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There is one type of bicycle that remains on the fringes, only embraced by the daring, the creative, the foolish: The Tall Bike. Riding any bicycle is a positive step toward a healthy lifestyle and personal enjoyment, but it's the tall bike that has the power to change the world

By becoming aware of an idea that is new to us, we talk about it all the time. And beyond that, all the subjects that we approach, we approach them through this new prism. We are going as far as proselytism - essentially to convince ourselves. We repeat the same words, slightly reformulated, until we are convinced. It is a way of swallowing our conditioning to this idea, while hinting that we are already sure. In politics or in love. We repeat ourselves. We repeat ourselves. We repeat ourselves.

A satirical puppet show that mocks the Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir and his cronies shows in Sudan as "Bisha TV."

Juxtaposing two distinct modes of storytelling, one restrained and reverent, another energetic and dissimulated, seeking to recapitulate the plans of conspiracy and coup plotted by the former governor of Guanabara Carlos Lacerda in the backstage of the official history of Brazil using not only the archival images , but the sound of narration and incidental sound effects to characterize the change of focus and tension, as well as establishing the identities of the characters involved, namely Getúlio Vargas, Jânio Quadros, João Goulart, JK, foreign forces, Brazilian military, etc. In honoring the famous passage of the false newsreel in Glauber Rocha's "Terra in Transe" (1967), we will present the trajectory of Carlos Lacerda who, like the dictator Porfirio Diaz, from the fictional city of Eldorado, began his public life in communism but, within a few years, he became a notorious coup and conservative leader.

Carmela, don Gregorio, Gabriella and Lorella have never met but they have a lot in common. In the mid 60's, at the peak of the great migratory wave, alone or together with their families, they arrived in Switzerland, where they lived for a more or less lengthy period. Four different stories that speak of hopes, dreams, and solidarity. But they also tell of closure, xenophobia, clandestinity and exploitation.

An American Home tells the interweaving stories of famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the B. Harley Bradley House — one of Wright's earliest designs, and the community of Kankakee, Illinois where the home resides. Over the course of their lives, Wright and his Bradley House both experienced moments of tremendous hardship followed by great resurgences. The working-class city of Kankakee, Illinois is in the midst of its own resurgence, and Wright's 116 year-old house is part of the town's rebirth.

A film centered on the production of landscape and concrete in the Arrábida Natural Park, Portugal. Covering a vast area of coast, caves, mountains and forest, the park is inhabited by a massive concrete factory that branches through the landscape. Documenting the various layers of the sourced material, the factory body and the constructed landscape, the film looks at how time is physically embedded in the matter and how the molecular particles act in a circular re-shaping of the whole. The film merges 16mm footage shot in the area of Arrábida with 3D animation of the topographic landscape as an equal analogue layer. Há só uma terra. There is only one earth.

Alzheimer's: Every Minute Counts is an urgent wake-up call about the national threat posed by Alzheimer's disease. Many know the unique tragedy of this disease, but few know that Alzheimer's is one of the most critical public health crises facing America. Because of the growing number of aging baby boomers, and the fact that the onset of Alzheimer's is primarily age-related, the number of Alzheimer's case is predicted to skyrocket in the United States. This will not only be a profound human tragedy, but an overwhelming economic one as well. Due to the length of time people live with the illness and need care, it's the most expensive medical condition in the U.S. Future costs for Alzheimer's threaten to bankrupt Medicare, Medicaid, and the life savings of millions of Americans.

For more than 50 years, the Lindell AC was the place to see and be seen in Detroit. Thanks to hosts Jimmy and Johnny Butsicaris, on any given night, a beer at the Lindell could be your ticket to an evening with a who’s who of famous athletes, entertainers, politicians and media figures. The film tells the story of the legendary downtown watering hole that launched a million stories.

“Rolex the Portuguese” has risked the “adventure” in neighbouring Burkina Faso, without success. Here he is back in Abidjan, to make lots of money. With his companions, aged between 15 and 25, he makes a living from casual trade, in particular from that of “grazing”, i.e. online scams, taking advantage of the monetary largesse of white women in search of love or sensations, whose money they then blow in the ‘maquis’ (bars) or nightclubs.

Throughout most of the 20th century, two rival department stores dominated Salt Lake City, but by 2017 all that remained of them was the façade of ZCMI. Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution, founded by Mormon colonizer Brigham Young, started in 1868 and lasted through its sale in December 1999. The name ZCMI remained until 2002 when it was changed to Meier and Frank. Auerbach's was the other major department store in Utah. Frederick and Samuel Auerbach's began the Salt Lake City store in 1879. It flourished in two different locations until it closing in February 1979. This KUED production documents both of these grand and iconic Utah department stores through memories of those who shopped and worked in them. interviews clips focus on ZCMI's Christmas windows, the hot dog stand in the basement, and the Tiffen Room restaurant. Former shoppers at Auerbach's remember the elegant Crystal Room and the giant chandeliers and much more.

