Summary: West African country of Mali is a birthplace of the blues, yet today the music and musicians of Mali are in grave danger. As fundamentalist Islam and sharia law become more widespread, dance and music are prohibited and musical instruments are being destroyed.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Summary: Zaman and his wife Najma have built their happy life together in a house of reeds. When Najma falls ill, the doctor tells them she needs surgery or some medicine he does not have. Zaman sets off in his boat and journeys to Baghdad for the cure.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Pathfinder Home Entertainment 2005

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Summary: Syrian filmmaker Feras Fayyad's breathtaking work, a searing example of boots-on-the-ground reportage, follows the efforts of the internationally recognized White Helmets, an organization consisting of ordinary citizens who are the first to rush towards military strikes and attacks in the hope of saving lives.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Grasshopper Film 2018

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Summary: In 1961, Secretary General of the UN Dag Hammarskjold died in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia while en route to ceasefire negotiations between non-combatant UN forces and troops from the breakaway state of Katanga. What started as conspiracy theories have evolved into a growing consensus that Hammarskjold and fifteen other people were shot down, inciting the UN to reopen the case on the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Summary: A new arrival in British-occupied Hong Kong wants to open a martial arts academy to teach his unique Wing Chun style. But a corrupt cabal of martial arts masters, led by Master Hung, refuses to allow him to teach in peace until he proves himself in a series of fights against the local master, which Ip does, in style. But even after earning the respect of the local masters, Ip's troubles are...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2010

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Al-Saadi, Laith

Contents: Gone (3:45) -- What it means (5:23) -- Ophelia (4:38) -- How's it gonna be (6:07) -- Complete disgrace (4:56) -- Last time you'll see me cry (3:45) -- Gone (alternate take) (3:40) -- What it means (alternate take) (5:20).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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Al-Saadi, Laith

Contents: Breathe (5:45) -- Circle (4:20) -- Mystified (5:50) -- Misbehave (5:25) -- In time (3:23) -- Everything (3:37) -- Turn it around (4:41) -- If (4:36) -- Who turned out the lights? (5:43) -- Run to you (7:02).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Laith Al-Saadi 2013

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Al-Saadi, Laith

Contents: Chains (4:02) -- No one left to blame (4:22) -- Morning light (5:26) -- Can't keep going (6:19) -- My hands are tied (5:30) -- Free (3:47) -- So different now (5:07) -- Before too long (3:04) -- All these years (7:02) -- Big mama (4:37).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2008

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G-Eazy

Contents: Disc I: The beautiful & damned / featuring Zoe Nash -- Pray for me -- Him & I / G-Easy & Halsey -- But a dream -- Sober / featuring Charlie Puth -- Legend -- No limit / featuring A$ap Rocky & Cardi B -- The plan -- There's alot -- Pick me up / featuring Anna of the North.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: RCA Records 2017

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Summary: A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives, which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith, abruptly disturbed when they are forced to follow the new laws of their foreign occupants.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Cohen Media Group 2015

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Al Abed, Bana

Summary: When seven-year-old Bana Alabed took to Twitter to describe the horrors she and her family were experiencing in war-torn Syria, her heartrending messages touched the world and gave a voice to millions of innocent children.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017

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Summary: 12-year-old Hany tries to fit in at his new governmental school after his father suddenly drops dead, leaving his mother in debt and unable to continue to afford his private education. Not only is Hany clearly from a more privileged background than the working class boys in his new class, but he is also the only Christian in a room full of Muslims.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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Summary: When Dave gets lost in a labyrinth he has built out of cardboard in his living room, his girlfriend and friends try to rescue him.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Contents: ...Ready for it? (Taylor Swift) -- Sorry not sorry (Demi Lovato) -- Havana (Camila Cabello) -- Mi gente (J Balvin & Willy William, feat. Beyoncé) -- Best friend (Sofi Tukker, feat. NERVO, the Knocks & Alisa Ueno) -- No limit (G-Eazy, feat. A$AP Rocky & Cardi B) -- Let you down (NF) -- I fall apart (Post Malone) -- Young dumb & broke (Khalid) -- Faking it (Calvin Harris, feat. Kehlani & Lil...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Music Entertainment 2018

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Lil Yachty

Contents: Top down -- Wock in stock -- Split ; Whole time -- T D / feat. A$AP Rocky, Tyler the Creator & Tierra Whack -- Pardon me / feat. Future & Mike Will Made-It -- Demon time / feat. Draft Day -- Black Jesus -- From down bad -- Love Jones -- Can't go -- Oprah's bank account / feat. Drake & DaBaby -- Range Rover sports truck / feat. Lil Keed -- Lemon head -- Don't forget -- Up there music -- Westside...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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Summary: Features 18 of the best of the hip-hop repertoire with tracks from Outkast, DMX, Busta Rhymes, Flo Rida, Migos, Eve, Notorious B.I.G., and more.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Legacy 2023

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Kuedo.

Contents: Visioning shared tomorrows -- Ant city -- Whisper fate -- Onset (escapism) -- Scissors -- Truth flood -- Reality drift -- Ascension phase -- Salt lake cuts -- Seeing the edges -- Flight path -- Shutter light girl -- Vectoral -- As we lie promising -- Memory rain.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Planet Mu 2011

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Summary: Rose, a demure and prim governess, arrives in Marrakesh, Morocco to begin a new job as a paid companion to a wealthy English expatriate. As she explores the exotic environs of her new home, she is seduced by the men, music, and mystery of Morocco.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Facets Video 2007

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Summary: "[H]andsome young Tariq is about to marry Bilquis, eldest daughter of a prominent and powerful judge. But as he wanders the ancient city of Sana'a late one night, he spots a beautiful young woman dancing in the street and falls madly in love with her. Before long, the young groom must choose between following his heart and protecting his family's honor."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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Kuedo

Contents: Hourglass -- Under the surface -- In your sleep -- Bending moon -- Slow knife -- Approaching -- Broken fox - black hole -- Breaking the surface -- In your skin -- Warmer light -- Halogen light -- Lathe

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Redeye Distribution 2016

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Bandi

Summary: "Set during the period of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il's leadership, the seven stories that make up The Accusation give voice to people living under this most bizarre and horrifying of dictatorships. The characters of these compelling stories come from a wide variety of backgrounds, from a young mother living among the elite in Pyongyang whose son misbehaves during a political rally, to a former...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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