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Chulas Fronteras/Del Mero Corazon (DVD)
CHULAS FRONTERAS is Les Blanks 1976 documentary concerning the Mexican-American border culture. Featuring Lydia Mendoza, Flaco Jimenez, Narciso Martinez, Los Alegres de Teran, and more, the film combines musical performances with the true stories of the hardworking men and women of these communities. 1979`s DEL MERO CORAZON continues Blank`s exploration of the music of this community.NR"
Director: Les Blank
It was a Wonderful Life (DVD)
Michele Ohayon`s award-winning documentary IT WAS A WONDERFUL LIFE examines the plight of America`s hidden population of homeless women through the personal accounts of six individuals. Once secure in jobs and marriages, these women now live in cars or cheap motels and eke out a daily existence fraught with struggle and hardship. Underscored by somber narration from Jodie Foster and a haunting score by Melissa Etheridge, the women`s powerful stories reveal the human tragedy of homelessness with fresh honesty and insight.NR"
Director: Michele Ohayon
War with Iraq: Stories from the Front (DVD) 2-Disc Set Gripping, never-before-seen footage documents the experiences of embedded reporters as they travel into the heat of combat with U.S. soldiers in Iraq. Find out what life is like on war`s front lines with Ted Koppel, Bob Wood...
Gripping, never-before-seen footage documents the experiences of embedded reporters as they travel into the heat of combat with U.S. soldiers in Iraq. Find out what life is like on war`s front lines with Ted Koppel, Bob Woodruff, Mike Cerre, Don Dahler, Stephanie Gosk, Tamala Edwards, Jim Sciutto, John Berman, Ron Claiborne, and Matt Frucci. Introduction by Peter Jennings.
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Turn It Up (DVD)
Rapper Pras Michel (of the Fugees) stars in this tale of a gifted young musician with big dreams. Partially based on Pras`s autobiographical book and album GHETTO SUPASTAR, the story also features other real-life musicians, such as Ja Rule, Faith Evans, Bootsy Collins (who plays himself), Harry-O, and MTV host DJ Skribble. Pras is Diamond, who`s involved in the drug world with his childhood best friend Gage (Ja Rule), but wants to get out and be legitimate in order to to pursue his musical career. Gage believes in Diamond, but knows they need money to get anywhere, and he`s willing to do anything to get it. His impulsive hotheadedness soon gets both men into more trouble than they can handle, compounded when Diamond`s girlfriend announces she`s pregnant. When Diamond`s estranged father comes back into his life after the sudden death of his mother, they find common ground in the music they both love. But Diamond`s pulled in two directions: toward his dreams, his girl, and his family, and toward his loyalty to his best friend. TURN IT UP is a gritty, realistic portrayal of urban life and undying dreams.R"
Director: Robert Adetuyi
ACTORS: Pras Michel, Ja Rule, Lauryn Hill, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Wyclef Jean
Fear City (DVD)
This seedy saga of pre-Disney Times Square stars Tom Berenger as Matt Rossi, an ex-boxer and stripper talent agent who finds his life closing in around him when a psychopathic martial artist starts stabbing and slashing his girls on their way home from nightclubs. His former girlfriend and star dancer, Loretta (Melanie Griffith), goes back on heroin after her girlfriend Leila (Rae Dawn Chong) is slashed up in a brutal subway attack. As fear grips the city, Rossi begins a one-man vendetta to catch the maniac, contending with a possible mob war, an Italian-hating black cop (Billy Dee Williams), and his remorse over killing an opponent in the ring some years before. Director Abel Ferrara packs this neon-drenched morality tale with lots of nudity and some pretty nasty violence. Viewers in the mood for a milange of karate fights, boxing, stripping, mobsters, and drugs will want to run and grab this sturdy little sleaze classic. Michael V. Gazzo (Frankie Pentangeli from THE GODFATHER II) appears as a strip club owner, and David Johansen of the New York Dolls sings the theme song.R"
Director: Abel Ferrara
ACTORS: Tom Berenger, Rae Dawn Chong, Melanie Griffith, Jack Scalia, Billy Dee Williams
