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Roughing the uppers : th... Examines the 1937 shoe strike in Lewiston and Auburn, Me. through interviews with surviving participants

At Dawn Sykes, an American engaged to a poor girl, goes to the Philippines as a teacher, and the girl stays behind to await their marriage. Sykes, after some time has passed, has succumbed to the tropic influences, and is living with a native girl, when one day he hears from the girl back home that she is coming to join him and that she will arrive at dawn next day. An aunt has died and left her a lot of money. Caring more for this coin that the girl, Sykes tries to get rid of the native girl, but she makes a row, and he in fear of losing his girl and her cash, poisons the native girl, who dies. He is about to get rid of the body when a young lieutenant of the U.S. Army shows up with his sergeant, inquiring the way to the trail of Indians, and becomes suspicious of Sykes' uneasiness and finds the dead girl.

Distritc 666 In a dystopian world, young people discover government secrets about the pandemic. While fighting oppression, they try to survive.

Fitful: The Lost Directo... Paula, an inspector of the Historic Trust, visits an abandoned ship on a desolate waterfront and meets the unusual, self-appointed caretaker of the vessel, Vigs. From the outset, Paula's world is transformed into a fitful nightmare.

Sanit Zone The action of the film takes place in one of the provincial towns, where on the occasion of the relocation of the defense plant and, as a result, the opening of the city for foreigners, they meet the "Caravan of Peace". They make a whole performance out of an ordinary event: ten loaves are baked and they are going to hand them over to the guests according to the old Russian custom, but suddenly they discover that the eleventh bread has appeared..

Over the Ledge A poor widow dies, leaving her two young children, Bob and Mabel, in the care of a poor neighbor, who later is forced by circumstances to give them to an asylum. Twenty years pass and Jack, who has been adopted by a good family, has now gone into business for himself and is a rising young broker. He has been searching the detective agencies for his sister, without success, for some years. Mabel ran away from the asylum and has been brought up by a poor family, is without education and is now employed as a servant, and on a certain day is hanging clothes on a roof nearby a large office building, in which Bob has his office, and a small boy is flying his kite from the same rooftop.

Another Chance Mason, discharged from jail, promises his wife to lead a new life. While searching for work, he rescues Curly, a newsboy, from the clutches of a tramp, who, in trying to steal the boy's secret hoard, beats him up badly. Mason leaves the now helpless boy in care of his wife, and resumes his search for work.

Duet Minoo takes her husband, Hamed, to meet his ex-sweetheart, sepideh. This meeting revives old memories...

The Odalisque May and Annie work in a fashionable millinery store, where the buyer, struck by May's beauty, advances her to a position among the models. She gets a little money, but finds that she is obliged to wear better clothes, which she has a hard time getting.

In the Rumbling Belly of... As the U.S. planned to withdraw troops from Afghanistan in September 2021, Canadian-Afghan filmmaker and journalist Brishkay Ahmed was filming IN THE RUMBLING BELLY OF MOTHERLAND. Revealing the ongoing dangers for women reporters, and the extraordinary risks they take, this brave film provides an in-depth look into Zan TV, Kabul’s female-led news agency. A professional journalist herself, Ahmed documents both the harrowing and inspiring work of young, female journalists over the course of the two-year lead up to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Following parallel news stories as they unfold – two sets of national elections as well as ongoing U.S.-Taliban peace talks – the film reveals the daily hurdles Afghan female reporters and media staff face, underscoring the existential current events that threaten both Zan TV as a media outlet and the livelihoods of the women at its heart.