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Essay film about the poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926).

In Poor Folk, Ilya Kabakov talks about his sources and influences, including the tragic life of his mother, which had a profound effect on his views and artistic career. Together with his wife and collaborator Emilia he discusses Soviet underground art, the birth of Moscow Conceptualism, the couple’s emigration to the USA, and international acclaim after thirty years of almost no exhibitions (Kabakov did not show his work at state-sanctioned exhibitions in the Soviet Union): today the duo’s works are in the world’s leading museums, including MoMA, New York; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; and Hamburger Kunsthalle.

An average working day lasts 8 hours. A third of a day. How do we spend this time? Are we happy? There are just questions here; everybody looks for their own answers. Six young people share their experiences and the meanings of them for their lives.

Hosted by NBC News investigative journalist Stephanie Gosk, this brand new two-hour special will offer an intimate look into the life of Joe DeAngelo, the suspect in custody, through new and exclusive interviews from those who were closest to him and offering a gripping depiction of the prime suspect in a decades-long manhunt. To his family, friends, and former colleagues, DeAngelo lived the life of the classic “average Joe” - a father, grandfather, veteran, and even former police officer. DeAngelo now stands accused of being the man behind one of the most ruthlessly enduring crime sprees of all time and is believed to have raped more than 45 women and murdered at least 12 people. He is currently charged with 12 counts of first degree murder and has so far not entered a plea. Joining Gosk is Bay Area detective Paul Holes, who helped search for the Golden State Killer for nearly a quarter-century and played a key role in the arrest of Joe DeAngelo.

Karoline, Christine and Enoch are high school seniors who want to be the first generation in their families to go to college, and they are determined to bring their friends with them. That's why they work as peer college counselors in their schools even as they reach towards their own college dreams. Karoline, Christine and Enoch are fighting for the right to a better future, for themselves and for every single one of their classmates.

For over 400 years, the tortuous Indigenous land conflict in the state of Michoacan in Mexico, remained largely ignored until this conflict intersected with cartel lords and illegal drug trade. The state of Michoacan is the birthplace of the drug war in Mexico, initiating an unprecedented regime of violence meanwhile affecting the Indigenous landscapes of the region.

A short documentary that captures the real-time drama, suspense, and adventure, rescuing South African Rhinos, from a first time, on-the-ground, Rhino 911 volunteer, Jaime Rupert, who strived to survive the world of the African Bush.

In the desert, a man extracts stones from a mountain and breaks them. In his perpetual labour, he meditates upon life and death.

Squaddies on the Frontline tells the story of the British Army's experience of the Northern Ireland conflict through the eyes of the ordinary men and women that soldiered here. For almost 40 years between 1969 and 2007, a total of over a quarter-of-a-million soldiers served on the streets of Northern Ireland in 'Operation Banner', the British Army's longest ever operation. These men and women were at the heart of the key events of the conflict, with over 700 soldiers killed and more than 6,000 injured, and a further 305 deaths attributed to them. Squaddies on the Frontline is their story, taking viewers into the heart of 'Operation Banner' and the day-to-day realities of life and work here as a soldier through some of the toughest years of the Troubles, looking at the impact that it had, and continues to have, on their lives and the lives of those around them, both in Northern Ireland and beyond.

This one hour documentary for RTÉ One presented by Anne-Marie Tomchak, UK editor of Mashable explores how robots and artificial intelligence could be on course to transform the jobs market, render the skills of swathes of the population obsolete and utterly transform the way we work.

A BBC Four Slow Christmas treat follows Norway’s Sami reindeer herds as they migrate across the mountainous region of Finnmark, far north of the Arctic Circle. The journey, a little over 160 miles, takes the herd a week, travelling north from the inland winter feeding grounds to their coastal summer pastures. The film travels with the Sara family and their herd around the clock as they cross the Arctic wilderness to reach the coastal island of Kvaloya Fala in time for the calves to be born. It is a journey fraught with hazardous weather conditions.

A documentary about the history of Iranian fiction

"The southern border of Thailand is dangerous, scary, you shouldn't live there, it's full of violence." That is how it's mostly presented in the media. But what is the southern border really like? This documentary will guide you to another perspective through the eyes of a female-female couple.

A behind-the-scenes look at the techniques and methods used to create Bob Godfrey's Oscar-winning short film 'Great' (1975).

The documentary captures Cassidy’s rising celebrity as a pop idol throughout the 1970s to his final months as he struggled with what was believed to be onset dementia. The film also follows Cassidy into the studio where he works to record one final album dedicated to his late entertainer father, Jack Cassidy.

An insider’s look at the challenging world of expectations and stereotypes surrounding second generation Indian American youth.

About Puerto Rico and the economic crisis and the history between the island and the U.S. The sterilization of the women, radiation and contamination of Vieques and the potential of creating a permanent underclass for generations.

An inclusive dance company seeks to create tension between aesthetics and the reconstruction of symbolic spaces in Argentina's history.

A abstract visual mixtape created by Z aka Zeus

​A documentation of parades and protests during the first months of Donald Trumps presidential campaign. The speed at which nationalism moves is explored through manipulated frame rates, blurs, and overlays.

