16-year-old Yuguo, who has a passion for Eastern European romantic poetry, makes a pilgrimage from his home in China to the foothills of Romania’s Carpathian Mountains.
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16-year-old Yuguo, who has a passion for Eastern European romantic poetry, makes a pilgrimage from his home in China to the foothills of Romania’s Carpathian Mountains.
Short monologue in which the director reflects on what it means to him to be free.
Explore the 1928 collapse of the St. Francis Dam, the second deadliest disaster in California history. A colossal engineering and human failure, the dam was built by William Mulholland, a self-taught engineer who ensured the growth of Los Angeles by bringing the city water via aqueduct. The catastrophe killed more than 400 people and destroyed millions of dollars of property.
Living by the mantra 'it's easier to raise boys than to repair broken men', martial arts sensei Jason Wilson tenderly guides his often-troubled young Detroit students with a beautifully effective blend of compassion and tough love.
At 17:00 every day, Andrew, a middle-aged man, drives home from work through Melbourne’s outer suburbs in peak-hour traffic. Occasionally, he offers a lift home to a younger colleague, David. Over a year, their tentative small talk gives way to a warm friendship and open conversation within the confines of the vehicle, incrementally revealing their lives.
The first UK documentary feature to look at the clash between women’s rights and gender ideology. In record time, gender ideology has captured the big institutions: the police, the political parties, the media, the universities and major corporations have taken up the cause in the name of inclusiveness. Gender ideology allows men to identify into the female sex - but is that really harmless? Is it progressive for doctors to modify the bodies of young people in the name of changing their 'gender'? There has been a manufactured confusion around sex and gender. At the same time we are told that 'there is no debate'. Dissenters are cast as 'haters' and cancelled. This is not only a struggle to defend women’s rights - at risk is safeguarding for children and young people, biological reality, reason and even democracy. Reality denial comes at a price.
In the 21st century, commercial planes don’t just vanish. But in 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 did. Tells the definitive story of the flight’s devastating disappearance and unravels the many theories and conspiracies that have attempted to explain the cause of the lost flight. This special draws on new evidence, expertise from investigators and candid testimony from those closest to the tragedy–the victims’ families.
This short documentary tells the story of the life and legacy of Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte, an Omaha woman who became the first Native American physician.
Documentary on the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California — one of ten internment camps the Army used to house Japanese-Americans without charge or trial after the bombing of Pearl Harbor during WWII.
In several popular neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, opera seduces young people to revitalize themselves with new talents. Mailen is a music teacher who intends to add children and adolescents to the world of music and particularly to the lyrical genre. She thus strives every day to help young people discover a new universe and overcome the enormous obstacles in which they are immersed in their daily lives, while breaking social myths around opera. A story of overcoming through art.
Restless teenager Mamo is heading for trouble with the wrong friends and difficulties at home when the somewhat older social worker Berat decides to help him avoid ending up in the same trouble he got into as a youngster. But some slates are hard to wipe clean, and Berat realises that even if his intentions are good, sometimes the past catches up with you. Everyone in ‘Fighters’ plays themselves in a hard-hitting story based on their own lives. It could have ended up as a well-meaning youth film for adults, but Jon Haukeland is an eminent character director who brings out a unique authenticity in his cast. ‘Fighters’ has been a massive success in Norwegian cinemas and shakes not only your notions of documentary and staging, but also any preconceptions you may have about young men like Mamo who, despite their obvious intelligence, risk ending up on the wrong side of the law. A celebration of friendship and adult role models.
In 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring opened America's eyes to the dangers of pesticides and man's place in nature. This episode of the "Before/After" series dives into the genesis of a poetic and powerful text, which inspired modern environmentalist thought.
The newest addition to the PONANT fleet, Commandant Charcot is the world's first luxury ship capable of taking travelers to the heart of the polar regions. Six years of work were required to create this innovative marvel. From the initial sketches to the final interior fittings, the ship's design reflects the architects' and designers' constant focus on showcasing the beauty of the polar environment.
