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Women’s Work: Holiday (Amsterdam premiere w/ director Q&A)

Naive young Sascha accompanies her mobster boyfriend Michael and his tacky, thuggish entourage on a vacation at Turkey's lush Turquoise Coast. Against this serene backdrop, she adjusts to the demands of being Michael's trophy girlfriend. When she meets Thomas (Thijs Romer) a handsome Dutch sailor, Sascha tests the limits of her role.  

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Italian Antifascist Cinema: The Battle of Algiers

Algiers, late 50s. The National LIberation Front is organizing to oust the French army and to call on the support of the international community against the occupation. Protected by the Casbah's maze-like streets and by a population fed up with the French, Saari Kader and Ali La Pointe lead a popular upheaval that the colonialist forces are unable to suffocate.

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