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Variety and Drylongso
Drylongso (Country: US; Year: 1998; Director: Cauleen Smith; Writer: Salim Akil, Cauleen Smith; Stars: Toby Smith, April Barnett, Will Power, Channel Schafer, Salim Akil, Keith Williams, Stacey Marbrey, Tamara Washington, Timothy Braggs, Sayyed Y. Bey, Ri-Karlo Handy, Esau McGraw)
Follows a woman in a photography class in Oakland, as she begins photographing the young black men of her neighborhood, having witnessed so many of them fall victim to senseless murder and fearing the possibility of their becoming extinct altogether.
Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive (Country: Hong Kong, US; Year: 1990; Director: Wayne Wang)
A man is hired to courier a briefcase.
Tokyo Pop (Year: 1988; Director: Fran Rubel Kuzui)
A New York City punk meets a Tokyo rocker and they prove a recipe for success.
Variety (Country: UK, West Germany, US; Year: 1983; Director: Bette Gordon; Writer: Kathy Acker, Bette Gordon, Peter Koper; Stars: Sandy McLeod, Will Patton, Richard Davidson, Luis Guzmán, Nan Goldin, Lee R. Tucker, Peter Rizzo, Mark Boone Junior, April Andrew, Suzanne Fletcher)
Newly restored, pioneering indie narrative about voyeurism from a female perspective.
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