Motivated by family memories, a filmmaker returns to the land of his mother to reflect on his identity and deep cultural heritage.
Two farmers are stripped, without warning, of a large part of the land they work.
Narciarze
The life story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, who survived the Nazi reign as a trans woman and helped start the German gay liberation movement. Documentary with some dramatized scenes. Two actors play the young and middle aged Charlotte and she plays herself in the later years.
An Ohio woman's COVID story is revealed.
The story of East Liverpool, Ohio and how it went from a shining exemplary American town to the center of the opioid epidemic.
Grapes much like human beings, need to struggle to build character. Bodega De Edgar is a short film on the life of winemaker Edgar Torres. Edgar Immigrated to the US illegally with his father in the 80's for a better life. Believing in the American Dream, Edgar worked for years to invest in four barrels of wine. Edgar now makes uniquely sophisticated Spanish inspired wines in Paso Robles California.
A poetic journey through the paths and places of old Castile that were traveled and visited by the melancholic knight Don Quixote of La Mancha and his judicious squire Sancho Panza, the immortal characters of Miguel de Cervantes, which offers a candid depiction of rural life in Spain in the early 1930s and illustrates the first sentence of the first article of the Spanish Constitution of 1931, which proclaims that Spain is a democratic republic of workers of all kind.
An unconventional portrait of a recovering addict. Tales of drugs, sex, death, and hope.
Faustina - Música Para Viver
Comedian and disrupter extraordinaire Lizz Winstead (co-creator of The Daily Show) and her team of activists crisscross the U.S. to support abortion clinic staff and bust stigma. Pop culture icons and next-gen comics fuel this six-year road film activating small-town folks to rebuild vandalized clinics, exposing wrongdoer politicians, domestic terrorists, and media neglect as the race to the bottom ensues.
Amo-te quando a neblina te transporta
Books, apps, coaching sessions: Today, happiness is everywhere. We might think that there is nothing wrong with this common-sense concern. But it’s actually the opposite of social reality. So what lies behind this contemporary obsession with happiness and the billions of euros generated by its industry? Philosophers, sociologists, economists and psychiatrists including Christophe André, Éva Illouz, Martin Seligman and Julia De Funès, confront their point of view and decipher one of the most captivating and worrying phenomena of this early century.
A glimpse into a refreshingly different sex education class in the Netherlands.
A beautiful collection of pictures ties Frank Cancian, an elderly photographer and retired professor of anthropology, American with origin from Veneto, to the people of Lacedonia, a small town in southern Italy. Thanks to the rediscovery of the photos taken in 1957 by the young Cancian in that rural village where he had arrived almost by chance, the story resumes there where it was interrupted 60 years earlier. And the thread of memories ties back to people and places, bringing with itself some essential reflections on how photography can become an ethnographic look at small communities.
A short documentary about Brussels' roller derby team, Les Brussels Derby Pixies.
By comparing the St. Nicholas celebrations in Islamic and Protestant communities in Berlin, the relationship between the religions is explored.
Die italienische Küste des Mittelmeeres
In England banger racing isn't just a sport, but a way of life. This film follows 11 year olds Finn and Harley through a cold winter race day in Birmingham.
Documentary short showcasing the genius of jazz greats Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Cozy Cole, and Milt Hinton, among others.