A revisiting of the 1960‘s Olympic marathon in Rome, when ethiopian Abebe Bikila won a gold medal as the first black athlete representing an African nation. Fischer & el Sani examine the complexity of ideological, political and architectural implications of Bikila's symbolic victory.…
FREEDOM ON FIRE: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom depicts the horrible realities of this unprovoked war instigated by Vladimir Putin. The film is an exploration of the courage of the Ukrainian people, who are fiercely determined to stand their ground until “the last drop of blood.” Demonstrating…
The Story of Freedom Summer 2014 marks the 50th Anniversary of Freedom Summer, the campaign to end the long political disenfranchisement of African-Americans in the Deep South. Academy Award® Nominated and Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winning documentary, Freedom On My Mind, vividly chronicles the…
Ukrainian-born filmmaker Damien Kolody captures a violent and compelling account of the Maidan Square battles as the people of Ukraine spontaneously rise up against their corrupt and oppressive government. The Living Fire Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOi6c_iJ8qg The Violent Heart Of…
Chinese construction of Africa’s longest railway. Built by 14,000 Chinese people and 40,000 Africans, and financed by generous loans by the Chinese government, this was the largest infra structure in Africa. The Tan-Zam railway line links Dar-es-Salaam on the Indian Ocean with Kapiri Mposhi…
Freedom Stories is an exploration of the achievements and struggles of former ‘boat people’. Now Australian citizens, they arrived seeking asylum from the Middle-East around 2001 – a watershed year in Australian politics sparked by the Tampa affair and Prime Minister John Howard’s…
Freedom Street Documentary explores the harrowing plights of Joniad, Ashfaq, and Azizah, three refugees who are affected by the consequences of Australia's policies and are trapped in Indonesia. This feature-length documentary tells their moving stories whilst deconstructing Australia’s cruel…
Freedoms Under Assault is a powerful full-length documentary that chronicles the systematic destruction of a world-class university and the politically motivated culture war against its faculty over a two-year period. A perfect storm of an autocratic university president collaborating with a supermajority…
« Freedom to be » is a documentary that follows the journey of a couple of educators in search of educational initiatives that rethink the values of education and place people at the heart of learning.
For thousands of years, we have been fascinated with horses: wild and powerful, they are a true symbol of freedom. But over the years of domestication, we started to rely on horses for our own survival and began restraining them for our own needs. From the arid plains of Patagonia to the jungles of…
With hundred kilos on their backs they are facing storms, blizzards and deep snow. Their craft is not only a profession, but also their way to the calmness. In the documentary Freedom under Load we get to know the oldest generation of the porters in the High Tatras, who climb with supplies to the mountain…
America’s Founding Fathers believed the free exercise of religion so central to a more perfect Union that they enshrined its protection in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights. Now comes the most complete documentary film ever on the history and meaning of the Free Exercise clause and how…