A theater director is forced to interrupt the rehearsal of his new play to record a painfully honest statement about the practice of Art in the State of Piauí.

The green and the stone. Straub-Huillet in Buti.

The unique architecture of Bulgaria can now be experienced from a new vantage point. From ancient Greek ruins to a 1,000 year-old monastery to graffiti-stained Communist-era monuments, this drone film explores the cultural architecture of Bulgaria.

The Class 50s were the last passenger diesels built for British Rail and since their introduction in 1967 they have worked express services on three different regions. This programme takes a look back over the years to see the class hard at work on BR and also documents the survivors that made it into preservation plus the 1994 Farewell Railtours.

A visual poem on the theme of depression. Poetry superimposed with hand processed 16mm film collected on the Film for Artists and Film Farm Residency. Footage includes found footage, and non-camera hand techniques including but not limited to tinting, toning, varnish, bleach and painting.

Finally, a series that answers the real questions about vaccines. Their safety, efficacy, and how they really impact your health. This 9-part documentary series includes the experiences of doctors, scientists, researchers, legal experts, champions, parents, as well as those living with vaccine injuries and their families.

The untold story of Bryan “Birdman/Baby” Williams and his life before he founded Cash Money Records with his brother, Ronald Williams. With interviews from family and friends, this in depth documentary explores the journey of one of the most successful rap label owner and entrepreneurs in modern music history.

Set within the Corpus Christi Monastery in Rockford, Illinois, Chosen: Custody of the Eyes forms an intimate portrait of Heather*, a former blogger and painter confronting what she believes is her calling: Becoming a cloistered contemplative nun in one of the strictest religious orders. Chosen is a coming-of-age story by first-time filmmaker Abbie Reese in collaboration with Heather, who became the film's primary cinematographer. The Novice Mistress deemed this project a "once in a lifetime" occurrence - permitting a video camera to capture monastic life from the inside. *She selected the alias "Heather" to reflect the Poor Clare Colettine pursuit of anonymity.

The reading of a letter addressed to his brother Theo is the metaphorical starting point of this suggestive immersion in the work and the places that Vincent Van Gogh lived in a key moment of his artistic life, the one in which he abandoned the faith to rediscover himself the world of painting in the Belgian mining town of Borinage. A strange presence enters the house where he lived, recreates his studio, breathes his surroundings and travels the landscape until he merges with his own paintings, pure oil painting that takes the form of a mysterious and unattainable dream like the great Dutch teacher.

Ten women from different generations and social backgrounds recount how they gradually reclaimed their voices and carved out a space for themselves in politics and music—traditionally male-dominated and patriarchal spaces in Peru. Marly Anzualdo, a human rights activist; Sandra Requena, a renowned singer in the underground music scene; Carmela Vildoso, a sociologist and former Minister of Women; Aurora Chirinos, a biologist; Isabel Asto, an Andean music singer; Victoria Villanueva, co-founder of Manuela Ramos; Merian Eyzaguirre, a singer and LGBTQ activist; Marisa Godinez, an illustrator; Lola Marchena, a Creole music singer; and Armandina Quispe, a former leader of the Peruvian Peasant Confederation, open their homes to share life stories that reveal how the personal intertwines with the political. By listening to them, we gain access to the complex experiences of women who, with tender but rebellious gestures, expand the places of enunciation in a country adverse to dissent.

A documentary on the process of production of Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry Frescoes and the murals' agitated social context during the years of the Great Depression. The documentary's remarkable archival montage explores the links between industrial labor, public art, and industrial cinema under the exigencies of Fordism.

This video is edited from some images taken with an iPhone by the director's family members who went out to play during the three days from New Year's Eve to the second day of the first lunar month.

This is the complete overview of Alexander's conquests, a 10 year period of immense drama and historical significance, as the young Macedonian king's breathtaking achievements ushered in a new era in European and Middle Eastern history - the Hellenistic Age.

A documentary examining the history of the First Parish church in Brewster, Massachusetts

The popular White Telephone films (Cinema dei telefoni bianchi) produced shortly before WW2 imitated American comedies and melodramas telling stories which were in line with the ideology of the fascist regime. Showing the upper class life in Italy with all its bourgeois wealth and modern decor this film genre received the denomination Telefoni Bianchi, referring to the frequent appearance of white telephones as status symbols at a time when common people, if at all, had black telephones...

Documentary about "The Yellow Hotel" in Lusk, Wyoming, and the madam who owned it.

Documentary, relating the life of a woman trying to earn a living on the margins of society.

Rare footage of leopard behavior challenges opinions of these big cats.

Can the vow that doctors take to “do no harm” permit taking part in capital punishment? This week, the New York Times Op-Docs brings you “Death Row Doctor,” about Dr. Carlo Musso and his assistance with executions in Georgia. Directed by Lauren Knapp, the film challenges us to answer the question of whether having a doctor in the execution chamber is a perversion of medicine … or a common-sense act of mercy.

