Kino Lorber Announces its
May 2022 Home Video Releases
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Miklós Jancsó Collection: The Round-Up, The Red and the White,
The Confrontation, Winter Wind, Red Psalm, Electra, My Love
Prebook Date: 4/12/22
Street Date: 5/10/22
Label: Kino Classics
BD SRP: $49.95
BD Item #: K25830
BD UPC: 738329258306
Genre: Drama
Year: 1966/1967/1968/1969/1971/1974
Rating: NR
Runtime: 91/91/81/74/86/75
Director: Miklos Jansco
Actors: János Görbe, András Kozák, Andrea Drahota, Jacques Charrier, Marina Vlady, József Madaras, Mari Törőcsik
Color and Black & White
Language: Hungarian with English
subtitles
Screenwriter and director Miklós Jancsó was the creator of a unique film language centered around his mastery of the tracking shot. The first internationally recognized representative of modern Hungarian filmmaking, his extraordinary
works examined oppressive authority and the mechanics of power. Kino Lorber is proud to present six of his classic features restored in 4K from their original camera negatives by the National Film Institute Hungary – Film Archive.
The Round-Up (1966) depicts a prison camp in the aftermath of the 1848 Hungarian Revolution. A true classic of world cinema.
The Red and the White (1967) is a haunting, powerful film about the absurdity and evil of war set in Central Russia during the Civil War of 1918. The Confrontation (1968) is a story of protest and rebellion set in 1947 Hungary, when the Communist Party has just taken power.
Winter Wind (1969) consists of twelve fluid long takes that capture a mid-1930s group of Croatian anarchists. Red Psalm (1971) follows a group of farm workers who go on strike in 1890s Hungary, for which Jancsó wont he best director prize at Cannes. Electra, My Love (1974) is a richly inventive adaptation of the Greek myth that consists of 12 single take, intricately choreographed set pieces.
Bonus Features:
DISC 1: THE ROUND-UP audio commentary by film historian Michael Brooke | Short films by Miklós Jancsó: Red Indian Story (1961), Presence (1965), Second Presence (1978), Third Presence (1986) || DISC 2: THE RED AND THE WHITE audio commentary by film historian Jonathan Owen | Short films by Miklós Jancsó: Autumn in Badacsony (1954), Harvest in Orosháza (1953), With a Camera in Kostroma (1967) || DISC 3: THE CONFRONTATION audio commentary by film historian Kat Ellinger | WINTER WIND audio commentary by film historian Samm Deighan || DISC 4: RED PSALM audio commentary by film historian Kat Ellinger | ELECTRA, MY LOVE audio commentary by film historian Samm Deighan
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Gomorrah: Fifth and Final Season (3 discs)
Prebook Date: 5/3/22
Street Date: 5/31/22
Label: Kino Lorber
DVD SRP: $39.95
DVD Item #: K25882
DVD UPC: 738329258825
BD SRP: 49.95
BD Item #: K25883
BD UPC: 738329258832
Genre: Drama
Year: 2022
Rating: NR
Runtime: 500
Director: Marco D’Amore, Claudio Cupellini
Actors: Salvatore Esposito, Marco D’Amore, Ivana Lotito, Arturo Musell
Italian with English subtitles
Gomorrah: Fifth and Final Season is the thrilling conclusion to the most popular Italian drama in the world—which The New York Times recently rated #5 on its list of the top 30 international shows of the past decade. The worldwide gangster show phenomenon is based on Roberto Saviano’s best-selling book and the subsequent award winning film of the same name.
Gennaro (Salvatore Esposito) had tried his best to straighten up and build an honest life for himself and his family. Ciro (Marco D’Amore) sacrificed himself to make it possible. And now, everything has come undone. An all-out war between Patrizia and the Levante clan has turned Secondigliano and the rest of Naples to rubble, prompting Genny to get back into the game and restore order – leading to an ultimate showdown.
