Dans le milieu du jazz à Paris, une histoire de musique et d’amitié autour de la question de l’exil artistique, qui commence et finit avec une photo. Meilleur musique originale, Manchester International Film Festival, 2019 Les mots dde Michka :« Au-delà des…
"A timely reminder that grass-roots political activism can be initiated at any age..." - The New York Times Free Discussion Guide available on agreatersociety.com It's the 2014 midterms and residents of a south Florida retirement community feel the weight of democracy on their…
A Great Ride is a documentary about lesbians aging with dynamism and zest for life. Sally Gearhart, a retired women's studies professor and activist who fought alongside Harvey Milk, lives in the Northern California woods where she is surrounded by beauty but also faces challenges to her independence.…
A South American Indian legend says that the tropical forest supports the sky - cut down the trees and disaster follows. The Indians may be right. We are destroying one of the Earth's most valuable natural assets at an alarming rate. This programe illustrates our dependence on the forest and its…
A GRIN WITHOUT A CAT is Chris Marker's epic film-essay on the worldwide political wars of the 60's and 70's: Vietnam, Bolivia, May '68, Prague, Chile, and the fate of the New Left. Released in France in 1978, restored and "re-actualized" by Marker fifteen years later…
1st part: FRAGILE HANDS 1. from Viet-Nam to the Che’s death 2. May 1968 and all that 2nd part: SEVERED HANDS 1. from Spring in Prague to the Common Programme of Government in France. 2. from Chile to - to what? Scenes of the third World War 1967-1977 Some think the third World…
Training for young people with epilepsy. The Mavisbank Gardens Project in Scotland provides work experience and training for young people disadvantaged by having epilepsy. This Touch Point production made for the Epilepsy Association of Scotland shows how the project works, and how some of the trainees…
25 years after the first free elections in South Africa, a dedicated black mother of six in a township near Johannesburg is determined to become a community leader and change her place in the world. A Growing Thing provides a glimpse of post-apartheid life from a woman’s perspective.
AGUA ES VIDA narra la historia de tres personas extraordinarias: Berta Cáceres, líder del pueblo lenca en Honduras; Francisco Pineda, agricultor de subsistencia en El Salvador; y Alberto Curamil, líder indígena mapuche en Chile, quienes se negaron a permitir que la industria,…
Documentário / 2014 /16 min/ Brasil Direção: Liliana Sulzbach Classificação Indicativa: Livre Idioma: Português _ Sinopse Através da trajetória e das lutas do Prêmio Nobel da Paz José Ramos-Horta, são apresentadas lições…
The simulation of a Gujerati Indian Village for Suffolk schoolchildren. The first part of this film shows a day at the simulation of a Gujerati Indian Village Project in Suffolk. The project ran for a four week period each year for a number of years. The video captures some of the activities such…
John Fitch, a sports car racing legend from the 1950s, sought one more adventure late in life as an eighty-seven-year-old rookie attempting a land speed record on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats. His vehicle was an equally legendary 1955 Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing. Originally broadcast on PBS, this…
