Dir. Matías Meyer Un hombre joven con un backpack se adentra solo en el interminable desierto de cactus mexicano. Toma peyote. Cómo sale de nuevo? A young man with a backpack walks all on his own into the endless Mexican cactus desert. He takes some peyote. How does he get out again?
“Ingenious documentary about real autistics” – Wall Street Journal “An eye-opening and most entertaining doc about a group of autistic people who challenge old misconceptions about the disability.” – The Hollywood Reporter “Autism finds its voice.”…
5 old VW camper vans. 4 bands. 3 thousand miles. 2 weeks. 1 gloriously backwards tour. The adventure starts after a fire-fuelled final night at Austin's SXSW Music Festival, where the bands (Ben Howard, The Staves, Nathaniel Rateliff, Bear's Den) pile into their rides and head northeast. They…
A Son of a Sailor Film Produced and Directed by Greg Berg 'Tin Can Sailors Will Not Be Forgotten' offers a brief history of WWII in the Pacific intertwined with a verite slice of contemporary Americana. Focused on the Annual Reunion of the USS Morris Veteran's Association, the film…
From December to March, Felix, Julien, Eric and Charles, along with the other members of the snow removal squad, brave the cold of Quebec to live these few months in suspension. They are called L’Escouade des neiges (The Snow Squad). Every winter, for the past ten years, the squad can be seen perched…
Dal 2012 a oggi, sono quasi mille in Italia i casi di suicidi per motivazioni economiche. Un vero e proprio fenomeno sociale, di cui quasi nessuno parla. Un dramma trasversale, che colpisce indifferentemente imprenditori, disoccupati, precari e pensionati. Di questa emergenza, è testimonianza…
Joanna Macy and the Great Turning is a 26-minute film in which Joanna shares her understanding of these times we live in, when everything we treasure seems to be at risk. But it is not a film about despair. Instead, it is about the opportunity we have to come alive to our truest power, to "look…
L’orrore di quel momento – continuò il Re- non lo dimenticherò mai, mai! Sì, invece – disse la Regina – se non prenderai nota.Franco e Michele sono fotoreporter, Salvo Cantastorie racconta storie di ricchi e poveri, di padroni e sottomessi. Marta nell’estate…
In August 1951, inhabitants of the picturesque French village of Pont-Saint-Esprit were suddenly tormented by terrifying hallucinations. People imagined lions and tigers were coming to eat them. A man jumped out of a window thinking he was a dragonfly. At least seven people died, dozens were taken to…
The situation in East Jerusalem in 2008. " The air above Jerusalem is filled with prayers and dreams Like air above cities with heavy industry Hard to breathe From time to time a new shipment of history arrives" - Yehuda Amichai The latest shipment of history is the Israeli occupation. In…
Record of several talks on the problems of the Israel-Palestine conflict. A talk by Salim Tamari on the Collapse of the Two-State Solution, also featuring Ilan Pappe, Ghada Karmi, Mick Dumper and Norman G. Finkelstein - this talking heads video is an academic film about Palestine. It features some…
Programme on energy saving aimed at people who have learning disabilities. This animated DVD is mainly for people who have learning disabilities. It could also be used with primary school children. It contains three short stories that show ways to keep warm, ways to cut electricity and gas bills,…
