Like Rocky Balboa, Alex Velluto is the son of an Italian immigrant and brings the same intensity, will, and drive to the comedy stage.
Big Al connects with his audiences--getting them to appreciate the lighter side of their own lives relating his observations and experiences.
Adored by girlfriends' mothers everywhere, Aaron Woodall is a nice, young man coming to grips with a dirty, cynical world.
Between his first and second special, Aaron Woodall's perspective transitioned from "a nice young man coming to grips with a dirty, cynical world‚" to a deeper introspection of his own upbringing and biases.
I Have a Name -- a documentary written and directed by Lucia Mauro -- puts a respectful face on homelessness through the sensitive and multifaceted work of The Chicago HELP Initiative (CHI) and its partners, who empower those in need through access to meals, health services, shelter, adult education,…
After September 11, Saudis living in America came under scrutiny as many Americans wondered who are they; what are they doing in the US; why do they hate us; do they support Osama Bin Laden; how do they feel about 9/11; and why do they oppress their women? Saudi filmmaker Fahmi Farahat invites…
Claimed to be a love child of the King of Rock N’ Roll, this is the untold story of Pete ‘Big Elvis’ Vallee, the world’s heaviest Elvis Presley impersonator inducted into the Las Vegas Walk of Stars. Starring: Pete Vallee, Sonny West, David Ruprecht, Lucille Star Kramer, Steve…
Abd is a 24-year-old Syrian who took part in the early days of the 2011 revolution and now lives in Padova, Italy. Together with his German friend Max he is working on a film called Unwritten Letters. As they work together on turning Abd’s reality in Italy into a film, Abd revisits his past and…
Franz Jägerstätter was an Austrian Christian farmer executed for his refusal to serve in the armies of the Third Reich. His natural father was killed in World War I. His mother married Herr Jägerstätter, a small farmer, who adopted Franz. After gaining a reputation as a rather…
The way we recognise emotions through facial expressions. Psychologist Mark Coulson links together a series of sequences illustrating how we recognise emotions. Looks at the way facial expressions have evolved and asks how good we are a communicating emotion through our faces. Uses the work of an…
How we recognise faces, and identify age and gender by them. Psychologist Mark Coulson links together a series of sequences illustrating aspects of recognising, recreating and reconstructing faces. Photographs, cartoons and computer graphics demonstrate how we identify age and gender, how we recognise…
＜ストーリー＞ ヒップホップ、クランプ、ブレイクダンス、ヴォーギングなど、総勢 30 名のダンサーがパリのオペラ・バスティーユに集い、クレマン・コジトアの演出とビントゥ・デンベレの振り付けで斬新な賭けに出た。フランスの作曲家ラモーのオペラ音楽にストリートダンスをかけ合わせ、バロックオペラ『優雅なインドの国々』を現代に蘇えらせたのだ。そのリハーサルから初演までの様子をおさめたドキュメンタリー映像から、人間模様や現代社会の闇が浮き彫りになる。バスティーユは今を生きるアーティスト達の手に落ちるのか？ ＜概要＞ フランスの作曲家ジャン＝フィリップ・ラモーによるオペラ＝バレエの傑作『優雅なインドの国々』は、フランスが植民地を拡大していた1735…
