Tag Results for "exile"
by Thomas Allen Harris
Premiere: September 19, 2006
As part of the first wave of black South African exiles, filmmmaker Thomas Allen Harris's stepfather, B. Pule Leinaeng, and his 11 comrades left their home in Bloemfontein in 1960. They told the world about the brutality of the apartheid system and raised support for the fledgling African National Congress and its leader, Nelson Mandela.
by Juan Carlos Zaldívar
Premiere: July 29, 2003
Cuban American filmmaker Juan Carlos Zaldívar, once a 13-year-old loyalist of the Cuban Revolution, recounts the strange twist of fate that took him across one of the world's most treacherous stretches of water in 90 Miles.
by Mickey Lemie
Premiere: July 6, 1993
The richly textured story of the Dalai Lama of Tibet — spiritual leader, Nobel Laureate — interweaves an inspiring portrayal with the urgent plight of his homeland under Chinese occupation.