A documentary film by Vanessa del Campo (2019). English subtitles. An old Bedouin riding his camel can’t believe his eyes: a woman dressed in a big, compact armour and a bizarre helmet is studying an insignificant rock. Astronauts in the desert of Oman... Or is it Mars? Bedouins, spaceships,…
A documentary film by Volkan Üce (2021). English subtitles. At the start of the summer season, Ismail and Hakan are preparing for their new job in a gigantic all-inclusive hotel at the Turkish Riviera. They observe the colourful swimsuits, the unemptied plates, the different ways of addressing…
Original French version available here : https://vimeo.com/ondemand/capsurelcap Co-produced with Ushuaia TV "By Fair Means" Award - Chamonix Film Festival Official selection : Banff Mountain Film Festival, Mendi Film Festival, Montagne en Scène, Festival du film d'aventure…
International version available here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/captainsonelcap Co-production Ushuaia TV Prix "By Fair Means" - Chamonix Film Festival Prix "Coup de coeur du jury" - Rencontres cinémathèque de montagne de Gap Sélection officielle : Banff…
Music Pictures: New Orleans gives us legacy portraits and a rare backstage access into the lives and craft of four New Orleans music legends: Irma Thomas - the reigning “Soul Queen of New Orleans”, Little Freddie King, Ellis Marsalis, and The Tremé Brass Band. Now in their 80s, these…
Lee Fields is a funk and soul legend 50 years in the making. His journey takes you from vinyl to virtual and back again.
The modern nation of Brunei is one of the richest countries on the planet. But this was not always the case. For centuries the inhabitants of what we know today as Brunei shared a similar fate with other peoples in the region. Our trip begins on the fabled island of Borneo, which Brunei shares with its…
Macau is sometimes described as the Las Vegas of Asia. Its casinos actually pull in more revenue than Las Vegas, despite Macau's smaller size. Macau owes its status as Asia's gambling capital to an odd combination of history and law. Its colourful journey to that status began in 1554 with an…
The modern nation of Qatar is one of the most influential countries in the Gulf, if not the world. It has gained that status on account of its tremendous natural resource wealth, as well as its ability to maintain amicable relations with most other countries. But both Qatar's wealth and international…
The nation of Laos generally does not receive as much attention as its neighbors in the Mekong region. Yet for several centuries, what we know today as Laos was at the center of the dominant Lan Xang kingdom. Also known as the Land of a Million Elephants, Lan Xang controlled territories which today are…
**EDUCATORS, email orders@wmm.com for instructions for student access Directed by Afton Quast Saler US | 2022 | 25 minutes | Color | DVD | English In this profoundly personal mixed media experience inside the ADHD mind, NEURODIVERGENT (dir. Afton Quast Saler) follows the filmmaker’s journey…
In the spring of 1624, the ship "Nieuw Nederland" left Europe with thirty families -- Dutch and Walloon -- who were to become the founding colonizers of New Amsterdam. Who were these 30 families and what was life like on Manhattan and Governor's Island where they first settled?
