Rubén, a Spanish filmmaker living abroad since 2009, explores the political and socioeconomic reasons behind the recent massive migration of Spain’s “Lost Generation”. In the process, he describes the Indignados movement from the POV of Spanish exiles and tells his own personal…
Spanish Lake is a bold and uncompromising documentary focused on economic oppression in the suburb of Spanish Lake, Missouri. Operating without a local government, the lack of community leadership has disastrous effects, including a mass exodus of the white population in the late 1990's. The themes…
A record of Compassion in World Farming's visits to slaughter- houses in Spain in 1991. It shows the appalling conditions, where sheep and lambs are slaughtered without being stunned as required by EC and Spanish law. It also shows cattle being maimed by incorrect use of the captive bolt pistol.…
Noah Klieger is the last living survivor of the boxing team of Auschwitz and the oldest still active journalist in the world. In between, he saw from close up and survived many of the defining events of the 20th century, and some of the events he may have even steered a bit. 91-year old Klieger is a…
The tension and complexity of Jerusalem is portrayed through seven passengers of the city's new tram, each from a very different background. Beneath their various identities, religions & cultures, they reveal they are not so different from each other. (With Spanish Subtitles) La tensión…
The film brings to life a lost interview with of one of the modern history's greatest leaders, David Ben-Gurion. It is 1968, he is 82 and lives in the desert. Ben-Gurion's introspective soul-searching provides a surprising vision for crucial decisions Israel needs to make today. At the time…
Multi-award-winning director Ovidie re-examines the issue of consent in “Spanton vs. The French Police”. In 2014, Canadian tourist Emily Spanton walks into a bar in Paris. She meets a group of men who turn out to be French police officers from the celebrated national SWAT team, BRI. After…
A three-part cartoon about the effect we have on the people in developing countries which provide us with our tea, cotton, aluminium and sugar. Shows that aid can be more than mere charity and is a useful introduction to development studies.
Directed by NY-Times reviewed director Joshua Overbay and featuring Reverend Darrell Armstrong, Archer O. Knightly and Destiny Cherry, "Spare the Child" is the first documentary to uncover the lifelong impact that spanking has on the human body, heart, and psyche. Through intimate interviews…
SPARK opens by the side of a road in Lanzhou City, northwestern China, as trucks rumble through a blasted hillside. An elderly man walks along the dusty road and pauses to point to a nearby spot—the former execution grounds. “They executed many,” the man says. “Then fewer and…
“An oasis of creativity blooms in Spark. Since we can’t all attend Burning Man, we can be thankful for Spark, which is probably the next best thing!” - Andy Webster, The New York Times "Spark: A Burning Man Story" is a compelling behind-the-scenes look into the cultural…
The film is a love letter to the joys and pleasures of champagne. Major champagne houses featured include Pol Roger (Winston Churchill famously drank over 40,000 bottles in his lifetime), Bollinger (appearing in 15 James Bond movies), as well as Piper-Heidsieck (Marilyn Monroe's favourite), Taittinger,…
