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On The Rocks and All In: The Fight For Democracy
All In: The Fight For Democracy (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Lisa Cortes, Liz Garbus; Writer: Jack Youngelson; Stars: Stacey Abrams, Andrew Young, Eric Foner, Luci Baines Johnson, Lauren Groh-Wargo, Debo Adegbile, Michael Parsons, Frances Fox Piven, Marcia Fudge, Michael Waldman, Carol Anderson, Jayla Allen, Sean J. Young, Bert Rein, Desmond Meade)
A documentary about the history of voter suppression in the United States.
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David Byrne’s American Utopia (American Utopia) (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Spike Lee; Writer: David Byrne; Stars: David Byrne, David Byrne)
A film of Byrne's acclaimed Broadway show.
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Hopper/Welles (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Orson Welles; Stars: Dennis Hopper, Orson Welles, Janice Pennington, Glenn Jacobson, Dennis Hopper, Orson Welles, Janice Pennington, Glenn Jacobson)
An unscripted talk between Dennis Hopper and Orson Welles, captured on camera in 1970.
The Human Voice (Country: Spain; Year: 2020; Director: Pedro Almodóvar; Writer: Pedro Almodóvar, based on the play by Jean Cocteau; Stars: Tilda Swinton)
Drama about a woman traumatised by the end of a relationship.
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The Monopoly of Violence (Un pays qui se tient sage) (Country: France; Year: 2020; Director: David Dufresne)
Documentary about police violence in contemporary France.
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David Byrne’s American Utopia and The Human Voice
On The Rocks (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Sofia Coppola; Writer: Sofia Coppola; Stars: Bill Murray, Rashida Jones, Marlon Wayans, Jenny Slate, Jessica Henwick, Barbara Bain, Nadia Dajani, Musto Pelinkovicci, Jules Willcox, Alexandra Mary Reimer, Evangeline Young, Ximena Lamadrid, Grayson Eddey, Mike Keller, Chase Sui Wonders)
When a woman suspects her husband of an affair, her dad encourages her to join him on a mission to uncover the truth.
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