An introduction to the complex author of Invisible Man including the first-ever dramatized scenes from that book.
A cross-section of gender-bending pioneers describe in their own words their lives as homosexual Africans in Abijan. [In French with English subtitles]
Across Africa, a belief in witchcraft continues to terrorize women: the denunciation, brutal beating, the banishment to an unknown village without family or friends. Witches in Exile is the first film to tell their story and the story of the human rights struggle to find a solution to a practice deeply…
The story of eight women in America's heartland--Willmar, Minnesota--who were driven by sex discrimination at work to find themselves unexpectedly at the forefront of the struggle for women's rights. Risking jobs, friends, family and the opposition of church and community, they began the longest…
The lives, times and music of Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ida Cox, Ethel Waters and other legendary women illustrate how the blues became a vital part of American culture.
The mining town of Flin Flon is similar to most other small towns with one major exception – the community is lovingly obsessed with their junior hockey team, which over the decades has spawned several National Hockey League legends. Flin Flon, named for a science fiction character, lives and dies…
A onetime employee at notorious government site Area 51 reveals his shocking experiences in this eye-opening documentary. From alien-government connections, to extraterrestrial influence on global powers, he sheds light on major alien cover ups.
The Story of Lovers Rock is a documentary film by Menelik Shabazz that tells the story of how Lovers Rock music defined a generation in the late 70's and 80's hugely impacting on British Pop Culture.
Vier opmerkelijke ouderen die maar niet van stoppen weten; Zwemkampioene Marianne Maandonks (91), karateleraar Hans Harthoorn (74), naaktmodel Maria Vliegen (73) en goochelaar Wim van Dokkum (78) tevens verdienstelijk drummer in de Dixie Daddies. Ze doen hun werk vol overgave, met plezier en met een…
Critics claim they’re little more than ’torture camps’, taking tough love way too far. But for desperate parents, military-style boot camps are often seen as the last chance for their children to avoid the vicious cycle of delinquency and jail. We spent five months at the Discovery…
From its very origins, FC Barcelona has always been ‘more than a club’. Owned and operated by fans, this symbol of Catalan culture was surprisingly founded by a Swiss immigrant. But who was Joan Gamper? How did he transform FC Barcelona from a group of friends playing football together into…
„Coming and Going“ is an award-winning feature-length documentary (89') about the young rural migrant workers and the left-behind children in China. Two orphaned teenage brothers leave their remote mountain village behind to seek their fortune in two separate major cities. Meanwhile,…
