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Lindsay Dances - Theatre and life according to Lindsay Kemp
A documentary that collects for the first time and in an almost anthological way the historical repertoire of the Lindsay Kemp Company's shows, from the end of the 70s to the 90s. With footage from the Rai Teche and private archives, and an intimate and touching unpublished interview conducted by the director in her home in Livorno. The documentary is unique in its kind because it collects for the first time in an almost anthological way the repertoire of the shows of the glorious Lindsay Kemp Company from Salome to Flowers, from A Midsummer Night's Dream to Duende and Onnagata, up to the last show Kemp Dances. Lindsay Dances celebrates one of the most original, creative, and innovative artists in contemporary dance theatre.
The documentary was nominated by Rai for the 72nd edition of the Prix Italia 2020.
Justice Now: A BET Town Hall
Marc Lamont Hill hosts a dialogue with leading African American voices in activism, politics and entertainment to reflect on the killing of George Floyd and the ensuing protests that have taken place across the country and around the world.
World's Deadliest Whale
A fascinating and in-depth investigation into how one of the largest animals on the planet dominates every ocean on Earth.
Bulgarian Dream
Like many other seniors in Germany, Petra receives terribly low retirement which makes her very poor. After paying rent and utilities, she is left with about 100 euros a month for food and other expenses, of which she barely survives in such an expensive city as Hamburg. Petra refuses to accept such circumstances. She belongs to a new generation of seniors, who do not feel that life should be over just because you are growing old. She decides to leave everything in Germany behind and move far away, to Eastern Europe looking for a better life.
Who Killed the Co-ed?: An ID Murder Mystery
When 19-year-old college student Faith Hedgepeth is found brutally murdered in her off campus apartment, the evidence leads police to believe that she knew her killer. Six years later Faith's murderer is still at large. Who killed Faith?
The Story Of (Scotty) The T. Rex
In this documentary, we go back to the beginning and tell the origin story of Scotty the T. Rex and how it was discovered on that fateful day in 1991. We also showcase the lasting impact the discovery had on the town of Eastend and the Paleo world in Canada. In 2019, Scotty was proclaimed the biggest in the world. Believed to be a female, she measured over 13 m or just over 42.6 feet long and weighed over 8.8 metric tons. Discovered in the dinosaur-rich Frenchman Formation, Scotty's bones have been carefully preserved and are stored at the T. Rex Discovery Centre in Eastend, Saskatchewan.
The Last Artifact
Just outside Paris, France, inside a high-tech vault, requiring three independently controlled keys, rests a small metallic cylinder about the diameter of a golf ball. Encased within three vacuum-sealed bell jars it may not look like much, but it is one of the most important objects on the planet. It affects nearly every aspect of our lives from the moment we are born, to the food we eat, the cars we drive, and even the medicines we take. The Last Artifact follows the high-stakes race to redefine the weight of the world reveals the untold story of one of the most important objects on the planet. The kilogram, the base unit of mass in the International System of Units, helped send humans to the moon and satellites into space. This small hunk of metal is the object against which all others are measured. Yet over time, its mass mysteriously eroded by the weight of an eyelash. A change that, unbeknownst to most, unleashed a crisis with potentially dire consequences.
Stevie Nicks: Wild at Heart
They say great art comes from great tragedy. This couldn't be more true with the songstress of Fleetwood Mac. For decades, she has fronted one of the most successful bands in history, resurrecting them from the ashes. Even with the trials and tribulations of being a member of Fleetwood Mac, Stevie has remained an iconic role model. Staying synonymous with the witchy, transcendental, deep rooted mysticism of a fairy god mother. Through her drive and passion for creating art, the Bohemian Rock Queen found an avenue to overcome her obstacles, going on to become the only woman inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame, twice. Relive the turbulent life of one of the last old school rock stars left.
A Bright Summer Diary
A boy and his mother sit in a cardboard car in front of painted landscape. This postcard from his childhood is what triggers Chinese artist Lei Lei to go on a journey down the rabbit hole of memory. Put together with his signature style of melancholic collage, time jitters in and out of its usual flow as screenshots, found photos and propaganda images appear in succession as if pulled through an archaic machine to explore how truth is coloured by nostalgia.
Guczo. Notes on Life
Full of archival flavors, the story of an aristocrat cursed by his family, a man of many faces and talents living in turbulent times. Who was August Zamoyski? A lover of female beauty, an athlete, a sculptor, and a citizen of the world who draws full attention from life?
