Under PK’s uppväxt var det allt annat än fest. Hans föräldrar härstammade från ett naturfolk och var vad som ofta kallas kastlösa eller Daliter. Officiellt är diskriminering efter kast i Indien förbjudet sedan 1950 men trots detta har lagen ännu…
A Tiszán az utóbbi években rendszeressé vált az áradásokat kísérő PET palack árhullám. Az évente hozzánk érkező, több száz köbméternyi pillepalack és egyéb háztartási…
Nicolás Redondo es, a pesar de su pasada popularidad, un gran desconocido. Su lucha contra la dictadura, su influencia en la transición y, sobre todo, su pensamiento de hombre honesto entregado a su causa deben ser conocidas por el público y tener un lugar preeminente en la historia…
Shekinah takes us into the rarefied world of young Hasidic women. Although they have rules for almost everything, their lives are filled with passion. With unprecedented access, Shekinah captures the intimate detail of their lives, breaking long-standing stereotypes and revealing secrets of which even…
Frederick Olmsted’s nineteenth-century New York Central Park serves as James Garland’s studio: Summers, the park is where the artist works and sleeps. For his sustenance, James barters away the paintings. In colder months, carrying his art materials and scant belongings on his back, James…
In 1915 the biggest killer of young Australian males was Gallipoli. Today the biggest killer of young men aged 18-25 years is the road. Tasmania lays claim to Australia’s highest rate of road fatality. Young men are dying in high speed, single vehicle crashes, on lonely rural roads. DRIVE is…
Consisting of anything animal, vegetable or mineral but with a decidedly outdoorsy slant, the comic strip TUNDRA takes an offbeat view of the woodsy side of life. Found in nearly 500 newspapers around the world, TUNDRA springs forth from the mind of Alaskan cartoonist Chad Carpenter. This film offers…
Directed by Sophia Turkiewicz, produced by Rod Freedman. Abandoned in an Adelaide orphanage at the age of seven, Sophia feels betrayed by her mother, Helen. In early adulthood, Sophia still feels angry and resentful. Her mother is now married with two more children. Sophia rejects her new family and…
Roots music icon Chris Strachwitz is a detective of sounds, an archaeologist of deep American music, the antithesis of the corporate mouse music that dominates the American ear. Born a German count, Strachwitz fled his homeland after WWII at 16. In the United States he discovered, and shared, a musical…
The body of an unidentified immigrant is found in the Arizona Desert. In an attempt to retrace his path and discover his story, director Marc Silver and Gael Garcia Bernal embed themselves among migrant travelers on their own mission to cross the border, providing rare insight into the human stories,…
No conventional sports documentary, THE TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI investigates its extraordinary and often complex subject's life outside the boxing ring.
Duane Michals is a young man of nearly 80 years and one of the American masters of photography. A storyteller, he sometimes incorporates hand-written texts to add another dimension to the meaning of an image. This documentary follows him in his favorite locations (Pittsburgh, New York, Vermont) and explores…
