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1) Manakamana
Description
"Filmed entirely inside the narrow confines of a cable car, high above a jungle in Nepal that transports villagers to an ancient mountaintop temple, [Manakamana] is an acute ethnographic investigation into culture, religion, technology and modernity ... For centuries, devoted pilgrims hoping to reach the fabled temple needed to undertake an arduous multi-day journey. Today, because of a new cable car system, the entire trip takes just under 10 minutes...
4) Left luggage
Description
A young jewish philosophy student, with little knowledge of the many strict rules of the Hassidic way of life, becomes the nanny for a family that she learns to respect. Her parents are both concentration camp survivors and her father is obsessed with finding the two pieces of luggage he buried in Antwerp at the start of World War II.
5) Jesus camp
Description
A first-ever look into an intense training ground that recruits born-again Christian children to become an active part of America's political future. Follow these children at summer camp in Devil's Lake, North Dakota as they hone their 'prophetic gifts'.
Description
"Trek follows a young mormon teenager named Tom and his friends on their modern handcart adventure. Along the way, they try to smuggle in unsanctioned food, battle sibling rivalry, encounter a 'special ops' Young men's leader, match wits with a Twinkie-loving skunk, and ponder doctrinal brain teasers like, 'Do General Authorities go to PG-13 movies?' But when they encounter unexpected trouble, their faith is tested, much like their pioneer ancestors."--...
7) The student
Description
As Venya is finally exempted by the school's devout principal, he grows confident that his strict and rigorous study of the Bible gives him the ability to manipulate all forms of authority. Challenged by a teacher who refuses to consent to his dogma, he sets out to eliminate her and subdue an entire community.
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