Music by Prudence

Apr 1, 2010

0h 33m

★ 6.8

Overview

Music by Prudence tells a self-empowering story of one young woman's struggle who, together with her band, overcomes seemingly insurmountable odds and, in her own voice conveys to the world that disability does not mean inability. In addition to its sheer emotional punch, Music by Prudence has become the cornerstone of an advocacy campaign and has been embraced by the UN, Human Rights Watch and the disability community as an unprecedented portrayal advocating for the rights of persons with disabilities. Prudences poignant, inspiring and irreverent message of hope has received an amazing response from press and audiences all across North America, and has won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short and several other awards as it continues drawing in more audiences.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

HBO Documentary Films

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Cast

Self

Farai Mabhande

Self

Prudence Mabhena

Self

Energy Maburutse

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5.0

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6.0

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6.8

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0.0

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10.0

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8.2

Night and Fog

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0.0

Big Giant Wave

Apr 2, 2021

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0.0

Como Dança São Paulo

Jun 6, 1991

Documentary shot in 14 different dancing rooms, showing the variety of genres, styles e social groups in the São Paulo city.

0.0

Torino 20venti - Storie da un altro mondo

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Shots of Turin, deserted because of the pandemic, interweave with images of the movies that have been shot in the city ever since the dawn of cinematography.

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0.0

This was the MARY

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6.7

The Gratinated Brains of Pupilija Ferkeverk

Jan 1, 1970

Plotless and wordless, beautifully edited shots of young (often naked or semi-naked) people in various positions, illustrating different emotions, actions and situations, underlined by rock music.

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0.0

Das Bewegungssystem des Menschen

Jan 1, 1979

Short film about the human body

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0.0

Auf den Spuren der wilden Otter

Jan 1, 1986

Short film about otters

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0.0

Hitler an der Macht

Jan 1, 1960

Short film about Hitler's rise to power in 1933

6.3

High Cities of Bone

Feb 10, 2017

Karlon, born in Pedreira dos Húngaros (a slum in the outskirts of Lisbon) and a pioneer of Cape Verdean creole rap, runs away from the housing project to which he had been relocated.

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5.0

Del mero corazón

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5.3

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Jul 20, 1968

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0.0

Maos China, Protokolle einer Revolution

Jan 1, 1974

Short film directed by Walter Knoop

Music by Prudence

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