"Tim O’Brien has been called “the best American writer of his generation,” and “our poet laureate of war.” A Vietnam veteran, and National Book Award-winner, O’Brien is one of the great voices in modern American literature. The Library of Congress named his groundbreaking…
GERMANY - the second part of our feature looking at the main line between Minden and Wunstorf. This busy cross-country route is full of traffic with up to 14 trains to be seen each hour. We witness freight, local and regional passenger as well as Intercity services. Classes 140, 145, 152, 185, 146,…
The St. Boniface Museum is situated in the largest oak log structure in North America and houses an impressive collection of artifacts. With a national reputation for its Louis Riel exhibit, thousands of people visit every year to celebrate and better understand how Canada’s fifth province entered…
Pioneers of Hospice is a rare living testament to the history and challenges pioneers in the field of end-of-life-care faced while shaping hospice care as we know it today. It is recounted by the pioneers themselves in their own words. The film offers excellent context and a thorough introduction to…
The story of Gal Hirsch, an Israeli brigadier general (Tat aluf) who commanded the 91st Division of Israel Defense Forces during the 2006 Lebanon War.
— For Home Use Only — Allergies, obesity, asthma, diabetes, auto-immune and intestinal disorders are all on the rise. New research points to changes in the ecosystem of microbes that live on and inside every one of us -- our microbiomes -- as a major cause. But how could one's gut…
Ein Film von Bettina Böhler Über mehrere Jahrzehnte hinweg hat Christoph Schlingensief ein künstlerisches Werk geschaffen, das in seiner Art und Wirkung unvergleichbar ist. SCHLINGENSIEF – IN DAS SCHWEIGEN HINEINSCHREIEN von Bettina Böhler unternimmt als erster Film den Versuch,…
Dokumentarfilm von Julia Albrecht und Dagmar Gallenmüller In DIE FOLGEN DER TAT setzt sich Julia Albrecht mit den Auswirkungen einer folgenschweren Entscheidung ihrer Schwester Susanne auseinander. Diese war am 30. Juli 1977 am RAF-Attentat auf den Dresdner-Bank Chef Jürgen Ponto beteiligt.…
Wolgang Harich: Philosoph, Publizist, geboren am 9. Dezember 1923 in Königsberg, Vater Germanist, Schule und Gymnasium in Neuruppin und Berlin, 1945/46 KPD/SED, Studium der Philosophie und Literaturwissenschaft in Berlin, publizistische und kulturpolitische Tätigkeit, Lehrbeauftragter und…
This short film introduces four types of triangulation, each illustrated by an example drawn from real-world sociological research. The film concludes with a brief assessment of the benefits and limitations of different types of triangulation.
“To learn about a city, you should learn about its taxi drivers first.” is a very common but quite representative vocation. Since the taxi drivers contact with largest number of people, they are the ones most familiar with urban life. This film describes money and life in the eyes of taxi…
In Taiwan, each month 40,000 people on average become “card slave” as a result of failing to meet credit card payment. Some people pay off one card with more cards, but end up unable to meet all his debt obligations. Pressed by heavy debts, the living standards of card slaves make a dramatic…
