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Life in Occupied Palestine: Eyewitness Stories & Photos
A wonderfully moving introduction to the plight of the Palestinians, in simple, everyday terms, with a captivating narration by eyewitness Anna Baltzer. Baltzer, a Jewish-American Columbia graduate and Fulbright scholar, presents her discoveries as a volunteer with the International Women's Peace Service in the West Bank, documenting human rights abuses and supporting Palestinian-led nonviolent resistance to the Occupation. Baltzer's presentation provides those interested in the issue with critical information and documentation that can be difficult to obtain through mainstream media sources, and to encourage informed action. Topics include checkpoints, settlements, Israeli activism, Zionism, 1948 War & refugees, censorship, the Wall, and environmental devastation. The granddaughter of Holocaust refugees, Baltzer works to address the injustices of today in light of those of the past. She is author of the book Witness in Palestine.
Napred u prošlost: Banat Triangle
Documentary about Serbian alternative rock band Napred u prošlost (Forward into the Past).
Yu Rock Reunion
"YU Rock Reunion" is a tribute to Yugoslav rock music. This documentary features several pop-rock bands from Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia (former SFR Yugoslavia), recorded at the Rock Uranak Tour '07. Bebek, Valentino, Divlje Jagode, Van Gogh, Elektricni Orgazam, Vlada Divljan of Idoli, and others - got together for the first time in 20 years to play for their fans in Canada and the U.S. Former Yugoslav rock stars and music legends came to North America in September of 2007, and together played for the people of all nationalities.
Seven Signs: Music, Myth & the American South
A tour through the endangered and often misrepresented American South. A collection of stories and performances from artists, musicians, and southern residents interweaves to create an accurate depiction of the soulful and strange American Southland.
Never Apologize
This is a film of a one-man-show in which Malcolm McDowell talks about Lindsey Anderson.
The Hollow Men
The 'stolen' insider emails that informed Nicky Hager's best-selling account of National's 2005 election campaign return in Alister Barry's (Someone Else's Country) new film - just in time to caution us against campaigning politicians in 2008. Addressing each other like schoolboy Machiavellis, party leader Don Brash and his advisors spelled out how they'd copy the big boys in Australia and the US in order to win the votes of people who'd never support the kind of policies such men are widely presumed to represent. The dividing and conquering began at Orewa.
La clave
Musical documentary film about the similarities between two types of music genres known as Salsa and Reggaeton. The clave is the five-note two-bar rhythm pattern which generates rhythmic measurement and is the foundation and backbone of Salsa and all Afro-Cuban based music.
Adopted
Jacqui and Roma.Adopted reveals the grit rather than the glamor of transracial adoption. First-time director Barb Lee goes deep into the intimate lives of two well-meaning families and shows us the subtle challenges they face. One family is just beginning the process of adopting a baby from China and is filled with hope and possibility. The other family’s adopted Korean daughter is now 32 years old. Prompted by her adoptive mother’s terminal illness, she tries to create the bond they never had. The results are riveting, unpredictable and telling. While the two families are at opposite ends of the journey, their stories converge to show us that love isn’t always enough.
The Beetle KFZ-1348
In 1965 a VW Beetle is sold in São Paulo, Brazil. Forty years later, the car ends up in a Recife scrapyard in the northeast, with the license plate KFZ-1348. The documentary “The Beetle KFZ-1348” presents the stories of this car through its eight owners, whose lives show a unique portrait of a country.
Take Three Girls: The Dolly Mixture Story
A girl group playing beautifully written pop at the end of the seventies, Dolly Mixture were almost ignored when the Slits' more angular approach was in vogue, yet became an inspiration to the Riot Grrl scene of the nineties.
Chicagoblok - Verhalen uit de lift
With its twenty-plus floors, the Chicagoblok high rise in Antwerp has a bad reputation in the city. But the residents think quite differently about it. The retired Louis has lived here for three years with his Thai wife. He is not proud of his place, but he mingles quite nicely with the other people. After his wife had left him, Rudi ended up in this council housing project. 'I'm surrounded by negroes. They live at night and make a racket.' Single Sandra is ashamed of her neighbourhood and longingly awaits the arrival of her new, Moroccan husband, whom she found on the Internet. African Yves is proud of his block of flats. He feels safe and does not understand the criticism.
Giant Grizzlies
Join an award-winning wildlife cinematographer and a native Alaskan on a dangerous expedition through the Last Frontier’s grizzly territories.
Pepitu Ricu
A unique encounter between a grandmother, a grandfather and a bird. Each of them gives us a clue about the relationship between humans and animals.
Bo Schembechler's Michigan Wolverines
Bo Schembechler knew a thing or two about winning college football games, and this commemorative program pays tribute to his enduring legacy at the University of Michigan as head coach of the Wolverines. Highlights include interviews with Wolverine alumni Dan Dierdorf, Bump Elliott, Jamie Morris, Jim Brandstetter, John Falk and Lloyd Carr, plus fond remembrances from Schembechler's close friends and colleagues.
Rehearsal: Yuri Temirkanov
The painting tells about the difficult process of rehearsals under the guidance of a conductor.
Loos Ornamental
One of the pioneers of the European Modernism in architecture, Adolf Loos turned against building ornamentation, triggering a controversy in architectural theory. His development of a spatial plan launched a new approach to thinking about building spaces. His houses, furniture, facades, and monuments were constructed between 1899 and 1931 and represent a refreshing approach to modern architecture.