Bonus Features:
Alternate English audio | Trailers
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Mamba
Prebook Date: 4/12/22
Street Date: 5/10/22
Label: Kino Classics
BD SRP: $29.95
BD Item #: K25878
BD UPC: 738329258788
Genre: Drama
Year: 1930
Rating: NR
Runtime: 74
Director: Albert S. Rogell
Actors: Jean Hersholt, Eleanor Boardman, Ralph Forbes
An exotic adventure set among ivory traders and military officers in Colonial East Africa, MAMBA stars Jean Hersholt as a corrupt land-owner who battles a German officer (Ralph Forbes) over the honor of a young woman (Eleanor Boardman). But the romantic triangle is shattered when the indigenous population mounts an epic assault upon its oppressors. Billed as the first feature-length all-talking Technicolor drama, MAMBA was an bold attempt by the low-budget Tiffany Productions to compete with the major studios. For decades it was considered a lost film, until an original print was discovered in Australia. Photochemically preserved and digitally restored, this edition reveals that MAMBA is much more than a curiosity item; it is a film of remarkable artistic ambition, with such diverse influences as Erich von Stroheim’s sexually frank melodramas and the “unchained camera” of the German silent cinema.
Bonus Features:
Audio commentary by filmmaker Brian Trenchard Smith | Interview with Paul Brennan on the rediscovery and restoration of Mamba, excerpted from the documentary Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey, by Rob Murphy | Theatre of Dreams, a documentary short on Murray and Pat Matthews, the Australian film collectors who discovered the sole surviving print of Mamba
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The Wobblies
Prebook Date: 5/3/22
Street Date: 5/31/22
Label: Kino Classics
DVD SRP: $19.95
DVD Item #: K25884
DVD UPC: 738329258849
Genre: Documentary
Year: 1979
Rating: NR
Runtime: 88
Director: Stewart Bird & Deborah Shaffer
Actors: Roger Baldwin
“Solidarity! All for One and One for All!” Founded in Chicago in 1905, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) took to organizing unskilled workers into one big union and changed the course of American history. This compelling documentary of the IWW (or “The Wobblies” as they were known) tells the story of workers in factories, sawmills, wheat fields, forests, mines and on the docks as they organize and demand better wages, healthcare, overtime pay and safer working conditions. In some respects, men and women, Black and white, skilled and unskilled workers joining a union and speaking their minds seems so long ago, but in other ways, the film mirrors today’s headlines, depicting a nation torn by corporate greed. Filmmakers Deborah Shaffer and Stewart Bird weave history, archival film footage, interviews with former workers (now in their 80s and 90s), cartoons, original art, and classic Wobbly songs (many written by Joe Hill) to pay tribute to the legacy of these rebels who paved the way and risked their lives for the many of the rights that we still have today. This classic documentary was recently inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. The 16mm film restoration was made possible from a grant by the Women’s Film Preservation Fund, and is presented in a 4K restoration by The Museum of Modern Art.
Bonus Features:
Interview with filmmakers Stewart Bird and Deborah Shaffer | Interview with historian and author Paul Buhle | Original Recordings of IWW songs | Trailer
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The Unmaking of a College
Prebook Date: 4/5/22
Street Date: 5/3/22
Label: Zeitgeist
DVD SRP: $19.95
DVD Item #: K25873
DVD UPC: 738329258733
Genre: Documentary
Year: 2021
Rating: NR
Runtime: 84
Director: Amy Goldstein
Actors: Ken Burns, Marlon Becerra, Joshua Berman, Cheyenne Palacio-McCarthy, Rhys MacArthur, Margaret Cerullo
The Unmaking of a College tells the story of the attempted takedown of one of America’s most iconoclastic colleges, Hampshire College, how a group of determined students succeeded to save it, and by the same token, save their rights to an education that taught them to think critically and to expect a seat at the table. With the help of the students who filmed their 75-day sit-in (the longest in American college history), director Amy Goldstein builds a thriller-like story weaving interviews with professors, whistleblowers, students, and alumni including filmmaker Ken Burns. A raucous ode to democracy in action, the documentary reflects more broadly on a crisis in higher education and asks: what is the purpose of a college education? Can the storied tradition of the liberal arts — and the nation it has created—be saved?
