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Subgenre Sampler

 
Denise Calls UpDenise Calls Up (1996)
Dir. Hal Selwen
Feat. Alannah Ubach, Tim Daly
Twee New York low–budget indie in which six people, most of whom have never met, conduct the gamut of human relations using only the telephone.…
DogsDogs (Dogs: The Rise and Fall of an All-Girl Bookie Joint) (1996)
Dir. Eve Annenburg
Feat. Pam Columbus, Pam Gray, Melody Beal
Four Brooklyn women opt for a life of running an illegal bookie joint, over the dead–end, unemployed lifestyle of the local area. In her debut,…
Driftwood (1996)
Dir. Ronan O'Leary
Feat. James Spader
A washed–up, amnesiac James Spader is beachcombed in remote Ireland by borderline obsessive Anne Brochet, who gets rather possessive when he…
Feeling MinnesotaFeeling Minnesota (1996)
Dir. Steve Baigelman
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Cameron Diaz, Vincent D'Onofrio
Another in a line of sorry tales of violence, aimlessness and broken dreams, this represents everything that was bad about independent (American)…
Get On the BusGet On the Bus (1996) Recommended
Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Danny Glover, Will Smith, Wesley Snipes
A highly combustible mixed–bag of black men journey by bus to the Million Man March in Washington DC, a march of affirmation for a troubled…
Girl 6Girl 6 (1996)
Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Theresa Randle, Madonna, Naomi Campbell
Spike Lee's risque fable of the phone sex and role–playing favours glamour over substance, so treat it like a black SHOWGIRLS with phones.…
Girls TownGirls Town (1996) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jim McKay
Feat. Lili Taylor, Idina Harris, Anna Grace
Winner of both the Filmmaker's Trophy and the Special Jury prize at Sundance, this little seen film was one of genuine highlights of the 1997 NZ Film…
God's Lonely ManGod's Lonely Man (1996) Recommended
Dir. Francis Von Zerneck
Feat. Michael Wyle, Jamie Walters
The story of St. Francis of Assisi is loosely transposed to the underbelly of modern LA – a redemption–seeking nervous loner befriends a…
Jason's LyricJason's Lyric (1996)
Dir. Doug McHenry
Feat. Allen Payne, Jada Pinkett Smith, Forest Whitaker
If you can't get enough boys in the 'hood, there's plenty of bloodshed and moral penance to be found in this tale of doomed lovers struggling to…
Keeper, TheKeeper, The (1996)
Dir. Joe Brewster
Feat. Giancarlo Esposito, Isaach de Bankole, Regina Taylor
An idealistic black corrections officer bails out and offers shelter to a Haitian immigrant unjustly accused of rape, a gesture that will profoundly…

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