Nearly 30.4 million people die each year from chronic diseases and $3.8 trillion spent in healthcare costs in the U.S. alone for treating what the CDC defines as "among most common, costly and preventable of all health problems." Tackling one of the greatest health catastrophes of our time,…
Thunderbirds, Stingray, Captain Scarlet... just three of the amazing 1960s television series to come out of the Century 21 Studios in Slough. Five decades later, on the eve of the demolition of the original studio buildings, some of original crew return one last time to reminisce about the many magic…
Jaska Halttunen, 40-something cycling nature blogger, got a new bike some years ago and found love for cycling all over again. Soon his bike trips were longer and finally Jaska got an idea to bike the full length of Finland, from the south point of Finland in Hanko to Nuorgam, northest place in Lapland.…
Ernest Hemingway, Erwin Rommel, Carlo Emilio Gadda, in their early twenties, narrate their experience of war during the most tragic battle of the great war on the Italian front: the Battle of Caporetto, or the twelfth battle of the Isonzo. That experience will lead Rommel to become a military legend,…
Vincent van Gogh sold only one painting in his lifetime, but Zhao Xiaoyong has sold over 90,000 copies of van Gogh’s paintings in the past 20 years. Living in China, the world’s fastest developing country, Zhao has been through great transitions. First from a peasant to a rural migrant…
Is gender a life sentence? Is masculinity directly linked to violence and oppression? British artist Martin Firrell spent 2017 making a public work to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1967 sexual offences act in England and Wales, where homosexual men were finally decriminalised. Alongside this…
A dozen writers, three women performers, a savvy and sophisticated compilation of stories about reproductive freedom... WORDS OF CHOICE tells unexpected, unusual and dramatic tales - sad, humorous, poignant - that reflect the experiences of women in the years since Roe v. Wade, and those leading up to…
The Laughter Life follows a week in the life of the young comedians who write and star in Studio C, a popular sketch comedy television show, viewed by tens of thousands of people weekly, with millions more watching on YouTube. But theirs is not your typical comedy success story, as the cast and crew…
In 2015, Druid Theatre Company marked their 40th anniversary by taking on their most ambitious project yet. To universal acclaim, fearless, pioneering director Garry Hynes and her troop took on Shakespeare’s History Plays, casting Irish women as English kings and men as bawdy widows. Wildfire…
GABRIEL AND THE MOUNTAIN is a heartwarming story of adventure and life. Before entering a prestigious American university, Gabriel Buchmann decides to travel the world for one year. After ten months on the road with his backpack full of dreams, immersed at the heart of various countries, he arrives in…
In "Blue Eyed" lernen wir eine Gruppe von 40 Lehrern, Polizisten, Schulverwaltern, und Sozialarbeitern in und aus Kansas City kennen - Schwarze, Hispanics, Weiße, Männer und Frauen. Die "Blau Äugig" - Teilnehmer sind konfrontiert mit pseudo-wissenschaftlichen Erklärungen…
Christopher Malpass and his younger brother Taylor have been singing together since before they could talk. They count Elvis Presley as an early influence. They grew up in Goldsboro, in eastern North Carolina, where they first performed at school talent shows and church suppers. One of their grandfathers…
