- Description:
- DVD - Region 1. viewing copy. 1 videodisc of 1.
Titles
+ St. Louis Blues
- Director:
- Gaye, Dyana
- Production Co:
- Andolfi; Nataal; Arte France; CNC
- Running Time:
- Short. 47 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - Dolby
- Color:
- color
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 2009
- Language:
- French language with English subtitles
- Genre:
- Musical
- Notes:
- A transportation musical.
+ The Tunnel
- Director:
- Bass, Jenna
- Production Co:
- Fox Fire Films
- Running Time:
- Short. 25 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - Dolby
- Color:
- color
- Country:
- South Africa
- Year:
- 2009
- Language:
- English subtitles
- Genre:
- Drama, Fantasy
- Notes:
- Set in Matabeleland during the 80s, the film follows young Elizabeth, who loves inventing tall tales. When she arrives at a guerrilla camp desparate for help, Elizabeth must tell her greatest story of all, a story about her village, strangers, ghosts, and the day her father dug a tunnel to the city and her journey to find him. As the story unfolds, Elizabeth embarks on a quest for truth, weaving together fact and illusion. But reality is not far behind and, to save her village, Elizabeth will have to confront it.
+ The Abyss Boys
- Director:
- Beetge, Jan-Hendrick
- Production Co:
- Ten 10 Films
- Running Time:
- Short. 26 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - Dolby
- Color:
- color
- Country:
- South Africa
- Year:
- 2009
- Language:
- English subtitles
- Genre:
- Drama
- Notes:
- Set in the slums of a small fishing community on the southern coast of South Africa, where illegal abalone poaching has become a dangerous activity for two young brothers: Jimmy and AB. When AB becomes entangled with Gonyama, a violent gangster, Jimmy devises a plan to liberate him from his lifestyle and provide the pair with a fresh start.
+ Pumzi
- Director:
- Kahiu, Wanuri
- Production Co:
- Inspired Minority Pictures
- Running Time:
- Feature. 21 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - Dolby
- Color:
- color
- Country:
- Kenya
- Year:
- 2009
- Language:
- English language
- Genre:
- Sci Fi, African - American Interest, Female Directors
- Notes:
- A sci fi film about Africa in the future, 35 years after World War III, the water war. The protagonist finds a soil sample that challenges everything she knows about her world.