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The League Of Nations At Work
The League Of Nations At Work
A documentary tracing the history of the League of Nations from its birth to its successes.
The League Of Nations At Work 1937
Dante's Purgatory
Dante's Purgatory
Dante and Virgil exit Hell into Purgatory, a place set up on a mountain of seven terraces, one for each type of sinners.
Dante's Purgatory 1
La maquisarde
La maquisarde
Algeria, 1956. Plunged into a war that does not speak its name, a young peasant girl becomes, in spite of herself, a maquis. But during an attack, she is captured by a group of commandos who take her to a forbidden interrogation site, where she is locked up with a former French Resistance fighter.
La maquisarde 2020
Io, una giudice popolare al Maxiprocesso
Io, una giudice popolare al Maxiprocesso
Io, una giudice popolare al Maxiprocesso 2020
Con il mare negli occhi
Con il mare negli occhi
A young Calabrian woman just back from Gorizia tells a friend about her trip: what prompted her to go to Friuli-Venezia Giulia was her discovery of the poems and novels by one Carlo Michelstaedter, an author and philosopher who had died young, in 1910. What was the reason for his tragic death? And that odd yet familiar figure glimpsed on the beach, at the end of the trip, as the woman told it: who did it belong to?
Con il mare negli occhi 2021
Geschichten aus dem Hofbräuhaus
Geschichten aus dem Hofbräuhaus
"Stories from the Hofbräuhaus," an official documentary on the world-famous Hofbräuhaus. The DVD comes in a wooden carrying out of the Bavarian Forest. The film is written in seven languages: German, English, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Japanese.
Geschichten aus dem Hofbräuhaus 1
Tokyo Waka
Tokyo Waka
The portrait of a city: ancient yet constantly remaking itself. A poem in images: stillness, patterns, urban motion. And in words: a tofu seller, a homeless woman, a Buddhist priest, contemplating nature, the metabolism of their city, mortality. And 20,000 crows, unruly avatars of the natural world, sardonically observing it all.
Tokyo Waka 2013
Backstory
Backstory
'Backstory' investigates the highly skilled art of 'Rear Projection', a widely used tool in film making in the mid 20th century employed in films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo or Marnie. In 'Backstory' Lewis invites the Hansard family, which has been instrumental in the provision and development of Rear Projection for hundreds of Hollywood productions over several decades, to tell their own story of the heyday of the techniques and their decline and disappearance as the they are replaced by new technologies and new tastes in visibility.
Backstory 2009
66: Reis do Interior
66: Reis do Interior
A documentary about the greatest soccer team to ever play in Comercial FC, accompanied by many testimonials of sport journalists, and ex-soccer players, besides a lot of previously lost historical footages. A movie made by fans, for fans
66: Reis do Interior 2023
Barbarossa: Hitler Turns East
Barbarossa: Hitler Turns East
Hitler's invasion of Russia was one of the landmark events of World War II. This documentary reveals the lead-up to the offensive, its impact on the war and the brinksmanship that resulted from the battle for Moscow. Rare footage from both German and Russian archives and detailed maps illustrate the conflict, while award-winning historian and author John Erickson provides insight into the pivotal maneuvers on the eastern front.
Barbarossa: Hitler Turns East 2007
Libelu: Down With The Dictatorship
Libelu: Down With The Dictatorship
In the 1970s, they were championing the fight against Brazil’s military dictatorship. Forty years later, what’s left of Libelu? What does adult life have in store for you after the revolutionary youth?
Libelu: Down With The Dictatorship 2020
¡El Archiduque debe morir!
¡El Archiduque debe morir!
¡El Archiduque debe morir! 2021
J.
J.
Found memories decayed by the shock patterns of childhood trauma. This films is made mostly with footage found in the bin of an ophanage. The white progressivelly disolve within a darknest more and more dense. Faces progressivelly disolves within one another.
J. 2008
Legendary Champions
Legendary Champions
Documentary focusing on heavyweight boxing champions from 1882 to 1929.
Legendary Champions 1968
Rabindranath Tagore: The Poet of Eternity
Rabindranath Tagore: The Poet of Eternity
United Nations/UNESCO observed in 2009 that the sesquicentennial birth anniversary of the poet Rabindranath Tagore, the first non-European to receive a Nobel Prize in literature, would be celebrated world wide. The celebrations were kicked off by UNESCO in Paris in May 2010. The movie documents messages from world leaders and many celebrations around the world and provides a renewed platform for hope and inspiration through greatest songs and poems of the poet amid wars and strife.
