Angkor’s Children is a film about Cambodia’s cultural and artistic renaissance told through the voices of three young Cambodian women who are the first generation after the Khmer Rouge genocide that killed two million people which included 90% of artists and intellectuals. A singer of…
In 1955 a college student named Edgar Epperly began researching the details behind the brutal 1912 axe murder of eight people in Villisca, Iowa. Now, nearly 60 years later, the retired college professor is still actively searching for a solution to the crime. Exclusive interviews with Epperly and others…
Shot by war correspondent Dodge Billingsley while embedded with US and Coalition forces in March 2002, Shah-i-Khot: Valley Redoubt tells the story of the first conventional battle of the US led war in Afghanistan—Operation Anaconda. Set against the backdrop of the rugged Afghan-Pakistani frontier,…
Il tema centrale del film è la riproduzione e la sopravvivenza del passato. A partire dal ricco materiale di repertorio storico degli anni ’70 sulle lotte operaie alla Fiat chiuse con la Marcia dei Quarantamila dell’ottobre 1980 (con estratti da film di Antonello Branca e Pietro Perotti),…
Concerns about genetic research. Is it becoming dangerously commercial? How far does our knowledge go? A balanced look at the degree to which science can alter our genetic makeup. There is a danger that simplistic thinking could assume that there is a gene for something like homosexuality, whereas…
The conversion of a terraced building in Wales into an environmentally friendly and energy self-sufficient building. Charts the conversion of a terraced building in the Welsh Valleys into an environmentally friendly and energy self-sufficient building. This goes quite deeply, though in layman's…
Four Blood Moons explores the supernatural connection of certain celestial events to biblical prophecy, the future of Israel, God’s chosen people and to the nations of the world. From the genesis of time God has controlled the sun, the moon, and the stars to send every generation a divine signal…
Experience the lives and surroundings of a few São Paulo punks, the fierce Brazilian birthplace of this global culture of dissent. As a working class movement that started under the violent grip of Brazilian dictatorship, punk brought a cathartic expression more akin to urban realities, and a…
Inspired by the book "Born to Run," ten distance runners from around the world attempt to chase down the fastest animal in North America and—through efforts both moving and humorous—prove that running was the first real human weapon and the key to our species' survival.
Small farmer battles multi-national giant. Imagine that a storm blows across your garden and that now, genetically-manipulated seeds are in your crops. A multi-national corporation pays you a visit, and demands that you surrender your crops - and then sues you for $200 000 for the illegal use of patented,…
A clear explanation of the benefits of co-operative games. Any group leader can use these co-operative games with his or her group and get a positive response. But besides being fun, they are designed to teach or reinforce basic skills in maths, English, environmental awareness, teamwork, creative…
Norway tries another approach to prisoners who have committed violent crimes. Bastoey Island is the centre piece of Norway's radical crime policy. Half the inmates here have committed violent crimes. But instead of being locked up, they help manage the island as a nature reserve. "We use…
