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1615 – Ju-on: Origins (TV Series 2020-)

timespace coordinates: 1988 – 1994 – 1997 Japan

JU-ON: Origins is a Japanese horror web television series based on the Ju-On franchise. The series premiered on Netflix on July 3, 2020. (wiki)

A paranormal researcher searches obsessively for a cursed home where something terrible happened to a mother and her child long ago. The J-horror classic franchise Ju-On was actually based on real events that occurred over four decades — and the truth is even more terrifying. (rt)

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1613 – LX 2048 (2020)

timespace coordinates: the near future: the sun has become so toxic people can no longer leave their houses in daytime, and normal life is conducted mostly inside the virtual realm. a dying man seeks to ensure the future well-being of his family, while coping with what it means to be human in this new reality. Director: Guy Moshe

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1609 – Enola Holmes (2020)

timespace coordinates: England, 1884

Enola Holmes is a 2020 American mystery adventure comedy-drama film based on the book series of the same name by Nancy Springer. The film, which centers upon the teenage sister of an already-famous Sherlock Holmes, is directed by Harry Bradbeer and written by Jack ThorneMillie Bobby Brown (stranger things) stars as the title character, while also serving as a producer on the film. (wiki)

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1607 – B13-U (2009)

timespace coordinates: Paris, 2016

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District 13: Ultimatum, also known as D13-U (French: Banlieue 13 – Ultimatum or B13-U), is a 2009 French action film and a sequel to the 2004 film District 13. Directed by Patrick Alessandrin and written and produced by Luc Besson, the film sees parkour artists David Belle and Cyril Raffaelli reprising their original roles of Leïto and Damien. (wiki)

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1606 – Banlieue 13 / DISTRICT B13 (2004)

timespace coordinates:  suburbs of Paris, 2013

In 2010, social problems have overrun the poorer suburbs of Paris. Especially Banlieue 13, commonly referred to as B13: a ghetto with a population of two million people. Unable to control B13, the authorities surround the entire area with a high wall topped by barbed tape, forcing the inhabitants within to survive without education, proper utilities or police protection. Police checkpoints stop anybody going in or out. Three years later, the district has become overrun with gangs…

Layout 1District 13 (French title Banlieue 13 or B13), is a 2004 French action film directed by Pierre Morel and written and produced by Luc Besson. The film is notable for its depiction of parkour in a number of stunt sequences that were completed without the use of wires or computer generated effects.

David Belle, regarded as the founder of parkour, plays Leïto, the main character of the story. (wiki)

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Brick Mansions (2014)

timespace coordinates: 2018, dystopian Detroit.

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English-language remake of District 13

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1605 – The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)

timespace coordinates: 2000’s/2010’s San FranciscoBayview-Hunters Point, Fillmore District)

The Last Black Man in San Francisco is a 2019 American drama film. Its plot centers on the efforts of a young Black man to reclaim his childhood home, a now-expensive Victorian house in a gentrified neighborhood of San Francisco.

The film is the feature debut of director and producer Joe Talbot. Talbot wrote the screenplay with Rob Richert and the story with Jimmie Fails, on whose life the film is partly based. The movie stars Fails, Jonathan MajorsTichina ArnoldRob MorganMike EppsFinn Wittrock, and Danny Glover.  (wiki)

Kickstarter-funded, feat Michael Nyman OST.

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