How a seemingly obscure woodworker inspired an entire art movement. AWARDS Best Directing Nomination, Amsterdam Filmmakers Festival BACKGROUND Wharton Esherick was an artist and furniture maker who came of age at the height of America’s Industrial Revolution. Experts consider him the forefather…
When Frank Lloyd Wright designed the B. Harley Bradley House he arguably changed architecture forever. This house helped usher in the Prairie Style-dramatic new designs that expressed the American Landscape and its culture as never before. The history of this groundbreaking house would mirror the life…
FOR HOME USE ONLY - FOR EDUCATIONAL STREAMING AND DVD SALES VISIT https://store.der.org/an-american-mosque-p148.aspx by David Washburn color, 27 min, 2013 in English and Punjabi with English subtitles An American Mosque is a film about Islam in America, religious intolerance, and the interfaith…
A documentary about ordinary Americans in an extraordinary time, caught between love, duty, desire, and stereotype. It was shot during at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in several cities in the USA and Mexico and features anguished, ecstatic, conflicted individuals whose lives swing between despair…
This is the award-winning film directed by Black artist entrepreneur Aaron Dworkin. The docudrama features front-line health care workers of the COVID-19 pandemic as they explore the human condition through Khalil Gibran's 1923 masterpiece, The Prophet.
More than 5,000 people died from the ramifications of overworking in Japan between 2006 and 2017 – and this is only the official number. Rarely do Japanese employees stand up against exploitative working conditions, since the social pressure is too high. In his documentary, Tokachi TSUCHIYA follows…
Winner of the IDFA Jury Award in 1996 and a treasure from our archive. Anaphase is the performance of Ohad Naharin, the famous choreographer and artistic director of Batscheva Dance Company from Israel, which had a successful international tour in the 90s. By integrating dance, theatre, rock music…
For 15 year olds. How to avoid obesity Obesity: what causes it? A dietician describes sensible meals with correct balance of foods, and a doctor explains that the pattern is set early in life. Exercise can help greatly. Sugar is particularly bad and also it’s the major cause of tooth decay.…
Paraphrasing Assata Shakur’s dictum “a woman’s place is in the struggle,” this programme of films by and about women in the Middle East is meant to foreground their place on the frontlines of political struggles, past and present. Often faced with a dual form of oppression, within…
This feature documentary relates the experience of various militant anarchists from Quebec, who represent different sides of this political movement. Drawing from more than 40 hours of interviews, countless manifestations, and numerous libertarian initiatives, this film strives to be a tool for popular…
Heading north, towards Svalbard. An Arctic Journey is much more than just an adventure; it’s a true ski journey but not only that. It’s about sharing a mostly untouched natural world, where everything is beauty and wonder. A group of ordinary people, determined to do something a bit extraordinary,…
We live an illusionary existence in a world filled with lies. We remain in a perpetual state of delusion. Our perception of reality has been corrupted. Big Brother knows everything, manipulates our emotions, manipulates how we think and controls the masses. We willingly allowed it because we desired…