Rabindranath Tagore: The Poet of Eternity 2014
R.A.F.
R.A.F.
Here from 1935 is Gaumont British's documentary about the Royal Air Force, simply titled "RAF", and directed by John Betts.This film looks at the training of new recruits, and includes views of many aircraft of the period. Anyone who thinks that formation flying started with the Red Arrows had better think again - here we see bi-planes flying in perfect synchronization over 70 years ago.
R.A.F. 1935
Raja Mukthi
Raja Mukthi
King Rajendra Varman and Queen Mrinalini are reigning the Vyjayanti empire. Mahendra Varman is the rival and the neighbouring king. Kannika is the minister’s daughter, who is in love with King Rajendra Varman and aims to attain him at any cost. This convoluted tale of palace intrigue, suspicion, unreciprocated love, seduction, villainy and piety was interspersed with excellent music.
Raja Mukthi 1948
Raja Desingu
Raja Desingu
Raja Desingu 1960
Madame Récamier
Madame Récamier
The film displays Madame Récamier 's conflict with Napoleon. Twice she was pressed to become one of the Empress's ladies. In revenge for her refusal Napoleon declined to save her husband from ruin.
Madame Récamier 1928
Sri Murugan
Sri Murugan
Sri Murugan 1946
The Battle of May Island | Down the Rabbit Hole
The Battle of May Island | Down the Rabbit Hole
Documentary about the 1918 Battle of May Island.
The Battle of May Island | Down the Rabbit Hole 2021
The Coin
The Coin
The collection of TV series based on Albert Maltsa’s stories. Action happens at the time of the Great depression.
The Coin 1962
Vanishing Pearls: The Oystermen of Pointe à la Hache
Vanishing Pearls: The Oystermen of Pointe à la Hache
The Oystermen of Pointe a la Hache, Louisiana. This town of nearly 300 is struggling to survive following the BP Oil Spill that left their crop dead, finances in ruin and culture facing extinction. This community has a history of being overlooked by the State, and therefore, are taking matters into their own hands, to assure their voice is heard so that they may not otherwise vanish
Vanishing Pearls: The Oystermen of Pointe à la Hache 2014
Prince and the Revolution: The Makings Of Rain
Prince and the Revolution: The Makings Of Rain
On the 3rd of August 1983, Prince played a benefit concert for the Minnesota Dance Theatre Company at First Avenue, Minneapolis. The concert was instigated by Loyce Houlton, artistic director of the long-time modern dance troupe. She had met Prince during the band's dance classes and asked him to play a benefit show. Prince's concert raise $23,000 for the financially beleaguered MDT dance company. The concert is generally regarded as one of the most excited shows he has ever played. The basic tracks of three songs from the concert were used on Purple Rain.
Prince and the Revolution: The Makings Of Rain 1983
The First Motion of the Immovable
The First Motion of the Immovable
It all begins with a childhood memory: that day when the father of the future filmmaker Sebastiano d'Ayala Valva forces him to listen to certain music that initially terrifies him; a distant echo from the past that leads him to follow the trail of his mysterious ancestor, the Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988), who claimed that his music was directly inspired by the gods.
The First Motion of the Immovable 2019
The Day the Country Died
The Day the Country Died
An early history of the UK anarcho-punk movement told by some of the most influential performers including interviews and performances with bands such as Crass, Conflict, Subhumans, Liberty, Toxic Waste,Chumbawamba, Sacrilege & many more.
The Day the Country Died 2007
The Black Kung Fu Experience
The Black Kung Fu Experience
This film focuses on how a group of African American pioneers became respected masters in a subculture dominated by Chinese and white men.
The Black Kung Fu Experience 2012
Viriato
Prime Video
Viriato
Thousands of years ago there was a warrior who fought and gave his life for a territory that later became Lusitania. Against the advancements of the Roman Empire, which possessed an immense armada, it chose to dedicate its life to the protection of its people and their lands. His name was ... Viriato.
Viriato 2019
The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Watch the Blackhorse squadron move their massive vehicles from the road into the trees. Part of "The Big Picture" series.
The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment 1969
Mons 1914
Mons 1914
On the 22nd of August 1914 the recently deployed BEF fought and delayed the German First Army of Von Kluck in around the industrial coal mining town of Mons. After 2 days of hard fighting the 3rd and 5th Division of II Corps, assisted by the Cavalry division, having borne the brunt of the battle withdrew South West in the direction of Paris. Whilst this battle was in reality a minor Corps action, when taken in the context of the Great War, it showed that the British regular soldier was more than a match for the German army when he was properly led and not vastly outnumbered by guns and men. This film shot on the battlefield tells the story of this 2 day battle bringing out the heroism and skill of the”Old Contemptible s “in delaying and escaping from Von Kluck’s attacking force of 6 Infantry and 5 Cavalry Divisions.
