A documentary about Chicano gang life circa 1978, back when your hood was your whole world. Homeboys was filmed in collaboration with members of the Cuatro Flats gang, named for their housing project in East Los Angeles. Its firsthand account of the systemic barriers to success for these barrio youth…
The rural roots of African American life are explored through the Black farmer's story from Reconstruction through the agricultural crisis of the '20s and '30s and, eventually, to the system of federal farm loans and subsidies on which all farmers depend today.
Since the end of the nineteenth century, Iran has seen the slow unravelling of the social fabric of Nomadic life. With an impressive archive of stunning footage, Homecoming traces the extraordinary journeys made by nomadic peoples over vast and unforgiving landscapes. But through the twentieth century,…
John Stanley fans rejoice! Homecoming 2 is a once-in-a-lifetime collection of brand-new material, and Stanley's classic short film Homecoming: A Fable, available on digital for the very first time. Included in this collection are: -Homecoming: A Fable, the 15-minute horror short by directed…
Homecoming Song is a poetic documentary that tells the parallel stories of two men who came home. Many years ago Kaax'achgook of the Kiks.adi clan of Southeast Alaska disappeared at sea, and was thought lost by his family and people. Three years later he returned with a song telling of his experiences.…
A delicate portrayal of an ink wash artist and a choreographer, and their unrelenting passion to break boundaries. Digital Artist Wong Chung Yu created digital ink paintings to break the public prejudice of seeing Chinese ink painting as old-school and banal. Choreographer Pewan Chow broke the passive…
Home for Life depicts the experiences of two elderly people in their first month at a home for the aged. One is a woman whose struggle to remain useful in her son and daughter-in-law's home is no longer appreciated. The other is a widower, without a family, who suddenly realizes he can no longer…
Equal pay as men. Designer clothes. And (eventually) respect. It's the story about the Greatest Generation that you haven't heard. This documentary tells the story of the first group of non-medical women to be officially accepted into the Navy as WAVES, or Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency…
Home Games is a broken fairytale depicting a crucial moment in the life of Alina, a 20-year-old "million dollar baby" from Kyiv, whose passion for football has a chance of saving her from poverty. Alina grew up on the streets in a poor suburb of the Ukrainian capital. While her parents were…
Through the eyes of funeral director Isaiah Owens, the beauty and grace of African-American funerals are brought to life. Filmed at Owens Funeral Home in New York City’s historic Harlem neighborhood, this award-winning documentary takes an up-close look at the rarely seen world of undertaking in…
Outpatient treatment for mentally ill people in Cheshire. Looks at an alternative to the hospital treatment of people with psychiatric problems. Brindle House in Cheshire is a centre for out-patient treatment, allowing people to stay in the community. Patients are treated in an informal and friendly…
Ein Film über das Zuhause-sein, das nichts mit einem Ort zu tun hat: Zuhause-sein mit anderen, Zuhause-sein in der Welt, Zuhause-sein im Theater. Pavel Schnabel begleitet in „HOME IS NOT A PLACE“ die Künstler des Frankfurter Straßentheaters „antagon“ durch eine…
