New Drama Movies on Kanopy - Page 109

Acorn and the Firestorm

2017

Acorn and the Firestorm

2017
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For 40 years, the community-organizing group ACORN advocated for America’s poorest communities, while its detractors accused it of promoting the worst of liberal policies. Riding high on the momentum of Barack Obama’s presidential victory in 2008, ACORN was at its political zenith when a hidden-camera video sparked a national scandal and brought it crashing down. The story involves voter fraud, a fake prostitute, and the rise of Breitbart.com.
Little Bird

2017

Little Bird

2017
9
A young woman seeks to expand her limited horizons, set against a backdrop of wartime London.
Son of Sofia

2017

Son of Sofia

2017
6.8
11-year-old Misha is coming from Russia to Athens during the 2004 Olympic Games to live with his mother. He does not know there is a father waiting for him.
King of Peking

2017

King of Peking

2017
6.3
When home entertainment enters the market in 90s Beijing, a former projectionist ropes his young son into starting their own pirate movie company, but easy money comes with its own price tag.
1945

2017

1945

2017
7
An unsettling feeling overwhelms a small Hungarian town when two orthodox Jews arrive with a mysterious trunk. As residents begin to speculate on the purpose of the visit of these two strangers, order starts to crumble in town with some pursuing devious plans and others finding remorse in their hearts.
La Soledad

2017

La Soledad

2017
6.1
Jose lives with his family in La Soledad, a dilapidated villa located in what used to be one of Caracas' most affluent neighborhoods. After learning that the owners are planning to sell the property, Jose seeks any solution that might keep his young daughter from growing up in the city's crime-sodden slums.
The Testament

2017

The Testament

2017
6.1
Yoel, a meticulous historian leading a significant debate against holocaust deniers, discovers that his mother carries a false identity. A mystery about a man who is willing to risk everything to discover the truth.
Red Apples

2017

Red Apples

2017
5
A young Armenian bride's relationship with her husband is put to the test the first day of their marriage when her mother-in-law interferes.
The Wound

2017

The Wound

2017
6.2
Eastern Cape, South Africa. A lonely factory worker, Xolani, takes time off his job to assist during an annual Xhosa circumcision initiation into manhood. In a remote mountain camp that is off limits to women, young men, painted in white ochre, recuperate as they learn the masculine codes of their culture. In this environment of machismo and aggression, Xolani cares for a defiant initiate from Johannesburg, Kwanda, who quickly learns Xolani's best kept secret, that he is in love with another man.
Little Boxes

2017

Little Boxes

2017
6.1
It's the summer before 6th grade, and Clark is the new-in-town biracial kid in a sea of white. Discovering that to be cool he needs to act 'more black,' he fumbles to meet expectations, while his urban intellectual parents Mack and Gina also strive to adjust to small-town living. Equipped for the many inherent challenges of New York, the tight-knit family are ill prepared for the drastically different set of obstacles that their new community presents, and soon find themselves struggling to understand themselves and each other in this new suburban context.
An Act of Defiance

2017

An Act of Defiance

2017
6.6
Apartheid is rampant in South Africa, 1963. When ten men are arrested on a farm in Rivonia for conspiring to commit sabotage and violent acts against the repressive S. African government, tenacious lawyer Bram Fisher steps up to the challenge as lead counsel. He soon finds that political leader Nelson Mandela is also on trial. Mandela urges his fellow defendants to plead not guilty and shine light on the systemic corruption against the African people. As the outcome of the trial looks bleak, Mandela gives his famous "I'm Prepared to Die" speech, discussing how the ANC's resistance is justified. But will Mandela's impassioned speech save these men's lives?
False Confessions

2017

False Confessions

2017
5.2
Dorante, an impoverished young man, is taken on as a secretary by Araminte, a rich widow with whom he is secretly in love. The valet Dubois does all he can to get Araminte to fall in love with Dorante. Following his staging of Marivaux’s comedy at the Odéon theater, Luc Bondy turns the whole theater building into a film studio, placing his actors in the foyer, under the stage, in the kitchens, using the most unusual and unexpected spots to invent a new dynamic between theater and film.
The Midnighters

2017

The Midnighters

2017
4.3
An aging ex-con struggles to adapt to the outside world after many years in prison--and begins to build a relationship with the grown son he never knew.
Bye Bye Germany

2017

Bye Bye Germany

2017
6.6
David Berman and his friends, all Holocaust survivors, have only one purpose: to go to America as soon as possible. For this they need money. Close to his aim, David is not only deprived of his savings but also overtaken by his shady past.
Dance Academy: The Movie

2017

Dance Academy: The Movie

2017
7.2
This 2017 movie follows the original dance academy TV show and tracks where the characters are in their lives now.
Mad to Be Normal

2017

Mad to Be Normal

2017
5.9
The story of Scottish psychiatrist RD Laing and his unique community at Kingsley Hall, East London in the 1960s.
Colossal

2017

Colossal

2017
6.3
A woman discovers that severe catastrophic events are somehow connected to the mental breakdown from which she's suffering.
Bomb City

2017

Bomb City

2017
7.1
An ongoing feud between punk rockers and a more affluent clique in a small Texas town leads to a hate crime.
The Journey

2017

The Journey

2017
6.3
Firebrand Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein politician Martin McGuinness, two implacable enemies in Northern Ireland, are forced to take a short journey together in which they will take the biggest leap of faith and change the course of history.
Una

2017

Una

2017
6.1
When a young woman unexpectedly arrives at an older man's workplace, looking for answers, the secrets of the past threaten to unravel his new life.

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