The documentary "St. Joseph the Hesychast" focuses on the life of one of Mount Athos' most influential contemporary ascetics. Joseph the Hesychast was canonized as a Saint by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in 2020. The dramatized documentary picked up five "Odysseus"…
A tradition as old as Iceland itself, rettir, the annual movement of herds of sheep and horses from summer pasture in the wild, remote highlands back down to coastal farms and grazing areas in the autumn, was vital for the early settlers to survive the long, often brutal winters. From the time the…
FOR HOME USE ONLY – FOR EDUCATIONAL STREAMING AND DVD SALES VISIT https://store.der.org/a-thousand-fires-p1083.aspx Saeed Taji Farouky 90 min, 2021 in Burmese with English and French subtitles In the Magway region of Myanmar, a country home to one of the oldest petroleum industries in…
The journey of the Oglala Lakota of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, from their origins through to their contemporary life. The most comprehensive look at an Indian Reservation in a documentary made over 13 years by international award winning film-maker Steven Lewis Simpson director of Rez Bomb. The…
Nine artisans on secluded Gabriola Island reveal the differences between mass manufactured and authentic locally handmade through intimate portraits of their work and lifestyle.
Our world is troubled: wars, terrorism, political and social unrest, family breakdown, mass migrations, moral confusion, violence, confusion and chaos. In the Church: faith has diminished, many have lapsed, doctrines are denied, moral teachings ignored, scandals in the clergy causing dismay and doubt. Appealing…
Classification by the Régie du cinéma in Quebec: General A film by Ashley Duong In the suburbs of Montreal, Mutang Urud is a family man. But in Malaysia, he was a voice of resistance for the indigenous peoples of Sarawak. A Time to Swim follows Mutang as he returns home for the first…
Atla (forward) An ultimate desert experience. Let yourself be submerged in 105 minutes of images of sand. Rocky sand. Sandy sand. Gravel sand. And the sound of footsteps on sand: crunching, shambling, determined. Whereto are those 2 Bedouin-men and that white woman heading in the Sinai? Does it…
The Atlantean films show that the island of Ireland was never a remote outpost on the fringes of Europe. From the hunters and fishermen of the megalithic age, then the Carthaginians of the 1st Milennium to the crooked investors, carpetbaggers and drug smugglers of the modern age, from Eastern monks fleeing…
Documentary about the two big resources in the North Atlantic, fish and oil, and the impact of their exploitation on the environment in various countries on both sides of the Atlantic.
À l'Atlantic Bar, à Arles, Nathalie, la patronne, est le centre de l'attention. Ici, on chante, on danse, on se tient les uns aux autres. Après l'annonce de la mise en vente du bar, Nathalie et les habitués se confrontent à la fin de leur monde et d'un…
Follow the everyday life and unusual adventures of a daring crew on an epic two-month journey across the Atlantic Ocean aboard the Lucia 40 catamaran. Sail with this intrepid family and their captain, boarding the ship at La Rochelle in France, making stops along the way in La Coruña in Spain…
