Thirty-four year-old Alun formed the first hip-hop dance group “The Party” soon after the totalitarian rule ended in Taiwan in the early 90s. The group eventually disbanded, but Alun’s passion for hip-hop remained. He’s about to compete in Juste Debout, a worldwide street dance…
A musical road movie following two best friends and Muslim converts – Sukina and Muneera of the Hip Hop duo ‘Poetic Pilgrimage’ – on their quest to spiritually reconcile Islam, music and female empowerment despite criticism from cultural and religious traditionalists who believe…
Hip hop Rhapsody c’est l’histoire d’un artiste, Philémon, et de sa culture, le Hip Hop. Il n’a pas encore 10 ans quand il rencontre ce qui deviendra sa nouvelle famille. Rires, larmes, joies, peines, mots, mouvements, sonorités et couleurs auront désormais…
Elderly hippies in India, their favourite biotope. From the 1960s onwards, Western hippies travelled to India, seeking an alternative way of life, spiritual enlightenment and experimenting with mind-bending drugs. Local farmers speculated that there must be a drought in the West. It was the holy…
Und sie kiffen noch immer: Alt-Hippies in ihrem Lieblingsbiotop Indien. Ab Mitte der 60er Jahre zogen tausende Blumenkinder aus aller Welt auf der Suche nach Erleuchtung nach Asien. Es waren so viele, dass indische Bauern hinter der Wanderbewegung eine grosse Dürre im Westen vermuteten. Die heiligen…
A documentary about Zen Morita Therapy. The truth of Zen Morita Therapy. Zen influenced mental hospital in Japan On a vernal day, a young man suffering from a neurosis (anxiety disorder) confines himself to Sansei Hospital in Kyoto. Located within the pale of Buddhist Tofuku-ji Temple, the hospital…
18 Experiments in Gently Shaking the World Hippocratic is a feature-length film exploring the life story of this acclaimed Indian physician, Dr MR Rajagopal. From cowardly child to fearless visionary, this compelling tale sees its hero come full-circle to rediscover the first principals of medicine. This…
THE UNDOCUMENTED investigates the deaths of undocumented migrants in the Arizona desert and the efforts to return their remains to families in Mexico. Woven from multiple narrative threads the film depicts the efforts of Tucson's medical examiner and Mexican Consulate to name unidentified dead migrants.…
A film by HELEN BARROW. Australia’s political life as seen through the eyes of five editorial cartoonists: a documentary that takes us from the children overboard to the War in Iraq. Bill Leak, Geoff Pryor, Rod Emmerson, Warren Brown and David Rowe take us into the world of daily newspapers,…
A documentary film about session and touring musicians that are hired by well established and famous bands and artists like Metallica, KISS, and Billy Joel. These hired guns may not be household names, but are still masters of their craft.
They are the “First Call, A-list” musicians, just 20 feet from stardom, yet rarely receive credit for their work. The ’hired gun’ community lives and breathes music, and for the first time, share their incredible stories detailing the highs and lows of touring life, the demands…
Shot over a sixteen year span, Hiro’s Table takes an intimate look at master chef Hiroji Obayashi and his family as they establish a small restaurant in Los Angeles and turn it into a thriving gourmet mecca for daily customers and celebrities alike. Hiro emigrated from Japan in in the late seventies…
