BYPASSED examines a post-industrial America, as told through the stories of those living in Coatesville, PA. The only city in Pennsylvania's wealthy Chester County, Coatesville has been plagued by stigma since the local steel mill declined. A majority Black community since the '90s that has…
This documentary is the result of a filmmaking workshop Hernán Khourian taught in an Armenian high school on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, in 2015, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide.
In 2016 the sounds of steam echoed through America's Dairyland as two mainline locomotives polished the rails of southern Wisconsin. On Sunday June 12th, Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 #765 pulled "The Varsity" excursion from North Glenview, IL (north of Chicago) to Janesville, WI. #765 handled…
The women's battalion of the Sandinista rebels became one of the defining symbols of the US-funded Contras. Now, we join Magali as she looks back on that revolutionary time, and regrets that their dreams of justice and independence were never fulfilled. Barely out of her teens, Magali joined…
— For Home Use Only — Me2/Orchestra is the only orchestra in the world created by and for people living with mental illness and those who support them. Once Music Director Ronald Braunstein’s diagnosis of bipolar disorder was made public, his acclaimed international conducting…
Aufführungsjahr 2018 Autor Erich Eckert, Hubert Bomba, Elisabeth Neubauer, Theatergesellschaft Bad Endorf Spielleiter Christine Roßmy Spielort Volkstheater in Bad Endorf Handlung Der verlorene Sohn oder Gott als barmherziger Vater - In seinen Gleichnis-Erzählungen hat…
For six centuries, the Ottomans, named after the Osman dynasty in Turkey, ruled over three continents and seven seas. With rare footage, images and interviews, Mathilde Damoisel's two-part film masterfully explains its history and legacy.
Geschichten Schweizer Auswanderer, die als Zuckerbäcker ihr Heimweh umgehen. Stories of Swiss emigrants who, as confectioners, deal with their homesickness.
In the 1930’s, the workers of the underground, headed by brigades of writers, are in charge to write in real time "the history of the Moscow Metro". Based on their narratives, partially unpublished, the film recounts the first lines construction of the most beautifiul underground in…
Narrator and central figure Saeid Sadeghi was a war photographer during the Iran–Iraq War (1980-1988). His heroic photos, which compellingly illustrate his testimony in the film, were—and still are today—an important tool of government propaganda. As a firm supporter of the Iranian…
世の中で一番尊い仕事は「百姓」と教え子たちに教え、自らも百姓になった宮沢賢治。農民の生活を向上させようと農業指導や肥料設計に奔走する賢治の姿を教え子たちが語る。また、東北採石工場の技師として土地改良のため炭酸石炭の普及に努めたことはあまり知られていない。ここでの仕事があって初めて「雨ニモマケズ」の詩ができたと鳥山敏子は言う。映画は、多くの証言から賢治の晩年を浮き上がらせていく。 構成：四宮鉄男 製作：小泉修吉 鳥山敏子 1995年／106分
この映画は1924年3月に花巻農学校で二夜上演された宮沢賢治の戯曲「種山ケ原の夜」に出演した生徒たちによる賢治の人と教育についての回想の記録。 宮沢賢治が手がけた劇「種山ヶ原」の上演や童話「鹿踊りのはじまり」の成立などに関わる証言が、かつての彼の教え子たちによって次々と語られていく。 80代半ばの人々が語る70年も昔の学校生活の記憶にも関わらず、語られるエピソードのひとつひとつは驚くほど克明である。 構成：四宮鉄男 製作：小泉修吉、鳥山敏子 1995年／54分
