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The scientist and inventor Yuri Yemelyanov was forced to master the epistolary genre. He approached the Soviet authorities with a proposal to introduce a device that could dramatically improve the ecology of large cities. Today, this dream is becoming a reality thanks to his unique invention, an ozonator that purifies the air from exhaust fumes and harmful substances. In the USSR, Yemelyanov was ignored, but in Japan and the United States, he was welcomed and offered a laboratory and pilot production. What decision will the scientist make?

Garin Nugroho revisits his filmography to investigate how family, cinema, and nationhood intersects, offering a personal look at his identity & perspective on Indonesia's uncertain future.

This televised biography special, hosted by Martin Short, examines the innovative work of comedian Ernie Kovacs, featuring a series of clips of his shows and performances. Short explains that Kovacs' work was "simple and innocent" on the surface, but featured a "grim" darker side that pleased his audience, including a memorable sketch in which his opera critic character used a shotgun to express his annoyance with a soprano's performance. He did most of his own writing and created a series of unique characters of various nationalities and professions, including a Prussian DJ and a bumbling magician. He played upon his experience as a second-generation immigrant, born to Hungarian parents, and his most famous characters included Miklos Molnar, a Hungarian cooking show host, and Leena, Queen of the Jungle. A pair of gag glasses helped Kovacs to create Percy Dovetails, a lisping poetry enthusiast of dubious talent.

The story of the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising and riots from the point of view of a prominent member of the Eight-Tray Gangster Crips street gang.

An attempt to understand the mystical essence of the tales of a small people in Eastern Europe — the Udmurts.

About the fate of the wandering poet Alexander Brunko.

A short film about the kingfisher Ceryle (Megaceryle) maxima, which lives in sub-Saharan Africa on large rivers and lakes.

A documentary about the efforts of Björn Runólfsson to bring electricity to the countryside of Iceland.

The Exxon Valdez disaster left far more than a soiled coastline in its wake. Grief, suspicion, anger and greed oozed through the small, formerly pristine town of Valdez. The human toll of an environmental nightmare is evoked in a haunting film which Exxon and the City of Valdez attempted, unsuccessfully, to suppress.

Compilation of “Mondo” films, a documentary subgenre mixed with fiction from the 1960s, the most famous of which is Mondo Cane (1962). These documentaries largely exploited Western voyeurism with generally dubious commentary.

This mondo/shockumentary is mostly a collection of clips from driver's educational films and has at least one scene lifted from "Faces of Death".

A documentary tackling the problem of air pollution in Walbrzych. The film shows the effects of excessive and ill-considered industrialization of the region: the sky covered with smoke, mining waste heaps piling up, burnt buildings, and, above all, the residents exposed to smog from an early age.

What happens when the testimonies of maimed Colonial War veterans meet the visual universe of Marvel comics? Would an alien life form, confronted with the evidence shown here, be able to say what war and peace mean to the members of the race we call human?

The video film is the first on Pier Paolo Pasolini, poet and writer in which only the author appears and only his voice is heard: the reading of his verses alternates with interventions on poetry and life. There are very few films on Pasolini writer (those on Pasolini director are frequent) and very few readings of his poems, a lack that has been solved with very rare recordings on disk and radio.

Documentary mini-series discussing the roles and fates of Hungarian born people in the Balkan Wars.

A beautifully-shot documentary film on the life of the composer. With footage of the young Tavener as pianist and organist, performances of his music, and contributions from family, friends and experts.

Brest is not situated in Brittany. The terminus Brest is the frontier station between Belorussia and Poland. This place has seen many conquerors come and go. Therefore the terminus is a real and an anonymous space for telling about history and human fate.

A documentary exploring the Kremlin building complex in Moscow, Russia.

Revisit the events of December 9, 1965, in the rural community of Kecksburg, Pa., when a strange object fell from the sky one night, prompting a military visit within days, much to the shock of the locals. This absorbing documentary explores the peculiar media response to the incident, examines the secret transfer of the object to an Air Force base in Ohio, and interviews 21 witnesses, who describe their own memories of that strange night.

"Cape Verde is an archipelago situated 500km off the West Coast of Africa. On the island of Santiago lives Mano Mendi, the last player of the cimboa, a one-string violin used to accompany the traditional batuque music. Through the portrait of Mano Mendi and the learning experience of To, a music teacher in the capital city of Praia, the film shows us how this music is rooted in the rhythms of everyday life."

