06 Apr 2012
Film for Blind Poet
Glauco Mattoso, a blind sadomasochistic poet, agrees to participate in a documentary about his own life, but the conditions he imposes raise difficulties to the work of the young director.
1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets
Three school children visit a dusty library to research the story of 'The Dark Ages'. What they find changes their world view dramatically as ingenious inventors and pioneers of science and culture from the Muslim civilization are vividly brought to life.
Top Billed Cast
Ben Kingsley Al-Jazari / Librarian
James Holly Danny
Courtney George Isabella
Rhiann Connor Luke
Stewart Scudamore Ibn Al-Haytham
Andrew Bridgmont Abbas Ibn Firnas
Nicholas Khan Al-Zahrawi
Tara Jafar Merriam Al-Astrulabi (as Tara Jaffar)
Samantha Edmonds Teacher
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