Chapel of Chic
A lively romp though a century of Chapel Street's fashion history in an entertaining feature-length documentary.
Morecambe & Wise: In Their Own Words
Jonathan Ross introduces the story of British television's greatest double act as they told it themselves, using television appearances, rare radio material and correspondence from the BBC archives to build up a fascinating portrait of their lives and careers. The programme reveals how, as young performers, Eric and Ernie really did share a bed, and reveals the BBC's rather lofty response when they first auditioned for television in 1948.
Not of this World
The Siberian village of Okunevo has been considered a sacred territory for many years. Recently, it has been a place of pilgrimage for representatives of various religious groups. Sergei and Valentin are permanent residents of Okunevo. Sergei has a mental retardation. Valentin lost the ability to walk.
Oscar Feltsman. Light Melody of Life
He is called the "King of the Light Genre". His songs are still sung by all of Russia.
That's Life
Five to ten years ago, photographer and filmmaker Sander Veeneman portrayed three children in Mozambique, South Africa and Peru. They should now have grown into young adults. What have they developed into? Have they managed to build up a future for themselves and their family? And what are their dreams for the future? He visits them with a film camera and sometimes as the only data their name and age. Especially the girl from Mozambique is hard to trace. After looking here and there, he finds a young woman, but is she the girl in the photograph? The boy from Peru is not doing so well. His Indian tribe is severely struck by TBC and hepatitis. In South Africa, Veeneman finds out that 'his' boy has become a lively lad who loves sport. The road movie documentary shows what their everyday lives look like today, the primary perspective being these people's inner strength and not so much the poverty that surrounds them.
Massacre at Virginia Tech
One year on from the April 16th 2007 massacre at Virgina Tech, this documentary looks at what drove Seung-Hui Cho to shoot dead 32 people.
A Heart Set Free: Charles Wesley
A biography of Charles Wesley, father of the Weselyan Church, hymn writer, and preacher.
Pindorama: A Verdadeira História dos Sete Anões
A family like any other, that lives, lives and works in a house that walks. This is the life of Charles, Zuleide, Gilberto, Cleide, Rogério, Claudio and Lobão, seven dwarf brothers, descendants of the mythical clown Pindoba, the smallest and funniest clown in the world. Together they form the circus Pindorama, a troupe that circulates through the northeastern hinterland, pouring out joy, laughs, giving us fraternity classes and winning the hearts of Brazil.
Giornaliero di Città e Passanti
Marseille, boulevard d'Athènes, 26 April 2006. Lisbon, S.Mamede, 19 October 2007. Madrid, calle de Atocha, 13 May 2008. Three glances from hotel room windows, three days of unknown passers-by: the street and the bars, meetings and loneliness, loves and missed appointments.
Cosa Che Fugge
'Cosa Che Fugge' arises from the stratification of multiple images that overlap and which, by merging, give life to a new image; thus the sound is also given by multiple sound bands, dilated and reversed, which generate something other than what they are individually: a choral whole.
Anno 7515 From the Creation of the World
In the summer of 2007, a group of four volcanologists landed in Medvezhya Bay on Iturup Island in the Great Kuril Ridge. The purpose of the expedition is to study the Kudryavy volcano, the hottest on the planet. Volcanologists will have to live on the island for 2 months. And this part of their life will pass away from stuffy cities, from demanding civilization, from endless fuss. It is believed that 7515 years have passed since the creation of the world, but it seems that nothing has changed on Iturup since then.
Free People
The Pomors are the descendants of the ancient Novgorodians who left the power of the Moscow prince for the harsh forests of the Tersky coast in order to preserve their former freemen. Today they fish, farm and even plant forests. They will not exchange their harsh, difficult, but free life for any other.
God Moves on the Water
In a mischievous media remix, Erik Bünger cross-wires vastly disparate cultural responses to the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, jamming the smooth road by which history becomes popular myth. The music video for Céline Dion’s chartbuster My Heart Will Go On (1997) is manipulated and scored to Blind Willie Johnson’s gospel song God Moves on the Water (1929). Instead of an ode to eternal love, Dion now sings praise of God’s implacable wrath.
Świadectwo
The story of the life of Pope John Paul II, who played a role in the lives of billions of people, and was one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century. On display are never-before-seen archive images, historical reconstructions and important interviews with the pontifex's advisor, who was his confidant for 40 years. Testimony offers an exceptional insight into the personal and spiritual life of Karol Wojtyla, a man whose lifelong devotion to God and humanity ultimately earned him the title Pope John Paul II. The film is narrated by Michael York ('Omega Code', 'The Bible Series'), and accompanied by music by composer and Oscar winner Vangelis. Shot in secret, forbidden corners of the Vatican, 'Testimony' is full of new and fascinating revelations about the Pope.
Circles of Desire: Alan Williams on Max Ophuls' "La Ronde"
Ophuls scholar Alan Williams discusses the French director's 1950 film
Hadrian - Empire And Conflict
Documentary released to coincide with the British Museum's exhibition dedicated to the man who ruled the Roman Empire from 117 to 138 AD. The programme explores the life, achievements, passions and legacy of the emperor who was both soldier and poet and responsible for that most famous construction - Hadrian's Wall. The documentary was produced in conjunction with the exhibition Hadrian: Empire and Conflict at the British Museum 24 July - 26 October 2008.