Seed

In a cold eastern European suburb, a man walks out of the dark club to get some light in his eyes.

Found footage educational videos and Super 8 of Vermont forests combine into a landscape film (of sorts), reflecting on the digital and analogue technologies that mediate images of nature.

Alvin Malone is heavily in debt because of his addictive gambling; he is plagued by self-repressed homosexual tendencies; and he is finding it all very hard to reconcile with his Jewish heritage... not to mention with his wife. Between the crumbling ties of matrimony and threats of violence from his bookie, Alvin finds little time to look for work. Just when things seem their worst, his overbearing mother-in-law makes him an offer: 'Give me a grandchild and have your gambling debts settled for good.'

Filmmaker Koto Bolofo accompanies his father, a history teacher and 30-year refugee from apartheid, on a journey back to South Africa. He had been a critic of the racist Bantu education system and the brutal disciplinary methods of his school’s Afrikaner principal. The film juxtaposes Professor Bolofo’s flight to asylum with vibrant scenes from the daily life of his village. This is not a documentary of explanation— of politics, of sociology— but an outpouring of images of the people given life by an artist and photographer.

Set in Assam's insurgency ridden 90s, Jwlwi- The Seed is a story of hope lost and found through resolute perseverance even in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.

In the mountains of West Virginia, Alderson Cree is mortally wounded in an ambush by Kip Ryerson, after Kip's wife, Martha, seeks refuge at the Crees's home for herself and her stepdaughter, Eileen. Cree makes his young son, David, promise to avenge his death once he has grown into manhood. As David Cree runs for help, Alderson recants and instructs Martha Ryerson to release his son from his promise. However, to eliminate her brutal spouse, Martha Ryerson remains silent, and George Hedrick, the local storekeeper, leads a crowd to drive Kip out of town. Hedrick later announces Kip's death, relieving David of his obligation to his father. Years pass, and David, now an adult, is engaged to Mary Reddin. When Kip Ryerson returns to town, David's mother demands that he keep his promise to avenge his father.

A heartbroken childless woman who yearns for a child, after being divorced by her callous sterile husband, becomes romantically involved with her widower boss and unbeknownst to her they are linked through their shared past.

Archive footage from Potemkin (1925), with English dialogue dubbed in by American actors, is combined with new footage to tie together the brave stand of Odessa Russian guerrilla bands of the 1940's against German forces with the similar situation of 1905 when Odessa citizens aided in the revolt against the Czar as depicted in Eisenstein's classic Potemkin (1925).

His weak-willed mother and the son Fred, whom she has spoiled, are the mill-stones around Dan's neck. Ida, who loves him, determines to save him from their influence. The girl is assistant district attorney. Fred is arrested as a cocaine vendor.

Amid the backdrop of a contentious presidential election, a health clinic in Southwest Houston is run by and for immigrants and refugees. A family from Iran is bound by love as they build a new home in the city’s most diverse neighborhood.

Seed Of The Enemy shows the effects of racism from inside the mind of a black man. The world often pushes us to a point where we eventually decide to push back. It takes away our belief in a better one, leaving us to destroy the hope that we have. The future can offer a new possibility, but are we prepared to believe in it enough to take it?

A tiny seed is feeling trapped in her paradise by a gentle giant who seems to be the nature’s force. Impelled by her curiosity she falls out of Eden. adrift among dark caves she discovers being in fact a volcanic rock covered with soft plants. Only then she finds the way back to the Giant the old volcano guarding the paradise from its own fire.

The Film looks at the transformation of Dalit women’s lives through their involvement in an ecological movement for sustainable farming in Andhra Pradesh.

The year 2067. A spaceship travels through the menacing emptiness of space carrying thousands of plants and seeds from a dying Earth in search of an uncertain and very distant future.

“When you play Warri with God, you get no seed.” Antiguan Proverb. Grace Valentine is a woman struggling to keep her personal and professional life from crumbling while her colleagues conspire against her. Set on the fictional island of St. Mark, No Seed explores the behind-the-scenes nuances of Caribbean politics. The film also highlights cultural mores, including the game of Warri, which is used metaphorically to underscore the faith of its characters.

Over a game of chess, a white and black prison inmate discuss the origins of the n word. In order to get a deep understanding of the black inmate, Sonny dives into scriptures to understand the state of African Americans.

An African American 5 Star General sends his US Air Force Wing to attack Russia in hopes that Russia will retaliate because he believes the evolution of the watermelon means the elimination of black people.

This six-part journey into the wonder and power of seeds introduces us to seed people around the world, from farmers to baristas, from gardeners to scientists, from pioneers to visionaries.

This dance film focuses on the story of the cycle of the “semilla” (seed), attesting that no matter where we go, our roots connect us to our ancestors and to each other. We overcome impunity by cultivating, sprouting and growing life wherever we go.

Alvin Queen is one of the best jazz drummers of all time. A child prodigy, he played with the greatest masters (Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Pharaoh Sanders... ) He is also a very nice person who has a lot of wisdom to transmit. He shows it beautifully in this first episode of "Seeds of Success".