The former Lada factory, built in the Russian city of Tolyatti in the 1970s, was meant to show the Western world the miracle of Soviet prosperity. The perfect utopia that none dared to doubt. More than four decades later, the plant has been losing billions of rubles every year as it slowly decays.…
Featuring artwork indebted to German Expressionism and animated in the tradition of Eisenstein, this "lost silent Soviet animated film" tells the story of Ten Days That Shook the World in ways unseen before. "The Russian Revolution-What Really Happened: A Motion Comic Graphic History"…
Filmwebsite(DVD and more): http://www.amadelio.org THE RUSSIANS is a film about the photography of Oleg Videnin. It looks at the unknown world of so-called normal Russian life and the real people Oleg Videnin uses in his work. The film accompanies Oleg Videnin as he photographs people on the streets…
In Spring 1945, a sudden uprising of Georgian prisoners of war on the peaceful island of Texel in the Netherlands brings mayhem to the island. Thousands of Germans, hundreds of Georgians and more than a hundred locals die in the uprising. The Georgians want to liberate the island and clear their name…
A film by Amanda Lukoff US | 2020 | 65 minutes | Color | English -- Filmmaker Amanda Lukoff grew up advocating for her sister Gabrielle, especially whenever she heard the word ‘retard(ed),’ which was far too often. The disparaging word is everywhere – in TV, movies, music, social…
An Unknown Chapter of the Tragic Events in Asia Minor in 1914 In 1914, just before the beginning of World War I, an unknown tragedy takes place at the far oriental flanks of Europe : subsequent to many attacks by Turkish irregulars, the Greek population along the coast of Asia Minor is forced to abandon…
Watch this internationally acclaimed award-winning series based on a best-selling book! The Sacred Balance is a four-part documentary series hosted by David Suzuki. Filmed on five continents, this ground-breaking series celebrates a new scientific world-view, an inclusive vision of nature in which…
My aunts and my mom are the heroes of my film, the heroes of my life, and hopefully the heroes of your life after watching this movie. Every hero has a strong strength and their strength will be revealed in a few. I present myself within these 37 minutes so that all that was planted in us of them will…
If you travel down a one-mile stretch of Doremus Avenue in Newark, NJ, you pass a natural gas plant next to a sewage treatment facility next to an animal fat rendering plant next to a series of ominous looking chemical storage containers behind acres of fencing. Airplanes pass overhead every two minutes,…
World War II's Manhattan Project required the refinement of massive amounts of uranium, and St. Louis-based Mallinckrodt Chemical Works took on the job. As a result, the chemical company's employees would become some of the most contaminated nuclear workers in history. This documentary explores…
In 2019 Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche organized a series of benefit concerts in Mexico and the United States. Tsering Wangmo, and extraordinary Tibetan singer, and Raman Maharjan, one of the greatest living masters of the Nepalese flute, came together to present the Three Heart Mantras of the Bön Buddhist…
How a salt rich mountain made the small town of Hallstatt one of the wealthiest villages in Europe over 2000 years ago, and marked he historic rule of “The Salt Princess”.
