If you had never heard of an airplane, would you think it was a miracle when one arrived? Waiting for John tells the story of America's incredible impact on a remote island in the South Pacific and the birth of an extraordinary religion, the John Frum Movement, considered the last surviving cargo cult. We follow the John Frum believers today as they struggle to preserve a culture in danger of being lost to the modern world.
With stunning views of eruptions and lava flows, Werner Herzog captures the raw power of volcanoes and their ties to indigenous spiritual practices.
From the remote, islands of Vanuatu, comes an extremely unique and rarely seen tradition, water music.
Vanuatu, l'éveil des chefs
Life in Vanuatu isn't all sea, sun and palm trees. For Timothy and his family life is hard. His daughter Betty is out of school because he can't pay her school fees. His wife works as a house girl and his son hangs around with his friends smoking dope, like many other unemployed, young men. Timothy's only hope is the political party he supports, and when the man Timothy has collected votes for becomes a Minister, Timothy dreams he will get a job and earn the money to send Betty back into school. But he is not the only supporter looking for work. And to get the job he wants he has to do things that make him question the whole system. Yumi Go Kale is the first feature made entirely by Wan Smolbag's cast and crew.
A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a mission behind enemy lines, things don't go exactly to plan. This film differs in that some of the 'heroes' are very reluctant, but they come good when they are pursued by the Japanese who are determined to prevent them returning to base.
In a traditional tribal society in the South Pacific, a young girl, Wawa, falls in love with her chief’s grandson, Dain. When an inter-tribal war escalates, Wawa is unknowingly betrothed as part of a peace deal. The young lovers run away, refusing her arranged fate. They must choose between their hearts and the future of the tribe, while the villagers must wrestle with preserving their traditional culture and adapting it to the increasing outside demands for individual freedom.
A personal and intimate exploration of the legacy of the Walt Disney Company, told through the voices of the artists, artisans, and collaborators who have shaped its magic for generations.
Four peoples’ lives are brought together by the opioid crisis in a small Georgia city. A seasoned firefighter saves the life of a young woman looking for purpose, while grieving parents fight to provide the support their son struggled to find.
Mahamantra highlights the urgency of this immediate reality, offering a global perspective on the need to reconnect with timeless principles rooted in ancient wisdom.
Amateur film featuring government buildings in Delhi, a shooting party in Malakand and winter in Abbottabad.
Chantal Akerman: An Interview
A documentary about Yoshishige (Kijû) Yoshida's creative process for his most significant film, the 1969 avantgarde tour-de-force Eros + Massacre (1969).
As one of the youngest people to climb Everest and one of the few to successfully complete the gruelling training for the French Foreign Legion, Bear Grylls has experienced intense cold, pain and exhaustion. In this feature length special that opens with the old Etonian parachuting on to a treacherous ice field in Southern Patagonia, he demonstrates the survival techniques needed to withstand avalanches and hangs in the jaws of an ice crevasse. To escape a snowstorm, he takes shelter for the night in a snow cave, before paragliding from the mountain range into the beech forest below. Picking his way through the challenging terrain of the Patagonian tundra, he grubs around for worms and beetles to eat. He tackles a frozen bog and attempts to sail a makeshift raft across an icy lake. Phew.
El Silencio De Jonc
Une jeunesse au goût de terre
Anthology of six short films, including: Dizzy Gillespie Chicken Real Cigarette Blues God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance Running Around Like A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off The Sun’s Gonna Shine
Girl guides on parade at a rally in southern India attended by Olave Baden-Powell.
Documentary chronicles the life and crimes of notorious Bob Dylan obsessive and Garbology inventor A.J Weberman.
Pop Warner shows 1890s football equipment and explains to his modern 1931 team how the game was played.