Through a blend of archival photos and videos of OFW families, Paliparan delves into the lives of OFW families from the perspective of an OFW child. The visual imagery is paired with a personal essay that reflects on the experiences of an OFW child hoping for a brighter future.
From the inside of a balikbayan box, a daughter plays a video game system gifted to her by her father. She recalls the days before her father went overseas due to the lack of stable and livable employment and the ongoing drug war in the country. A meditation on parental bonds and the OFW experience from a child’s perspective.
Noy Pillora, once a Filipino rock legend, now lives in the slums of Tel-Aviv and works as a cleaner. At the age of 61, he picks up his old guitar and dares to dream of a new future.
Based on true stories. These Five Filipino overseas contract workers tell a plot contrary to what is perceived as ordinary and looked on the sunny side of life and work abroad in rose-colored glasses.
To Saudi with Love
The film portrays the true stories of Filipinos, who, due to poverty in their country, are forced to go abroad to look for work, hoping they would find a better life.
Inspired by true events, Margo who is a young mother and her best friend Faye are forced to cling to the edge of a knife so they could travel to the United Kingdom. They plan to work there even without a work permit and with only six months visa, time is running out and they may face the risk of deportation.
During the late 1990s, a busy working-class Singaporean couple hires a Filipino woman as a maid and nanny to their young son.
The Happy Child is a story of "New Wave" rock genre predominant in the ex-Yugoslavia during the socialist 70's and 80's.
Dr Iain Stewart tells the story of how Earth works and how, over the course of 4.6 billion years, it came to be the remarkable place it is today.
A feature length documentary which invites the viewer to rediscover an enchanted cosmos in the modern world by awakening to the divine within. The film examines the re-emergence of archaic techniques of ecstasy in the modern world by weaving a synthesis of ecological and evolutionary awareness,electronic dance culture, and the current pharmacological re-evaluation of entheogenic compounds.
James Cameron take several survivors from the German ship and crew, and together use state of the art technology to discover the ship wreck as it is today. Diving in submersibles and using ROV's we get to see the inside of the giant ship from WWII which sits on the bottom of the sea.
Foo Fighters have established themselves as a premier alternative rock band, offering a mixture of bittersweet harmonies and full-on rock anthems. Their formidable live act is second to none, and EVERYWHERE BUT HOME cements their reputation with a combination of stadium shows, festival appearances, and intimate acoustic performances. Endearing behind the scenes footage illustrates the goofy nature
Music in High Places, the ultimate international music and travel adventure series, takes top recording artists to the most ancient sites on earth. Each expedition takes music's biggest artists to the four corners of the globe and features exciting acoustic performances set against the backdrop of earth's most intriguing natural locations. Take an intimate journey with the Deftones as they discover the culture, history and spirituality of Hawaii while performing some of their greatest hits! Songs: Headup, Knife Party, Digital Bath, One Weak, Boy's Republic, Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away), Around the Fur, Feiticeira, Change (In the House of Flies).
Muse's live act at Wembley Stadium, 17 June 2007.
Katt Williams performs in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Shot over the course of 18 months in New York City's Lower East Side, METHADONIA sheds light on the inherent flaws of legal methadone treatments for heroin addiction by profiling eight addicts, in various stages of recovery and relapse, who attend the New York Center for Addiction Treatment Services (NYCATS).
An investigation by Professor of Geological Sciences, Roger Bilham, of the science behind the earthquake and tsunami off the coast of Japan on March 11, 2011.
The life and work of the legendary Francisco Ibáñez, brilliant cartoonist, creator of Clever & Smart and many other characters through whom he has portrayed Spanish society for over seven decades, with wild humor, subtle cruelty and much tenderness.
Martín Solo, an unorthodox art curator, is about to open his private museum to the public with a major exhibition. In the past he experienced the sour taste of failure, but this time he's prepared to lay all his cards on the table.