When a young man achieves greatness as a Master Penman, he turns his back on the art form until, decades later he is rediscovered and championed to icon status.
When sociology professor Douglas Challenger and his wife/co-leader Laurie Challenger take a group of college students on the ancient pilgrimage trail in Spain -- the Camino de Santiago -- as their study abroad, all find themselves on an inspiring journey they will never forget. This is the story of…
Wet Tee shirt contests from Dirty Harrys, dancers and bar tenders.
Analogā kino režisore Signe Birkova pirms pāris gadiem noskatījās 35 mm filmas materiālu, uz kura fiksēta aina “Rīgas cirkā” 20. gadsimta 50. gados. Tajā četri tīģeri, “Kvadrifrons” aktieriem un jauno mākslinieku paaudzi. Atraidījumu viņi pārvērš par radošu spēku.…
Ein Blick auf den Kampf der Eltern mit der zunehmenden Abhängigkeit ihrer Kinder von technischen Geräten heute. Gefilmt auf der ganzen Welt, hören wir von Schulkindern, Eltern und Pädagogen aus den USA, Deutschland, Indien, Frankreich, Mexiko, China, Großbritannien und Japan.…
A documentary about three inspiring women fighting for social justice in an African American church in North Philadelphia. Their compassion invites us to forget about borders, and inspires all to go out and do something. We follow head cook Mamie, volunteer and former Black Panther Barbara, and Pastor…
A portrait of Hong Kong asylum seeker Vanessa Rodel who hid Edward Snowden in her own home when he disappeared in Hong Kong before fleeing to Russia. Featuring pro-bono lawyer Robert Tibbo, who represented both Rodel and Snowden.
Travesía vital de Javier Heraud, una de las voces más valiosas de la poesía peruana, contada a través de la mirada de su sobrina nieta, Ariaca. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ariarca,…
Another in my sequence of landscape films, this is of the famed Yellowstone Canyon, and is an homage to the painter Thomas Moran, who did many stunning works of this as well as other American western settings. The film compresses, as if in real time (no time-lapse), the better part of a day, taken from…
Several children, aged four to fifteen, are encouraged to express their feelings by professional workers who are helping them to understand the past, separate from their parents or previous foster parents, and prepare for attachment to a new family.
It was predicted that by the late 1980s, 25 nations would have nuclear capabilities. This film made in 1972, looked at the near future and the United States’ plan to turn the responsibility of launching a massive retaliation strike over to computers. Dr Jerome B. Weisner of MIT explains how…
Young North American children tell how the constant threat of nuclear war is affecting their lives, while their pictures underline their confusion and fear there is also hope and the joy and wonder of life. The children also organise a letter writing campaign to Ronald Reagan asking him to take action…
