Four countries-France, Greece, Italy and Switzerland-converged upon the production of Suspended Step of Stork. The film is set on the Greek border, where a steady stream of refugees flows on a perpetual basis. Reporter Gregory Karr thinks that hes…
This Academy Award-nominated Belgian drama follows a late 19th-century priests courageous battle to end the exploitation of child workers in Aalst, Belgium. Father Daens crusade begins shortly after he is transferred to the impoverished Belgian region. Aghast at the…
In the summer of 1839, on a stormy night off the coast of Cuba, 53 Africans held captive in the cramped cargo holds of the Spanish slave ship La Amistad break free of their shackles. Led by Cinque, they…