This 2004 documentary by Werner Herzog diaries the struggle of a passionate English inventor to design and test a unique airship during its maiden flight above the jungle canopy.
The third installment in Dan Přibáň's series of travel documentaries describes the author's journey with his friends across South America in vehicles that are often notorious but cult in their own way. The charming dynamics of the group on screen are further enhanced by the high-quality craftsmanship.
Guyanese painter Aubrey Williams (1926-1990) returns to his homeland on a “journey to the source of his inspiration” in this vivid Arts Council documentary, filmed towards the end of his life. The title comes from the indigenous Arawak word ‘timehri’ - the mark of the hand of man - which Williams equates to art itself. Timehri was also then the name of the international airport at Georgetown, Guyana's capital, where Williams stops off to restore an earlier mural. The film offers a rare insight into life beyond Georgetown, what Williams calls “the real Guyana.” Before moving to England in 1952 he had been sent to work on a sugar plantation in the jungle; this is his first chance to revisit the region and the Warao Indians - formative influences on his work - in four decades. Challenging the ill-treatment of indigenous Guyanese, Williams explored the potential of art to change attitudes. By venturing beyond his British studio, this film puts his work into vibrant context.
Thomas Pesquet : Objectif France
Rare footage shot inside the People's Temple gives an insider's look at the tragic Jonestown Massacre that occurred in Guyana in 1978. Interviews with survivors attempt to shed light on how and why 900 Unitedstatians would follow one man to their deaths.
Expedition Guyana
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
The abolition of slavery in the British Caribbean in 1834 prompts Gillanders, Arbuthnot & Company in Calcutta, a part of the East India Company, to recruit Coolies from India to fill the resulting labor void. The company hires Sinha, a fierce small-timer to sell dreams of El Dorado to the unsuspecting, impoverished Coolies who are signed to five-year contracts as indentured servants. Upon the Coolies' arrival in British Guiana in 1838, the British planters promptly enslave them to ensure that the growth of sugar in the British West Indies will continue uninterrupted. John Scoble of the British and Foreign Anti Slavery Society arrives on the colony a year later to discover a new form of slavery; this time on the backs of Indians.
In the mid-60s, musicians emerged in Paraguay who made their way in a country under dictatorship. These demonstrations laid the foundations for the following generations, in a search for identity, to forge what we know today as Paraguayan rock.
What happens when the quest for clicks goes too far? TMZ examines the dark and sometimes deadly side of social media in Tragically Viral.
Is it worth it? Three unique stories look at the work and sacrifice that goes into pursuing athletic dreams in America.
Election campaign for the parliamentary elections for the Bundestag in 1965 in the town of Neu-Ulm, Germany.
Director Jack Sholder tells the story behind Renegades (1989)
For its reproduction, the megaloprepus dragonfly specifically relies on periodic puddles in tree holes and bromeliacea in tropical rain forests. Territorial males tenaciously defend these resources. Females lay their eggs in the water holes of the territorial males and are guarded by them. Any satellite male - i. e., one without a territory - who tries to grab a female is driven away by the territorial male.
The film shows the prey-catching behaviour of the edible frog at a small garden pond and at a gravelpit. The catching of creeping and (under experimental conditions) hanging earthworms, of flies sitting on the surface of the water and of egglaying dragonflies (Sympetrum spec.) in tandem position are visible.
Daech, les enfants fantômes
Former inmates and American soldiers remember the cruel conditions in Buchenwald concentration camp.
Boys’ canoe trip on the Thames in London.
A documentary about the history of local film scene in Yogyakarta.
"Efterklang - The Makedonium Band" is a new music documentary directed by Danish filmmaker Andreas Johnsen. It follows Efterklang as they embark on a journey to Skopje in North Macedonia, to form a new band and create a show to be performed in front of the local freedom monument Makedonium. All within 6 days. With the help of Grga, a concert organiser from MKC Youth Cultural Centre, and by reaching out to local musicians through open calls, the band manages to form connections with a wide range of talented musicians from both the traditional and the contemporary scene of North Macedonia.