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The extraordinary story of Swiss rapper Besijan Kacorraj, whose biggest problem is not having a Swiss passport. Besijan is deported to Kosovo after several armed robberies, although he has grown up in Zurich since the age of one.
Prior to the Brazilian 2018 presidential elections, a film crew went down on the streets of Rio de Janeiro in order to listen to people's opinion on candidate Jair Bolsonaro.
Film started in 1991, interrupted due to technical problems and finished in 2010. The camera travels along the banks of the Amazon, focusing on the diversity of virgin flora. Walks among trails of kindling culminating in the folkloric march of Marajoara rhythms. The film is a tribute to Professor Lindalva Caetano, Researcher of Folklore Marajoara.
After industrialization, human dominance over animals has changed in another way. The film portrays the world shrinking beyond the "Orwellian" era of questioning exploitation and establishing another revolutionary dictatorship, with dictatorships unrecognizable or isolated defenses.
Dear Pyongyang is a documentary film by Zainichi Korean director Yang Yong-hi (Korean: 양영희, Hanja: 梁英姬) about her own family. It was shot in Osaka Japan (Yang's hometown) and Pyongyang, North Korea, In the 1970s, Yang's father, an ardent communist and leader of the pro-North movement in Japan, sent his three sons from Japan to North Korea under a repatriation campaign sponsored by ethnic activist organisation and de facto North Korean embassy Chongryon; as the only daughter, Yang herself remained in Japan. However, as the economic situation in the North deteriorated, the brothers became increasingly dependent for survival on the care packages sent by their parents. The film shows Yang's visits to her brothers in Pyongyang, as well as conversations with her father about his ideological faith and his regrets over breaking up his family.
French TV host Antoine de Maximy travels the U.S. from coast to coast, relying on the hospitality of strangers and documenting his experiences with a hand-held camera.
Six blind Tibetan teenagers climb the Lhakpa-Ri peak of Mount Everest, led by seven-summit blind mountain-climber Erik Weihenmayer.
The film is in the first person, from a girl. Ordinary people on a train are shown, each talking about their painful experiences... some crying, some singing, some reciting poetry. And everyone has their own story, their own pain, their own burden. The film is about an ordinary Ukrainian, and there are many of them, and everyone wants to be heard...
In Search of Excellence is a 1989 music documentary that chronicles the rise of the Australian rock band INXS, featuring rare interviews, live performances, and music videos
Through a meeting of construction craftsmen, Tapiales is a documentary that describes the entire processes of recruitment and construction of a rural house in the southern towns of the state of Merida. It revives the memory of ancient builders.
Documentary following the planning and execution of Sweden's biggest music festival. Interviews with festival staff are followed by interviews and performances by the bands. This year the festival had chartered their own plane from London to bring the coolest bands in Britain to Sweden, which prompted television personality Henrik Schyffert to quip "If this plane crashes the hottest band in England will be Marillion"
The life of elite chess players during a prestigious international tournament. Portraits of world Champions, their everyday humor and analysis of games played, interests in gay pride and classical music concerts. Behind the scenes of the beautiful world of chess, where people were able to keep the joy of the profession and communication.
Celebrate the legacy of Stan Lee as the co-creator of such legendary characters as Fantastic Four, Iron Man, the X-Men, The Avengers, and hundreds more.
The story of a traveler who one day decided to get on the train without knowing where to go. He had been thinking about it for a long time: to live his life leaning out of the train window, and never come back down.
No continent hosts as many different environments and landscapes as Africa. From wide savannahs, resting gently on vast desert dunes, to dense rainforest, bordering the equator. See how many tribes, such as the Massai in the savannah, have kept their traditional way of life to this day and watch how animals have had to adapt their behaviors in order to survive. Join us on a magical journey through the history and culture of mankind. Join us on a journey through Africa!
For over twenty years, the artist Javier Gil (born in Uruguay, 1961) recorded his life on video, in spontaneous, chaotic and constant ways.
