7,923 Matches Found
In rural North Korea, a film crew follows a small group of international volunteers fighting the spread of Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Working with North Korean medics, the volunteers venture deep into the world’s most secretive nation, overcoming cultural and political hurdles to save lives.
The acclaimed Cuban duo performs classic hits in a stunning performance along the majestic Havana shoreline.
Learning how fossil fuels and climate change are creating unique health risks that threaten the wellness of families and communities all over the world.
Hans Sleutelaar (1935-2020) was sometimes referred to as 'the silent poet'. In this documentary he is over eighty, and after decades on the roam, he has returned to his birthplace, Rotterdam. There he is regarded as a legend, and that surprises him. Sleutelaar wants to write one last poem for his recently deceased wife, but how much time does he have left?
Each year scores of parents admit their troubled teens to programs all across America. Children die in these treatment programs, while countless others are left emotionally, physically and psychologically terrorized in the name of therapy. Lauded by prominent doctors and political officials, we take a look at Straight Incorporated, one of the most controversial and abusive treatment programs in American history in order to better understand the lasting effects of radical treatment on adolescents. Under the banner of tough love, Straight Incorporated employed North Korean brainwashing tactics in an attempt to euthanize destructive behavior. Now, twenty years later survivors speak out and tell their stories to protect future generations of adolescents from abuses, cultic practices, and suicides.
Following the historically smoggy Polish winter of 2016/2017, a Warsaw father of an asthmatic son searches for answers about why air pollution continues to be a major problem in Poland - and why solving the problem is easier said than done.
The train ride becomes an inner journey as the filmmaker recollects the memories of his grandmother who turns 100, the film becomes a gift.
Affinity is exactly this: a reciprocal knowledge between comrades, shared analysis that lead to prospectives of action. Affinity is therefore directed on one hand towards theoretical deepening and on the other towards intervention in social conflictuality.
Fifty years ago in Mexico, a social movement culminated in one of the largest student massacres in the world. The Appearances explores the social heritage of those events.
A documentary based on the life of Branimir Vugdelija, frontman of the gothic metal band Embrio. Branimir was an ambitious musician, biker and martial artist. Sadly, in the summer of 2007 Branimir died in motorcycle accident.
Documentary project about differing experiences of demolition-renewal in the Wielewaal, Rotterdam South
A retired couple follows their childhood dream of producing maple syrup on Cape Breton Island.
A group of young martial arts students train to earn their black belts at a tournament in St. George, UT. The test proves a challenge for more than just the students however, as their instructor must also overcome trials of her own in order to achieve success.
Journey with an eccentric folk art collector, as he seeks out permanent homes for 5,000 pieces of eclectic, original work, before he passes away.
Kutaisi’s Jewish cemetery is perhaps not that different from other century-old graveyards around the country -- a stark reminder that people and cultures can slowly fall into oblivion.
Alegros Gramma (Greek saxophonist, composer) on a 45-day music journey meeting musicians, filming and recording music and life of Morocco. From Casablanca to the Sahara desert. Moroccana is an one-man music quest, creating a documentary that gives birth to its own soundtrack on the spot.
The Flood touches upon the cryptocurrency mining that is inseparable from the environmental damage exerted by the intense use of electricity needed to carry out the process. The film is based on footage shot in various cryptocurrency mines in Estonia combined with footage from Estonian oil shale mines. Virtual currency, such as Bitcoins, offer an attempt to withdraw from the existing financial system, because it offers the idea of releasing money production from the central bank’s control. Every utopian idea is inevitably accompanied by the risk that new centers or “bubbles” could arise. Small crypto mines are being replaced by increasingly bigger ones. Despite the fact that some Estonian crypto mines are located in the territories of ex-power stations, this does huge environmental damage because of the vast demand for energy needed to mine virtual currencies.
It isn't a landscape. It isn't a modern city. It hasn't produced a language nor an industry. It's a city of ruins that has been built from images coming from the collective imagination of cinema. It's a microcosm. A document attesting to urban and cinematic evolution.
A new series of video interviews with members of The Last Movie's Peruvian crew filmed by Daniel García and Aurelio Medina.
Filmmaker Erik Peters is one of the first people to tour Cuba with his own motorcycle. Before the American mass tourism enters, he covers 10,000 kilometres on the exciting island on his three-month journey.
