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The Longest Death
Two lovers plot a daring heist in this atmospheric noir about fate and fortune on the fringes of the American dream.
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A story of two Palestinians—one raised in exile, the other rooted on the land—searching for a language of love amid the ruins of dispossession.
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The Rayburn Affair
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Ninan
Exiled from his community after serving time for his father’s murder, a young Innu man finds himself adrift on the streets of Montreal.
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Lantern
Meditations on the beauty of an ordinary life
