Drunk, uncontrollable, infinitely generous, and larger than life — director Tony Palmer lays bare the life of legendary actor Richard Burton.
Inspired by her love of William Faulkner and James Baldwin, renowned director Chantal Akerman had planned to produce a meditation on the American South. However, just days before she was to begin filming, James Byrd, Jr. was murdered in Jasper, Texas. A black family man, Byrd has been severely beaten…
Shot on 16mm in 1971, this film is a vital piece of LGBTQ+ history that chronicles some of the first pride parades and gatherings at the forefront of the post-Stonewall movement. Featuring rare footage of Gay Liberation Front protests including the confrontational takeover of a meeting of the American…
Restored in HD! On September 11, 1973, President Salvador Allende's democratically-elected Chilean government was overthrown in a bloody coup by General Augusto Pinochet's army. Patricio Guzman and five colleagues had been filming the political developments in Chile throughout the nine…
En lieu et place des armes de leurs ancêtres guerrières, ces Amazones-là se munissent de leurs voix puissantes et de leurs instruments pour raconter leur lutte et militer pour une égalité entre les hommes et les femmes. Ce groupe féminin, porté par de très…
Sur les traces de Candido Camero et Mongo Santamaría, la musique de Pedrito Martínez semble traiter la joie comme un idéal à cultiver, avec les rythmes bouillonnants de ses tambours congas et batá traversant joyeusement guaguancó, jazz, timba et rumba, héritages…
Su Friedrich takes up the camera in a new chapter of her quest to film the battleground of family life. Her mother Lore—who played the lead in The Ties That Bind (1984), a film about her experiences growing up in Germany during the Second World War—plays the lead again, this time kicking…
Emel Mathlouthi en live à la Gaîté Lyrique À la fois symbole de la révolution de jasmin et musicienne émérite, Emel Mathlouthi est de celles qui aiment accumuler les talents. A chaque mouvement populaire ses hymnes. Parmi ceux des révolutions…
The William Parker Organ Quartet Live at La Dynamo (Pantin) 28 mars 2017 Le bassiste new-yorkais est de retour avec son séminal Organ Quartet, dans une version encore plus soul. Free sons garantis. Pilier jadis des orchestres de David S. Ware ou Cecil Taylor, William Parker est, bien…
Le MégaOctet est un ensemble de solistes pour lequel Andy Emler écrit depuis 30 ans des compositions originales. 8 Albums ont ponctué la marche de cet orchestre qui est devenu une « figure virtuose » de la musique française d’aujourd’hui. En effet, cette musique…
Independent personal documentary on Koutaiba Al Janabi an Award winning filmmaker and photographer from Iraq. He had to leave Baghdad when he was 17 years old because of the brutal regime of Saddam Hussein. In this film we see a Masterclass by Koutaiba of 40 years of filmmaking in de British Film Institute…
The adventures of the Trike-Globetrotters on the American continent. Runtime (Part 2): 81 Min. Audio: English Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: 16:9 (1920x1080 Full-HD) Part 1: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/100000milespart1english Part 2: Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brasil, Tobago, Carriacou, Union…
