Stories from Tahrir () Duration: 1H Description: In early 2011, I experienced the 18-day Egyptian revolution filtered through TV, Internet, and news reports. As an Egyptian American, and an experienced filmmaker, I felt a duty to help share the real stories of the people behind ….. Trailer ↗ United States Egypt Documentary History News
Category: History
Torres & Cometas ()
Torres & Cometas () Duration: 1H Description: The city, the cradle of Portugal, was where Afonso Henriques declared independence and the birth of a new nation, in 1128. As part of its celebration as European Capital of Culture, this is one of several films that looked inside ….. Trailer ↗ Portugal Documentary History
The Illness and the Odyssey ()
The Illness and the Odyssey () Duration: 1H10M Description: This film is an epic, medical mystery “whodunit”, which tracks the decades long pursuit of scientists competing each other to find the cause of a mysterious neurological disease affecting the native Chamorro population on the isla….. Trailer ↗ United States Documentary History Mystery
Britain's Home Front: When the Lights Go on Again ()
Britain’s Home Front: When the Lights Go on Again () Duration: 1H24M Description: Life at home in England during World War 2 was anything but a normal life at home in England. Women by the 1,000’s in the workforce, making do with everything to avoid waste and getting by without. War arrived at the home […]
Birth Control: How Did We Get Here? ()
Your Day Is My Night ()
Your Day Is My Night () Duration: 1H4M Description: In “Your Day is My Night”, a collective of Chinese performers living in New York City explores the history and meaning of “shiftbeds” through verité conversations, autobiographical monologues and integrated movement pieces. On scr….. Trailer ↗ United States Documentary History
Latinos Beyond Reel: Challenging a Media Stereotype ()
Fukushame – Il Giappone perduto ()
Fukushame – Il Giappone perduto () Duration: 1H5M Description: A travel both into the No go zone of Fukushima and in Japanese people’s feelings and believes after the reaction to nuclear disaster. March 11, 2011: Japan was struck by one of the most violent earthquakes ever recorded then proce….. Trailer ↗ Italy Japan Documentary History
Congo: An Irish Affair ()
Congo: An Irish Affair () Duration: 1H30M Description: This is a story of post-colonial intrigue, incompetence and murder. This is the story of the Irish State involvement in Congo affairs as representatives of The United Nations Force. It is the story of what happened to the people o….. Trailer ↗ Ireland Documentary Action History
Esterdad ()
Un rêve américain ()
Un rêve américain () Duration: 1H32M Description: Franco-Ontarian musician Damien Robitaille introduces us to the extraordinary history of the people in the United States of French Canadian heritage. Driving from Montreal to Los Angeles, winding his way through New England, New Y….. Trailer ↗ Canada United States Documentary History
The Other Side: A Queer History's Last Call ()
The Other Side: A Queer History’s Last Call () Duration: 1H Description: An emotional documentary about the last gay piano bar in the directors neighborhood of Silver Lake, it was the CHEERS for the older set. The film interweaves personal interviews and archival footage, including various performances….. Trailer ↗ United States Documentary History
Balança mas não cai ()
Balança mas não cai () Duration: 1H18M Description: ‘Shaky but Steady’ is how Tupis Building is popularly called. The construction, a skyscraper built in the 40s’ in the heart of Belo Horizonte, became a myth while its 17 floors gradually rose up towards the sky. It is crooked and ….. Trailer ↗ Brazil Documentary Drama […]
Orgulho de Ser Brasileiro ()
Orgulho de Ser Brasileiro () Duration: 1H29M Description: ‘Pride of being Brazilian’ is a documentary that discusses this emblematic feeling that you hear in Brazil. The plot in based on a director’s personal search for the feeling to be pride of being Brazilian. The film explores a new ….. Trailer ↗ Brazil Documentary Biography History
Of By For ()
I Want My Country Back ()
160 metros: una historia del rock en Bizkaia ()
Roque Dalton, fusilemos la noche! ()
Roque Dalton, fusilemos la noche! () Duration: 1H27M Description: Roque Dalton was the Bertolt Brecht of Central America. His live was an adventure story, his political struggle against the Salvadorian dictatorships brought him into jail various times. Twice he could escape from the death penalt….. Trailer ↗ Austria El Salvador Czech Republic Cuba Documentary Biography […]
Réquiem NN ()
Réquiem NN () Duration: 1H8M Description: Requiem NN is a film about a ritual of resistance of the people of Puerto Berrio, Colombia, who have lived continuous cycles of violence for many decades. The recovery of the bodies from the Magdalena River, their burial, the favo….. Trailer ↗ Colombia Documentary History
Searching for Safe Ground ()
Searching for Safe Ground () Duration: 1H31M Description: Like Steinbeck’s ‘Grapes Of Wrath,’ ‘Searching For Safe Ground’ chronicles the struggles of a small group homeless people in Sacramento, California fighting for the right to sleep while America and the world swirl in the tornadic ….. Trailer ↗ United States Documentary Drama History