A short documentary about six Syrian children who escaped the war in Aleppo and got stuck in child labor.

A myriad of pictures from the early to the late 1900s portraying the old Göteborg in the festival’s most frequently recurring staple and cherished program item.

On April 6, 2006, Halit Yozgat was murdered by the National Socialist Underground at an Internet café in Kassel. State intelligence officer Andreas Temme was in the café around the same time. An architectural dissection of his police statement.

"That's how Samurai Rauni was born" - An enthusiastic Finnish team is going to produce a feature film without prior experience. The path is long, crowded and full of love.

A documentary about the thoughts and feelings of the last generation of youth to grow up on the Pacific Island nation of Kiribati, which as a consequence of climate change will soon be under water.

Frequently after talking to another artist, Todd Anderson-Kunert found himself thinking of another question he would have liked to have asked them, but didn’t. This film is about what happened if he did ask those questions. Between 2014 and 2017, in and around Melbourne, Australia, he conversed with a selection of 31 sonic artists, each time for 30 minutes. These conversations were edited down, each time finding a new question he wished he had of asked. This question was used as the starting point for the next conversation with a completely different artist. This documentary film follows that process. The conversation engages with a variety of themes, including temporality, performance, fragility, recording, artistic development, and creative process. It also offers an insight into some of the experimental sound communities operating within Melbourne, Australia.

The documentary focuses on the political, social, economical and ecological conditions of cereal and demonstrates how the food question is in fact at the heart of the issue of individual and collective human dignity as well as Tunisian's local and national food independence and sovereignty.

Follow the return of six Navajo Code Talkers to the five Pacific Island sites where their unbreakable secret code, based on the unwritten Navajo language, helped U.S. forces overcome Japanese expansion in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The code was never broken. The highly personal reflections of the Navajo Code Talkers dominate the film's storyline, where they share personal accounts, memories, and insights into their war experience. Interviews were conducted on Guam, Saipan, Tinian, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa and USMC Camp Pendleton, north of San Diego, where they trained, learned, and enhanced the original code.

Documentary featuring the Argentinian indie band Valle de Muñecas.

Veterans of the most decorated battalion in marine corps history discuss the psychological injuries of war, and the unexpected trauma of returning to civilian life after the accolades of their successful battles have ended.

In 1942, at the age of 6, José Wilson Baltazar entered the cinema for the first time. Since then, he has dedicated more than seven decades to assisting films, attending the most diverse types of rooms, from noble spaces to decadent pigsties, watching from classics of world cinematography to pornographic productions. Its history is confused with that of the audience of the seventh art. So it deserves to be told.

Lolita is two years old and lives with her mother Yasmina in prison. Day in and out, Lolita follows the same routine. Every morning the educators accompany her to a nursery outside the prison, and she returns for lunch and waits until 3 o’clock when she can go out in the prison yard for one hour. After free time, she re-enters the prison and remains there until the next morning. At night, she dines with her mother and her little brother, locked within the cell.

PRAY covers the major world religions - and then some. Despite being a film about speaking to God, PRAY is a purely observational documentary bereft of dialogue, which masters the mantra 'Show, don't tell'.

Documentary about the Madrid neighborhood of Prosperidad.

A documentary exploring autism through the eyes of Welsh actor Richard Mylan and his 11 year old son, who is on the autism spectrum.

The 45-year old Swedish woman, Kristina Paltén, ran across Iran to challenge her own prejudices against a culture and people she knew little about. She felt the very human need to trust in people.

Now presenting the most in-depth program ever produced on the single most significant alien UFO incident known to man. Based on the research of Kevin Randle and Don Schmitt on the Roswell UFO crash, this documentary film required over 400 interviews and is considered the definitive expose on the Roswell UFO crash and government cover-up of contact with aliens from another world.

Gandhi's Awakening explores the fascinating story of Mohandas Gandhi's early formative years in South Africa, where he experienced firsthand harsh prejudice and hatred as a young lawyer, saw the brutality of war as an ambulance stretcher carrier in the Zulu War of 1906, and underwent a spiritual epiphany that set the course for his entire life forward, leading him to become the Mahatma or Great Soul. A sequel film Gandhi's Gift, is also available.

Hirofumi Nakamoto collects various aquatic organisms, releases them in his house and films the scene. This is the latest work of the 'Living Creatures Sci- Fi' Series, which has been continuing since 2011.

A middle-aged woman wants to find a husband. It is full of emotions and experiences. The heroine lives with triple strength. But she does not find understanding from her close ones, and her personal life does not add up.

At the start of 2017, artist Grayson Perry set out to make two artworks reflecting the two sides of the Brexit debate. Theresa May's decision to call a snap general election prompted Grayson to expand his project.