Pékin, 4 juin 1989 : les chars de l’armée chinoise écrasaient le « Printemps de Pékin », faisant plusieurs centaines de morts. C’était le "Massacre de Tian Anmen". Quelques mois avant la chute du Mur de Berlin, la fin des espoirs de…
Selon les autorités consulaires françaises en Chine, les français originaires du Nord-Pas-de-Calais sont la colonie la plus nombreuse dans le pays. Une colonie nordiste du bout du monde qui prend ses origines dans les grands groupes industriels et commerciaux de la région…
THERE ARE NO BIRDS IN THE NESTS OF YESTERDAY is a nonfiction film by Roland Dahwen Wu that documents el silbo gomero, the whistling language of the Canary Islands. The documentary focuses on Lino, one of the master whistlers on the island of La Gomera, who recounts his youth growing up as a whistler,…
FUEL explores one possible solution to the coming energy crisis. Made from vegetable oil, ‘biodiesel’ fuel, is an economically sustainable, environmentally sound alternative already widely used in Europe. It has the potential to reduce dangerous green house gases, boost America’s sagging…
As Trump’s election has shown, rightwing fascist groups cannot be considered fringe and periphery groups easily discounted for their extremism and small numbers. SILHOUETTE CITY couldn’t be more relevant as it compellingly tracks the rise of one faction of the American right, charting a troubling…
This film offers a remarkable behind-the-frontlines look at the aftermath of the anti-Marcos “Yellow Revolution” that brought Corazon Aquino to power in the Philippines in 1986. Shot over eight months, often in dangerous conditions, the film chronicles the three points of an often-violent…
Dean Wilson used to be an IBM salesman. Now he is possibly the most outspoken drug addict in Canada. As president of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) he is a loud and articulate advocate for street addicts from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, one of Canada’s poorest neighbourhoods,…
Nettie Wild's overriding concern with the struggle for land and survival, established in A Rustling of Leaves, also underpins this film, but her focus shifts closer to home. A 22,000 square mile tract of land in northern British Columbia is the site of an explosive set of competing ownership claims.…
Genre: Dokumentarfilm / Documentray Land / Country: Schweiz 2013 Laufzeit / Lenght: 87 Min Sprache / Languages: OV Schweizerdeutsch, Deutsch, Französisch / Swiss German, German, French Untertitel / Subtitles: Englisch / English Ruanda 1973 - eines Morgens fand sich an den Eingangstüren…
This film explores Canada’s relationship to its freshwater, arguably its most precious natural resource. Featuring best-selling author, activist and public figure Maude Barlow, and her crusade to have water declared a human right, protected from privatization. The film shadows Barlow over the course…
A social worker copes with different kinds of mental illness. A training video for social workers and health professionals. Six scenarios illustrate a social worker engaging with people who show various signs of psychiatric problems. These scenarios illustrate some of the challenges of working with…
Four leading thinkers / activists in the field of ecology and development discuss 'progress'. Interviews with four leading thinkers / activists in the field of ecology and development: Edward Goldsmith, founder, publisher and co-editor of The Ecologist magazine, Martin Khor, Vice-President…
