Four classmates, escaping the hustle and bustle of their prom, are together one last time in Nick's car. Faced with the challenge of sharing all their secret thoughts, longings and fears, they embark on an exciting journey with many dangerous turns and amorous passions in the pouring rain.
The film explores the memory and the legacy of the 60s counterculture through interviews with NY political activists, artists and people on the street. The mosaic of voices heard in the documentary creates a public site for memories, reflections and hopes for the future to be shared beyond the confines of one's community. An inter-generational exploration on what is left of the 60s in people's memory and consciousness.
In this remarkable journey, Planet Food travels the world to see how control of the spice trails, over the last five millennia, has made great cities and destroyed ancient civilizations. Our guides travel from the Molucca Islands of Indonesia, the original home of cloves and nutmeg, to the Indian province of Kerala, with its native pepper and cardamom. Additional stops include Venice, Beirut, Cairo and other significant places in the spice trade that created and toppled empires.
A cinematic mountain-bike film. Featuring some of the sports biggest athletes. The ninth feature from award-winning adventure filmmakers Anthill Films. Return to Earth proves that when we lose track of time, we can make the most of it.
Reflections – Ireland is a stunning, non-narrated tourist film with accompanying music by Paddy Moloney and The Chieftains. Many of Paddy Carey films depict a scarcity of civilisation, an untouched landscape, but here he treats the viewer to the beauties of landscape interwoven with a vivid tapestry of human activity: anglers in a lively river; bird-watchers at work; sheep farmers; horse riders; seaweed gatherers. A nighttime sequence shows people gathering in an unidentified village for music in a cosy pub.
A rogue CG Commander plots to eliminate a rum runner and its crew. When his machine gun jammed, the Captain survived. Newly released military intelligence files disprove the long-held theories of this dramatic historic event.
Nama Chukei! Nishiki no Aki no Kyoto Daigo no Momijigari
A look behind the renovated facades to find out how the transformation has changed the personal lives of people in the Ruhr region. The focus is on the question of what will remain of the Ruhr identity that was once shaped by the local heavy industry.
An intimate documentary about Civil Rights leader, entrepreneur and Hall of Fame Coach George Raveling.
In this follow up to Robert Port's Twin Towers, follow the journeys of NYPD Detective Joe Vigiano's children in their call to service in an effort to honor their father’s memory, first in the Marine Cops and then as sworn officers in the NYPD.
GZUZ - Licht & Schatten
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A visual story that captures the essence of the Giffoni Film Festival, described by François Truffaut as “the most necessary of festivals.” It is not a simple documentary, but an emotional diary that mixes daily observations with creative narration. It is an intimate and collective look at Giffoni, a place that every summer is transformed into a small cinema town, inhabited by real emotions and personal visions. A tribute to cinema as a tool for growth and to a festival that manages to give a voice to those who, through cinema, seek to better understand themselves and the world.
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Brian Cox narrates this documentary chronicling the development of the British 'bobby', from his first appearance on the streets of London in 1829 to the role the force play in keeping order today. Archive footage from various police authorities helps to tell the story of the boys and girls in blue.
Inondations : une menace planétaire
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Son Shine, follows the story of 12 year old Hakeem Brown on the heels of his thirteenth birthday. Known in his neighborhood as the good kid, Hakeem is a honor student and an obedient son. However, things begin to change for Hakeem as he becomes aware of the political climate in his South Los Angeles Neighborhood during the announcement of the Rodney King verdict. Watching his neighborhood erupt into flames from his bedroom window, Hakeem disobeys his parents by joining the chaos of the riots. Now face to face with the realities of the uprising, Hakeem has to make the decision to be a part of the solution or to become a part of the problem.
David Olusoga opens secret government files to show how the Windrush scandal and the ‘hostile environment’ for black British immigrants has been 70 years in the making.
Born into a culture that is forced to collect trash for a living, three kids will attempt to graduate high school and attend university.