Bonus Features:
Audio commentary by director Amy Goldstein | Trailers
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Gagarine
Prebook Date: 4/5/22
Street Date: 5/3/22
Label: Cohen Media Group
DVD SRP: $19.95
DVD Item #: K25875
DVD UPC: 738329258757
BD SRP: 29.95
BD Item #: K25876
BD UPC: 738329258764
Genre: Drama
Year: 2022
Rating: NR
Runtime: 98
Director: Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh
Actors: Alseni Bathily, Lyna Khoudri, Jamil McCraven, Finnegan Oldfield, Farida Rahouadj, Denis Lavant
French with English subtitles
Yuri, 16, has lived all his life in Gagarine Towers, a vast red brick housing project on the outskirts of Paris. From the heights of his apartment, he dreams of becoming an astronaut. But when plans to demolish his community’s home are leaked, Yuri joins the resistance. With his friends Diana and Houssam, he embarks on a mission to save Gagarine, transforming the estate into his own “starship.”
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Year of the Jellyfish
Prebook Date: 4/12/22
Street Date: 5/10/22
Label: Cohen Media Group
BD SRP: 29.95
BD Item #: K25877BD UPC: 738329258771
Genre: Drama
Year: 1984
Rating: NR
Runtime: 110
Director: Christopher Frank
Actors: Valerie Kaprisky, Caroline Cellier, Bernard Giraudeau, Jacques Perrin
French with English subtitles
Cohen Film Collection introduces this French Eurotrash cult classic. Set in Saint Tropez during mid-summer, this darkly biting coming-of-age story is a tale of obsession and sexual desire. A young woman (Valerie Kaprisky) vacations in an upscale beach resort with her mother, where it becomes clear that a layer of secrets and jealousy lay beneath the sundrenched paradise.
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Outside the Law
Prebook Date: 4/19/22
Street Date: 5/17/22
Label: Cohen Media Group
BD SRP: 29.95
BD Item #: K25879
BD UPC: 738329258795
Genre: Crime Drama
Year: 2010
Rating: R
Runtime: 139
Director: Rachid Bouchareb
Actors: Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Chafia Boudraa, Bernard Blancan
Language: French with English subtitles
From award winning writer-director Rachid Bouchareb (Days of Glory) comes the story of three brothers who fight for Algeria’s independence from France after World War II. After losing their family home in Algeria, three brothers are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader
becomes a leader of the Algerian independence movement; Said moves to Paris to make his fortune in the shady clubs and boxing halls of Pigalle. Gradually, their interconnecting destinies reunite them in the French capital, where freedom is a battle to be fought and won.
Bonus Features:
Making-of | Deleted Scenes | Interview with Director Rachid Bouchareb | Cast Interviews with Laurent Weil | Trailers
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Two Men in Town
Prebook Date: 4/19/22
Street Date: 5/17/22
Label: Cohen Media Group
BD SRP: 29.95
BD Item #: K25880
BD UPC: 738329258801
Genre: Drama
Year: 2014
Rating: R
Runtime: 118
Director: Rachid Bouchareb
Actors: Forest Whitaker, Harvey Keitel, Brenda Blethyn, Luis Guzman, Ellen Burstyn, Dolores Heredia
Language: English
Forest Whitaker stars as William Garnett, an ex-con starting life over as a recently converted Muslim. With the help of his determined parole officer (Brenda Blethyn), he gets a job, meets an interesting woman, and keeps his head down. But the town sheriff, Bill Agati (Harvey Keitel), can’t leave him alone since Garnett was responsible for killing his deputy. As Agati puts pressure on him, and his old partners in crime hassle him, Garnett slowly starts to unravel. When his former life catches up with him, Garnett has to make peace with his past and face the future head on, with a gun.
Bonus Features:
Fences: making-of documentary | Trailers
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The Revolution Generation
Prebook Date: 4/12/22
Street Date: 5/10/22
Label: Greenwich Entertainment
DVD SRP: $19.95
DVD Item #: K25839
DVD UPC: 738329258399
Genre: Documentary
Year: 2021
Rating: NR
Runtime: 79
Director: Rebecca Tickell and Josh Tickell
Actors: Michelle Rodriguez
THE REVOLUTION GENERATION is an exploration of the world-changing activism and potential of the largest youth generation in history. The film shows examples of young leaders working to revolutionize systems that have failed their generation. It paints a powerful and hopeful picture of how today’s youth can solve global political and environmental crises.