Stop-motion documentary based on interviews about anxiety.

Hyacinthine Scar condenses the undigested emotions in me while traveling from Hong Kong to my brother’s wedding in Guam. Presences and gazes of all sorts, to look and to be looked at, repetitive camera work of the hired videographers, the vow that is rehearsed over and over again by the priest, all the uncontrollable clickings of the shutter from all us (including myself), and the endless sightings of different sides of the fragmented Western Pacific. The many spots I visited appear as though they belong to passersby. They are as real as they are dreamy.

Wind Riders tells the untold stories of three American balloon pilots who have dedicated their lives to their sport - a masterful hot-air balloonist, and a championship team in gas balloon racing as they defend their world title.

Documentary of the film Yesterdays Enemy

How do the fortresses we build to protect ourselves affect the people we become? El Hara follows one man's break with the neighborhood of his youth, the Jewish quarter of Tunis, highlighting how such moments of rupture haunt us forever.

Tired of city life and in search of adventure, my friend Fraser and I left London on two motorcycles with a plan to drive to Budapest and back. We wanted to leave technology behind, to wild camp, cook our own food, reconnect with others and importantly ourselves. The journey took two months, crossed 10 countries and covered a distance of over 10,000km. This personal film shot on 16mm documents our motorcycle journey into the wild.

An animated sportrait depicting three days in the life of heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, battling his fiercest opponent - racism.

Creating Outer Peace is a meditative audio/visual study, documenting Chaz Bear as he works on the latest Toro y Moi album, “Outer Peace.” Filmed in Cazadero, CA, far from the distractions of Chaz's everyday life, this film is an intimate and unexpected glimpse into the creative process of a genre-defying musician and artist. Through grainy Super 8 film and an immersive soundscape, the film shows that the making of a Toro Y Moi album is not always about grinding it out in a music studio. In this case, it’s about seclusion, proximity to nature, relaxation and even boredom. Through this process we witness Chaz endeavour to find the peace and purity at the core of his creativity.

Sue Perkins travels to Chimp Haven in Louisiana to meet six female ex-laboratory chimpanzees starting their retirement and meeting a group of male chimps for the first time.

The Bonin Islanders grew up on a Pacific island with a seesawing history of Japanese and American rule. This is the story of a community torn apart and re-bonded by the past.

This is a film about the prima donna of Mariinsky Theatre, laureate of international competitions of opera singers Oxana Shilova, lyric coloratura-soprano. Very justly she is called one of the best voices of the Mariinsky Theatre. She dazzled the scenes of Bolshoi, Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden etc. But what had she to sacrifice, to win this world recognition? We have to make a choice between our family and our career. And often it is not in favour of our beloved.

Spiritual music and images from the album "At War with Christ and Satan".

Tragic circumstances bring together the wife and the mother of two migrant workers - one from the east, the other from west Nepal.

Kentucky's rise to undisputed Bourbon Capital of the world is a rich, detailed, and innovative story that displays how the state has continued to play an integral role in raising the level of global whiskey making to unprecedented heights. From sour mash and charred barrels to the name Bourbon itself, Kentucky-based producers lead the world in both production and innovation. As the stills continue to pump out whiskey and the barrels are filled and stored, the people that make up Kentucky's bourbon empire tell of their state's rise to bourbon dominance.

Ultimate refuge for the leftovers of the american dream, the motels in the United States houses a population of drifting humans who, from crisis to crisis – economic and personal – have been dispossessed of everything. Some of them lost it all. Some of them left it all. Some still have dreams. Some of them don’t remember well, sucked by daily survival. Everyone struggles with fragments of life that remain in this precarious nest. Portrait of a disenchanted America. Diving in its abyss.

A documentary about Henri Gonzo, the lead vocalist of Hungarian band Fran Palermo.

Susana Schnarndorf, a professional swimmer and mother of three, discovers a degenerative disease, which forces her to decide between the sportive career and the maternal role in the face of her last great battle: surviving.

A film between two countries. A film between two realities.

The best AFL football team ever in their greatest ever year!

When Sardinian-Australian Lisa Camillo, an anthropologist and film director, returns to Sardinia, an island of Italy, after a 18 year absence in Australia, to her horror she finds her large chunks of her homeland decimated by mysterious bombs. On her journey she uncovers secret NATO bombing ranges that have been having devastating consequences on the local human and animal population, setting her on a journey to expose the truth, join the islanders’ fight to reclaim their land and livelihoods and, in doing so, learning about herself and her roots.

The animation documentary examines memory processes via the recollections of four interviewees. What are the memories that linger and what kinds of memories are revived, when a person is requested to tell their life story freely, without being directed towards any subjects or themes?

Amanda Millar’s moving documentary celebrates the enduring legacy of Celia Lashlie, a passionate advocate for social interventions that equipped those long deprived of choice with the tools for responsible decision making.

This documentary features interviews from royal experts, exclusive insider stories from former palace staff, and exciting archival footage and photos that reveal the secrets and traditions behind a royal wedding.

Washington state lawmakers, activists and parents embark on a crusade to protect the civil rights of transgender children.