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"Stigma": noun. 1. Mark or scar left by a wound. 2. Natural sign of the body. ” In this documentary, three women tell stories of how racial stigma can leave wounds.

George Scott, a military veteran and Lutheran pastor in rural central Pennsylvania, takes a leave of absence from his congregation to run a competitive race for U.S. Congress in 2018, energizing the Democratic base while creating an uncertain future for his congregation. Holy Fire roots us firmly at the center of the campaign drama as the outcomes of George's decision manifest on Election Day.

A Polish documentary presenting a sequence of hidden-camera footage, interviews and archival clips to depict what it claims is a coordinated campaign by LGBTQ-rights activists to infiltrate and reshape the fabric of society. Against the backdrop of a national election, it suggests that equality marches across Poland are part of a well-funded network, with participants paid to travel between towns and supported by foreign interests. The narrative frames this as a threat to children, religion, family values and the nation’s future. Local authorities and media sympathetic to queer causes are portrayed as complicit, while the movement is likened to propaganda and moral corruption. The film positions LGBTQ activism not as a struggle for rights but as an organized ideological “invasion” seeking to alter traditions, institutions and laws, even implying an intent to normalize paedophilia. Selective imagery and rhetoric turn civil society expression into a supposed existential threat.

Ashley Banjo explores British history & the negative reaction to his Britain's Got Talent dance. He meets supporters like actor David Harewood & critics like comedian Jim Davidson.

In order to contain over-fishing the EU offered high rewards for the demolition of traditional fishing boats. Broken Boats captures this hidden moment of history through the eyes of the people involved.

Theresa Kelly explains what motivated her to open her shop 'Special Occasions' and why she wants every child to enjoy the experience of buying their Holy Communion outfit without having to worry about money.

An intimate film looking back at the life and career of Garech Browne, one of the most acclaimed modern patrons of the arts and Irish culture. His sudden death in 2018 left a gap in the diversity of Irish culture, but in that wake lies a yarn of stories that offer a unique insight into the man.

One-off documentary following the final chapters in the life of HPV vaccine campaigner Laura Brennan. Gold medal winner in the health category of the New York Festivals Film and TV Awards 2020.

The Bermuda Triangle is the mysterious stretch of water that's home to some of the world's greatest mysteries, and using cutting-edge technology, experts investigate the truth behind this strange and deadly place.

Nuusa is a priest and a passionate punk. A woman practicing her vocation is boldly fulfilling herself, but it is not easy for everyone to accept Nuusa's lifestyle. One's own faith is also put to the test at a time when the priesthood is also in a strong transition.

A documentary about the Aral Sea. The whole truth about why the disaster happened, what happened to the area and how the residents live on the shore of the Aral Sea now.

Liquid Handcuffs: A Documentary To Free Methadone takes you inside the hidden world of methadone clinics. Candid and comical interviews with staff and patients in six countries will reveal that methadone has saved and improved the lives of countless people addicted to opioids and at the same time, rigid rules–attending clinic six days a week, limited hours, random urine screens– make their lives incredibly difficult. In 2017, 70,000 people died from an opioid-related overdose. Methadone is the gold standard of treatment for heroin addiction. The problem is it's more difficult to get than heroin.

A reflection on being an immigrant in the Entre Ríos city of Gualeguaychú. David lives there, a 20-year-old who left Colombia to fulfill his dream of becoming a professional soccer player.

On January 29, 2017, a lone gunman entered a mosque in Quebec City, took the lives of six people, injured 19 others and left an entire community in complete shock and grief. This act of hatred, fuelled by racism and Islamophobia, transformed a place of worship and community to a site of unthinkable trauma, devastating Muslim communities the world over and forcing Canadians to question how we got here in the first place.

On arriving in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, Patrice Raynal finds himself immersed in the tumult of a carnival. The music and dancing – more ambi­guous phenomena than first appears – provide the through-line for his first-person narrative.

The Arctic Circus, Iceland's first and only circus.

The Mlabri is one of the smallest ethnic minorities on the planet who have lived in the mountainous forests of northern Thailand and western Laos. Since being "rediscovered" on the Thai side in the early 1980s, they have gradually come to live a settled life in a few villages in Nan and Phrae provinces in Thailand. However, even though they have been integrated into modern society, they do not have a means of livelihood. They receive public assistance, make knitting crafts, or are hired by the neighboring Hmong as day laborers to help with the cultivation. Ito Yuma, a young Japanese linguist has been collecting and studying the Mlabri language, which is ind danger of disappear.

What’s the best way to save the ageing breed of male Morris dancer from extinction? Richard Macer infiltrates the endangered world of bells, beer and beards to discover an unlikely saviour of this ancient masculine tradition in the form of women. The Morris Ring, the oldest Morris organisation in the country, has voted to admit women dancers for the first time with the hope that its member sides - as the teams are called - might stem the tide of declining numbers. But there are hardliners who believe females will dilute the very essence of what makes men’s Morris great. So, is Morris better when danced just by men or are women and mixed sides just as good?

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Dragonmasters is the untold story of the Chinese dragon in America. When this symbol of good fortune and benevolence first arrived, it found communities in trouble and was soon employed by its handlers to battle prejudice, violence, and exclusion. Utilizing a mix of documentary interviews, archival material, vérité footage and filmed in six locations in New York, California, Canada, and China, this 67-minute “authored-documentary” film with multiple storylines is the story of the evolution and cultural impact of the Chinese dragon and its Masters in America.

