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Educational, propaganda, and patriotic film about the training of young sailors to pass the OSOAVIAKhIM standards for the title of "Young Sailor."
The film opens with a panoramic shot filmed from a church tower. From the tower, we can see the old town of Enkhuizen, Netherlands, and, in the background, the former Zuiderzee. The silent witnesses from these former times are the harbour, and the ‘Dromedaris’ fortress tower.
Nieves works in an industrial laundry and dreams of having a rabbit, after years marked by a surgery she did not choose.
In a forest in Norway, a family lives an isolated lifestyle in an attempt to be wild and free, but a tragic event changes everything, and they are forced to adjust to modern society.
Follows Grammy-winning guitarist Gabriela Quintero as she creates her debut solo album, charting a path beyond her global success with Rodrigo y Gabriela.
What happens to places when they lose their people? Where do all the stories go?
Sweden's Candlemass helped reintroduce the lumbering power chords of Black Sabbath to an entire generation of post-New Wave British Heavy Metal and post-Thrash metalheads. Recently, the original lineup toured Europe and recorded this their farewell show in front of their home audience. 1. Demons Gate 2. Dark Reflection 3. Well of Souls 4. Into the Unfathomed Tower 5. Ancient Dreams 6. The Bells of Acheron 7. Witches 8. Mirror Mirror 9. A Cry from the Crypt 10. Mourners Lament 11. Black Stone Weilder 12. Solitude 13. At the Gallows End
To describe Miguel Grinberg as a journalist, writer and poet doesn’t do him justice. A key fgure of the Argentine counterculture in the 60s, he played a similar role to those of Allen Ginsberg and Jonas Mekas in the US; unsurprisingly, he was a close friend and collaborated with them both. Satori Sur focuses on their correspondence while celebrating Grinberg’s 80th birthday, surrounded by memories, unpublished texts, unwritten books and existential notes.
A thorough analysis of the socio-politics of Mexico, within the historical context of the Mexican Revolution reality. Includes footage from the 1910s, interviews with farmers, politicians, intellectuals, middle class, union, etc, as well as scenes from the life of an Indian family in Chiapas, their religious rituals, their crops, trials and bilingual schools. The film ends with the slaughter in the Plaza de Tlatelolco in 1968, during the infamous Olympics.
The venerable VHS may have surprises. A strange spell captures the protagonists, who are friends, and submerges them straight into the world of the most implausible Argentine cop films. An amazing flow of images lost, forgotten and recovered whose consumption threatens to become addictive.
Feature documentary that tries to get to the source of the reasons that make the world a place so unfair and unequal. And if successful, find solutions, if any. For this part of the three theories of the writer and director, Guillermo Garcia-Ramos, who from his ignorant clairvoyance, is very clear how to solve all problems. Meets with 8 experts of the most important branches of knowledge to comment on them and see what they think.
Kurdwin Ayub captures the intimacy of a trip she made with her father. Family visits alternate with real estate tours searching for an ideal apartment: her father's will, as he's planning to retire, is to find a place so he can finally return to that stateless territory he proudly calls "homeland".
An experimental film by Dima Teplov and Pavel Korolko about what an hour of time is when the sun leaves us.
In 2014, Malian Toumani Kouyaté was urgently summoned to his native country to hear his grandfather tell his final story. Feeling death approaching, the experienced man decided to pass on the tradition.
10 short documentaries which form a presentation of Denmark as part of a dialogue project in the wake of the Muhammed drawings. 10 reputable Danish filmmakers are invited to create 10 presentations of Denmark, in collaboration with second-generation immigrants with roots in the Middle East. Each film is shaped as this person's personal application to a relative or acquaintance in the Middle East. The assignment is: Give an important statement about your Denmark, with the intention of challenging and differentiating the image your relative or acquaintance has of Denmark. The strength of the films is in insight and reflection, rather than the dramatic news approach and is communicated through the personal approach to the subject. The 10 films are joined together into one film (duration 58:30 mins), and this film will be a quick and intense contribution to the debate following the publication of the Muhammed drawings.
The Impressionists is a three-part factual docudrama from the BBC, which reconstructs the origins of the Impressionist art movement.
