Adventurous trip on the unknown African river leads to the unique Suri tribe. During the journey we get to know people, who decided to fight for their traditions and way of life. Film Suri is a reflection on their future, and on massive extinction crisis of human cultures. The cultural diversity is necessary…
An NY Times Critics' Pick! Bikes vs Cars depicts a global crisis that we all deep down know we need to talk about: climate, earth's resources, cities where the entire surface is consumed by the car. An ever-growing, dirty, noisy traffic chaos. The bike is a great tool for change, but the…
Sarah and Greg set out to critically explore American culture, compassion, and fear by relying on the kindness of strangers for a home each night. Traveling through 30 states in 60 days, they spend every day in a new town, learning why people may or may not be willing to open their homes. Sarah and Greg…
With an original score by Nash the Slash, 16mm imagery by avant-garde artist Peter Mettler (GAMBLING, GODS AND LSD; MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES) and a voice-over that blends whimsical fact and poetic fiction, A TRIP AROUND LAKE ONTARIO follows Canadian poet David McFadden as he goes for a drive around Lake…
In 1959 two Canadians flew to the moon in a home-made rocketship, a full ten years before Apollo 11, but were too modest to tell anyone about it. Industrial filmmaker Brownie McFadden, contracted to make a film about blind cyclist Larry Hudson (who is riding across Canada guided only by instinct and…
1989, South Africa. The apartheid regime is teetering. A final push is given to the Afrikaner monolith by it's own children who demand the right to choose peace over war. Through the use of archive and contemporary material, the film centers on the controversial two month music tour that burned…
WWE Hall-of-Fame announcer Jim Ross narrates "Mid-Atlantic Memories" -- a collection of stories about wrestling down south in the 60s, 70s and 80s, as told by wrestlers, promoters, and fans -- the folks that lived it, and the folks that LOVED IT! Features Ole Anderson, Jim Cornette, Ricky…
Unscrupulous investors, speculating on the disappearance of rare animals, and increased demand for animal products from Asia are pushing endangered animals into extinction. Worldwide, the illegal trade in endangered animals is booming. No longer just the work of individuals or small gangs, it is now…
Sexual abuse of children by women is still a social taboo. The idea contradicts all the usual clichés. Women are primarily the victims of sexual violence and not the perpetrators. But experts estimate that women commit 15-20% of sexual abuse. Usually it is mothers who abuse their own children.…
The lives of rural women in a developing country. Cape Verde is a dry country, a group of islands off the West African coast. Most of the men emigrate for work, leaving the women and children in the village. We enter the world of the women as they work in the fields, carry water and bring up their…
The daily lives of the Panare Indians of Venezuela. The daily lives of the Panare Indians, a primitive tribe inhabiting the jungle of Venezuela. Discusses how long their society could remain untouched by the influence of the civilisation which they try to reject. Granada Television.
Religion in the lives of Quadri Dervishes. The village of Baiveh in Iran is the home of the leader of a group of Kurds who belong to the Quadiri Dervishes, a mystical cult of Islam. The programme examines the part which religion plays in their daily lives and shows the Zikr, the ceremony where the…
