A documentary that blends the unique backdrop of the Burning Man festival with the burning question - 'What is the meaning of life?'
In October, 2012, Superstorm Sandy tore into NewYork and woke the city up to the fragility of its shorelines. Everything Is Different Now: Rockaway After the Storm documents the first summer and fall after the storm as the urban beach community re-builds, re-thinks, and re-invents.
A popular summer resort, once rival to Coney Island, existed along the Rockaway shore, replete with wide beaches, a long boardwalk, honky tonk amusements, and bungalows, thousands of bungalows.Sparkling interviews bring the former bungalow colonies to life, and vintage archival film includes some Marx…
For more than sixty years the United States Navy used the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, to test military weaponry and to train soldiers. Decades of opposition from the local community and international allies, lead to the withdrawal of the armed forces and the ending of all military activity on the…
“How would you like to work for two weeks, and come out with a $6 check?” That’s the reality for almost 250,000 Americans with disabilities who are paid below the minimum wage. This film exposes this exploitative system and offers solutions to end segregation and discrimination against…
“How would you like to work for two weeks, and come out with a $6 check?” That’s the reality for almost 250,000 Americans with disabilities who are paid below the minimum wage. This film exposes this exploitative system and offers solutions to end segregation and discrimination against…
.كل هذا بدأ بسؤال كان يحترك بداخلي لإجابة ماذا لو كان للخيول خيار؟ هل سيسمحون لنا بإمتطائهم ؟ بدون اي ضغوط او أدوات تجعلنا نتحكم بهم، وبدون أي مكافأت لإغوائهم؟ هل يمكن أن ابدأ مع فرس حرة طليقة، وأطور لغة خاصة معها، لنبني نظام تواصل يمكنني من إقناعها بالسماح لي بإمتطائها، و بكامل…
Allan's life is colorful. He likes cinema, cars and sports. He is keen of Kung Fu. He likes funny as well as dark side of the life. His life is colorful also because he lives with his mother, a former opera singer, and his stepfather, a psychiatrist and a former parliament member. He has a work,…
How older people can take the initiative in controlling many aspects of their own health. This film shows ways in which older people can take the initiative in controlling many aspects their own health. The importance of maintaining mobility and social contact is emphasised, as weII as the benefit…
Premiere: Filmfest Hamburg, 2008 "In the very best neo-realist tradition of Vittorio De Sica and his magnificent testaments to the valor of unnoticed people." THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 3 women are slaving away in a laundry in Hamburg which has seen better days. Their wages are low and the…
Discussion starter on teenage drinking; reasons and facts. Teenagers are drinking twice as much as they did a decade ago. And starting younger. In this discussion starter made by Quaker Action on Alcohol and Drugs, young people talk about their drinking; boredom is mentioned among other reasons. National…
Peter Russell’s views on the global crisis and hope for the future. A film by Peter Russell, who made 'The Global Brain', and based on his book. Using hundreds of images that span the breadth of creation, he weaves physics, psychology, philosophy and the personal wisdom of the ages…
