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Feminists Insha'allah! The Story of Arab Feminism
The struggle for Muslim women’s emancipation is often portrayed stereotypically as a showdown between Western and Islamic values, but Arab feminism has existed for more than a century. This groundbreaking documentary recounts Arab feminism’s largely unknown story, from its taboo-shattering birth in Egypt by feminist pioneers up through viral Internet campaigns by today’s tech-savvy young activists during the Arab Spring.
The Ukrainian Insurgent Army: Chronicles 1942-1945
A documentary in two parts about the history of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army from 1942 to 1954 based on the testimonials of thirty-four witnesses and direct participants in the events (with over one hundred people surveyed). The film shows the Ukrainian insurgent movement from the perspective of "ordinary people," without pathos, mystification, and propagandistic clichés. The oral history reveals an unconventional view of the nature of the UPA struggle, letting the viewer feel the atmosphere and spirit of the age, while submerging into the whirlpool of turbulent events.
For Michael Brown
Out of respect for his parents' request, four and one half minutes of silence for Michael Brown Jr. One minute for each hour his body lay in the streets of Ferguson, MO after he was shot to death by Officer Darren Wilson. Please watch in darkness. Please watch in silence.
A volta dos nove
A story about the memory of the memory, which starts from the revenge perpetrated on October 15, 1936, when nine men were killed in Bayonne as a result of events that happened two days before, and which involved the death of a resident of that town and more than one Falangist .
BAIZ bleibt ...woanders
When the lease on the "BAIZ" culture and pub in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg is not renewed by new owners, support and protest grow on the small stage of the pub and in the streets around it. As events unfold, the film becomes a moving story about the "power of solidarity". With a kilometer-long human chain, they move into the new store that they bought together.
Démocratie Zéro6
This film raises questions about the state of French democracy. A Prefect threatens locally elected officials of all political persuasion with imprisonment in order to prevent a consultative referendum.
Young Jigme
There are two roads in the woods. You can only take one of them, and wonder about the other for the rest of your life. Longwu is a temple of no more than 20 monks. When 17-year-old Jime became a junior monk there, he had no idea whether it's better to renounce or to join the secular world. The temple quietly sits in the depths of a mountain.This year, with only 11 monks left, there are not enough junior monks to officially receive the precepts during summer recluse. The temple seniors decide to have three young monks to do this. Jime is fully aware what this means to him. He patiently waits for an answer to dawn on him. On a dark night, Jime takes out the long roll of sutra that he reads every day, and cleans it carefully by a lamp. This summer, someone has come to the crossroad of life. Of the two roads out there, he can only choose one.
Factory Boy
In 1978 Deng Xiaoping set up Shenzhen as a Special Economic Zone in China, and this decision led to the rapid development of Guangdong economy. Numerous factories have been established, millions of people are attracted because of gold rush. Over 30 years later, young people who were away from their home have already stepped in the midlife. Guangdong has become a representative of job hunting and has been drawing a newly young generation who has faith and uncertainty to the future. This video revolves around three working-class boys who are the 90s generation.
The Dialogue
Interviews with Dalai Lama and some Chinese intellectuals about Tibet/China relations and related issues.
I am Haiti
In Haiti, the ancestors say if something is foretold, it will happen no matter how, and nobody can change that. Artist Celeur is inspired by this Voodoo culture to create his sculptures, a reflection of the complex reality of this Caribbean country. The thoughts of the sculptor are framing the lives of Oriental, a waif youngster and Marah, who had to live by herself as a street kid in Port-au-Prince. A portrait of Haiti, and a vindication of the African roots of the country.
What The F@#- Is Cancer and Why Does Everybody Have It?
