Green Green Water follows U.S. consumer, Dawn Mikkelson, as she traces the source of her ‘green energy’ back to the displacement of the indigenous Cree and Metis in Northern Manitoba. Whitewashed under auspices of renewable energy, power suppliers Xcel Energy and Manitoba Hydro provide cheap…
Deep in the Valley interlaces a story of young romance set in Yanaka (part of old downtown Tokyo) with a Japanese period drama based on Five-Story Pagoda, a classic literary work by Rohan Koda. 幸田露伴原作の「五重塔」と若者たちの仄かな恋が融合した世界。 下町の記憶を辿るドキュフィクションがここに誕生！ 第５９回ベルリン国際映画祭正式出品作品
Warren Barrow and Cory Ann Rudy are in love. They enjoy outings to New York City, picnics, long phone conversations, and sing-a-longs. Cory, who gets upset if anybody else pushes Warren's wheelchair while she's around, hopes they will one day marry. Warren's still not sure about marriage…
While 4,400 aircraft mechanics wage a seemingly endless strike to keep their jobs from being outsourced - Mechanic Roy Koch and his daughter Melissa follow the trail of outsourcing to China. The Koch's journey is a search for dignity amidst the helplessness experienced by global workers; a quest…
かつて、既存のマスメディアに対するオルタナティブとして、インターネットメディアに対する希望の眼差しが向けられた時代がありました。しかし、2021年現在、その夢は見る影もありません。キュレーションメディア問題、フェイクニュース、フィルターバブル……2010年代以降、インターネットメディアの問題点がさまざまな形で表出しています。 しかし、希望の芽は決してゼロではありません。今回は、インターネットメディアによるジャーナリズムの形を、現在進行形で模索している二人をお迎えします。一人は、ニュース解説メディア『The HEADLINE』編集長を務める傍ら、Youtubeチャンネル『イシケンTV』や各種メディアでニュース解説者としても活動する石田健さん。もう一人は、かつて講談社『現代ビジネス』創刊編集長を務め、現在はノンフィクションの傑作や調査報道のオリジナル記事が読み放題の『SlowNews』を運営する、スローニュース株式会社代表の瀬尾傑さんです。二人と一緒に、現代のインターネットジャーナリズムに灯る「希望」について議論します。 ▼出演 石田健（イシケン）（The…
Food Medicine (2020). Documentary Short. Deep in the suburbs of Los Angeles, CA during the COVID-19 pandemic, mother and daughter use undervalued home garden methods to grow, share and deliver fresh healthy abundant produce with family, neighbors, and friends. Film by Lani Cupchoy, Ph.D. Featuring:…
A film by Catherine Murphy US | 2012 | 33 minutes | Color | Spanish | English subtitles -- In 1961, over 250,000 Cubans joined their country’s National Literacy Campaign and taught more than 707,000 other Cubans to read and write. Almost half of these volunteer teachers were under 18. More than…
Sinopsis Entre el bosque y el mar dos hombres viven aislados en una choza. Mientras uno pasa el día buceando y cazando, el otro sólo quiere leer. La convivencia es difícil y extraña. En este documental, inspirado en la obra maestra de H. Melville, Moby Dick, la soledad es…
Linda talks about her daughter, who committed suicide after being depressed. Linda is the mother of Caitlin, who took her own life at the age of 18 years, three years previously. Sean is Caitlin’s elder brother and the only other sibling, who was 29 years of age at the time of Caitlin’s…
Tommy talks about his son committing suicide. Tommy talks about the death of his son Paul, who had taken his own life by drowning nearly three years previously at the age of 25. About 18 months before his death, Paul, who had been on drugs, quite suddenly became very agitated. He pleaded that he could…
Denise talks about the death of her son, who hanged himself in prison. Denise talks about the death of her 18-year old son, Shane. Shane’s parents were divorced several years ago and the father had remarried and had two sons by his second wife. Shane lived with his mother and three sisters,…
28 year old Leisa talks about her brother aged 20 who hanged himself. Leisa is 28 years old, is married with two sons aged 4 years and five weeks. Her only brother, Gareth, died four years ago at the age of twenty. He hanged himself in his bedroom and was found by his mother the next morning. At the…
