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  • A girls' coming-of-age story

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    Carol's Journey  (2002)

     

    Film Movement presents a film by Imanol Uribe staring Clara Lago (Carol), Juan José Ballesta (Tomiche, a local boy), and María Barranco (Aurora, Carol's Mother).  This Spanish-language film brings rich photography and warm characters to the screen.  Carol, who has grown up in Manhattan, travels with her Mother to her Mother's childhood town in Spain after her Father, a pilot, has joined the Spaniards in the resistance against Franco during the Spanish Civil War.  We meet and get to know several characters in this town including Carol’s Grandfather, a retired teacher, several of the town’s boys, and a few of the Franco loyalists.  While there may be one or two predictable moments, the warmth of the characters will pull you into this story and you are sure to enjoy both the warm and sad moments that play out.  Carol changes as the story progresses.  In the events of this small town Carol sees that she is not the center of the world.  She grows and matures and we enjoy watching this change unfold.

     


  • Aboriginal society - not so different from our own.

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    Ten Canoes  (2007)

    Directed by Rolf de Heer (Alexandria's Project), this film screened at the 2006 Telluride Film Festival in a program item that was a tribute to de Heer.  The film tells the story of tribal Aboriginal traditions and the cycle of life in this tribe.  One is quickly obsorbed by the story and and the vivid cinematography.  In Telluride, de Heer explained that these tribal peoples have no concept of fiction.  He was thus required to cast players in their real-life tribal roles.  This film is an intresting look into a culture that, on the surface one would think completely foriegn to us, but as things play out we see that this socialized Human life is all too similar to our own Western societies.

  • Growing up with a love for cricket

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    Palm Pictures presents a film directed by Paul Morrison.  Here is an engaging coming-of-age film that revolves around cricket.  David Wiseman (Sam Smith) has a love for cricket that is only equaled by his inability to play the game.  One day David's family gets new neighbors in their rental district in 1960's London - a family of Jamaicans lead by the father, Dennis (Delroy Lindo).  Dennis and his family also love cricket.  They build a cricket net setting off events that teach David how to play cricket, to recognize racism and stand up to that hate and fight it, and how one treats true friends.  Strong performances come from Smith, Lindo, and Elily Woof as Ruth, David's mother.

 

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