The second film in the Take Me to the River series celebrates the rich musical history, heritage, legacy, and influence of New Orleans and Louisiana.
Male Bowerbirds build elaborate bowers, where they perform an intricate dance to attract females. Satin, Regent, Great, together with the Green Catbird are shown in their complicated lives to pass their genes to the next generation.
The Sadies Stop and Start captures a moment in time. That time was uncertain and dark. Still reeling from losing Dallas, we found out that Mike needed to have emergency wrist surgery. We needed to play these songs, not knowing if we would ever have the opportunity again. With one day's notice, documentary filmmaker Ron Mann and a stellar crew pulled together to help us capture these songs. Friends and family gathered to help out and show their support. James McKenty engineered in his mobile recording trailer, In Record Time Studio. The resulting film looked and sounded better than we could have hoped. We are thankful to share that Mike's surgery was successful and we are back out on the road and coming to a city near you.
A generation ago, the world was captivated as motorsport’s biggest rivalry was born between two legends, Niki Lauda and James Hunt. Now, the story is continued by their sons, Freddie and Mathias, who prepare for a thrilling showdown on the iconic Donington circuit.
It tells the life of Turkish poet, writer, thinker and politician Sezai Karakoç.
"Nothing can be heard anymore; the roar of our plane absorbs every other sound. We are heading straight to the world's biggest display of soundproof fireworks, and soon we will drop our bombs."
Documentary looking into the history, origins, and highlights of the UK’s biggest music festival.
In November 2018, the news of the death of a 27-year-old American on the shore of a small island in the Indian Ocean went around the planet. Clash of the culture.
Not far from Vienna's Main Train Station director Dariusz Kowalski undertakes laid-back explorations of a dynamic urban site that is in perpetual transformation.
In the eighteenth century, the family of BBC World News anchor and correspondent, Laura Trevelyan, were absentee slave owners on the island of Grenada, profiting for years from the sale of sugar harvested from five different sugar cane plantations. When slavery was abolished in 1834, the UK government paid compensation to slave owners, but the enslaved received nothing. In the wake of the racial reckoning in America following the death of George Floyd, Grenada's national commission on reparations for slavery has begun to meet and debate what reparations means. In this film, Laura she travels to Grenada to try and learn more about the legacy of slavery on Grenada and her family's involvement in the slave trade.
Arnaud is looking for his place in society. Soy Libre shows his insatiable desire for freedom on a nearly ten year long quest, which brings him from Northern France to Spain to Peru. A portrait of a little brother growing bigger and bigger, through the eyes of his elder sister.
Musamoni Panigrahi (1920s–2017), fondly called “Nani Ma” by her neighbours, appears in the centre of this first film in the Baleswari dialect of India's Odia language. The story revolves around folklore and folk songs narrated by Nani Ma. Born in the 1920s in pre-independent rural India in a coastal village in the Balasore district of Odisha, she never got to go beyond the first few days of school. The film is an alternate history of a society broken through colonization, Brahminical patriarchy and a post-famine (Orissa famine of 1866, killing nearly 5 million people, one-third of the population), and the dominance of formal writing over spoken tongues. Three academics -- Damayanti Beshra, PhD (recipient of India’s fourth civilian award, “Padma Shri”), Panchanan Mohanty, PhD (noted linguist), and Laxmikanta Tripathy, PhD, DLitt (anthropologist and author) -- also appear in the film to provide contextual commentary on patriarchy, oral history and the sociolinguistic diversity.
A global Korn event taking, the night before the release of their new album, Requiem. Join the band in honoring the souls that have passed during these unprecedented times, with an intimate ceremony and epic live performance, music directed by Richard Gibbs (Queen of the Damned), unlike you’ve ever seen Korn before, at the Hollywood United Methodist Church in Los Angeles!
