"Seed Battles" Hidden deep inside a massive mountain in inhospitable Spitsbergen, Norway, is the most important vault in the world: the Global Seed Vault. It is 20 degrees below zero and the vault is able to withstand earthquakes, floods, missile attacks and nuclear disaster. The 'Doomsday…
The multi-award-winning, feature-length documentary Sikh Musical Heritage - The Untold Story explores the origins of Sikh instrumentation used in bridging a spiritual channel for internal communication. Uncover how the psyche of Sikhs was built and how at the turn of the century, a French instrument…
This instalment of the Swiss Express series covers the busy but oft forgotten Central Switzerland – the industrial heartland with the Jura to the north and the Alps to the south. We range from Frenkendorf (almost suburban Basel) and Liestal in the north to the base of Lake Luzern in the south,…
La vie quotidienne des migrants (Syriens, Kurdes, Pakistanais, Afghans et autres) dans le camp de Idomeni. En attendant de traverser la frontière gréco-macédonienne : des queues pour manger, pour boire du thé, pour consulter un médecin. Un jour, l'Europe décide…
Děčín is an industrial town of 50,000 with stations on both banks of the river. The left bank sees EuroCity trains between Dresden and Prague while the east bank carries the majority of freight trains. The two lines continue south to the largest city in the north of the Czech Republic. Ústí…
Ernst Beyeler had been dealing in art since 1947. Over the years he assembled an impressive collection, shown to the public at the Fondation Beyeler. Beyeler lets us in on the twists and turns of dealing with works by some of the greatest figures in modern art, and shows us pictures in his collection…
L’art n’est pas que muses, beautés et passion : c’est aussi un commerce. Dans le marché de l’art, un nom est devenu mythique : celui d’Ernst Beyeler. Ce marchand d’art et collectionneur compte parmi les personnalités majeures de la scène…
Rivha Bogomolnaja, die einzige jüdische Überlebende des litauischen Provinzdorfs Butdrimonas, besucht ihren Heimatort. Ein Film von Hermann Lorenz; 30 Min. 1993 Den Film auf DVD können Sie hier bestellen: http://kernfilm.de/index.php/de/Das-Tabu-der-Freiheit-DVD-deutsch-p5716034 Und…
An unlikely environmentalist, Bryan Wells, finds himself standing between Yellowstone National Park and an industrial-scale gold mine. The proposed mine sits just above his home, and not only threatens America’s most iconic National Park, but his community's way of life.
The tunnel building contract for the Gotthard was let in 1872. It was won by a highly experienced railway engineer Loisis Favre. The construction period was set at eight years In fact the tunnel took an extra two years to build and cost the lives of 147 men including that of Favre. Work on the much longer…
The Japanese Constitution says, “how ‘I’ as an individual citizen, should live a decent life in the world.” In the past few years, the Japanese government has shown their growing interest in amending their current constitution. The documentary film, "Embracing the Pacifist…
Full 3-Part Documentary Series with English Subtitles about the Hassidic world now available for home streaming here below. It is possible to rent the full Series by clicking on the blue button RENT ALL on the right side of your screen, or to rent each Episode separately by clicking on the following…
