A documentary arising out of Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen's Byker Revisited portraits from the different communities that now live on the Byker Wall Estate. Throughout the 1970s Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen documented the terraced streets of Byker, which were demolished to make way for Ralph Erskine's…
Today I acknowledge On a saturday afternoon at the victory gate in munich I asked strangers to acknowledge each other. My intention was, that I thought germans are having a hard time acknowledging each other. I met a man from Kasachstan, a girl from munich (who never met each other before), a mother…
A playgroup in Swindon, where handicapped and non-handicapped children play together. A documentary about the Koalas playgroup in Swindon, where handicapped and non-handicapped children play together. It follows the stories of three families in particular, and shows how much difference the playgroup…
The «Café Racer» movement, born in England during the 1950s, never stopped to influence a multitude of personalities, from designers to tattoo artists, mechanics, visual artists. Undoubtedly the most influential motorcycle movement of all time and the starting point of a culture…
FOR HOME USE ONLY - FOR EDUCATIONAL STREAMING AND DVD SALES VISIT https://store.der.org/today-the-hawk-takes-one-chick-p339.aspx by Jane Gillooly color, 72 min, 2008 Amidst the highest prevalence of HIV in the world and the lowest life expectancy, three grandmothers in Swaziland, a small, landlocked…
This movie is about one day on the construction site. To the casual observer it looks pke not much is happening at the site, but in reapty a very efficient process takes place below the surface. And by the end of the day the house is ready. This film is about the power of group of trained professionals,…
A Todd Barry show consists of two things: amazing jokes and amazing crowd work. He went on a tour without the amazing jokes and did entire shows of riffing and bantering with the audience. Filmed in seven west coast cities.
In this caustic comedy special, veteran stand-up quipster Todd Glass makes audiences howl with his take on some of society's unspoken "rules," from complimenting kids to giving directions.
This documentary film follows the lives of two drag queens Laveau Contraire and Franky Canga as they prepare for a weekend of New Orleans' queer celebration of identity, Southern Decadence.
Ever since seventeen-year-old Rachel Levy, an Israeli, was killed years ago in Jerusalem by a Palestinian suicide bomber, her mother Abigail has never found peace. Levy’s killer was Ayat al-Akhras, also seventeen, a schoolgirl from a Palestinian refugee camp several miles away. The two young women…
Winner of the Peabody Award (HBO) Nominated for 3 Emmy Awards, including Best Documentary Ever since 17-year-old Rachel Levy, an Israeli, was killed four years ago in Jerusalem by a Palestinian suicide bomber, her mother, Abigail, has hardly found a moment’s peace. Levy’s killer was Ayat…
One of the first films on the question of the right to choose the time of your dying. An archival film about a delicate subject. In the 1970s a doctor in Florida who was also in the state legislature introduced a bill to permit a person to sign a 'Living Will' saying do not keep me alive…
