British Columbia, Canada. Life here is all about the forest. At the heart of the economy is the wood that teams of lumberjacks cut from the immense forest. Their job is a dangerous one: if they don’t take it seriously, it could take their lives. We join the men as they battle 6 meter wide trees,…
Presented by Flicker Alley and the Blackhawk Films® Collection The acknowledged birth of film history was December 28, 1895 when the first paying audience gathered at the Grand Café on Boulevard des Capucines, Paris, for a performance of films on the Cinématographe of brothers Louis…
http://ianevans.ca When following your dreams, how old is too old? LUNATIC tells of a man's quest to walk in the footsteps of his childhood heroes, despite being “over the hill”. When Ian Evans first heard about the early Antarctic explorers like Shackleton, Scott and Amundsen,…
For the past 40 years, a group of writers and directors has been meeting for lunch every other Wednesday. The members and their meeting places have changed over the years, but their appetites for the ties that nourish their friendships have remained. LUNCH goes beyond a single meal, and into the lives…
Qual'è il futuro del fiume più lungo d'Italia? Un giornalista e un filmaker intraprendono un viaggio in bicicletta lungo il fiume Po, mossi dal desiderio di capire quanto il cambiamento climatico e l'intervento dell'uomo stiano inficiando sulle sue acque. Ne emerge un…
‘Lungo le vie del Cuore’ è un film necessario. In un momento storico come quello attuale in cui ci troviamo - in assoluta carestia etica e spirituale - ciò che i Teosofi stanno preservando dalla barbarie assume un significato talmente profondo da non poter essere ignorato: i…
Made at the request of the people of Mornington Island, this film was the first of five made by Curtis Levy for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (now AIATSIS). “Lurugu” is the name of an initiation ceremony that had almost died out on Mornington Island (in the Gulf of Carpentaria…
Four years in the making, this animated film documents the Song-cycle of the Goolarabooloo people, along the path of the Lurujarri Heritage Trail which was established in 1987 by Goolarabooloo Elder Paddy Roe, and stretching from Broome up through the Dampier Peninsula. Embellished with live action…
Set in Central California’s stark dairylands, amidst industrialized agriculture and the shadow of drought, LUSO-FORNIA is an immersive vision of a Portuguese immigrant community that turns to Catholic ritual to find meaning and control in their world. It all culminates with a “bloodless”…
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During the aftermath of the 1991 coup d’état attempt, a part of the KGB archives in Latvia were seized, including the files of more than 4300 active informants. The publication of the records was delayed for decades until four years ago when politicians decided to task historians with exploring…
Documentário que conta a história centenária do Clube Atlético Mineiro, desde sua fundação, em 1908, até o título da Copa do Brasil de 2014, passando pela épica conquista da Libertadores de 2013. Um time que nasce da utopia de unir o branco…
