According to Balinese Hindu beliefs, the cremation ceremony, or ngaben, is one of the most important steps in a person’s spiritual life. It is through cremation that the soul is released from the body to ascend to heaven to be reincarnated. Ngaben:…
Afflictions: Culture and Mental Illness in Indonesia is a six-part series of ethnographic films on severe mental illness in Indonesia, based on material drawn from 12 years of person-centered research by writer/anthropologist Robert Lemelson.…
Jathilan is an ancient Javanese folk dance in which a group of dancers become possessed by spirits and engage in a range of self-mortification behaviors. After emerging from their altered state they are left with no memory of the event. Jathilan: Trance and Possession…
Shot over the course of 12 years, Standing on the Edge of a Thorn explores the rural origins of the Indonesian sex trade. The film is narrated by Lisa Ariyani, the daughter of Imam Rohani—a retired civil servant struggling with a mental disorder—and Tri Suryani, an unwed pregnant teenager. Trapped…
En 2005, l'entreprise espagnole Fagor rachète Brandt et devient un des leaders du secteur de l'électroménager européen. Les salariés français sont inquiets et redoutent les licenciements. Mais Fagor n'est pas une entreprise comme les autres,…
In one of the largest unknown mass-killings of the 20th century, an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 Indonesians were killed in 1965 when General Suharto began a purge of suspected “communists” through a complex and highly contested series of events–ultimately…
79 min, Documentaire, Québec, Canada, 2013 Réalisation : Leclerc, Dominic Producteur : Dominic Leclerc Langues : Français Tout au long de l'aventure de 700 km, le duo rencontre la population afin de les aborder sur différents sujets. «On leur demande d'aider…
"The Mystery of the Carpathian Sphinx" uncovers a past that undermines the traditional view of history. This original feature documentary features on site research in the wild Carpathian Mountains by American world -renowned geologist Dr. Robert M. Schoch whose ground-breaking work has appeared…
Adele's Wish is the controversial story behind the world's most valuable painting, the Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I by Gustav Klimt. The film recounts the struggle of 92 year old Los Angeles resident Maria Altmann, who sued Austria to recover five Klimt paintings stolen from her family in…
Teijun Ogawa, a female priest from the Shingon Buddhist Sect--a rarity in Japan--talks about her past, but refuses to speak about her experiences as a woman. She dies before the filming was complete. A homecoming visit (the husband of the filmmaker couple is from the area and had grown up listening to…
Sometimes the best way to let go of a troubled past is to literally walk as far away from it as possible. Hard Way Home is an intimate journey of the filmmaker as she struggles physically and emotionally to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. Filled with a cast of misfit hikers, wandering…
On September 11, 2001, Cantor Fitzgerald became famous for the worst of all possible reasons; 658 of their employees were missing in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Though Cantor suffered more casualties than any other organization, their story was soon pushed aside as the media ambushed…
