This film portrays an unexpected encounter between an old Tzotzil man, who is going blind, and his granddaughter, who does not remember her childhood well. The granddaughter, having grown up in the city estranged from her grandparents, returns to visit her grandfather’s village. While he weaves…
(Individual license -- watch at home or own your own with a friend.) The rise of extreme energy, the end of economic growth, a new way forward Narrated by Emma Thompson, this award winning documentary looks at where we are going to find our oil and gas today- to the ends of the earth. It chronicles…
By wagon train and steamship, Jews began arriving in San Diego in 1850 when it was a small pueblo in the remote southwest corner of the U.S. Meet descendants of early Jewish pioneers, scientists, entrepreneurs as well as avant-garde artists, rabbis, and surfers in a living portrait of a vibrant and culturally-dynamic…
Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian lawyer, is imprisoned, tortured and killed after uncovering a quarter of a billion dollar tax fraud within the Russian government. His employer Bill Browder, an American ex-pat and investment banker, seeks justice by campaigning hard on Capitol Hill to pass the Magnitsky Act.…
Would you risk everything for a dream? Brothers Adam and James Gilmour are unassuming, down to earth, willing to have a go and prepared to work hard to get a job done. Their dream is to design, build and launch a new breed of Hybrid rocket from their native soil- Australia. The hurdles are many and…
Following his Emmy award-winning observational documentary, Alexander Nanau brings us the astonishing family story of Toto (10), and his sisters, Ana (17) and Andreea (15). During their mother’s imprisonment, Toto passionately learns dancing, reading and writing, while his sisters try to keep the…
« J’ai commencé avec des mourants. J’ai arrêté avec les survivants. » C’est avec ce texte projeté sur l’écran que débute « tôt ou tard ». Cela concerne les deux : ceux qui vont mourir et ceux qui resteront.…
TO TULSA AND BACK - ON TOUR WITH J.J. CALE Ein Film von Jörg Bundschuh, 90 Min, Deutsch Charming, most amusing (…) VARIETY Der beste Musikfilm des Jahres. SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG Exzellent! STUTTGARTER ZEITUNG Geld und Ruhm haben ihm nie viel bedeutet. Obwohl er die Regeln des…
"The trouble with success is that you don't get time to go fishing" - a typical statement from J.J. Cale. Because he has always evaded too much public attention, he can still walk the streets undisturbed. Still, his sound is universally known, if only because Cale was an example for…
SYNOPSIS They could hardly be any more different, the two worlds of Alhousseini Ag Ibra, the desert nomad and Austrian citizen. The film accompanies him on a journey through Niger, the poorest country in the world, and to the "Island of the Blessed", to Austria. How is life in the no man’s…
SYNOPSE Zwei Szenen aus der Vergangenheit von Alhousseini Ag Ibra aus Niger/Westafrika symbolisieren die Ambivalenz seines Lebens: Als 8jähriger wird ihm beim Ziegenhüten aus einem vorbeifahrenden Auto ein Stück Brot zugeworfen. Ein unbekannter Genuss. Noch heute, als 40jähriger,…
