a film by Hery A. Rasolo In the South of Madagascar, the “raketa mena”, a sort of cactus introduced in the early 1900’s, has wiped out all the native flora and dried all the fields used for food production. Furthermore, climatic conditions and industrial fishing deprive the local…
"Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey" (2001), narrated by Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier, is the first in-depth documentary film about Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche (1903-1971), a statesman, peace negotiator, leading intellectual and scholar, and the first person of color to win the Nobel Peace…
An introduction to the complex author of Invisible Man including the first-ever dramatized scenes from that book.
The British architect based in Stockholm looks back on major projects of a long career inspired by European Modernism combined with his personal sensitivity to nature and community. Erskine is especially valued for his vital understanding of social interaction, exemplified in commissions for universities…
For more than forty years, Ralph Gibson has served as one of the few truly independent forces within the field of photography. His unique graphic style — stark, erotic, chaste, allusive, surreal — is as unmistakable as it is influential. His many-published books have shown generations…
Eine Serie aus Videotagebüchern aus dem Ramadan 2023 Mit dem Gruß "Ramadan Kareem" (Ramadan ist großzügig) wünschen muslimische Menschen einander einen guten Ramadan. Für das Filmprojekt ,,Film deinen Ramadan" filmten 10 junge, muslimische Menschen…
Eine Serie aus Videotagebüchern aus dem Ramadan 2024 Für das Filmprojekt ,,Ramadan Kareem - Film deinen Ramadan 2024" filmen muslimische Jugendliche aus Wuppertal in dem Fastenmonat Ramadan ihren Alltag, ihre Gedanken und ihre persönlichen Eindrücke als Videotagebuch. Aus…
A film by Flavie Pinatel / 2013 / France. After three months of full immersion, Flavie Pinatel offers to restore on screen the city of Ramallah as a physical and sensory experience. Through funny, serious or unusual portraits of Ramallah inhabitants, Flavie Pinatel attempts, with this film, to get…
In the wake of a devastating personal tragedy, struggling would-be filmmaker Parker Smith decides to take a road-trip across America. Intending to make a "lo-fi" documentary about his journey he purchases a decade old camera off of eBay, and is surprised to discover that it holds a long forgotten…
RAM DASS FIERCE GRACE is a feature-length documentary that shows the wisdom of Ram Dass (aka Richard Alpert), the man who’s been at the forefront of studies in consciousness for over 55 years, as he uses his own practices to deal with the effects of a massive stroke he suffered in 1997. While…
The classic American bouldering movie that helped launch the bouldering revolution. Follow Chris Sharma, Obe Carrion, and friends on a two month road trip across the west. Check out the country's best bouldering areas, and witness first ascents of dozens of the now legendary "Sharma Problems."…
“Rams” is the new documentary by filmmaker Gary Hustwit (Helvetica) about legendary designer Dieter Rams. For over fifty years, Rams has left an indelible mark on the field of product design with his iconic work at Braun and Vitsoe, and his influence on Apple. “Rams” is a design…
