Billy Elliot meets First Position in Ballet Boys, a documentary that follows, over four years, the struggles, set-backs and accomplishments of three friends and hopeful future dance stars: Lukas, Syvert, and Torgeir. The boys sacrifice a normal high school experience (including parties and dating)…
They Say It Can’t Be Done follows four companies on the cutting edge of breakthrough solutions to some of humanity’s most pressing problems. Josh Tetrick and his team at JUST use cell culture technology to sustainably create real animal protein without killing a single animal. Dr. Anthony…
In 1986, The Anti-Drug Abuse Act was passed by the U.S. Congress, which directly led to The Three-strikes Law. Because of this, a group of women started The Decarceration Collective and have been working tirelessly to seek clemency for people serving inhumane life sentences for non-violent drug offenses.…
The Palindromists is a documentary delving into the world of palindromes–those peculiar words and phrases that read the same backwards and forwards. Explore palindromes in history and meet the world’s greatest palindromists as they see everything backwards preparing for the World Palindrome…
Two artists form an unlikely partnership to paint their most ambitious mural to date in Oakland’s downtown, ground zero for gentrification. The mural is dedicated to the diverse cultural artists that intersect on the corner, who are threatened by displacement. As the mural paint dries, a luxury…
The women's battalion of the Sandinista rebels became one of the defining symbols of the US-funded Contras. Now, we join Magali as she looks back on that revolutionary time, and regrets that their dreams of justice and independence were never fulfilled. Barely out of her teens, Magali joined…
A dozen young men, dotted across a city, facing mental health struggles in dangerous isolation and silence. Can a football team offer them the empathy, support and community, that they so urgently need?
Direção - Marcelo Castro, Pablo Lobato e Vinícius de Souza Brasil, 2020, 54' Classificação indicativa - 12 anos Sinopse - Impedidos de estrear seu 25o espetáculo por conta da pandemia de Covid-19, atrizes e atores do Grupo Galpão se lançam…
Barcelona’s migrant street vendors have been criminalised and deomised, but now they’ve formed a union. United, can they defeat racism and police brutality?
Nel 1910, Géo Chavez si lancia da Briga, col suo monoplano Blériot, per superare le Alpi. Un «folle volo» simbolo del tumulto e dell’entusiasmo di un’intera epoca. Un’impresa epica raccontata tra favola, mito e storia. REGIA: Fredo Valla
Queens of Syria (the documentary) tells the story of fifty women from Syria, all forced into exile in Jordan,who came together in Autumn 2013 to create and perform their own version of the Trojan Women, Euripides’ timeless Ancient Greek tragedy about the plight of women in war. Not one of them…
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