Road trip poétique à travers le Caucase du Sud, Figure d’Armen nous plonge en plein coeur d’une région fière de son histoire riche et ancienne. Au gré des rencontres, la cinéaste explore la vie quotidienne des populations arméniennes tant…
When you think of America, what comes to mind? Car culture, big business, advertising, religious fundamentalism, consumer society, militarism, suburbia, office towers, and the technology of paranoia? The film Imagined States of America takes on the myths to get at the heart of a country that continues…
Les états inventés d’Amérique revisite le Rêve américain, confrontant ses plus grandes réussites à ses plus retentissants échecs. L’originalité du film ne réside pas tant dans les conclusions qu’il tire, mais dans…
An exclusive look at the world of the Pashtuns, Afghanistan’s largest ethnic group. Fifteen years ago, when war broke out Merwais left his home in the Kunar Province for a new life in Europe. He returns to the notorious Valley of Death, the dangerous tribal area bordering Pakistan, to find out…
THE NEWPORT EFFECT chronicles the history of the renowned Newport Folk Festival© and its profound impact on the world of folk music. Started in 1959, and infamous as the place where Bob Dylan “went electric,” the event laid the foundation for contemporary music festivals and has had…
Lucky and Bongani pretend to be cool and in the know. To survive in a Cape Town township, they learned their lessons early: where to get drugs, where to get money, how to pick up girls and how to get rid of them. Their mother does not pay much attention to her sons, but at least their grandmother is…
von Andreas Wolff
A fresh, colourful picture of Africa with a flow of life and colours, breathing for every European, who are used to neon light in the cold supermarkets. In Lomé, the capital of Togo, trade in the marketplace is controlled by a group of 10-20 women, who have become millionaires by selling textiles.…
Singer Gloria Gaynor offers a comprehensive guide to an era that changed the musical landscape, and even paved the way for a more enduring style as hip hop emerged from disco’s ashes. Among the artists offering insight are Nile Rogers from Chic, George Clinton, Donna Summer producer Giorgio Moroder…
When a 21st century coup d'état ousts the only president they ever believed in, these farmers take over the plantations. With no plans to ever give them back. “A thoroughly captivating window into history as never told by the winners — beautiful, enraging, profoundly inspiring.”…
"This one-hour “rockumentary” documents the formation of one of the most unique rock bands of all time. Extensive rare photos, archival footage and interviews with musicians, friends, BBC personalities and the band members themselves create this unique insight into the band that literally…
People's attitudes to Asian women in Britain. Designed to encourage a critical awareness of how Asian women in particular are generally viewed in Britain, especially by the media and the teaching profession, who tend to perpetuate negative stereotypes rather than look at the reality as seen by…
