Welcome to AFD's Home Video department. In-stock orders are shipped within 48 hours. Standard domestic shipping is USPS Priority Mail; Federal Express is also available for expedited shipping. Questions, comments, or more info:
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New to Home Video!
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 | Dove's Lost Necklace, The
Set in Andalusia during the eleventh century this is the fairytale story of Hassan, a calligraphy student obsessed with love. More > |
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50th Anniversary Special Edition!
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 | Cairo Station 50th Anniversary Special Edition
This 50th Anniversary Special Edition DVD is one of director Youssef Chahine's masterpieces. Special features also include "Cairo as Seen by Chahine," a short documentary by Chahine. More > |
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New Music-Filled Feature from Egypt!
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 | Dunia — Kiss Me Not On the Eyes
In the latest film from Jocelyne Saab (Once Upon a Time: Beirut), a young dancer learns that she must confront the traditions of her culture before she will ever truly be able to experience pleasure. More > |
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Two powerful films about Edward Said
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 | Edward Said: Out of Place & The Last Interview
This 2-disc set features two documentaries about the life and work of the Intellectual Edward Said More > |
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Now Available on DVD!
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 | Bab'Aziz—The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul
A tapestry of brilliant imagery and Sufi music unfolds as a blind old sage and his spirited granddaughter wind their way to a rumored gathering of dervishes. More > |
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New to Home Video!
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 | Caramel
A Beirut beauty salon becomes a treasured meeting place for several generations of women. More > |
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New to Home Video!
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 | Wanderers of the Desert
A meditation on the impact of waning cultures, this film follows a young teacher who is sent to a small town where he finds all of its inhabitants living under a curse. More > |
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She has a voice like Egypt!
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 | Umm Kulthum, A Voice Like Egypt
Narrated by Omar Sharif, UMM KULTHUM, A VOICE LIKE EGYPT is the first documentary to bring the celebrated diva of the Arab world to an American audience. More > |
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New to Home Video!
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 | Tale of the Three Jewels
is a moving parable and the first feature film ever to be filmed in the Gaza Strip. From Michel Khleifi, director of WEDDING IN GALILEE. More > |
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Remastered DVD Now Available!
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 | Rana's Wedding
This timely feature explores love among the ruins of an occupied territory. Winner of the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival's 2003 Nestor Almendros Prize for courage in filmmaking. More > |
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Best Doc Oscar Nominee on DVD!
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 | Iraq In Fragments
Nominated for the 2006 Best Doc Oscar, director James Longley's [GAZA STRIP] stunning, poetically rendered film presents the war-torn country as seen through the eyes of Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds. More > |
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Now Available on DVD!
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 | Encounter Point
is a film about hope, true courage and implicitly about the silence of journalists and politicians who pay little attention to vital grassroots peace efforts. More > |
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Now available from AFD
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 | Amreeka
Amreeka chronicles the adventures of Muna, a single mother who leaves the West Bank with Fadi, her teenage son, with dreams of an exciting future in the promised land of small town Illinois. More > |
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The Music of Fairuz!
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 | Fairuz: We Loved Each Other So Much
For nearly half a century, the Lebanese singer FAIRUZ has been a living legend in the Arab world. More > |
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Remastered DVD Now Available!
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 | Beirut: The Last Home Movie
A seemingly simple recording of everyday life becomes a fascinating, complex and multi-layered look at the connections between personal and political lives. More > |
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Now Available on DVD!
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 | Color of Olives, The
From Mexican director Carolina Rivas and cinematographer Daoud Sarhandi comes this elegant and visually breathtaking new film about the Palestinian experience. More > |
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Now Available on DVD!
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 | Arabs and Terrorism
A multi-faceted documentary focusing on Arabs & Terrorism- researched in 6 languages, filmed in 11 countries, with 120 experts and politicians- this film is unique in it’s breadth and scope. More > |
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Now Available on DVD!
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 | Private
Costanzo's feature debut is a psychological drama about a Palestinian family suddenly confronted with a volatile situation in their home that in many ways reflects the Palestine-Israel conflict. More > |
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An Oscar-Nominee from Palestine!
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 | Paradise Now
Buy with RANA'S WEDDING for $39.98! PARADISE NOW follows two Palestinian childhood friends who have been recruited for a strike on Tel Aviv and focuses on their last days together. More > |
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Now Available on DVD!
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 | Palestine For Beginners
Palestine for Beginners is a fast-moving guide to the roots of conflict, key historical and current events, and the characters and motivations behind the ongoing crisis. More > |
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Now Available on DVD!
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 | Ripples Cross
is a documentary film highlighting the experiences of international human rights activists in Palestine, showing in startling detail the realities and consequences of military occupation. More > |
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Now Available on DVD!
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 | Glass and a Cigarette, A
is a captivating classic from the golden age of Egyptian cinema. A whirlwind melodrama, the film features some of the era’s brightest stars, including the illustrious Samia Gamal & Dalida. More > |
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New to Home Video!
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 | Taxi To The Dark Side
Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney investigates the torture and killing of an innocent Afghani taxi driver in this gripping probe into reckless abuses of government power. More > |
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New to Home Video!
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 | Enough!
Set amidst the civil war of Algeria in the 1990s, ENOUGH! is the story of two women who embark on a dangerous search for a missing relative. More > |
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New to Home Video!
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 | Climates
is internationally acclaimed writer-director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s sublime follow-up to his Cannes multi-award winner DISTANT. More > |
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New to Home Video!
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 | Times and Winds
tells the story of three pre-adolescent friends coming of age in a remote Turkish mountain village. More > |
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