Title: Bush Mama (1976)
Director/Writer: Haile Gerima
Cast: Barbarao, Johnny Weathers, Susan Williams, Cora Lee Day, Simmi Ella Nelson, Bettie J. Wilson, Bob Ogburn Jr., etc.
Genre: Drama
Duration: 97 minutes
Languages: English; no subtitles.
Description: Couldn't find a decent synopsis, so I've decided to pull the first paragraph from a recent write-up @ PopMatters: "In the 1976 film Bush Mama, Ethiopian director Haile Gerima explores the struggles and oppression that African-Americans face living in the ghettos of Southern California. Centered on a black female welfare-recipient and her broken family living in the Watts neighborhood, the film offers a raw perspective not typically glimpsed among the tendency of mainstream narratives to leave questions of class, race and gender inequalities unaddressed. By daring to raise these issues, Bush Mama functions as a powerful polemic, challenging the values of some of the dominant ideologies perpetuated by white hetero-normative standards. As the film progresses and the audience comes to understand the hopelessness of the poor black experience as it is presented here, the film reveals a view of structural and institutional oppression by state powers that becomes increasingly apparent as Dorothy, pregnant and poor at the start of the film, begins an even greater descent that ends with [spoiler - redacted]."
Screenshots mirrored from germaiman's description @ SMZ.
Source: DVDRip. Not mine.
File size: 1.58GB | Resolution: 720 x 540 (1.333:1)
Video: 2007kbps DivX 29.970fps
Audio: 48kHz 320kbps 2-channel Stereo MP3
Screenshot Folder @ TinyPic
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Friday, May 28, 2010
Odd Man Out (1947)
Title: Odd Man Out (1947)
Director/Writers: Carol Reed/F.L. Green and R.C. Sherriff
Cast: James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, F.J. McCormick, William Hartnell, Fay Compton, Denis O'Dea, W.G. Fay, etc.
Genre: Film Noir/Crime/Drama
Duration: 116 minutes
Languages: English; no subtitles.
Description: Excessive praise from [uh, I forgot]: "Film noir is a term usually associated with American films of the 1940s and 1950s, but this British classic from 1947 fits the definition in almost every respect. It's one of the milestone films of its era, highlighted by what is arguably the best performance in the illustrious career of James Mason, here playing the leader of an underground Irish rebel organization who is seriously wounded when a payroll heist goes sour. Left for dead by his accomplices on the streets of Belfast, he's forced to hide wherever he can find shelter and refuge, and as his gunshot wound gradually drains his life away, his lover (Kathleen Ryan) struggles to locate him before it's too late. Although the IRA and Belfast are never mentioned by name, this film was a daring and morally complex examination of Northern Ireland's "troubles," and its compelling tragedy hasn't lost any of its impact. A study of conscience in crisis and the bitter aftermath of terrorism, this was one of the first films to address IRA activities on intimately human terms. Political potency is there for those who seek it, but the film is equally invigorating as a riveting story of a tragic figure on the run from the law, forced to confront the wrath of his own beliefs in the last hours of his life. It was this brilliant, unforgettable film that established the directorial prowess of Carol Reed, whose next two films (The Fallen Idol and The Third Man) were equally extraordinary."
Source: DVDRip. Not mine.
File size: 1.20GB | Resolution: 544 x 416 (1.308:1)
Video: 1404kbps DX50 23.976fps
Audio: 48kHz 89kbps 2-channel Joint stereo MP3
Screenshot Folder @ TinyPic
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TX0BNNCT
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5QJ1P7IE
Director/Writers: Carol Reed/F.L. Green and R.C. Sherriff
Cast: James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, F.J. McCormick, William Hartnell, Fay Compton, Denis O'Dea, W.G. Fay, etc.
Genre: Film Noir/Crime/Drama
Duration: 116 minutes
Languages: English; no subtitles.
Description: Excessive praise from [uh, I forgot]: "Film noir is a term usually associated with American films of the 1940s and 1950s, but this British classic from 1947 fits the definition in almost every respect. It's one of the milestone films of its era, highlighted by what is arguably the best performance in the illustrious career of James Mason, here playing the leader of an underground Irish rebel organization who is seriously wounded when a payroll heist goes sour. Left for dead by his accomplices on the streets of Belfast, he's forced to hide wherever he can find shelter and refuge, and as his gunshot wound gradually drains his life away, his lover (Kathleen Ryan) struggles to locate him before it's too late. Although the IRA and Belfast are never mentioned by name, this film was a daring and morally complex examination of Northern Ireland's "troubles," and its compelling tragedy hasn't lost any of its impact. A study of conscience in crisis and the bitter aftermath of terrorism, this was one of the first films to address IRA activities on intimately human terms. Political potency is there for those who seek it, but the film is equally invigorating as a riveting story of a tragic figure on the run from the law, forced to confront the wrath of his own beliefs in the last hours of his life. It was this brilliant, unforgettable film that established the directorial prowess of Carol Reed, whose next two films (The Fallen Idol and The Third Man) were equally extraordinary."
Source: DVDRip. Not mine.
File size: 1.20GB | Resolution: 544 x 416 (1.308:1)
Video: 1404kbps DX50 23.976fps
Audio: 48kHz 89kbps 2-channel Joint stereo MP3
Screenshot Folder @ TinyPic
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TX0BNNCT
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5QJ1P7IE
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