A journey that follows the Ganges from its source deep within the Himalayas through to the fertile Bengal delta, exploring the natural and spiritual worlds of this sacred river.
Explorer Bruce Parry visits nomadic tribes in Borneo and the Amazon in hope to better understand humanity's changing relationship with the world around us.
Thousands of people from every corner of the world go to India every year for a spiritual experience that provides self-knowledge and healing of past trauma.
Documentary directed by Jörg Hissen and Rolf Lambert
This documentary follows the life of Seven children who are working under extreme conditions at India's busiest cremation ground, Manikarnika in Banaras.
BBC Earth - Amazing Earth: Ganges
Living River: The Ganges
Director Jean Renoir’s entrancing first color feature—shot entirely on location in India—is a visual tour de force. Based on the novel by Rumer Godden, the film eloquently contrasts the growing pains of three young women with the immutability of the Bengal river around which their daily lives unfold. Enriched by Renoir’s subtle understanding and appreciation for India and its people, The River gracefully explores the fragile connections between transitory emotions and everlasting creation.
A fun fantasy classic for the entire family! In this exotic adventure, young hero Ainur played by Sabu is living in a remote Hindu village. There he must protect the town treasure, the world's largest ruby, from being stolen.
The central minister's daughter who secretly goes on a trip is targeted by some evil Egyptians who want her and a holy diamond in their custody, while a guide gets linked to the fight as he protects her from all possible dangers.
Krishnaswamy, an honest man, is conned into a chit fund business and imprisoned. While he faces unspeakable hardships in prison, his family disintegrates.
Four lives intersect along the Ganges: a low caste boy in hopeless love, a daughter ridden with guilt of a sexual encounter ending in a tragedy, a hapless father with fading morality, and a spirited child yearning for a family, long to escape the moral constructs of a small-town.
A successful film composer falls in love when he travels to India to work on a Bollywood retelling of Romeo and Juliet.
The São Silvestre Road Race is a famous long-distance running event held yearly in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, on December 31st. The movie recreates the experience of running the race in 2011.
Marcin like every guy in his age is looking for stability. He judges the matches in the lowest leagues, which takes his free time and gives a little money. But when he comes home tired, again meets his mother, it reminds him a world full of problems. It's time to take mature decisions. Work, sports, and finally, love.
Documentary about the architectural evolution of Paris.
Towards the end of the 1970s, when VHS entered the market and video stores were springing up in West Germany, the conquest of the living room began. In 1984, ZDF conducted research into the extent to which brutal films had an influence on children and young people and the extent to which censorship authorities, schools and parents had to counteract this.
Documentary about the Swedish soccer legend Nacka Skoglund.
In 1974 documentary film maker Tom Alandh did a TV story about institutions for the mentally retarded. Then he met Martina, who was five and who had Down syndrome. For 35 years, which is unique in the Swedish television history, Tom Alandh and photographer Björn Henriksson has followed Martina's struggles against all odds.
Joakim Alpgård was completely paralyzed after crashing his car for six years and for six years he struggled against authorities in order to live a dignified life.