Come along on this rollicking road trip through America on the road to fame with the next great indie-rock-pop-Americana punk band. Discover the band, The All-For-Nots (or ‘AFN’ (as their true fans call them) —four rebels, whose only goal is to bring the masses their own brand of…
"A meditation on the ways Venezuela resembles Nueva Cádiz: its total reliance on a single, finite, natural resource and whether the country will have the same fate as this colonial city." — Rodrigo Palau, Caracas Chronicles "Unearths a forgotten island to remember the last…
ITALY/SWITZERLAND - the first section of a detailed look at the Italian side of the Simplon Pass route between Brig and Domodossola. Freight traffic dominates with a wide variety of motive power. Filmed between 2015 and 2017. SLOVAKIA - a study of traffic on the main rail route out of Slovakia…
"a beautifully animated and bittersweet film about two brothers and their upbringing with an alcoholic mother and musician father" - CPH:DOX Nordic:Dox Award Jury When Steffan's mother died, he felt nothing. No sadness, no relief. How did it come to this? Director Steffan Strandberg…
Marty Robbins was perhaps the most versatile singer in country music, and these long lost performances bear that out. He runs the gamut from Hawaiian songs to western ballads to teen pop to classic country. He does it all effortlessly, and he does it all superbly. If you weren't lucky enough to…
Ella Fitzgerald visited Australia back in 1960. Gracefully stepping up to the microphone for the celebrated television event The BP Super Show, hosted by musician and entertainer Horrie Dargie, Ella Fitzgerald delivered a mellifluous set of legendary songs in an intimate concert setting at The Embers…
The pursuit of the material in the face of digital supremacy. Digna Sinke has always collected and preserved all kinds of day-to-day things, from sugar sachets to old newspapers; objects that recall memories which would otherwise fade. Yet digitisation is changing everything. In a fascinating exploration…
"A Closer Walk" (2003) is the first film to provide a definitive portrayal of humankind's confrontation with the global AIDS epidemic. Directed, written, and produced by Oscar nominee Robert Bilheimer, and narrated by Glenn Close and Will Smith, the film explores the intricate relationship…
障害があるということは、災害時には普段以上のハンディとなる。 2011年3月11日の東日本大震災、未曾有の大災害の中、障害を持つ人々に何が起きたのか？ 福島県を中心に、被災した障害者とそこに関わる人々の証言をまとめた。 障害ゆえに、地震や津波から身を守れず、また必要な情報も得られない･･･。 「ここではとても生活できない」「周囲に迷惑をかけるから」と、多くの障害者が避難をあきらめざるを得なかった。そうしたなかで避難所に入った障害者を待ち構えていたのは…。 更には仮設住宅へ入居しても、そこでも大変な不自由が待っていた。 原発事故により市民の姿が消えた避難区域には、取り残された障害者が不安な日々を送っていた。大震災に翻弄される障害者と、その実態調査・支援に奔走する人々の、困難の日々。 住み慣れた土地を追われ、避難先で新たな生活を模索する時、涙とともに故郷への思いがあふれる。 被災地の障害者を取り巻くさまざまな課題や問題点が浮かび上がる。
Synopsis: "Ashigara-san" (Mr. Ashigara) is a homeless man who has been living on the streets for more than 20 years. He eats food that he finds in garbage bags. He does not talk much, and he does not associate with others. One day the director saw him smiling and decided that he would like…
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“The Mighty Rams” fulfills a life-long dream to document the early days of racial integration in Charleston, SC, including intense racial tension, race riots and the James Island Rams High School football team that took momentous steps to end the threat of riots forever. As a result of struggling…
