Quoi de plus banal aux yeux de beaucoup qu’un festival de musique ? Ancré dans la culture populaire depuis Woodstock, ces lieux ne renfermeraient plus que divertissement et culture de masse. Toute contestation a- t-elle disparue de l’ADN de ces évènements ? Ce microcosme, cette ville de…
Residents of Scotland took out their cameras and recorded their own personal videos about Scotland's past, present and future. The footage was then gathered and edited into a unique vision of Scotland in the year 2012.
Le printemps s’installe timidement sur Bruxelles. Les carnets, petit à petit, se noircissent de mots, des femmes graciles peuplent les pages. Les premiers accords naissent à l’automne. La voix de Françoiz défie la gravité, la guitare de Stéphane cherche…
Disturbing allegations about the fate of thousands of babies shake Ireland to the core. Six years ago, Catherine Corless, a local historian from County Galway in the Republic of Ireland, discovered that hundreds of babies and young children had died in a home for unmarried pregnant women. It was run…
A unique performance of the collaborative compositions of Philip Glass and Tenzin Choegyal. This musical journey tells the story of the Dalai Lama and his people’s escape from Tibet into exile and beyond. For this very special performance Philip Glass brings together his friends,…
Food safety has become one of the most pressing issues in China. Certain individuals, including a diplomat-turned farmer Ms. Zhang, are trying to make a change. The difficulties they encounter are not singular, but something the whole country is confronted with. It’s a story about a diplomat-turned…
After the last financial crisis everyone agreed that the system needed to change. But since then, our sense of distrust in the markets has grown. Now, with fears of another bust looming, what can be done to restore trust in the bankers? Since the 70s, the idea that self-regulation is the best and…
Hidden away in the Himalayan foothills, Bhutan is a country reputed for its exquisite natural beauty and the importance its people place on individual happiness. The Bhutaneses’ acute environmental awareness has led it to being the only carbon-negative country in the world. To many, the small nation…
Details Title: Life Is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara Director: Iara Lee Year: 2015 Country: Western Sahara/United States/Spain Runtime: 59' Language: Spanish Subtitles: English ☀ Four decades after its people were promised freedom by departing Spanish rulers,…
Wedding album is considered crucial in Chinese community. The film portrays the point of view of the newlywed, long-term couples, and the photographers behind the scene on their point of view on this practice and relationships. Wedding album is often the encapsulation of the prime of a relationship.…
Following his appointment to the U.S. District Court in 1967, Judge Robert R. Merhige, Jr. embarked on what can be conservatively described as a distinguished, momentous and tumultuous 31 year tenure on the Federal bench. He fought against the entrenched powers of the status quo to promote racial and…
The government stole Eddy Haymour’s island. His obsession with Rattlesnake Island led him to take hostages, threaten letter bombs, plan attacks on government, lose his family, and his sanity. He wants his island back. At his side on this quest is his daughter Fadwa, the only family member who still…
