In 1984 a group of independent film and video makers including Platform Films decided to show their support for the miners’ strike. On the picket lines, at the marches and in the soup kitchens, they recorded the testimonies of striking miners, their wives and supporters, in a fight against…
Shenthuya, Jana, Joana, Haris und Renad besuchen zusammen den Schulunterricht in einer Kleinklasse, weil sie in sozialen oder kognitiven Bereichen nicht der Norm entsprechen. Sie wachsen in einem Land auf, das ihren Eltern so fremd ist, wie ihnen die Heimat der Eltern. Fünf Kinder, die eine grossartige…
Vom Konzertabend zu einem der weltweit beliebtesten Bluesfestivals. Am Lucerne Blues Festival überbieten sich die Künstler jedes Jahr mit musikalischen Glanzleistungen. Die Dokumentation „Bluesified“ beleuchtet die Festival-Geschichte, blickt hinter die Kulissen, begleitet die Macher…
Bonus footage of Bill Doll's layout from our May 2014 feature on his Forest Park Southern.
This striking documentary by Jay Corcoran, details the life and death of Tom McBride, a New York actor and model dying of Progressive Multi-focal Leucoencephalopathy (PML), an AIDS-related brain disease. McBride’s “All-American” good looks made him a familiar face in television commercials,…
Available for 3D Virtual Reality Headsets (i.e. Google Cardboard), 3D Televisions (Side-by-Side format), and in 2D, Cosmic Journey is a stunningly beautiful, totally immersive journey from Shuttle launch to the far edge of the known universe and back. Embrace one of the finest 3D experiences using images…
Please note actual runtime is 30 minutes. Available for Virtual Reality Headsets (i.e. Google Cardboard), 3D Televisions (Side by Side format) and in 2D, Soldiers' Stories attempts to depict both the intensity and scale of the single greatest battle the world has ever known, the Battle of the Somme,…
FOR HOME USE ONLY - FOR EDUCATIONAL STREAMING AND DVD SALES VISIT https://store.der.org/root-hog-or-die-p485.aspx by Rawn Fulton and Newbold Noyes black and white, 56 min, 1978, digitally remastered 2014 From early Colonial times, the rural hilltowns of New England have been home to generations…
Aluminum is an integral part of our daily lives, from cooking pans and computers, to soda cans, cosmetics and vaccines. But how much do we know about its impact on human health and the environment? Based on Bert Ehgartner’s groundbreaking book Dirty Little Secret – The Aluminum Files,…
— For Home Use Only — OIL & WATER is the coming of age story of two boys as they each confront one of the world's worst toxic disasters, the prolonged contamination of the Ecuadorian Amazon by Texaco and other oil companies. Hugo comes to America to fight for the survival of his…
Click CC for subtitles (English) A documentary film by Mika Ronkainen about the phases of a family and the cycle of generations. A story about a middle-aged woman who decides to change the direction of development – even just for one summer. Anitta Kolehmainen (42), a mother of five children,…
Nominated for two 2015 Northwest Regional Emmy® Awards and winning for the Director – Live or Recorded Live category, Transcendence documents Miró Quartet’s recording of Franz Schubert’s final composition for string quartet, String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D. 887. Regarded…