Mons 1914 2014
Most 72
Most 72
Most 72 is the very first film essay directed and produced by The Markerists and the inaugural installment in the series 'Most'. The footage and the audio were recorded in a single day on June 17th, 2013 on location in Auschwitz-Birkenau with post-production being completed within 72 hours. Surbhi Goel, a professor of cultural studies from India on her first trip outside of her homeland, recorded extemporaneous impressions as she walked the grounds of the death camp with the filmmakers. These were later used as the voice-over narration. The project serves as the template in which future Markerists film essays will be produced--shot and recorded on location and completed immediately afterwards, staying relevant in this age of instant global communication.
Most 72 2013
The Coloured Sky: New Women II
The Coloured Sky: New Women II
5 channel video installation, HD colour with sound, 12'00-15'48". Music by Wang Wenwei. With a haunting lyricism and dreamlike narrative, The Coloured Sky: New Women II examines the secret desires and anxieties of young women as they come of age. The work captures a journey that has on one hand ended and on the other has barely begun. The ingenues, teetering on the brink of womanhood, frolic self-consciously in an artificially staged beach scene, aware of their burgeoning sexuality and its underlying power. The shadow of China's historic system of concubinage hangs over these contemporary scenes, as the idealized beauties negotiate a new social milieu in which future prospects hinge on appearance and the cultivation of male fantasy.
The Coloured Sky: New Women II 2014
Saul's 108th Story
Saul's 108th Story
As a teenager in 1950 Brooklyn, all Saul wanted to do was hang out with his friends and go to the beach. Instead, he got roped into a dangerous new job, and Saul got in a little over his head.
Saul's 108th Story 2018
ECHT
ECHT
Located in an uncertain yet near future, ECHT depicts a scenario in which British institutions and ruling systems have collapsed and the current regime is characterised by a fast-track feudalism. In it, status is based on conspicuous consumption and hoarders are kings, having set up their new courts in former dance halls and clubs. ECHT has been shortlisted for the 2015 Jarman Award.
ECHT 2015
Bhopali
Prime Video
Bhopali
BHOPALI documents the experience of second generation children affected by the Union Carbide gas disaster of 1984, the worst industrial disaster in history, and subsequent contamination of groundwater by Union Carbide Corporation (an American company now owned by Dow Chemical, the second largest chemical company in the world). It follows several children as they and their families cope with the ongoing medical and social disaster, as well as their memories of that traumatizing night that shocked the world and changed Bhopal forever. Set against the backdrop of vehement protests for the 25th anniversary of the disaster, the Bhopalis continue to fight for justice, proving to be anything but victims. Set against a backdrop of high stakes activism, global politics, and human rights advocacy, this film explores the ongoing struggle for justice against Union Carbide, the American corporation responsible for the disaster. Featuring Noam Chomsky, Satinath Sarangi, and attorney Rajan Sharma.
Bhopali 2011
Supreme Motherhood : The Journey of Mata Sahib Kaur
Supreme Motherhood : The Journey of Mata Sahib Kaur
Supreme Motherhood : The Journey of Mata Sahib Kaur 2022
Formula One 1999 Review
Formula One 1999 Review
Formula 1 World Championship 1999 Official Review : The Champion On The Track.
Formula One 1999 Review 1999
We Will See Tomorrow
We Will See Tomorrow
Preserving American Jazz and the efforts of Dr. Albert Vollmer for his life's work in honoring Jazz's Senior Citizenry through the founding of the Harlem Blues and Jazz Band. Founded in 1973 by trombonist Clyde Bernhardt and jazz aficionado Albert Vollmer, the Harlem Blues & Jazz Band became the world's most authentic swing band. It stars veteran jazz and blues musicians (64 to 96 years old) whose roots reach back to the classic period of the 20's and 30's. These 'originals' actually did 'jump' at the Woodside and 'stomp' at the Savoy, with Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Count Basie, Lionel Hampton
We Will See Tomorrow 2013
Teacher Somsri
Teacher Somsri
A courageous teacher leads a group against a real estate developer who is determined to evict hundreds to make way for a construction project.
Teacher Somsri 1985
Unsung Hero
Unsung Hero
This is a historical account of an army officer in 1759 who managed to gather together and train 400 civilians for a special mission to try to repel an incoming Burmese army contingent.
Unsung Hero 2011