forgotten Ancestors

With this gorgeous picture set among a small Ukrainian sect, Sergei Paradjanov “was the first to indicate the degree to which folklore and local artistic tradition could once again become a source of visual wealth in Soviet national cinema.
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Khalo Matabane & Gillian Hart

Join the filmmaker for a screening of A Letter to Nelson Mandela. Introduced by UC Berkeley professor Gillian Hart.
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Don't Breathe