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Real-Life Dramanew

Nominated for the Jury Grand Prize at Sundance, this well-researched documentary fills you with frustration beyond measure, as a young black man is sent to prison for life for the brutal rape and murder of a white woman that he did not commit.

Orlando Weekly | Lindy T. Shepherd | 09-15-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Ricki Stern and Annie Sundburg, The Trials of Darryl Hunt

Brooklyn's Black Cowboysnew

The rough documentary footage captures the street life and bustling interstates that surround Cedar Lane Stables in the tough Howard Beach area of the borough.

Orlando Weekly | Lindy T. Shepherd | 09-15-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Eric Martz, The Federation of Black Cowboys

Hiroshima, Through Survivors' Eyesnew

This harrowing documentary about the atomic bombing of Nagasaki tells its story through the eyes a few of the remaining survivors.

Orlando Weekly | Jason Ferguson | 09-15-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Robert Richter, The Last Atomic Bomb

Save the Turtlesnew

Richard Ogust was eating at a restaurant in Chinatown when he purchased his first turtle -- it was bound for his plate, but he took it home alive instead.

Orlando Weekly | Bob Whitby | 09-15-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Eric Daniel Metzgar, The Chances of the World Changing

The American Road Movie, in Frenchnew

Simultaneously mysterious and mundane, the debut film from French-Moroccan director Ismael Ferroukhi holds up a mirror to the American road movie.

Orlando Weekly | Jessica Bryce Young | 09-15-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Ismael Ferroukhi, Le Grand Voyage

Stay in Debtnew

Hey kids, need another lecture on the evils of credit cards, complete with funny 60s-era footage of fresh-faced young'uns learning how to spend responsibly? Have we got the movie for you!

Orlando Weekly | Bob Whitby | 09-15-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Danny Schechter, In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts

Dizzingly Didacticnew

This film is from Tollywood, and therefore is capable of that peculiar feat of weaving a couple of choreographed numbers into a tale about Sri Lankan terrorism, guerrilla warfare, refugees' identity crises, adoption and heart-wrenching separations.

Orlando Weekly | Jason Ferguson | 09-15-2006 | Reviews

Tags: A Peck on the Cheek, Mani Ratnam

Transcending Violence Through Artnew

Roving from one miserable refugee camp to another in the Republic of Guinea, a group of musicians transcends the horror of murder, mutilation and destruction through their art, which sounds like roots reggae.

Orlando Weekly | Lindy T. Shepherd | 09-15-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Refugee All Stars, Zach Niles; Banker White

The Story of James Beveridgenew

Beveridge's The Idealist sets its observational sights on something resonant: the discovery of her own neglectful father by following the trails of film and travel that he left behind.

Orlando Weekly | Billy Manes | 09-15-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Nina Beveridge, The Idealist

Romeo and Juliet in a Kitchennew

If Romeo and Juliet were set in the gross, dysfunctional kitchen of a drab Dutch hotel, it would resemble Schnitzel Paradise, albeit with considerably less humor.

Orlando Weekly | Jason Ferguson | 09-15-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Martin Koolhoven, Schnitzel Paradise

Braff's Leading Man Bidnew

The Last Kiss is being marketed as a classy romantic comedy, but despite its laughs it's not a comedy, and you'd be an idiot to take a first date to see it.

NOW Magazine | Glenn Sumi | 09-15-2006 | Reviews

Tags: The Last Kiss, Tony Goldwyn