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A Weaverly Path offers an intimate portrait of Swiss-born tapestry weaver Silvia Heyden. The film captures the inner dialogue and meditations of an extraordinary artist in the moments of creation. Heyden works for over a year to create works inspired by the Eno River in Durham, North Carolina. And she shares how nature, music, her Bauhaus inspired education at the School of the Arts in Zurich and her life experiences anchor and inform her art. Heyden was a 20th century modernist whose body of work redefines the art of modern tapestry.

The Shipibo-Konibo people of Peruvian Amazon decorate their pottery, jewelry, textiles, and body art with complex geometric patterns called kené. These patterns also have corresponding songs, called icaros, which are integral to the Shipibo way of life. This documentary explores these unique art forms, and one Shipibo family's efforts to safeguard the tradition.

Uses high magnification photography to demonstrate the processes of converting raw fibers into woven cloth.

A new documentary that follows master Haida weaver Delores Churchill on a journey to replicate a spruce root hat discovered with the Long Ago Person Found. The 300-year-old traveler was discovered in British Columbia and DNA testing discovered living descendants in Canada and Alaska. Her search crosses cultures and borders, and involves artists, scholars and scientists. The project raises questions about understanding and interpreting ownership, knowledge and connection.

Set in Varanasi, an ancient city of India, Tana Bana offers a rare look at the hidden world of Moslem weavers and Hindu traders and how their lives are interwoven through the production of the silk and the beauty it creates. However, as the technology advances, the trade is threatened by computerization and globalization.

The people, the scenery and the industrial traditions of the Stroud valley and the growth of the woollen industry.

A group of Macedonian women are shown hard at work.

Richly detailed amateur ethnographic film on the agrarian economy and society in rural Punjab.

This film explores the traditional crafts of Native American tribes, specifically the Hopi, Navajo, and Iroquois. It highlights the craftsmanship of Hopi basket weaving and pottery, showcasing their techniques and cultural significance. The Navajo's weaving of wool blankets and rugs, as well as their silver jewelry making process, is also detailed. Additionally, the film discusses the Iroquois tradition of carving ceremonial masks from basswood trees. Each craft reflects the unique heritage and artistic expressions of these tribes.

Set in a Burkina Faso organic cotton weaving cooperative, a cacophonous cotton-spinning apparatus eats, digests, and takes a breath. Threads become the organs of a whirling, burping, guzzling machine animated by hands, looms, vats, cogs, and feet. Where does the machine end and the body begin? The weaving cooperative promises equitable remuneration for workers in an industry beholden to its colonial predecessor: today, Burkinabè cotton farmers live in permanent debt to cotton companies financed by European capital. By focusing on the repetitive labor unfolding within a cooperative that claims to serve its workers, Everything Here Holds Its Inverse examines the tension between empowerment and evolving oppressions. Can the ties that bind and define also set free?

A Gen Z who thrives on social media and loves creating content gets fired from her job because of her excessive obsession with content creation. She then becomes a social media admin at a traditional weaving workshop, where the job only fuels her ambition to become a content creator. Driven by her impulsive ambition, she focuses heavily on increasing sales without understanding the production process behind the woven fabrics. She sees sales figures as the ultimate measure of success, and her growing numbers only inflate her ego and create tension with her coworkers. Everything changes when she witnesses the production process firsthand and sees elderly artisans patiently weaving each piece by hand. In the silence of her thoughts, she finally begins to understand the meaning of weaving and the long, painstaking process behind every piece.

Two brothers, Nick and Alex, embark on a worldwide journey to discover what life is like for other siblings living with Down's Syndrome. Along the way, they learn more about their own relationship and the special bond they share.

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The first half shows the cast being interviewed in character and provides movie plot back story. The second half shows behind-the-scenes filming, including cast and crew interviews.

'Red Soil' follows the family of Mama, a beloved Nigerian elder, as they prepare for her funeral. Over the course of three days, the film suggests a different form of mourning: a collective celebration of Life.

Jemal is a musician and saz player. He became seriously ill 19 years ago and doctors did say he has a few months to live. His wife Barika began studying remedies and folk medicine, instead of waiting for death to come.

Ghalib is a descendant of musicians from an Alevi village. When the last dede in the community dies, the villagers choose him as their religious leader, but he refuses because is still young. However, fate seemed to have something else in store for him.

An Evening with Peter Rogers Marc Sinden interviews Peter Rogers about his career and of course the Carry On series

Elbetitsa is an ancient symbol that has been a central element of Bulgarian culture and history for thousands of years.

"In A MILLION IN DEBT IS NORMAL, SAYS MY GRANDFATHER, Gabriele Mathes traces the consequences of the decline of her father’s furniture factory via her family’s Super-8 footage(..)" (Viennale)