Molinaro charts the journey of amateur turned professional runner Carla Molinaro as she navigates her first year as a professional athlete, having achieved her newfound success later in life. Following on from her gold medal performance at the South Africa's 2018 Comrades Ultra marathon, Carla's…
In this mini travel documentary Jana Angelova discusses her experience of visiting Vitosha mountain, as well as general information about the place. The focus is on the beauty of nature and some of the unique sites of the mountain. Featuring photography by Jana Angelova.
For digital streaming licenses and institutional use, please contact artny@bestweb.net. On this program we look at the extraordinary career of Chuck Close, an artist who, for thirty years, has had a passionate interest in making portraits of his friends and family. Working from photographs, Close…
Noch bis vor ca. 20 Jahren galt es als Dogma der Tiermedizin, dass es Diabetes bei Pferden nicht gibt. Mit zunehmendem Auftreten stark übergewichtiger Pferde und solcher mit Hufrehe auch zu außergewöhnlichen Zeiten und ohne erkennbaren Auslöser hat man begonnen, den Blutglucose-…
Today, Pope Francis is changing the Vatican's conservative tone. But for decades, U.S. nuns have been bucking the Church hierarchy by living a gospel of love, social justice and inclusion. From confronting U.S. bishops over the Affordable Care Act, to protesting for women's equality at the…
JUNG UND ENDO Eine Filmreihe über junge Menschen mit Endometriose Im Film sprechen drei junge Frauen über ihren Weg mit Endometriose. Bei Eline (17) wurde diese chronische Erkrankung verhältnismäßig früh diagnostiziert. In ihrer Schule wissen ihre Mitschüler*innen…
For more than six decades, Vija Celmins has been creating exquisitely detailed paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints depicting natural imagery, including ocean surfaces, desert floors, and night skies. Born in Latvia in 1938, Celmins immigrated to Indiana with her family in1948. She attended graduate…
Using archive material, this film shows the struggle of Africans against oppresion in South Africa. Right from the initial invasions by whites, discrimination has been practised against the blacks and coloured (mixed race) populations. The various governmental Acts are explained in the film and show…
A moving film about Winnie Mandela, wife of ANC leader Nelson Mandela who had been serving a life sentence since 1964. She tells about her politcal views, her and Nelson's history in politics, her own contribution to the struggle for a free South Africa, and the hardships this has brought to her…
Set in a London School where an all-women video crew are setting up their equipment. The issues of careers for women in films and television and the images of women and black people on the screen are raised naturally through a discussion between the crew and the students and by the use of extracts from…
A documentary film which attempts to show how and why control of the birth process has changed hands through history, from a home-based activity integrated into everyday life, to a highly mechanised event. What improvements can be made in the maternity services, and what alternative ways are there for…
In 2009, two Quebecers moved to Hollywood with an ambitious film project in mind. Lovaganza was to be a film trilogy with a humanitarian mission. More than a decade later, the film and the millions amassed for the production are nowhere to be found. Winner of the 2022 Best Canadian Documentary at RIFFA