The man, who went through hell during the war, and did not lose his fortitude and faith in people. And now, in a rather unusual way, he helps people with disabilities bring back their thirst for life. Kostya Oborin, the film's main character, prepares two disabled men, ATO veterans, for the parachute jump. They've still never skydived, but Kostya persuaded them for a jump as a method of rehabilitation and mind-broadening. The training is not easy, but it's worth it.
In the early nineties, Dr. Jacobo Grinberg’s career was blooming and he gained lots of international credit as a researcher in the fields of telepathy and neurophysiology at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. When Dr. Grinberg mysteriously disappears in 1994, the police find no trace of him. The only thing that is clear, is that all his research material, including his computers, disappeared along with him.
The Living Room of the Nation is a documentary film that portrays a number of Finnish living rooms. The film is a story of changes, the inevitable passing of time, and the human desire to be needed, visible.
"Royals at War" examines the strategies used by the royal families of Europe during World War II in the face of increasingly powerful nationalist parties. Connected by family ties, the families witnessed the rise of power of Fascism and Nazism and found themselves, voluntarily or involuntarily, at the centre of Hitler's political scheming. The two episodes will recount the various families' ambiguous and difficult dealings with these.
Silversmiths say you know the quality of a spur by the 𝐑𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐥, each with a 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 to tell. This season we share 50 stories from our past, told by the people who lived it. This is the Ring of the Rowel: San Antonio Spurs Docuseries.
Shadow of Doubt delves into competing theories of complex crimes, which find witnesses and suspects pointing the finger at each other. In these exceptional cases, every possible account must be considered before the shocking final truth can be discovered. Shadow of Doubt forces us to examine who we believe and why.
Crimes of passion, old-fashioned gangland homicides and mysteries that captivated the entire nation. Animated series, The Twist brings to life some of Australia's most intriguing and unexpected crime stories.
Comedian Susan Calman uncovers the untold tales behind some of Scotland's iconic locations.
The first-ever comprehensive large-scale investigative expose of the trillion-dollar cosmetics, beauty and personal care industry. Celebrated and groundbreaking filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering take this unregulated industry to task via rigorous investigations, incisive wit and emotional storytelling to inform audiences of the hidden hazards of cosmetics and safe, budget-friendly alternatives for their daily products.
A recently unearthed repository of materials formerly classified by the secret government....The Phenomenon Archives. This series covers the taboo subjects which have had light shed on them by pouring over the materials in this repository.
In over eight years of research, "Der Prozess" follows the longest criminal proceedings in Germany′s legal history - the "Majdanek Trial". In interviews with judges, the accused, victims and eye witnesses, and with the use of documentary footage and reports, the film recounts (in three parts) the legal trials against the workers and perpetrators of the Lublin/Majdanek concentration camp from the first day to the pronouncement of the judgment.
Sadler’s Wells & BBC Arts present a three-part celebration of dance featuring many of the UK’s leading dance companies and the most exciting new emerging talent. Presented by Brenda Emmanus as part of BBC Arts’ Culture in Quarantine, this unique festival has been curated in lockdown by Sadler’s Wells, London - one of the world’s leading dance houses.
Sumopedia offers short videos to enrich your sumo experience. Learn about techniques, traditions, and famous wrestlers of the past. The rules may be simple, but the more you know, the more you see.
Great Britain has always been the centre of paranormal activity with more ghost stories per mile than any other country. A team of paranormal investigators use modern techniques and advanced technology looking into some of most famous ghost stories in and around Great Britain.
The Force: Behind the Line is an Australian documentary television series about the Western Australia Police, hosted by Simon Reeve and aired nationally on the Seven Network from 22 August 2006. Similarly to Border Security: Australia's Front Line and the American Cops series, each episode intermixes three or four investigations per episode.
Presented by Victoria Coren, it was companion to the Oxford English Dictionary's Wordhunt, in which the writers of the dictionary asked the public for help in finding the origins and first known citations of a number of words and phrases. The OED panel consisted of John Simpson, the Chief Editor of the OED; Peter Gilliver, who was also the captain of the Oxford University Press team in University Challenge - the Professionals; and Tania Styles, who also appeared in "dictionary corner" in Countdown.
The little-known story of one of the most compelling political movements and friendships in American history.
