A towboat drifts down the Mississippi River, due for the port of New Orleans. The water, the banks, the bright lights of a port ahead; the lure of a coming paycheck and a home-cooked meal. This is the world of BARGE. On board, dry land’s misfits find purpose and direction twenty-eight days at a…
An inspiring story of collective action against corporate power and the emotional toll of the fight for dignity and respect in the workplace. Baristas vs Billionaires follows the fight of a handful of baristas for living wages and decent lives as they lead Starbucks Workers United (SWU) in strikes…
Summer 2015. La Chapelle neighbourhood, Paris. Hundreds of exiled people from East Africa survive on the streets, chased violently by the police, yet seeking to defend their rights as asylum seekers. Some months later, having finally obtained their rightful housing, two Sudanese young men return to the…
ITA Da oltre 70 anni, al confine tra Italia e Austria, un caffè costruito a forma di nave ormeggia tra le Dolomiti innevate. Il capitano, Marina, passa l'intera giornata a seguire il figlio trentatreenne, servendo, contemporaneamente, i clienti del bar. Il locale è anche il salotto…
www.mariabouroncle.com Varför tog Ingeborg livet av sina tre små barn? Författaren Maria Bouroncles uppmärksammade bok om Ingeborg Andersson i Vesene som 1929 dränkte sina tre små barn i en tvättbalja har nu blivit en kortdokumentär på 15 minuter. Filmen…
Classic record of an early school for maladjusted children. The film is unique in being the first visual record of a school for maladjusted children (circa 1943). It is an amateur film, with a commentary spoken 35 years later by David Wills, who had been in charge of the school and had written a book…
Barnstorming is the true story of an unexpected friendship that developed between a farm family and two pilots who literally dropped out of the sky. Their friendship has created a new tradition out of an old one long gone: barnstorming. Barnstorming captures their annual gathering: the visceral exhilaration…
BAROLO BOYS. THE STORY OF A REVOLUTION 64'- with subtitles in Italian / English/ Spanish / Japanese / Croatian/ Catalan (press CC button to select and activate subtitels, or download SRT file) DVD available on www.baroloboysthemovie.com The story of a group of friends, the "rebel boys"…
For the first time on the big screen, Barolo Boys. The Story of a Revolution tells the fascinating story of a group of friends who bring a revolution in the Langhe, and how Barolo exploded as a world phenomenon. Now one of the most famous red wines in the world, 30 years ago Barolo was unknown even in…
In this spectacular three-part series, Waldemar Januszczak explores the Baroque tradition in many of its key locations. Starting in Italy and following the spread of the wildfire across Europe and beyond, he takes us on a tour of the best examples of Baroque to be found, and tells the best stories behind…
ENGLISH: Climate activists in Lützerath (North Rhine-Westphalia) in Germany have been trying to prevent the final demolition of the village by RWE for the Rhenish open-cast lignite mine Garzweiler. The film is by the world-award winning Cologne photographer David Klammer, who is currently accompanying…
BARROW: FREEDOM FIGHTER DIRECTED BY MARCIA WEEKS BARBADOS/ 2016/ DOCUMENTARY IN ENGLISH/ 84 MIN SYNOPSIS Narrated by former United States Attorney General Eric Holder whose father is from Barbados, the Errol Barrow docudrama, BARROW: FREEDOM FIGHTER tells the story of The Right Excellent Errol…
