Documentary film, 85 min “This film tells about the band Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät… so it’s about one retard who sings punk and three retards who play punk. You should watch it and think about whether you should hate disabled people or love and respect them.”–…
In Marsala, Sicily, Salvatore — a leading anti-mafia activist—revives a nearly extinct local art form: the traditional marionette theatre. An outsider to the communities that once guarded this craft, he sets out to reclaim it on his own terms. Alongside classic tales of Charlemagne, Salvatore…
This alternately hilarious and infuriating new film adaptation of pioneering feminist blogger Jessica Valenti's bestselling book makes a powerful case that evangelical Christians, right-wing politicians, and conservative activists have been using irrational fears around young women's sexuality…
Cot deaths, possible causes. Cot deaths: research implies that there is no one cause of these mystery deaths, but the question is to what degree babies at risk might be identified, so that some form of preventative safety net might be available to them. This seems to have been successful in Gosport,…
The Purpose is a compelling documentary that follows the extraordinary journeys of six individuals as they tackle one of the most grueling challenges on Earth: the Titan Desert, an iconic mountain bike race held annually in the unforgiving landscapes of the Moroccan desert. Martí and Jan Álvarez…
In the heart of the Antarctic, nine adventurers are about to live an extraordinary story. They come from very different backgrounds, but one thing brings them together: a passion for adventure and testing the limits. Their goal: to follow in the footsteps of one of the greatest legends of the golden…
Amber founder member Murray Martin was active in harness racing. A documentary about a Co Durham horsey family became a film about him, when he died in 2007. Amber began to work on a documentary about the Coulsons, a family deeply involved in the horsey culture of harness racing and road racing. Sanchez…
Winner of a dozen major film festivals, The Push is an inspiraional documentary that focuses on Grant Korgan, an adventure athlete and former nanoscientist who became the first spinal cord injured athlete attempting to ski to the South Pole. Just 5 months after marrying the love of his life, while attempting…
How did Putin gain such unbridled power and what is he willing to do to restore a Soviet-style Russia? This definitive 2007 film investigates the ominous political career of the ultra-authoritarian leader. Vladimir Putin came to power in a country "thirsty for a new hero, who would revive national…
Menschen leben seit Jahrtausenden in Kriegen und Konflikten, obwohl jeder Mensch eigentlich in Frieden leben möchte. Wann verzieht sich der Rauch? Im Dokumentarfilm "The Puzzle of Peace" folgen Autor Henryk Balkow und Kameramann Jan Philip Roza den Spuren von Geflüchteten zum Tor…
The adventurer desired to capture the life and customs of the smallest people on Earth, to find the undisturbed civilization of Pygmies. His search begins in the Central African Republic, where the local natives take him across the borders of war-torn Congo. During his adventurous trip, he is threatened…
Introducing Quakers to the public - how do they live. There are twenty thousand Quakers in Great Britain and Ireland. In spite of their important historical role in the development of religious thought and in social reform over the last three hundred years little is known of them. This film aims to…