With reference to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, investigators hunt for clues hidden beneath the surface to assess the risk of a new and potentially devastating event of equal magnitude. This documentary follows historians and geologists as they discover the latest evidence of Pompeii's fiery destruction, unpacking the chain of events that led to the ancient world's most notorious disaster in AD 79. What lessons does the tragedy of Pompeii hold for Naples' citizens, who face a mounting threat from the unseen forces beneath their feet?

Our Atoll Speaks (Ko Talatala Mai To Matou Wenua) Enter the breathtaking atoll of Pukapuka/Nassau in this communal film -poem and discover the wisdom of our ancestors.

Dmitri Shostakovich called her the "Queen of Russian Poetry". She remained a queen in the memory of those who knew her, a queen who survived great glory and the bitterness of humiliation, trampled down by the authorities and retaining her dignity. She lived a long life. The star of the Silver Age, she died on March 5, 1966 by a whim of fate on the day of Stalin's death.

Award- winning short documentary by a group of young filmmakers exploring the lives of people in London and the difficulties they face.

A FRONTLINE documentary, drawing from a two-year investigation, uncovers the extent of a deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak during the Flint water crisis — and how officials failed to stop it.

The latest in our bi-monthly magazine series looking at the Steam scene, both main line and the heritage network.

Salmiyah explores fragments of memory, perceptions of historical actors, history buffs, and audiences. The past, always leaves questions, it can never come back in its full form. People are competing with each other to create their own history. Salmiyah is an attempt to describe the complexity of history which is always full of bias and distance.

This documentary shows us in the voice of one of its protagonists the exciting day-to-day in the world of wrestling, one of the most emblematic sports traditions in Mexico, as well as the contrasts, labor exploitation and the battles that wrestlers have to win outside the ring.

There’s an uncanny kind of shock value to hearing a friendly, old-timey television announcer speak of how the “simple people” of the Netherlands Antilles were rescued from “primitive living conditions” when large oil refineries appeared on the islands, ending their “deficient medical care and lack of hygiene.” This compilation of archival material centering on the neocolonial ties between Dutch multinational Shell and the islands has a knack for exposing these kinds of tensions.

Beauty parlours as places of listening between 3 women in Women Women Women. The young stripper Kika has a troubled night. In Naftalan, the mother of the director is being treated for psoriasis in a specialised hospital and in White Trash a dumping ground is inhabited by hundreds of gulls in a dense fog. Now I Am Irena confronts a past pregnancy and Welcome to Igrane shows a region’s resistance to touristification.

Michael Strasser pedaled his way from Alaska across the equator to Patagonia, in South America. His journey covered more than 23,000km through hills and valleys and all kinds of terrain.

The Story of the eruption of the Soufriere Hills Volcano This film depicts the drama that unfolds upon the unsuspecting Caribbean community of Montserratians whose lives were forever changed when volcanic activity begins in the most unexpected way. The tragedy and the resilience portrayed here in just one of the films from the complete Price of Paradise film series, helps explain the true story of what actually happened in what turned into two decades of activity. Beyond the error-prone reporting of sensationalized media groups from afar, this film shows the reality of what happened to a precious island and its people.

An experimental doc about Willem Van Spronsen aka Emma Durutti.

Naelson dreams of making a living from rap music, but to achieve his goal, he sells candy on buses in Brasília, cuts hair in his mother's garage and still works at night at a liquor distributor.

One of the wonderful elders, Elizabeth "Nitamigaabowig" (standing leader) (Pug) Kingbird, at the Waasabiik Ojibwemotaadiwin Immersion Program in Red Lake tells her story of her pet deer.

Women around the world use social media platforms as a weapon in their struggle for equal rights. Their online campaigns against femicide in Latin America, FGM in Africa or compulsory headscarves in Iran, mobilize thousands others.

A wildlife enthusiast, Jean-Pierre Bosquet brings us on a journey to Singapore's Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve to uncover some of the unknown nature in the midst of our metropolis city. Subaraj Rajathurai, a veteran wildlife consultant speaks on behalf of these animals and the threats they face.

Robert Gooding, a Liberian immigrant, has been working at a tofu factory for the last 20 years in pursuit of the American dream.

Colin Macleod was a modern-day land raider who gave a voice to the people of Pollok in the 90s. The M77 was being driven through their park, cutting the local community off from their only green space. Instead of Greta Thunberg or Extinction Rebellion, they had Colin Macleod. He started by staying up a tree for nine days to grab press attention. This grew into a full-blown protest camp and the Pollok Free State was born.

A documentary about the designer Brynjar Sigurðarson from Iceland, but who has not lived there for nine years.

Until the age of 28 Elina Geida had no idea who her father was. As a young girl growing up in Latvia, she'd always wondered but the information wasn't there. Then, overnight that changed when she discovered he lived in Cuba. This is her story.

Two sisters accompany their father, a Kawesqar artisan fisherman, to return to the navigation route along which their ancestors fished, hunted and lived. As they go into the depths of the Jautok they find beauty and mystery, symbols of this territory and their ancestors . This journey is a call to protect the Kawesqar territory and the life that inhabits it