A German Documentary about the “village of friendship” that was created by American Veteran George Mizo to help the Vietnamese kids suffering from the Vietnam War.
A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides an insight into the living and working conditions at that time. Germany had just recovered a little from the worst consequences of the First World War, the great economic crisis was still a few years away and Hitler was not yet an issue at the time.
A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.
This short film documents the daily life of the goings-on on Orchard Street, a commercial street in the Lower East Side New York City.
BBC 3 follows actor and comedian Russell Brand, as he campaigns for abstinence-based recovery programmes and the compassionate treatment of addiction as an illness rather than a crime.
This is the story of the few people who went ahead, beyond racial prejudice. And their struggle to open the workplace to other people.
Pedro, at Nick Cave's favorite caipirinha bar in São Paolo, gives a lesson in how to prepare the classic Brazilian drink.
The mandatory military enlistment process brings with itself a determination that cannot be avoided, forcing many young people to serve against their will. But certain calls are permeated by a complex game of forces, which involves desires and prejudices, in relation to those enlisted with behavior outside the normative standards from a social, racial and sexual point of view.
The documentary film “To the Arctic,” filmed by director and ethnographer Leonid Kruglov, is dedicated to the discoveries and research of the largest icy desert in the world. For the first time, the film captures all the most remote and inaccessible Arctic archipelagos of the Russian high-latitude Arctic, which are scattered over an area of more than 10,000 km. Among them are Franz Josef Land, Novaya Zemlya, Severnaya Zemlya, Ushakov Island and the New Siberian Islands archipelago, Wrangel Island and the De Long archipelago, as well as many other hidden corners of the North.
Wherever Bumba-boi exists, there is devotion. In the Nossa Senhora Aparecida Tent it is no different, there is an Ox called Estrela, a toy of the enchanted João de Una. Located in the rural area of São Luís, the terreiro has been headed for 22 years by Joseph Joan, affectionately known as Pai Joan. Among all the festivals that mark the calendar of obligations, the “Death of the Boi de João de Una” takes on a prominent role. Place where boxes, drums, radios, rattles and tambourines come together in one territory.
A short documentary exploring Calgary noise-rock band, Radioactive Vampire Teeth.
The sequence of graduation of law graduates in Seu Cavalcanti helps to understand the Sergio Moro phenomenon in Brazil.
Terror Mandelão addresses sound, technology, and the job market in the universe of baile funk in São Paulo's favelas. The film follows the journey of DJ K, one of the main DJs of Baile do Helipa, the street party of Heliópolis favela, and his friend Zero K, who got his first hit after 10 years as MC. Combining documentary, fictional elements, and visual experimentation, it portrays the ups and downs faced by young artists on the outskirts.
A documentary about the Pentecostal groups in New York City.
A short film about an exhibition designed by Ciarmoli Queda Studio.
The story of one hot night in Alabama as an Independent Pro Wrestling Show rolls into town with its cast of high flying characters in faded tights. This film features former WWF World Champion Iron Sheik, Grits and Gravy crowd favorite Bullet Bob Armstrong, female wrestlers Bambi and Peggy Lee, The Masked Flame and other rising or falling stars. The LA WEEKLY made this riveting documentary their "Pick of the Week" calling it "Fascinating...Unforgettable."
In the bohemian 1980s, a group of friends based in Paris decide to open a tango club, unknowing that from that little place tango would re-emerge around the world. The film recreates the mythical Trottoirs de Buenos Aires, where famous singers performed, such as Polaco Goyeneche, Rubén Juárez and Susana Rinaldi, under the tutelage of Julio Cortázar.
Six strong-willed women whose adventurous streak changed the face of film industry in early twentieth century Egypt – a time when the country was, despite the liberal ripples, still steeped in conservative tradition. The film shows how these women, different as they were in class and social background, broke taboos and dismissed conventional wisdom to fulfill their overpowering passion for filmmaking. Women Who Loved Cinema takes us to the past and brings us, seamlessly, to the present day. Aziza ... Fatema ... Behidja ... Amina ... Assia … Mary... theirs is a story that will remain indelibly etched in the memory of Egyptian cinema.