What really happened on August 9th, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri? That afternoon, Officer Darren Wilson killed 18-year-old Michael Brown. ‘Stranger Fruit’ is the unraveling of what took place, told through the eyes of Mike Brown’s family.
Nominatie: EUROPEAN FILM AWARD 2017 WINNAAR: IDFA Special Jury Award for Dutch Documentary 2016, MovieZone MTM Award 2017, Special Mention DOCUMENTAMADRID 2017, Best FRAME DocuTIFF 2017, en nog meer... In een klaslokaal in Sicilië, vlak achter de muren van fort Europa, krijgen net gearriveerde…
In a classroom newly arrived refugees learn a lesson about multifarious Europe. Operating at the intersection of fiction and documentary, Stranger in Paradise reflects on the power relations between Europeans and refugees in a candid fashion.
An autistic boy and his family. A family with an autistic son share their experiences and frustrations in a very intimate way. In particular the other children let us know how they feel, and react to the boy and the endless patience needed is very graphically portrayed. USA. This film is of historical…
Massive strip-mining operations by, among others, Rio Tinto Zinc, have decimated the original aborigine population in Queensland. Neither royalties nor compensation are paid to the aborigine natives when mining companies usurp their land. This film portrays a plight which closely parallels that of the…
Europe's most popular pilgrimage, the Camino de Santiago attracts wayfarers of all stripes to walk its ancient paths in search of meaning. One such pilgrim is Dane Johansen, an American cellist who walks the Camino with his instrument on his back, performing music for his fellow pilgrims along the…
Following their respective 1960s-era Close Encounters of the Third and First Kind, the lives of New Hampshire residents Betty and Barney Hill, Norman Muscarello, Eugene Bertrand and David Hunt were forever changed. Nearly 50 years later, documentary filmmaker Jeff Finn [Before the End: Searching for…
Strange Tenants were the “Godfathers of Australian Ska”, emerging in the 1980s in the wake of UK two-tone ska bands like The Specials who broke down race barriers. Unlike most other Australian ska bands who did covers, Strange Tenants produced original political ska songs. 36 years later…
In the 1960's, filmmaker Myles Jewell's grandfather, Phil DiNatale, worked relentlessly as an investigator on the case of the Boston Strangler. But despite Phil's meticulous investigative efforts, the case got caught in Boston's political cross hairs and was never officially solved.…
En 1971, face à la pression croissante des majors américaines sur les choix artistiques des musiciens, Charles Tolliver et Stanley Cowell créent leur propre label : strata-east records. Entre 71 et 80, starta-east publie une soixantaine de disques où les musiciens (Pharaoah…
One Day University presents a series of video lectures recorded in real-time from some of the top minds in the United States. Given by award-winning professors and experts in their field, these recorded lectures dive deep into the worlds of religion, government, literature, and social justice. Leaders…
Palau, a tiny Micronesian republic, has, despite continuing economic and political pressure from the United States, adopted the world's first nuclear free constitution. For about 40 years Palau has been a 'Strategic Trust"', controlled by the USA, but the majority of the people want…