Flashy shows, synthetic pastel worlds and androgynous faces: so-called K-pop, a form of Korean pop music, is taking the charts and stock markets by storm all over the world. But where does this fascination with this music come from? The documentary explores the social context behind this phenomenon.
On Friday, June 23, 1972, Pennsylvania suffered the wrath of Hurricane Agnes, which at the time was the costliest hurricane to hit the United States and would claim the lives of 128 people in the storm’s path. Now, at the 50th anniversary, WVIA explores what we as a region have learned from the Agnes tragedy. Half a century later, how did this epic event permanently change our communities – economically, physically, and emotionally? What have local communities done over the past decades to address and mitigate potential flooding in the future? Have we done enough?
They knew each other, separated, found each other again. Immersion in archives in four decades of tumultuous relationship between the Spanish filmmaker and his favorite male performer.
From movie description: "When Uyghur rights activist Rushan Abbas’ sister goes missing, she rallies thousands of Uyghurs from around the world and draws global media attention to the plight of Uyghurs in China, as she tries to find the truth behind her sister’s disappearance."
On the 10th anniversary of Violetta’s release, Tini gets together with her former castmates to celebrate, giving her fans an intimate, unique, and unforgettable show. Tini, Jorge Blanco, Candelaria Molfese, and Mercedes Lambre gave the audience a night to remember with their new versions of five of the show’s songs.
The protagonist of the film is a psychologist, who faces a difficult task: to return demobilized soldiers to a normal peaceful life and help them socialize. By healing their souls, he does much more than help each patient personally. It helps millions of civilians to accept into society those who consider themselves exiles. Through the prism of the protagonist, we show the life and difficulties faced by soldiers returning home from the front. We will experience all the victories and failures of the protagonist and his wards.
This documentary reveals the surprising and overlooked history of Pride: its origins, its struggles and its triumphs. Made in creative and editorial collaboration with acclaimed filmmaker Stephen Daldry and playwright Joe Robertson, it tells the story of Pride primarily through first-person testimony and archive footage.
What do you picture when you think of King’s Road? The swinging 60s? Vivienne Westwood pioneering punk fashion? One notable establishment in this enclave of history that’s often forgotten about is Gateways, London’s longest-surviving lesbian club. Alongside a host of its patrons over the years, Sandi Toksvig highlights the legacy of the club from its original owner, who won it in a poker game, to its blossoming into a hotspot and safe space for lesbian life. From its signature green door to the risqué dance move that gives this film its name, Gateways was a crucial part of London’s queer history. In this charming and informative film, it’s celebrated in all its glory.
From the outskirts to downtown, Mariano travels through the city of Córdoba on his motorbike. He spends the nights with Constanza riding and hanging around, exploring limited routes through the city. A recent law allows profiling arrests. Between demonstrations and fairs, their bond grows stronger.
A sensation to indies rock scene since 2000s and actively present today among fans even during their breaks. The first full-length documentary in the band’s history starts from the production base in LA for the first album in 16 years, and navigates the stories from how they started, took break after breaking through, and reunited with nationwide fans awaited.
Fabula Rasa is a film about regenerative agriculture and a filmmaker’s search for identity. In the short film, documentarist Pieter-Jan Van Damme follows the year-round life of his farm. As the seasons change, there are changes in the vegetation, and the filmmaker contemplates his own relationship with his craft. On the journey into the secrets of ecological farming, Van Damme creates a serene and meditative space for the viewer’s own self-reflection.
Follows Foley artists, sound designers and mixers as they share the secrets behind iconic moments from the "Star Wars" universe and examine the possibilities of sound.
A documentary on the career of Beth Carvalho, the Brazilian singer who became a well known samba legend from the 1970s onwards, edited together from hundreds of hours of footage and audio files kept (and partially recorded) by Carvalho herself during her lifetime.
