Movies Similar to Strange Parallel

Degrees of Blindness(1988)

Inspired by a poem by William Blake: a short experimental film about the perception of vision.

Africa Light / Gray Zone(2010)

"Africa Light" - as white local citizens call Namibia. The name suggests romance, the beauty of nature and promises a life without any problems in a country where the difference between rich and poor could hardly be greater. Namibia does not give that impression of it. If you look at its surface it seems like Africa in its most innocent and civilized form. It is a country that is so inviting to dream by its spectacular landscape, stunning scenery and fascinating wildlife. It has a very strong tourism structure and the government gets a lot of money with its magical attraction. But despite its grandiose splendor it is an endless gray zone as well. It oscillates between tradition and modernity, between the cattle in the country and the slums in the city. It shuttles from colonial times, land property reform to minimum wage for everyone. It fluctuates between socialism and cold calculated market economy.

5.5

T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness: Queer Blues Divas of the 1920s(2013)

The 1920s saw a revolution in technology, the advent of the recording industry, that created the first class of African-American women to sing their way to fame and fortune. Blues divas such as Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, and Alberta Hunter created and promoted a working-class vision of blues life that provided an alternative to the Victorian gentility of middle-class manners. In their lives and music, blues women presented themselves as strong, independent women who lived hard lives and were unapologetic about their unconventional choices in clothes, recreational activities, and bed partners. Blues singers disseminated a Black feminism that celebrated emotional resilience and sexual pleasure, no matter the source.

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Eno(1973)

About the English musician, composer, record producer, singer, writer, and visual artist, Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno, made shortly after his departure from Roxy Music. Featuring the recording sessions for Eno's record "Here Come the Warm Jets". A long lost documentary.

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Mockingbird(2010)

A young father listens to his wife soothing their newborn child over the baby monitor. What could possibly go wrong?

7.5

Achilles(1995)

With the loss of Patroclus (his undeclared male lover), Greek warrior Achilles returns to the Trojan War.

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Bolero(2012)

Fractured account of a boy who breaks free from his miserable life after meeting a mysterious girl who lives in the wall, all set to the entirety of Ravel's 'Bolero'.

4.5

Statues Also Die(1953)

Short documentary commissioned by the magazine Présence Africaine. From the question "Why is the African in the anthropology museum while Greek or Egyptian art are in the Louvre?", the directors expose and criticize the lack of consideration for African art. The film was censored in France for eight years because of its anti-colonial perspective.

6.7

Breakdowns of 1942(1942)

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942.

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Blow-Ups of 1946(1946)

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1946.

6.0

Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me(2000)

A unique look at the making of Stand by Me including interviews from Stephen King, Rob Reiner, Kiefer Sutherland, Richard Dreyfuss, Wil Wheaton, Corey Feldman, and Jerry O'Connell.

7.5

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Locomotive(2013)

A former straight-edge musician tries to reconnect with a former love interest, a groupie for the band he broke up.

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Breakdowns of 1938(1938)

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.

4.7

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Translating History to Screen(2008)

Translating History to Screen (2008) Video Short - 10 June 2008 (USA)

5.0

Tupelo's Own Elvis Presley(2007)

This film features unreleased concert footage of Elvis Presley's afternoon performance at the 'Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show' held at the Fairgrounds in Tupelo, Mississippi on September 26, 1956. The professionally filmed black and white newsreel footage was synchronized with an amateur audio recording of the concert that had previously appeared on the 'Elvis Presley: A Golden Celebration' LP/CD box set.

6.6

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Porphyrophobia(2013)

A rare celestial event has an extraordinary impact on a stir crazy mother and her peculiar, adult son.

0.0

Hollywood Party(1937)

Elissa Landi and Charley Chase host an East Asian themed garden tea party in Hollywood. After introducing a few Hollywood luminaries who are attending the party, they present a number of musical and/or dance performances to entertain the crowd. This set of performances also includes ethnic Chinese actress Anna May Wong modeling some fashions she brought back from her first ever trip to China. Through it all, one of the guests, already inebriated, is having a few problems mixing and serving the cocktails he wants.

6.3

Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle(2000)

Documentary about the making of and legacy of The Creature from the Black Lagoon included in The Legacy Collection box set.

7.3

La marche gaie(1980)

A short documentary about the October 14 1979 March For Lesbian And Gay Rights in Washington D.C.

4.3

DJ Q.bert's Wave Twisters(2001)

A crew of heroes is determined to save the lost arts of Hip Hop. Break Dancing, Graffiti, MCing, and DJing from total extinction. The lost arts are being oppressed throughout inner-space by lord Ook and his evil minions the Chinheads. The dental commander Dr. Julio Azul DDS, assumed to be secretary Honey Drips, Dental Hygienist/Robot Rubbish, and Grandpa have a series of adventures, synch'd to the music. Armed with the ancient relic known as the Wave Twister (a small turntable/wristwatch, the only weapon powerful enough to defeat the enemies), they travel to the far ends of inner-space for a final confrontation with the sinister army of oppressors.

6.8