An NGO invites Wafaa and Raneen, along with a group of other young West Bank Palestinians, to spend a day at the beach – in Israel. Although they live nearby, an impenetrable barrier has always made it impossible for them to go there. Is this trip a fantasy or a window on the future? “A…
"The First Secret City" is an essential film for viewers interested in environmental issues, WWII history, and how decisions made decades ago continue to impact citizens today. The past meets the present as a group of seemingly unrelated people discover alarming connections in their backyards…
A winner of several international awards, this program examines the legacy of Pythagoras and Plato and their impact on the modern world, our thoughts, our buildings, and our hierarchies. Filmed across North America and Europe, the documentary is shot on location in the home towns of these two great historical…
“The First World Festival of Negro Arts” (1966) is the official documentary film of the festival held in Dakar, Senegal in 1966. Over 2,000 writers, artists and performers from Africa and the African Diaspora participated in this historic event. The film features Duke Ellington, Langston…
THE FIRST YEAR is a jubilant record of the 12 months following the election of Chile’s first socialist president, Salvador Allende. Director Patricio Guzmán travels the country, meeting workers who no longer have to answer to the caprices of bosses, fishermen hoping to be freed from predatory…
In 2019 the fittest athletes on earth took on the unknown and unknowable during four intense days of competition at the CrossFit Games. "The Fittest " captures all the drama as chiseled athletes descend on Madison, Wisconsin, to face a series of trials. On top of the physical challenges, this…
The Five States of Colorado is a feature-length documentary film focused on five geographical regions within the man-made boundaries of the State of Colorado whose cultures and identities have evolved from the land and its history. Winner of the 2024 Heartland Regional Emmy for Best Historic Documentary…
New York, Corning Museum of Glass; Eric Goldschmidt admires the collection of masterpieces realized over 4000 years ago by using lampworking technique. He wonders about the evolution its evolution and about the developments that brought lampworkers to be part of the most prestigious exhibitions of their…
The flat on the third floor of a Bauhaus building in Tel Aviv was where my grandparents lived since they immigrated to Palestine in the 1930's. Were it not for the view from the windows, one might have thought that the flat was in Berlin. When my grandmother passed away at the age of 98 we were…
The Flaw: The definitive doc on the 2008 financial crash and flaws in the world economic system Available on iTunes: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/gb/movie/the-flaw/id1107834476?mt=6 Get in now on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/The_Flaw?id=lrwEPj8FUyk&hl=en_GB Watch…
As longtime professional climbers who eat, sleep and live the sport, Cedar Wright and Matt Segal are used to being competent, comfortable and at the top of their game. When they take up paragliding, however, things are different. Tree landings and sketchy moments as bumbling, gung-ho beginners become…
When a gang of suburban teens stumbled across a bunch of abandoned instruments and formed The Fleshtones little did they know that 30 years later they'll still be struggling to rock - and pay the bills. PARDON US FOR LIVING BUT THE GRAVEYARD IS FULL documents their formation and their subsequent…
