Documentary short following French-Vietnamese artist Marcelino Truong on his journey back to Vietnam for the research on his 'roman graphique' 'Une si jolie petite guerre' (A Lovely Little War). Truong looks back to when his family lived in Saigon from 1961 to 1963 when his father served as a translator to then president of the Republic of Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem. The film follows Truong as he ruminates over memories, photos and films, and also conducts a host of interviews with Vietnamese relatives and officials to present a personal and long awaited Vietnamese perspective to the war.
A drunk couple spend their summer-holiday at sea. Their life is not everything they hoped for, and abuse is part of their relationship. At sea they dream about love and understanding, and we observe their fellow countrymen spending their holidays on the same beach. Tragedy, comedy, love, hate, sex : it is all there.
For the first time in history, National Geographic Channel and a group of scientists search the ocean floor for a series of shipwrecks many Americans never heard about. Everyone knows that on December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. But what most don't know is just days later, Hitler sent his own force to devastate the East Coast. On December 19, the German Naval War Staff sent three U-boats to American waters. It was an assault so deadly, it was covered up by the U.S. government.
Actor/cult icon Bruce Campbell examines the world of fan conventions and what makes a fan into a fanatic.
A tongue-in-cheek pseudo-documentary, with actual concert footage, of L7's trials and travails being a punk-like band in a pop-like marketplace.
Henry Rollins narrates Lilly Scourtis Ayers' no-holds-barred profile of volatile Bay Area punk legend Marian Anderson, whose hypnotic beauty, devil-may-care rebellion and shocking sexual exploits onstage launched her to infamy before tragically dying of a heroin overdose at the tender age of 33.
The full oral history story of the making of Stanley Kubrick's horror masterpiece "The Shining".
The Exorcist has terrified audiences since 1973, but few know the story is true. For the first time on television, investigators expose shocking secrets about the real-life exorcism of a 13-year-old boy that inspired an iconic horror film.
Living Distance is a fantasy and a mission, in which a wisdom tooth is sent to outer space and back down to Earth again. Propelled by a crystalline robotic sculpture called EBIFA, the tooth becomes a newborn entity in outer space. Its performance is about death, body, and home, in a world where our science exploration and spiritual journeys are diverging.
A quirky motorcycle adventure in Iraqi Kurdistan with the 'Long Way Round' cameraman Claudio von Planta and his fellow biker friend Billy Ward (Biketruck) and supported by the Kurdish filmmakers Kae Bahar and Miran Dizayee.
The history of skiing is an amazing journey through small and big events starring strong and avant-garde people who were not afraid to break with the prevailing social prejudices of their time and invented a new sporting discipline.
Join us for Black Renaissance: a one-of-a-kind celebration of Black creativity and culture that pays tribute to those who have shaped Black History and continue to influence our world today.
The hotly tipped 7-piece band celebrate their new album ‘For the first time’ in the Queen Elizabeth Hall with a collection of songs from the album as well as newly developed songs.
A scathing look at the horrific violence that lies at the heart of Indian politics!
HEAVEN tells the story of a trailblazing high school wrestler named Heaven Fitch. In 2020, as a junior, Fitch became the first female athlete to win a boy’s state wrestling championship in North Carolina, claiming the top spot in the 106-pound weight class. The film documents her inspiring journey up the ranks and the challenges she faced along the way, from proving doubters wrong to defying the odds and making history.
Ricardo Soulé, 67 years old, Argentine musician from the mythical band Vox Dei who released "La Biblia" in the 70s, a conceptual work in the key of progressive rock, achieving immediate recognition. At present, Soulé records an album with his new band, goes on tour invited by a very convincing band, practices the training of falcons, plays the violin every day. Still, 4 of her 5 children live in Europe and their place in the world is still debated.
A rich and evocative tableau of urban communion and loneliness in the Japanese capital.
The Saharawi women face the thirst of the hamada, the curse of the desert, every day. They’ve built their refuge in a land where no one could survive before. For more than forty years they’ve been holding out and taking care of their people there. They ensure every drop of water is distributed according to the needs of each family … and they wait. But there’s an even more terrible thirst in their throats, for which they find no relief.
Seven years after the end of the civil war in Sri Lanka, journalist Vanessa Dougnac travels through the North in search of testimonies.
Depiction of the harsh life in a rural town in Yamagata.