SHAMI MEDIA GROUP
21) Remembering 911
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2011 marks the 10th Anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States of America. As the sun rose on September 11, 2001 millions of New-Yorkers woke to a beautiful day. Some commuters were making the trip to south Manhattan where the World Trade Center and its Twin Towers stood - home to some of the biggest financial firms. It seemed like just another ordinary day. In Washington, it was business as usual - some going to...
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Inside her Worldis a sympathetic half-hour look at one of popʼs most troubled stars: Britney Spears. From the age of 12 when she burst onto the scene in Disneyʼs Mickey Mouse Club, Britney Spears has never been far from the spotlight. The "sweet as apple pie, American girl next door" had her first big hit with "Baby, One More Time", the video to which had her dancing in a school uniform, at the age of 17. Following up the success of her first album...
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Free Force: An unauthorized story on JAY-Z' looks at one of the world's most popular hip hop artists. We look at JAY-Z's place in the music industry, as well as looking at his endeavors outside pop. World renowned producer, record label executive, fashion mogul and philanthropist Jay-Z has one more title to his name – the husband of singer Beyonce. Retiring from his own rap career in 2003 due to having said everything he wanted to say as a recording...
24) Song of Life
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Song of Life' follows the Israeli Philharmonia Singers choir on a tour to Poland where they perform at the ceremony commemorating 60 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. During the rehearsal in Tel Aviv, they sing the famous requiem by Verdi. 76 year-old Greta Klinsberg has just joined the choir only to realize that she sang this requiem 62 years before, as a child in the ghetto of Terezienstadt. Then she was sent to the...
25) Payday
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Payday is a Barbadian comedy-drama/buddy film showcasing a raw slice of Barbadian community life. Romie, an aspiring mechanic and ladies man, with his brutally honest best friend Pack, invest their entire salaries in a down-payment on a garage. Their goal: to establish a successful mechanic's shop to get away from their boring jobs as security guards, their loving yet eccentric and demanding families, and poor standard of living in their village -...
26) Last, Love, Lost
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Antonio (Jahmar Hill) is awakened from a coma; he was in for a year and a half after being shot by his father while trying to break up a domestic dispute between him and his mother. When Antonio wakes up he learns that his father who then committed suicide by shooting himself murdered his mother. With nowhere to go or a place to call home, Antonio turns to the cold streets of New York to find refuge and shelter. Antonio becomes the knight in shining...
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This is a film about post-Soviet Russia seen through the eyes of the filmmaker, as she returns to her home town (Vladivostok, Russian Far East) after a decade of absence with the intention of resettling there. Unusual places, unusual characters, unusual ways-about, unusual mentality becomes a colorful and contrasting carousel of her welcome-home. And she comes to the realization that there is no place for her in this drastically changed country. She...
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Shine: An unauthorized story on Beyoncelooks at Beyonce: the triple-threat show biz delight. Sheʼs won ten Grammys, sold 120 million records, starred in seven films and headlined three solo world tours, but Beyonce, former member of girl group Destinyʼs Child and biggest selling female recording artist of the decade she still gets excited about new challenges. Born Beyonce Gisele Knowles in Houston Texas in 1981, she took dance and singing classes...
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Australia's Tasmania is one of the most pristine places on Earth, yet its rain forests are under constant attack. This film is a sad reflection on the greed, the corruption and the destruction of Tasmania's beautiful wilderness. It shows how wildlife is being decimated, people are being poisoned and farmers are driven from their land. It reveals the impact these practices have on climate change and the very lives of everyone else on Earth.
30) Fitness 4 Kids
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A 60 minutes workout designed especially for kids and teens. Have fun and get fit with this high energy total body workout. No equipment is necessary and minimal space is required. Jam packed with the hottest beats and up-tempo routines that will get you working up a sweat while having a blast! Focusing on fun, Jalen inspires viewers toward a lifetime of being active and establish healthy patterns that will last into adulthood.
32) Run to Ground
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Some wounds never heal. In a rundown East European town, the everyday lives of three working people are violently disrupted: a boy goes missing, a woman is stalked, and a man comes face to face with the killer of his child.
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Muhammad Ali the boxer was also an Olympic Gold medalist and the first to win the linear heavyweight title three times. Muhammad Ali the star was a jive-talking showman who had reporters eating out of his hands, always wondering what he was going to say next. Muhammad Ali the humanitarian gave cause to his countrymen to find their place in the world. Ali grew up in Louisville Kentucky as Cassius Clay Jnr, and started boxing at an early age. Working...
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If anyone can say he's had a storybook life, it's Prince William – the first-born son of England's beloved Princess Diana and the second in line after his father, Prince Charles to become King. Prince William is the eldest son of Princess Diana and Prince Charles of Wales and is the next in line to the British throne after his father. When Prince William was born, Britons rejoiced at the sight of himinhismother'sarms.He was heralded as a king...
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Inspired by a true story, A Mind of Her Own tells the poignant and moving story of Sophie, a determined young girl whose ambition to become a doctor is obstructed by the fact that she is severely dyslexic. But Sophie, encouraged by her closest friend, Becky, has never been one to give up. Despite being advised by parents and schoolteachers to be realistic and pursue something less academic, she puts herself through college and university, in the...
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The Woods in Marion N.Y. have a past. Hunters report unusual activity, hikers describe chilling experiences , parents warn their children to avoid the woods, and the lucky few who survive the woods alone have all gone insane. When a young girl does not heed her parents warning, she goes missing in the woods. Three friends decide to document their search for the truth. What they witness can't be explained. In the end only one is left wandering Awake...
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More than any other figure in popular culture, Clint Eastwood has captured the publicʼs imagination. His steely gaze, enigmatic presence, and tough guy attitude has seen him cement himself as an icon in the movie industry. Our programme delves into the man behind the tight-lipped mask. We look at Eastwoodʼs impressive body of work, including acting, directing and his influence on the film industry. With a career spanning sixty years, Clint Eastwood...
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13 of Edward Hopper's paintings are brought alive by the film, as it is composed mostly of tableaus and scenes taken from or heavily inspired by Hopper's paintings. However, these scenes are linked into a story by featuring an individual woman, Shirley, who whose thoughts, emotions and contemplations illustrate an era in history. Shirley is an American actress, shown in the period of the 1930s through the 1960s. In this time, she visits Paris; takes...
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The film follows the underdog national soccer team of the poor West African nation of Benin (known as The Squirrels) as they try to reach the 2010 World Cup Finals in South Africa, the first ever on African soil. The film follows 5 players on the team, young men crossing the continent to play, suffering tragedy and enjoying good times. The film examines the role of football in community building and whether this process of these young men discovering...
40) Rose
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Hellville, an unspoken world that exists near you. Rose is a hopeful woman broken by drugs, prostitution and Blondie, the Czar of Hellville. Struggling to support her habit, Rose finds herself and her six year old daughter at Hellville's mercy.