A portrait about the struggle for survival of the traditional art and culture of Kung-Fu in the face of a rapidly changing world.
What does social progress look like? What types of difficult decisions will our world face in the near future? A New Society follows a revolutionary collective of 300 academics dedicated to finding new solutions. Through candid interviews with renowned experts, the film examines innovative approaches…
In October 1975 Roy Lowther was charged with murder for his wife, Pat, a gifted and renowned Canadian poet. At the time of her murder, Lowther's two young daughters, Chris and Beth, were only seven and nine. In this film, the two women revisit the circumstances surrounding the violent death…
To really understand China, you have to get to know its people! Winston "SerpentZA" Sterzel travels across China’s first tier cities – Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen – meeting the cities’ most fascinating people, including a racy nude photographer, a mosquito…
The amazing adventures of the brilliant but almost-forgotten American novelist and founder of The Paris Review, Harold Louis “Doc” Humes. A story crammed full of ideas, about utopia, marijuana, literature, protest, paranoia and mental illness. His daughter, Academy-Award nominee Immy Humes,…
America's most beloved "self-made orphan" was a Victorian lady accused of axing her parents to death in 1892. A media star from the start, Lizzie continues to draw an audience! This sardonic, entertaining, and unusual 1995 short features 28 "Bordenites," who each have their…
Grand Saline, Texas, a town east of Dallas, has a history of racism, a history the community doesn’t talk about. This shroud of secrecy ended when Charles Moore, an elderly white preacher, self-immolated to protest the town's racism in 2014, shining a spotlight on the town’s dark past.…
— For Home Use Only — SYMBIOTIC EARTH explores the life and ideas of Lynn Margulis, a brilliant and radical scientist, whose unconventional theories challenged the male-dominated scientific community and are today fundamentally changing how we look at our selves, evolution, and the environment. As…
The Soviet government deported millions. In Children in Exile survivors of Soviet deportation to Siberia describe their experiences as the youngest victims of the Soviet system. These crimes against humanity have never been legally confronted, and as one of the interviewed victims states, “a…
An Irish poet and a Lithuanian stage director retrace the steps of the 19th century Book Smugglers, who resisted Russification to save their language. Travelling through the forests and along the rivers, each looks into the mirror of history to explore the links between language and identity. „Knygnešiai“…
Cooling towers are a common site at many industrial plants, commercial buildings and public buildings. Skyscrapers, hospitals, office buildings, power stations, oil and gas plants, refineries, all need cooling towers. Irrespective of what engineering industry you work in, knowing a bit about cooling…
The film brings to life a lost interview with of one of the modern history's greatest leaders, David Ben-Gurion. It is 1968, he is 82 and lives in the desert. Ben-Gurion's introspective soul-searching provides a surprising vision for crucial decisions Israel needs to make today. At the time…
