This documentary film produced with the cooperation of Salish Tribes from the Pacific Northwest is an affirmation that recovery is a spiritual way.
An indigenous community in Canada’s Yukon turns to celebration and ceremony to fight back against a legacy of systemic hurt and racism. An intimate portrait of seven First Nations artists whose culture is their salvation. International Premiere at Byron Bay Film Festival. European Premiere at…
Take an animated journey into the depths of the human mind with Timothy Leary, Aldous Huxley and Alan Watts. This documentary combines stylish, minimalist animation with a rich, immersive soundscape to create a unique cinematic spectacle, guiding us through three psychedelic trips that changed western…
Pakistan, ‘Land of the Pure’, remains a country of contradictions. A bastion of radical Islam trying to change to a modern state. We examine some of the undercurrents threatening the stability of this Atomic nation. Up in the Himalayas, at an altitude of 6,000 meters, a bizarre sort of…
Journey to Hokusai is a feature-length documentary that intimately follows an artist's creative process and discovery of the origins of his art. Tom Killion, a woodblock print artist, identifies the 19th century Japanese artist Hokusai as his inspirational master and “the most talented artist…
アメリカ人のベテラン木版画アーティスト、トム・キリオン氏にとって葛飾北斎は「心の師匠」。Journey to Hokusai はトムが北斎の所縁の地を訪れながら、北斎の風景木版画のルーツを探る長編ドキュメンタリーです。トムは木版画創作50年のキャリアを持ち、北カリフォルニアの海岸やシエラ山脈をテーマにした彼の風景木版画は、特にアメリカ西海岸で高い評価と人気を誇っています。トムの作品のモチーフはカリフォルニアの風景ですが、彼は常に北斎らしい風景木版画を目標としています。北斎と同じように自分で風景をスケッチし、日本の彫刻刀で版木を彫るトム。しかし、摺りの段階では、水性絵の具を使った伝統的な手摺りではなく、ドイツの印刷機で油性絵具を使ってプリントしています。 日本で伝統的手摺りの技術を学ぶことが夢だったトム。このドキュメンタリーでは、トムが山積みのスケッチの中から一枚のスケッチを選び、一夏かけて５枚の版木を彫り、京都竹笹堂の５代目摺師、竹中健司さんの指導の下に手摺り技を取得して、作品を仕上げる過程を密接取材します。 さらに、北斎のお墓、長野県小布施町にある北斎館や岩松院、富嶽三十六景の舞台となった場所などの北斎所縁の地、そして木版画に欠かせない越前和紙、その人間国宝…
Title: Journey to Jah Director: Noël Dernesch and Moritz Springer Year: 2013 Country: Germany, Switzerland, Jamaica and Italy Runtime: 90' Language: English, Jamaican English and German Subtitles: English ☀ In the documentary Journey to Jah directors Noël Dernesch and Moritz…
Journey to Mecca tells the story of Ibn Battuta, (played by Chems Eddine Zinoun) a young scholar, who leaves Tangier in 1325 on an epic and perilous journey, travelling alone from his home in Morocco to reach Mecca, some 3,000 miles to the east. Ibn Battuta is besieged by countless obstacles as…
Journey to Mecca tells the story of Ibn Battuta, (played by Chems Eddine Zinoun) a young scholar, who leaves Tangier in 1325 on an epic and perilous journey, travelling alone from his home in Morocco to reach Mecca, some 3,000 miles to the east. Ibn Battuta is besieged by countless obstacles as…
The most powerful eruption of the 20th century. The explorer who led 4 expeditions in the early 1900’s. The book that told about their journeys into the hostile wilderness. And the modern-day creation scientist who rediscovered that book, and picked up where National Geographic left off. Powerful…
WWII hero with the 4th Emergency Rescue Squadron, Lt. Royal Stratton, leads a deadly mission to save the lives of nine downed airmen adrift in enemy waters of a war-torn South Pacific. Immersive cinematography and gripping action, mixed with firsthand accounts and historical images, showcase the valor…
In the past half century, humans have punched through the stratosphere, walked on the moon, and lived continuously in orbit. In the coming decades, our unquenchable curiosity will take our species beyond the cradle of Earth to touch the face of another world. Strap in for the next giant leap. Next stop...Mars! Narrated…