The struggles of an franelero in a little town in Southern Italy
The emergence of a football club with a winning vocation such as Esporte Clube Juventude has an intimate connection in its history with the geographic region where its management took place. The entrepreneurial spirit and leadership that govern the club are direct inheritances of the vocation of the people who shaped the city of Caxias do Sul.
Almost a century has passed since the tragic events that led to the expatriation of Asia Minor’s Greek population and the Great fire of Smyrna, this animation pays homage to the brave Japanese captain of the cargo ship Tokei Maru, who let go of the ship’s valuable merchandise in order to save the Ionian refugees from drowning. An act of sheer heroism that is threatened to fall into historical oblivion.
Chris Halton investigates the ghosts stories of a small English village. Also known as Village Folklore.
Shortly after retiring, Bruce and Terry Jenkins transformed their home into a hospice and senior living facility for cats.
How can a small town of 26,000 people produce nine NBA basketball players, four of them with NBA championship rings? Find the answer to this question and many more in Pirate Pride. This 60-minute documentary examines one of the nation's top high school basketball programs. It describes how a long-standing tradition, a cohesive coaching staff and tremendous community support produce high-caliber student athletes. It appeals to anyone who is motivated by hard work, discipline and a commitment to excellence.
An entertaining look at the most iconic music videos of the 2000s, when the likes of Beyonce and Fatboy Slim broke new ground in music television.
This documentary tells the historical story of the Nazilli Sümerbank Printed Fabric Factory, built by the support of Soviet Russia in 1937, through Gidi Gidi, a train belonging to the factory. Gidi Gidi is quietly waiting inside the factory structure for its hereinafter absent passengers.
This documentary features “Poetas Vivos”, a Porto Alegre-based Poetry Slam Collective and its members. Slam poetry performed by Cristal, Agnes and Felipe Deds. It also addresses Black resistance in poetry and the lives of these poets.
The New People's Army is marking its 50th year of waging war against the U.S. sponsored Armed Forces of the Philippines.
An array of beguiling images—from insect wings to coin slots, carnival lights, and beyond—comprise the latest experimental short from Indie Grits alum Anna Kipervaser, a silent response to her 2017 short And By the Night.
A documentary about the EAM Resistance during the Occupation in Athens ('41-'44). 14 narratives. 14 stories. A people against the Italian and German occupiers and their local collaborators. A documentary about collective memory.
Eelco chooses death by legal euthanasia. A film about his mission, breaking the taboos, but also about intense fellowship and farewell.
Strange 80's is a benefit concert for mental health in Los Angeles, which features a rotating cast of the biggest marquis talent and emerging artists in rock, performing songs from the world's favorite decade, the 80's. Strange incorporates musicians, comedians, and cast members from the latest binge-worthy series in pop culture. Most importantly, proceeds raised in Los Angeles go to support 320 Changes Direction in partnership with Give An Hour.
A gritty, DIY Documentary chronicling the underground Punk Rock and Heavy Metal music scene of Bakersfield, Ca from the 1970s - 2000's. Including tons of archival footage and frank and sometimes outrageous interviews with the musicians, fans and freaks who made the small, isolated music scene so surprisingly diverse.
Documentary about the folk scene around Castilla y León
MABDR is a scenic ride for dual-sport and adventure motorcycles that uses dirt, gravel and paved roads to wind through remote parts of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. Starting in Damascus Virginia, and ending in Lawrenceville, Tioga County, PA, this 1,080-mile route, primarily uses forest roads and rural country lanes, to lead riders through the Appalachian mountains, majestic forests, bucolic farming landscapes, Amish country, and locations that played pivotal roles in early American history.
Halina, an elderly hairdresser, who has lead a difficult life, works with her young, carefree assistant, Angela, upon whom she tries to impart in a motherly fashion, all of life's lessons. Their clients are exclusivley German seniors, who travel across the nearby border to the tiny Polish village, in search of inexpensive cuts. While occupying the barber chair they share their dreams, fears, and life stories. Halina's wish is that Angela stays with her until the end of her days, but will Angela put her own dreams aside to stay with Halina in the salon?
Documentary about a stay in Japan.