Six trans women travel to a small town in León where they will explore unusual landscapes, as well as the ins and outs of their own personalities. Looking for answers about what connects them as a group, they will learn to deal with their differences. Sediments is an engaging and fun story about…
A documentary about the man widely considered to be the pioneer of international human rights inquiries, Roger Casement (1864-1916). His work in Africa, Brazil, and his native Ireland still has repercussions today. In 1910, the British Consul General in Rio de Janeiro, Roger Casement, undertook an…
After 18 years living in Italy, Barbara Ramos returns to live in Cuba, her homeland. In the town of Santa Clara and through the projects of family and friends, she discovers what has changed, what hasn’t, and what will likely never change in her country. Shot over a period of three years –…
Buenos Aires has a housing crisis. Over two million people live in shanty towns in and around the city. Known as the ‘villas miserias’, they’re widely associated with poverty and crime. But inside is a very different story. One Street Away is an intimate and honest portrayal of…
What do peace and justice mean to you? In 1986, the Uruguayan Parliament approved a law granting amnesty for all crimes and human rights violations committed by the army and police during the dictatorship (1973-1985). This impunity law prevented continuing investigations into the disappeared and abuses…
Each year, the slow-paced lifestyle in Mexico’s largest desert in the Baja Peninsula is given a turbo boost by the Baja 1000, the largest off-road motorsport race in the world that takes place crossing the Mexican-US border. In this modern-day western, José Permar tells a unique story…
In the tradition of Harun Farocki and João Moreira Salles, this personal film essay by Federico Atehortúa Arteaga examines the relationship between film footage, the events of the war in Colombia, his family’s story, and the origins of cinema in the country. On March 6, 1906, four…
This landmark documentary reveals the tragic life of a gifted young woman who was executed for speaking out during the height of Chairman Mao's rule. Lin Zhao, a top student from Peking University, was imprisoned for defending students and leaders persecuted during Mao Zedong's Anti-Rightist…
C'est l'histoire d'une quête, celle d’un passionné du vivant, d’un collecteur de savoirs et chercheur d'autonomie. C’est l’histoire d’un rêve d’enfant qui devient le fil rouge de toute une vie. A travers l’apprentissage…
Chris, a thirty-something gas station employee, lives in North Carolina with his girlfriend Mimi, a live-sized 'love doll', who he communicates with through an AI app. A clear-eyed, open-hearted and fascinating take on machine learning and AI, the rising levels of loneliness, and the social…
Looks at some of the issues and problems faced by people with physical disabilities. It was produced by a group of local people in Huddersfield, all of whom have some sort of physical disability. The programme grew from a series of light sketches, but later some serious issues were tackled, and feelings…
From a Series of seven 55 minute programmes which provide a definitive study of how we have come in the 1980's to the brink of man-made cataclysm. For five thousand years warfare has been an instrinsic, even indispensible part of style of living which we call civilisation. Up to only two years ago,…