On April 10, 2011, Allison W. Gryphon found a lump in her breast. Three days later, she was diagnosed with stage IIIa breast cancer. Allison’s immediate instinct was to pick up a camera and start asking questions. Not only for herself, but for all of us. For many, cancer is a cell under a microscope. For others, it is a symbolic ribbon, a local fundraiser or a jar calling for help in the checkout line at the grocery store. Cancer is something different to each individual going through it. It’s all relevant. It’s all important. Cancer is about science, study and the practice of medicine, and most importantly, cancer is about people. What the F@#- is Cancer and Why Does Everybody Have it? is about understanding and celebrating those people. It’s about really hearing their voices and being invited to share those experiences in a way that will allow the viewer to walk away with inspiration, questions, knowledge and hopefully a desire to understand more and make things happen.
Le Hameau
In 2011, 2012 and 2013, Bertille Bak met a sibling group of 5 hunter-skidders living independently in the heart of the Alsatian forest, in the hamlet of Ursprung, whose daily life she then shared. Guardians of hunting quotas, animal species regulation, trackers and woodworking, the artist observed the organization of the hunting troops, the traditions and codes that survive and are perpetuated. In her film Le Hameau, Bertille Bak plunges us into the world of this family, a timeless immersion in the Ursprung, which literally means "the jump of the watch" in Alsatian. Close to the research of the ethnologist and concerned by social conditions, Bertille Bak collects and archives the traces and testimonies of the people she meets. With melancholy derision and without taking sides, the film focuses on a singular reality. The result is a delicate questioning of the boundary between the domestic and the wild, the personification of animals and the precariousness of marginal lifestyles.
Free Derry: The IRA Drug War
In February 2014, letter bombs were sent to nine British Military recruitment offices over the course of three days. Londonderry postmarks, a coded message sent to a Northern Irish newspaper, and security forces at Downing Street all pointed" to the New IRA as the main suspects. "Last Summer, VICE News visited Derry and heard from Gary Donnelly - the most prominent dissident republican in Londonderry, accused of leading operations for the Real IRA - that these attacks on Britain were to be expected as part of 'strategic attacks on high profile targets,' as 'it's England that's occupying Ireland.' "In 'Free Derry: The IRA Drug War" VICE News investigate how, sixteen years after the Good Friday peace agreement and on the eve of the first major loyalist parade through the city in four years, dissident republican activity in Derry is increasing thanks to the merger of the Real IRA with anti-drugs vigilantes."
Radical Wollongong
Radical Wollongong is an action-packed account of a unique city, told by activist participants who battled 'Pig Iron Bob', defended the Communist Party against banning, were jailed for draft resistance during the Vietnam war, organised the unemployed and forced Australia's biggest company to employ women. The film also covers today's ongoing radicalism.
Traces of the future
Part of a series of short commissioned works by Visions du Réel to celebrate the festival's twentieth anniversary that explore views of the future.
Meet the Neo-Nazi Biker Gangs of Germany
"The Black Flock Motorcycle Gang is a German biker club made up of former neo-Nazis who swear they've rehabilitated and abandoned their hateful ways. VICE Germany went to hang out with some members of the club and learn about their bigotry-free lives of crime and debauchery."
Bamako, temps suspendu
Two musicians perform in a courtyard in Bamako, Mali. A quest for harmony; knowing glances and comforting presences; time marches on.
Two Homelands, One Love - Lee Joong-Seup's wife
The War Around Us
In 2008 two best friends found themselves trapped in one of the most dangerous places on earth - the only western journalists in the Gaza Strip on what was supposed to be a 24-hour assignment. The War Around Us captures the collision of veteran war correspondent and one of TIME's most 100 influential people, Ayman Mohyeldin, with rookie reporter Sherine Tadros. As missiles shower the city and unspeakable atrocities emerge, the pair is torn by fierce professional rivalry, private terror and grim humor - with no way out and the whole world watching.
Aram
Aram is the pseudonym of Arkadiusz Rybicki, politician, social activist, MP. On April 10, 2010, he died in Smolensk, on his way to the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre. He was 57 at the time. 40 years earlier, in the Gdańsk Shipyard, he made the inscription "We will not forget Katyn". Already at the age of seventeen, he started opposition activities. From 1979 he was associated with the Young Poland Movement, he edited the "Bratniak" magazine. In August 1980, he collaborated with the striking workers of the Coast, wrote down 21 demands of the Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee. After that memorable August, he became involved in the activities of the Solidarity Trade Union. He was interned during martial law. In the second half of the 1980s, he started working in the secretariat of Lech Wałęsa, in the late 1990s he became deputy minister of culture, and then a member of the Sejm on behalf of the Civic Platform.
