In The Shadow Of Men

After the Mistress of the Crane (Doris Lung Chun Erh) finds a valuable piece of jewelry, she must fight off a band of thieves. Despite being blind, the Mistress uses her kung fu mastery to pummel the thieves (including Shek Tin), the notorious Lame Dragon (Barry Chan) and the Eight Step Killer (Lung Tuen-Hsiang). She ends up fighting for her life and the ultimate prize. Gordon Liu hosts the commentary included with this martial arts film.

Next to the producers, scriptwriters, directors, actors and cinematographers, is another group of people who are also responsible for the magic of movies. They are the men and women who work behind cameras: the technicians, always ready, preparing the next scene; they are the ones who appear in the final credits, which are generally ignored by the audiences. This documentary is their story: their voice, their memories, their experiences, anecdotes of a lifetime in film.

Filmed on location in Saskatchewan from the Qu'Appelle Valley to Hudson Bay, the documentary traces the filmmaker's quest for her Native foremothers in spite of the reluctance to speak about Native roots on the part of her relatives. The film articulates Métis women's experience with racism in both current and historical context, and examines the forces that pushed them into the shadows.

Join affable presenter Nigel Marven as he explores El Salvador, the volatile land of volcanoes with a colorful culture and natural history. Follow along as he climbs an active volcano near the capital San Salvador, comes face-to-face with a crocodile, cuddles a caecilian, fights fire with fire, dives deep into a volcanic lake, and discovers the Pompeii of Central America.

The last days in the life of a genius. Reasoning on the question: 'Who, how and why killed Botev?'. Main lines of inquiry: killed by a stray Turkish bullet; took his own life in despair and frustration, killed by the insurgents after a fracas. Reconstruction and criminological analysis of the crime scene.

In the tropical forest, a small plant tries to catch a bit of light until she realizes that she can only survive in the darkness...

A mother who has recently been incarcerated refuses to give up on her young son, no matter how fragile their connection may now be.

Three months ago, Archer lost his memories in a car accident. One day, his girlfriend, Jenny, goes missing. As he and a reporter named Nick investigate into Jenny's disappearance, Archer realizes that nothing is as it seems.

This genre-defying movie tells the story of a father living in a remote property sold by a man who has been absent for years and soon picks up on a fearful atmosphere within the building. Moving objects and other creepy events cause the terrified father to run away, but stranger events in the city bring him back. What is really happening? The spooky answer lies Somewhere in the Shadows...

A poetic short documentary questioning the rationale behind past and future mining prospects in Greenland and how they are linked to the search for identity of the fledgling nation in a post-colonial world.

In May 1961, amidst the snow-capped mountains and verdant forests of Canada's West coast, Jim Baldwin and Ed Cooper, decided to try the impossible--a first ascent up the 'unclimbable' Stawamus Chief. Within two weeks, 12,000 cars full of onlookers crowded the base of the Chief while the climbers braved relentless heat, mosquitoes and a barrage of reporters. In the Shadow of the Chief takes a unique look at a part of climbing history and the spirit of the community that rallied behind them.

Interviews with trapped non-believers an d with Ex-Mormons who have escaped the oppressive cult. Exploring and challenges the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' power to exploit the family as a weapon against those who choose to no longer accept what the Mormons believe to be 'the One, True Church'.

In the Shadow of the Revolution, an independent U.S.-Venezuelan collaboration by writer-directors J. Arturo Albarrán and Clifton Ross, gives voice to much-needed alternative perspectives on the country’s Bolivarian Revolution. Heavily disseminated Bolivarian propaganda presents a narrative of a popular, left-wing government that has brought great benefits to the population in the face of attacks from a right-wing, “fascist” opposition. Through interviews with social movement activists, journalists, and academics, the film provides a counternarrative that helps explain the current rebellion against a corrupt, inefficient authoritarian government that has created a catastrophe in Venezuela that has brought it to the brink of civil war.

In the Shadow of the Palms (2005) is a documentary produced and directed by the Australian filmmaker Wayne Coles-Janess. He filmed it in Iraq prior to, during and after the fall of Saddam Hussein after the United States invasion of 2003. An Arab-language film, it documents the changes in Iraqi society and the lives of ordinary Iraqis by focusing on a cross-section of individuals.

In the Shadow of the Condor documents an expedition in January of 2002 into the spectacular pristine Corcovado wilderness in Southern Chile.

A documentary looking at how tenants and residents in Bermondsey and Rotherhithe in the London Borough of Southwark are organising in the face of the enormous change happening in London.

After a long day at work, a young man's night goes wrong.

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