"The awe that mountainous landscapes evoke is universal, yet most of us seldom venture into true wilderness. Living amongst us is a special breed of people — undefined by age, gender, profession or background — but for them the draw of the mountains is so strong that their lives must…
Grieving the suicide of a friend, Frances Henderson heads to Las Vegas, the suicide capitol of the nation, to seek answers. There she learns about the shocking death of a local teenager who leaped from the roof of the city’s tallest casino. While investigating the suicide epidemic further, she…
«In May 2005, Leonore gave me two books by Fichte with literary adaptations of dialogues from the early days of their love affair. She said they had everything she wanted to say. I breathed life into the dialogues between Irma & Jäcki and combined them with Mau’s photographs. Still…
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Billboards and commercial messages dominate the public space like never before. Can we reverse this visual pollution? This Space Available looks at diverse activists from the worlds of advertising, street art, and politics. Influenced by the writing of Marc Gobé (Emotional Branding), his daughter…
Karachi’s feminists come together against all odds to organise a national woman's march. Coming up against Pakistan’s radical religious Right, and negotiating a surveillance-heavy, paranoia-inducing and often physically violent space in the hopes of a revolution, the protagonists struggle…
THIS STOLEN COUNTRY OF MINE is about China's massive hunger for natural resources and how during the last decade it has been aggressively operating to obtain access to these resources in Ecuador. The country is now stuck with the most Chinese debts in Latin America. Meet Paúl Jarrín…
For over 20 years, Thistle Farms has lit a pathway of healing and hope for women survivors of trafficking, prostitution, and addiction. In the film Thistle we are introduced to several of these resilient women, and hear their stories of overcoming trauma and finding hope in community. The film also…
At 86 years of age, eminent cultural historian Thomas Berry, in an extended video interview, shared his primary concerns for the well being of our planet at this critical moment. Thomas Berry is the author of Dream of the Earth, The Great Work, Evening Thoughts, and The Universe Story with Brian Swimme.…
A portrait of the American painter, Thomas Eakins featuring Kevin Conway as the famous 19th century artist who was little recognized during his lifetime. The program includes rare interviews with people who posed for him.
Thomas Hirschhorn is a Swiss artist renowned for his series of ephemeral "monuments" dedicated to major writers and thinkers. After The Netherlands, France and Germany, he created the Gramsci Monument at Forest Houses, a housing in the tenuous surburb of Bronx. The Gramsci Monument building…
Der Künstler lädt ins Atelier und gibt Einblicke in sein Schaffen: Die Kraft der Farben, der Malprozess und der innere Fundus von Themen und Bildern. Wissenschaft und Kunst: zwei Wege, die Welt zu beschreiben.