Dudley Clendinen: A Good Short Life
Dudley Clendinen, a journalist and writer attempts to complete his last book on living, dying and death while he is simultaneously dying from the final stages of ALS. Rather than a depressing tale of woe, we experience the inspiration of someone overcoming adversity to fulfill his dreams and aspirations.
Hockney: Seeing Beauty
Hockney: Seeing Beauty He is one of the great surviving icons of the 1960s and arguably the most popular British artist of the 20th century. David Hockney's career started with almost instant success, and despite private struggles with his art, relationships, and the tragedy of AIDS, he continued to explore, experiment, and create masterpieces in a variety of mediums. Take a deeply personal look into the life, career, and creative mind of this versatile genius in a portrait that, like its subject, is funny, inspiring, bold, and visionary.
Hux Flux, the Son of Fig
The dog Hux Flux is diagnosed with cancer. His vet found herself in the middle of intimate home atmosphere with his owners, friends and other pets in their household at this critical life period. The vet made this film.
What About Eric?
The eccentric Eric Kabongo wants to steer his life into a new direction and dreams of a music career. Eager to be accepted by the local community, he tries to make a name for himself as his alter ego: Krazy-E. However, his troubled past forms a dark cloud over his head. Will he be able to shake off his demons and live a normal life? 'What about Eric' shows the inner world of a lost soul desperately looking for a place called home.
Invitation to Dance
At age 23, Simi Linton was injured while hitchhiking to Washington to protest the war in Vietnam. Suddenly a young disabled college student, she confronted discrimination she couldn't have imagined before. Simi emerges as a resourceful activist, and in time realizes that love, sexuality, and dance can once again be central to her life.
Nan Lakou Kanaval
A 16mm visual and auditory exploration of the Haitian carnival. A hallucinatory and unparalleled carnival. Made in collaboration with students from the Cinema Institute in Jacmel, Haiti, and based on a poem by the young Haitian poet Gabriel Wood Jerry.
Hangs Upon Nothing
HANGS UPON NOTHING documents the lives of surfers: Chuck Corbett who wandered his way to the remote atolls of Kiribati, brothers Mikala and Daniel Jones whose adventures take them to the far corners of the Indonesian archipelago, alongside a local crew of teenage surfers coming of age amongst the surf mecca of Bali. Their intertwined journeys are bound by an unending quest to find and ride perfect waves.
Into the Clouds We Gaze
A gentle love story from the harsh environment of northern Bohemia.
Biele Karpaty - Kráľovstvo strážené Vršatcom
Jakub Cíbik's documentary film "Biele Karpaty - Kráľovstvo strážené Vršatcom" is dedicated to the mountain range on the Slovakian-Moravian border. Its goal is to bring this beautiful but somewhat forgotten region of Slovakia closer to the public. The film is primarily focused on the phenomenon of the cultural-natural landscape, of which man has been a part for a long time. He gradually reshaped it in his own image until its present form. Thanks to the approach of our ancestors, species-rich communities of flowery meadows and pastures, fields and grazing forests were created here. However, in recent centuries, our society and with it the country has undergone many changes. With the absence of traditional farming, the colorful landscape mosaic and many rare organisms are disappearing. Therefore, the main message of this document is to point out the necessity of restoring forms of management that are close to nature, talking about mosaic mowing, extensive grazing and others.
A Curious Man
A probing, intimate documentary into the innovative Middle Ages methodology Peter Richards uses to teach 4th and 5Th graders at The Paideia School in Atlanta. This story chronicles his quirky collections, his experience as an adult with attention deficit disorder, his love for wood, fires, working with the homeless and playing the banjo. A Curious Man weaves a personal story yet a much larger tale: that of education, mental health and class within the American landscape.