Beethoven's Hair traces the unlikely journey of a lock of hair cut from Beethoven's corpse and unravels the mystery of his tortured life and death. The film begins in modern times, when a pair of Beethoven enthusiasts purchase the hair at a Sotheby's auction. The story then looks at the…
Mitschnitt einer Vorlesung in der Universität Leipzig, Januar 1992.
Der Dokumentarfilm porträtiert den deutschen Germanisten Hans Meyer. Im Frühjahr 1992 erhält er von der Universität Leipzig die Ehrendoktorwürde. In einem Interview berichtet Meyer unter anderem von der Nachkriegszeit in Ostdeutschland und beschreibt seine Vorstellung von der…
Details Title: Stones Have Laws (Dee Sitonu a Weti) Director: Lonnie van Brummelen and Siebren de Haan i.c.w. Maroon communities of Suriname Year: 2018 Country: Suriname, the Netherlands Lengte: 100' Languages: Saamaka, Okanisi and Dutch Subtitles: English ☀ Synopsis Stones Have…
American Meat is a pro-farmer look at chicken, hog and cattle production in America. Beginning with a history of our current industrial system, the feedlots and confinement operations are unveiled, not through hidden cameras, but through the eyes of the farmers who live and work there. From there,…
The iconic Mister Kelly’s bedazzled the country by launching superstars like Barbra Streisand, Richard Pryor, Bette Midler, and Steve Martin. It smashed color and gender barriers to put controversial voices on stage and transformed entertainment in America in the '50s, '60s, and ’70s.
Kelly talks about the death of her younger brother by hanging. Kelly is the elder sister of Lewis, a 16-year old technical college student who took his own life by hanging, some 18-months prior to the interviews. Lewis had done very poorly in his GCSE examinations in the summer and had refused…
Gareth talks bout the death of his 16 year old brother by hanging. Elaine is the mother, Kelly the elder sister and Gareth the 20-year old elder brother of Lewis, a 16-year old technical college student who took his own life by hanging, some 18-months prior to the interviews. Elaine was divorced some…
Elaine talks about the death of her son by hanging. Elaine is the mother of Lewis, a 16-year old technical college student who took his own life by hanging, some 18-months prior to the interviews. Elaine was divorced some years ago and her ex-husband has re-married and had only limited contact with…
John talks about the suicide of his brother by hanging. Maxine the mother and John the 20 year old brother were interviewed some eight months after Neil’s death. Neil was a very intelligent, talented young man who taught himself to play the keyboard and the clarinet. He was very keen on acting…
A mother talks about the death of her son by hanging. Maxine is the mother and John, the 20-year of brother of Neil, an 18-year old who took his own life by hanging. Maxine lives with her husband and they have an elder daughter who is married with one child and lives fairly close by. John lives close…
"Journey to the West" is an embedded documentary film into a bus of Chinese tourists visiting Europe for the very first time (6 countries in 10 days!). This road movie captures with humor and spirit the cultural differences between China and Europe in a play of mirrors and contrasts. It also…