Mirror Mirror provocatively explores the relationship between a woman’s body image and the quest for an idealized female form. Blending humor and candor, the film incisively illuminates the vagaries in the concept of an “ideal” body type. A tension exists between the visual statement created by masks and mannequins and the rich diversity of the voices appearing in the film. Thirteen women, of varying age, size, and ethnicity, reveal the ambivalence with which they regard their own bodies. Their musings about specific body parts are underscored by archival footage of beauty competitions.

Documentary on Zhou Enlai's various contributions to Chinese diplomacy, from 1949 to 1976, commissioned for the 100th anniversary of late Premier's birth. From Baidu: "China's peaceful foreign policy has enabled China to gradually break through the imperialist hegemonic political and diplomatic blockades of the United States and the Soviet Union, and successfully gain the status of a major diplomatic power, opening up great possibility for the New China." The film won multiple awards in China.

"We come now to the tragic and triumphant coda of the New Testament," host Charlton Heston says in the fourth and final segment of his acclaimed Bible series rooted in faith and in the well-honed storytelling skills of Heston. New York Times' John J. O'Connor wrote: "Heston scores powerfully with [his] readings. It works beautifully."

The struggle by a Vietnam war hero turned priest to find and reveal the truth about secret CIA torture training at a US military base.

Susanna Edwards' follows Christina Sanchez, Spain's most successful female bullfighter, in this intimate, intense documentary about what it means to be a woman in a male-dominated sport.

Many people think the sky is just the sky. But the sky can be different. It all depends on how you choose to look at it...

Fate did not spare him trials and tribulations. It is impossible to imagine a more shameful punishment than being deprived of the right to write and paint, than years of exile as a soldier in the Orenburg Corps. However, military service did not destroy Taras's faith in God and people.

A short documentary.

This film describes the situation of the Black pastoral farmers of Namibia, including their feelings toward land tenure and use and the difficult social conditions under which they live.

A reflective and informational look at the construction of Hòa Bình Hydropower Plant throughout over a decade, interwoven with portraits of workers who devoted themselves to this pivotal transformation of the nation.

No family is immune to the hidden war with drug and alcohol addiction. Each year, more people than anyone would ever imagine are being lured into the dangerous masquerade of substance abuse. The reality behind the mask is disillusionment in life, destroyed families and even death. In Face Realily, popular speaker Milton Creagh blows the cover off the "casual user" myth and exposes the truth that drug and alcohol use is not just a problem with youth but is an even more serious issue with adults. This 30-minute, dramatic exposé shares the startling fads and risks of substance abuse through eye-opening interviews, devastatingly true stories and hopeful insights. Families learn that they are responsible for their choices and they can live a meaningful, drug-free life. It's a critical message every family needs to hear

A documentary covering a three month period about the homeless teenagers who have run away to Hollywood to escape the physical or psychological abuse from their dysfunctional families.

Drug use among children under 14 is increasing at an alarming rate. DISPATCHES' research shows that drug use among pre-teenage and young teenage children is not confined to inner city areas, particular ethnic groups or 'problem' schools. This programme focuses on the experiences of Damien (13) and Ranjit (14), both drug addicts, and the problems such young people face since there is very little support for that group after the withdrawal of government funds in April 1993. In 1990 there were 135 drug advisory posts in education. Today there are only 75. Those taking part include various 9 - 14 year-olds who are either users or dealers, Colin Cripps (Newham Youth Awareness project), Rita Funnell (parent of drug-taker), and Chief Supt. David Gilbertson (Notting Hill Police), Yvonne Bailey-Smith (Family Service Units).

The paranormal investigations of agents Mulder and Scully have gripped millions of fans worldwide for the last four years. The X Files movie is the culmination of the television sensation of the 90s. This documentary goes behind the scenes on the movie set.

Peppered with clips from their seminal movies, Christine Choy draws fascinating insights from a who’s who of Asian directors making films in the 90s, including Wong Kar-Wai, Ang Lee, Zhang Yimou, Tony Chan, Wayne Wang and John Woo.

For thousands of years Ju/'hoansi have lived in the Nyae Nyae region in northeastern Namibia. In the 1950s, most Ju/'hoansi had been exterminated or were dispossessed by white colonists and black farmers, but in Nyae Nyae Ju/'hoansi were still the only permanent inhabitants. Waterless approaches isolated their ancient communal land and protected them from enslavement.

A documentary by and about about queer youth in San Francisco intended for use in high schools to increase tolerance and decrease hate crimes and prejudice against young queer kids.

Researcher Barbara Zahm gives a brief history of the 1971 Attica Prison Rebellion in which forty-three men died, and the college prison program which was initiated afterward. After interviews with prison inmates, "The Movement for College Programs of New York State Prisons After Attica" was formed. Zahm tells of her transformation after working with the inmates and her anguish over the Congressional decision to eliminate Pell Grants for prisoners, thus ending the program and leading to the "Last Graduation". As of 1997 funding cuts had not been restored.

