The food we eat connects us to a vast web --from farmers to producers - involved in getting food from farm to fork. We probably don’t pause to think about it while eating an apple or cheese, but this global food system is central to some of the biggest challenges facing humanity. Farmers are our…
Above the 76th parallel, north of Greenland, lives Ollenguag, one of the last hunter of polar bears. Isolated from the rest of the world, he explores the ice caps lurking for fur and supplies. Since 2009, Nathalie and Alain Antognelli, two photographers from Monaco, are travelling along Greenland's…
THIS RENTAL IS INTENDED FOR EDUCATIONAL USE AND IS ALLOWED TO BE STREAMED IN CLASSROOMS AND WORKSHOPS ONLY. For theatrical, community, or campus screenings, please e-mail info@mediaed.org for permission and fees. Filmmaker Daphne Valerius's award-winning documentary The Souls of Black Girls explores…
FOR HOME-USE ONLY. To use this film in a workshop, classroom, or other educational setting requires an educational license. To stream or purchase a DVD with an educational license, please visit: https://shop.mediaed.org/the-souls-of-black-girls-p656.aspx. Filmmaker Daphne Valerius's award-winning…
In 1995, having just graduated from NYU Film School, I embarked on what would be a decade-long adventure documenting people with some of the most unusual occupations in New York City syndicated on PBS nationwide and winning Three Emmy Awards. THE SOULS OF NEW YORK showcases over 500 people that have…
The Sound of Belgium' explores the rich but untold story of Belgian dance music. From the dance halls with Decap organs to the golden days of Popcorn; From EBM and New Beat to Belgian House and Techno. A chronicle of unique popular music, 'The Sound of Belgium' goes in search of the…
FOR HOME USE ONLY - FOR EDUCATIONAL STREAMING AND DVD SALES VISIT https://store.der.org/the-sound-of-bells-p1012.aspx Marcia Mansur, Marina Thomé color, 52 min, 2016 in Portuguese with English subtitles Spanish (El Sonido de las Campanas) and Portuguese (O Som dos Sinos) versions included. In…
“...I just knew that music meant something very real, much more real than anything else to me. It seemed just like the only thing to do. I’ve always felt that acoustic instruments have much more immediacy; you can feel them in a way that you never feel digital instruments.” Elliott…
Deep in the jungles of Colombia and Peru, Tim Scott and Will Decker of Travel the Road, are hot on the trail of cocaine traffickers. Their mission is to trace the drug trade to its source and minister the gospel to those involved in this violent industry. From river patrols to intense helicopter drop…
Over the course of two years, this story follows two brothers, Marc and Richard Moore during a huge restoration project based in the East Sussex coastal town of Hastings. Their idea was simple, to build the world's largest underground skate park underneath the promenade of Hastings seafront inside…
While investigating his grandmother’s mysterious death, Dragos, a filmmaker from the small, former Soviet country of Moldova, discovers a secret scientific experiment. Dragos unveils the secret plan of Nikita Khrushchev to transform Moldova into the Soviet Garden through the application of atomic…
Three families talk about how they come to terms with arrival of having a child with learning disabilities. The first family have grown-up children and a thirteen-year-old girl with Down's Syndrome; the second an eleven-year-old hydrocephalous boy; the third have a sixteen-year-old hyperactive…