Yaanam movie portrays India’s dream project Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan). It is the 1st science documentary in Sanskrit language in the history of world cinema. It shows the capability and expertise of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the stellar contribution of space scientists and the importance of Sanskrit language showing how India overcame an arduous interplanetary journey for a monumental victory in the first attempt itself.
Biodun is Nigerian. In this animated documentary, he tells the story of his journey on foot from Lagos to Paris, how he survives with a container (un bidon) and thanks to his courage. With his amazing patter, he transforms the events into extraordinary adventures.
In 2005 a documentary filmmaker followed 13 people seeking asylum in Norway. 15 years later she decides to track them down again.
At the heart of the film is a generation born after Estonia joined the European Union and who decided to go abroad to work, study or explore the world. But years later, returning to Estonia is often not as easy. The new place of residence often offers attractive career prospects and better living conditions, and important close relationships have developed. People fall in love and get married, find new comfort zones and ways to step out of them again. Terje Toomistu's documentary brings to the viewer a story about Estonians with colorful destinies living in different parts of the world, who honestly and openly share their personal stories, thoughts and feelings about migration, belonging and roots.
Western Sahara is a country full of stories. We chose to focus on the Sahrawi women living in Spain, where they have taken up careers in different areas: doctors, nurses, teachers, artists, lawyers, writers. We coexist with them. Some are Muslim, others have strayed away from their original culture, although they remain persistent on defending the most ancestral parts of their traditions. It is a gaze through the exiled Sahrawi woman’s eyes.
Gay comedians Chris Parker and Eli Matthewson are on a crusade to get the country talking about pornography. Join Chris Parker and Eli Matthewson as they launch a campaign to shake the stigma from porn, helped by experts, creators and consumers across the country. But as they get deeper into their quest, will it even be possible to sum up the complex world of porn into one snappy slogan?
November 1st 2007 was ‘All Saints’ Day’, a public holiday in Italy. International student Meredith Kercher’s Italian flatmates were out of town visiting family and fellow student, American Amanda Knox was at her boyfriend’s, Raffaele Sollecito, house. That evening, Meredith went over to see three British friends. That was the last time Meredith was seen alive. This documentary looks at these events.
The life and artistic journey of Neapolitan actor Massimo Troisi.
Josh Alexander’s Loudmouth documents the winding road that is Al Sharpton’s life story as an iconic activist and spiritual leader.
Russians bombarded Bucha, Borodyanka, Irpin and other cities in the region following their invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. By the time they retreated a month later, the damage was huge: buildings had been destroyed and there were corpses lying in the streets. Filmmakers Mila Teshaieva and Marcus Lenz went in immediately, in time to film local people emerging from their shelters, but never showing the actual atrocities. That wasn’t necessary, as the trauma of war is clear to see on everyone’s faces, including those of the volunteers who rushed in from far and wide to help.
Adopted at the age of three weeks, the director found her biological family in Sri Lanka at the age of 24 and realized that she had missed them. Today, she chooses to invent her identity between two lineages, two cultures
A collage of videos, photos and writings reconstructs the story of a young traveler who disappeared in the Himalayas. From his apartment in Venice, the director questions the materials that his missing friend sent him during his journey and finally gives shape to the journey he always dreamed of making, but never dared to undertake. A poetic reflection on the creation of images and the relationship we have with our memories.
A sensitive and poignant film about three young girls’ grieving process after their mother’s suicide, told over a period of 10 years. An unsentimental education, but one made with intimacy and love.
Born in 1918 in the ideal village of independence activists in the northern part of Manchuria, pastor Moon Ik-hwan lost his childhood friend Yun Dong-ju under Japanese oppression and Chang Chun-ha during the Yusin regime. Moon survived the mass of modern Korean history, giving hope everywhere suffering.
A vibrant and nostalgic music documentary that explores the true beginnings of Techno Music and how young Black musicians from Detroit became the creative force behind one of the most celebrated genres in the world.