Una vita passata all’ombra del potere, a studiare e teorizzare il potere: Machiavelli “scienziato della politica” è sicuramente una delle figure del Rinascimento italiano più note al mondo. Eppure accanto al Machiavelli attento testimone dei grandi avvenimenti del suo…
In 1953, one of the world's most powerful earthquakes destroyed the Greek islands of the Ionian Sea. Two amateur cameramen happened to be in Kefalonia and recorded what they saw on film. Earthquake is a documentary based on this footage- shot before and after the disaster. We watch the island’s…
We made Fruit of the Vine over several months and several road trips in 1999. It is a super 8 film about skating in empty swimming pools. It was originally released on VHS in 2000 and then re rereleased on DVD in 2002. There are more than 75 pools and over 50 skaters featured including: Steve "Salba"…
Late in the 20th century, in response to repeated mass atrocities that convulsed the world, more than 120 countries united to form the International Criminal Court (ICC)—the first permanent, independent (treaty based) international criminal court created to prosecute perpetrators (no matter how…
This new, updated version of the 1983 classic on war and social revolution in Guatemala is a vigorous and persuasive documentary. It describes the struggle of the largely Indian peasantry against a legacy of state and foreign oppression. Centered on the experiences of Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchú,…
How can an open society balance demands for security with democracy? State of Fear dramatizes the human and societal costs a democracy faces when it embarks on a war against terror, a war potentially without end, all too easily exploited by unscrupulous leaders seeking personal political gain. Based…
RESUMEN: Este es el relato del viaje de una mujer para reencontrarse con sus orígenes, y el cambio inesperado que éste provoca en toda una comunidad. Una película de Sarah Gerber y Twenty Twenty Studios. Visite el sitio web: www.yarasquinthemovie.com Facebook: facebook.com/TheWayBackToYarasquin
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator is a story of destinies joined by Guatemala’s past, and how a documentary film intertwined with a nation’s turbulent history emerges as an active player in the present. In Granito our characters sift for clues buried in archives of mind and place and historical…
This is John Pilger's second major film for cinema, after his 2006 award-winning The War on Democracy. A powerful and timely investigation into the media’s role in war, The War You Don’t See traces the history of ‘embedded’ and independent reporting from the carnage of World…
Untertitel: Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch -------------------------------------------------------- Sie hatte Tausende Männer und liebt eigentlich die Frauen. Sie verkauft ihren Körper, aber nicht ihre Ehre. Sie könnte reich sein, doch sie hat gelebt. Frau Mercedes arbeitet seit…
Untertitel: Englisch, Französisch ------------------------------------------- Der eine hat erst die Finger vom Kokain gelassen, als er dem Tod ins Auge sah. Der andere glaubt seinen Konsum im Griff zu haben und will weiterkoksen, wenn möglich bis ans Lebensende. «WORK HARD PLAY HARD»…
This is the ENGLISH VERSION. Also available: ESPAÑOL,KOREAN,PORTUGUÊS,CHINESE: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/pofinternational FRANÇAIS: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/plumearctique "Lyrical... Stunning... Tugs at the Heart" - The New York Times. Winner of over 16 major…