A history of the anglo-saxon gay and lesbian movement scored to the liberating popular tunes of the last 25 years. Moving from the initial struggle for gay law reform, to the revolutionary politics spurned by Stonewall to the homophobic policies initiated under Thatcher and the New Right, this film is a celebration of the achievements and struggles of gay and lesbian activists. Funny, inspiring and bound to get your feet tapping “The Gay Rock and Roll Years” is a great introduction to queer history. Songs featured include Doris Day singing “Secret Love”, The Kinks doing “Lola”, Sylvester singing “You Make Me feel (Mighty Real) and Culture Club asking “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?”. From rockabilly to soul to glam to disco to punk to house: we’re gay, we’re proud, we don’t ever stop the dance.

The filmmakers seek out experts and amateurs in the field of the supernatural and ask them to explain the methods by which they make contact with the "cosmic information web". In their search for "units of sense" in the chaos, the researchers use, interestingly enough, those techniques which are presently central to popular culture - de-construction, sampling and scratching.

This feature-length documentary gives fans of "Field of Dreams" a look behind the scenes at the making of the classic film about a farmer in Iowa who receives a calling from the spirits baseball's past. It features interviews with director Phil Alden Robinson, stars Kevin Costner and James Earl Jones, and many other members of the cast and crew who share their experiences on the set and give viewers a glimpse of the work that went into bringing the project to completion.

The camera pans slowly through the deserted streets of a middle-class suburb: singlefamily houses with nothing unusual about them, well tended gardens in front, fences, road signs. The voice of a young woman reports on the way her family spent their days when she was a child and how this was characterised by punctuality, exclusion, limitation and conformity.

Archival footage and interviews with 22 lesbians and gay men give an overview of gay history in the UK from the 1920's. Clause 28, the Well of Lonliness, AIDS, the Pet shop Boys, it's all there in some form or another.

This feature length documentary is a personal account of the siege of Sarajevo from the point of view of a Bosnian Australian, Tahir Cambis, who spent the last six months of the war filming the conflict and its effects on the civilian population. The two main subjects in the film are a Sarajevo family whose young daughter is killed a day after she is filmed in a dance competition; and an 8 year old girl, Amira, whose eye witness account of murder and rape becomes a diary of catharsis.

An eight-year chronicle of the filmmaker's father.

An unconventional chronicle of the literary and artistic Romanian avant-garde. The film recreates the atmosphere of those frenzied years (1916-1947) in the spirit of the avant-garde, through a bewildering collage of fundamental texts and images.

Professor Jerzy Węgierski, a Home Army officer and Siberian exile, recounts in the film the fate of soldiers from the Lviv District of the Home Army during the Soviet and then German occupation, during Operation Tempest and after its conclusion. The story is illustrated with unique photographs from the professor's collection. The film was made thanks to the cooperation of the Documentary Department of TVP 2 with the Home Army Film Foundation.

Jose Rizal: Ang buhay ng isang bayani: Directed by Butch Nolasco. With Joonee Gamboa.

A former-soldier from the Cambodian army deserted in 1991. He lives with his wife and children in a village near Phnom Penh. He explains: “For us it’s simple: the sons of the poor go off to war, the sons of the wealthy go to town to become policemen, the sons of Party members go abroad to study.”

Documentary film.

Here lives happiness-here lives happiness, say old recordings found in the phalluses in the areas of prostitution in Pompeii. A tale of sexuality in colonialism. Mathias, a European traveler, passes through a coastal town below the equator and implodes the routine of those he encounters. In his own words: “their skin tone attracts me like an abyss.”

FRONTLINE follows the intersecting lives of twenty-two-year-old antiabortionist, John Salvi III, charged with murder in the armed attacks on two Massachusetts health clinics, and his victims, Shannon Lowney and Leanne Nichols. Through in-depth, personal interviews with family members and friends, clinic employees, police, Pro-Life and Pro-Choice protesters, witnesses, and religious leader Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston, the film draws a portrait of what led to Salvi’s brutal acts of violence. From the producers of ‘Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo,’ this two-hour program crosses the emotionally charged terrain of the abortion battle.

The second part of a trilogy on the subject of farming in which an attempt is made to look at the existence of farmers at the end of the 20th century.

A riveting journey into the minds of men whose contempt for homosexuals led them to murder. Attacked in 1977 by gay bashers on the streets of San Francisco, filmmaker Arthur Dong confronts murderers of gay men face-to-face in his film. He asks them directly: “Why did you do it?”