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Viva Maestro
Prebook Date: 4/26/22
Street Date: 5/24/22
Label: Greenwich Entertainment
DVD SRP: $19.95
DVD Item #: K25704
DVD UPC: 738329257040
Genre: Documentary
Year: 2022
Rating: NR
Runtime: 99
Director: Theodore Braun
Actors: Gustavo Dudamel
When conductor Gustavo Dudamelʼs international tours are disrupted by deadly protests across his native Venezuela, one of the worldʼs finest and most beloved musicians faces a daunting set of challenges—to his commitment to the mentor who changed his life, to friends and musicians heʼs led since his teens, and to his belief in artʼs transformative capacity. Viva Maestro!, the uplifting and timely new documentary from acclaimed director Ted Braun (Betting on Zero), follows Dudamel around the world as he responds to unexpected and imposing obstacles with stirring music-making that celebrates the power of art to renew and unite.
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The Sanctity of Space
Prebook Date: 5/3/22
Street Date: 5/31/22
Label: Greenwich Entertainment
DVD SRP: $19.95
DVD Item #: K25881
DVD UPC: 738329258818
Genre: Documentary
Year: 2021
Rating: NR
Runtime: 100
Director: Renan Ozturk and Freddie Wilkinson
Actors: Renan Ozturk, Freddie Wilkinson, Zach Smith
Italian with English subtitles
Climbers/filmmakers Renan Ozturk and Freddie Wilkinson retrace the steps of pioneering mountaineer, cartographer and aerial photographer Bradford Washburn (1910-2007), who put up many of the first ascents in Alaska. Taking inspiration from Washburn’s iconic aerial photographs of Denali National Park, Ozturk and Wilkinson attempt the unprecedented traverse of the Moose’s Tooth massif.
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A Taste of Whale
Prebook Date: 5/3/22
Street Date: 5/31/22
Label: Greenwich Entertainment
DVD SRP: $19.95
DVD Item #: K25885
DVD UPC: 738329258856
Genre: Documentary
Year: 2021
Rating: NR
Runtime: 85
Director: Vincent Kelner
Actors: Jens Mortan Rasmussen, Torik Abraham Rouah, Lamya Essemlali, Runi Nielsen
English / French
Every year, nearly 800 pilot whales are slaughtered on the Faroe Islands despite the protests of animal rights activists. The fjord’s water, surrounded by stunning green mountains, is turning blood red. It is the “Grind” season again – Faroe Islanders’ ritual slaughter of pilot whales. Two proud Faroese whalers are on one side, two young and passionate Sea Shepherd activists on the other. A Taste of Whale invites you to see past preconceived positions and question what meat-eating is truly about.
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Super Wiggles
Prebook Date: 4/12/22
Street Date: 5/10/22
Label: Wiggles
DVD SRP: $14.95
DVD Item #: K25872
DVD UPC: 738329258726
Genre: Preschool
Year: 2022
Rating: NR
Runtime: 57
Director: Anthony Field
Actors: Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Lachlan Gillespie, Tsehay Hawkins, Simon Pryce
Calling all superheroes! Join Anthony, Lachy, Simon and Tsehay as they join forces with the “Fruit Salad TV” Wiggles Evie, Kelly, Caterina, and John, to celebrate the everyday heroes in our community. Featureing over 25 brand new songs, Super Wiggles showcases the newest members of WIggle Town in catchy new tunes, including “Hey, Tsehay”, “I’m Evie, I Wear Ballet Shoes”, and “I’m John, I’m Strong”. Plus, we meet new friends such as the wonderful Super Granny; Super Ballet Man, Chengwu, who demonstrates his amazing dance skills; and the multi-talented Paloma the Mermaid. The Super Wiggles remind us that not all heroes wear capes and that superheroes are everywhere, from teachers, to the lollipop person, to even the garbage truck driver. Who knows, you may even be one too!
Bonus Features:
Photo Gallery
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