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The answer to feeding the world's expanding population may be smaller than you think.
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The answer to feeding the world's expanding population may be smaller than you think.
@home is a feature-length documentary that looks at homelessness in America through the lens of e-activist Mark Horvath. Mark has experienced the highs and lows of the American dream, from a successful career in television to barely surviving, homeless and addicted, on Hollywood Boulevard. But he…
Visitors to SEKEM come away full of enthusiasm for the things they have seen, heard and experienced. 28 years after SEKEM’s founding, what was once an uninhabited expanse of desert 60 kilometres northeast of Cairo has been transformed into a fertile, organically-cultivated landscape. SEKEM is…
The average age of employees at the Vita Needle Company - a needle and tubing factory near Boston - is an amazing 74 years. Anyone who can make it up the front steps gets hired. Employees Mary, Marion, Paul, Tom, Ann and Rosa are all aged between 75 and 95. In their previous lives, they were engineers,…
Patricia lives in Kalongo, a small remote village in Acholi land, Northern Uganda. In the shadow of Mount Oret, which dominates the landscape of the village, Patricia is learning each day to accompany new mothers through the physical pain and the immense emotion of giving birth. « Together with…
Sadi is from a very different world. At 17 she fled female genital mutilation in Gambia. Six months later, having gone 'the Backway', surviving the Sahara, civil war in Libya and the boat journey, she ends up in Sicily together with many other refugees, most of them men. We visit Sadi often…
"Out Of Place is the inspiring film that explores the underground surfing community of Cleveland, Ohio dating back to the early 1960’s. In the film, Vince Labbe and his close friends endure harsh weather and dangerous conditions amidst a city recovering from a legacy of lost industry, lost…
Normal is Over 1.1 is an award-winning documentary about humanity's wisest response to climate change, species extinction, resource depletion, income inequality and the link between these issues. A globe trotting journey searching for SOLUTIONS by filmmaker Renée Scheltema. This film…
Decks and the City steps inside the nightlife and electronic music scene to uncover a cast of DJ's, Producers and Nightclub owners with a passion and a love of music, that keeps them inside DJ booths and on dance floors until the wee hours of the morning. That is, until the introduction of lockout…
From a tender age, Scott Townsend’s life is ruled by his slippery gender. Growing up a girly-boy in the projects of Cambridge, MA, under the care of Doris, his dysfunctional single mom, Scott is prey to bullying and assault. Already a talented singer and performer, Scott grows up to be revered…
New Zealand is the land of adventure and “Sky Piercer” sees World Champion athletes Xavier De le Rue, Nadine Wallner and local Sam Smoothy take on the iconic peak of Mt. Cook. With three weeks to prepare and scope the West face, Xavier and Nadine are confident that they will have the opportunity…
Cambodia has long been the home of various Khmer civilizations. The now well-known temples at Angkor Wat supported an empire larger than anything in Europe at the time. Centuries later the area was part of French Indochina. Amid the chaos of the post-colonial period, a modern ideology underpinned…