Le bâtiment 7
"7 rappers who explode all at once like that, it's not something every neighborhood has." That's where Building 7 gets its name, as it witnessed the emergence of rappers like Koba La D, Bolemvn, Kodes, or Shotas. Located in Evry, a suburb of Paris, the most famous building in France is about to be demolished, along with the slab of the Parc-aux-Lièvres neighborhood in Evry. In this documentary, StreetPress tells the story of what some consider an architectural mistake. And yet...
The Whisper Of The Steps
The documentary film about the life and work of prominent Ukrainian monumental artists Ada Rybachuk and Volodymyr Melnichenko, whose main work - the Wall of Remembrance at Baykove Cemetery - was destroyed by the Soviet authorities after 13 years of daily hard work ...
Queen Mary: How She Saved the Royals
Documentary about Elizabeth II's grandmother, who as Queen Consort was George V's most trusted adviser and became a symbol of national stability, particularly during the crisis that ensued when her eldest son Edward VIII abdicated.
Saudi Runaway
Amjad, a young, fearless woman from Saudi Arabia, is tired of being controlled by the state and patronized by her family. With an arranged marriage imminent, a life without rights and free will seems inevitable. Amjad decides to escape. An unprecedented view inside the world’s most repressive patriarchy.
Generations
Thirteen static shots of coal-fired power stations across the United States, seen in rural landscapes, urban settings, sun or cloud and at all times of year. Whatever the location or season, there’s always at least one chimney belching out fumes.
Fela Kuti: Father of Afrobeat
In 1997, over one million people gathered in Lagos for the funeral of Fela Kuti, Africa’s biggest artist, who gave the world Afrobeat, yet was also a thorn in the side of Nigeria’s military regimes - a revolutionary who fought injustice with his music and a libertine who married 27 wives in one ceremony. When he died from a disease that carried a huge stigma in Africa, there was fear his legacy would die with him. Exclusive testimony reveals the multifaceted man behind the maverick performer.
Persona Perpetua
An intimate approach to the experience of Alzheimer's disease in a 95-year-old woman and her relationship with her immediate surroundings.
The Magnitude of All Things
Filmmaker Jennifer Abbott explores the emotional and psychological dimensions of the climate crisis and the relationship between grief and hope in times of personal and planetary change.
Dracula: Fiction and Reality
Bram Stoker's Dracula has imprinted itself in the culture and history of modern day readers and movie goers. The tale of the original vampire continues to captivate and expand into new territories. This new documentary film follows the Count's journey from inception to the widespread popularity of the most popular monster in history, it's Dracula: Fiction and Reality.
They Saw the Sun First
A genre-bending documentary using dance and physicality to explore themes of youthfulness, fear, regret and aging. The star of the show is New York. The perspectives of elderly citizens of NYC are interpreted physically by a younger generation. The words come from real-life interviews recorded with a diverse selection of aging New Yorkers.
The World's Smallest Woman: Meet Jyoti
At 24 inches tall and a mere 12 pounds, 26-year-old Jyoti Amge is the smallest woman in the world; Jyoti is in the United States for work and to explore American culture, but also hopes to find a doctor for a serious health issue.
Mysterious Object At Noon
In Luxi, a county in southeastern Yunnan Province, someone’s corpse was burned. The parents of the murdered man don’t know the truth and have been waiting for their son to return home. A nomadic female poet comes to Luxi to shoot a documentary and hears about the story. A few days later, she leaves the man she met on the road without saying goodbye, and the reason is written into a verse: "One person blocks the wind so that other clouds can see the rain in the afterlife. We’ve been stuck in it.” The vicissitude of life can be sensed from the ancient street in Luxi.
Siudy Between Worlds - 50 Performances of the American Dream
When Venezuelan-born flamenco prodigy Siudy Garrido and her dance troupe want to bring their production "Entre Mundos" to a famed midtown New York stage and sustain a successful multi-month run.
Le parcours de Chilla
In this documentary, the France TV teams meet with Chilla in late 2019 as she begins the creation of her second album. The young woman opens up about her childhood, her appetite for music, and also addresses questions such as "how to find a way to express herself that suits her while navigating an environment as codified as rap? How to unite while being from everywhere and nowhere, in a hip-hop world where claiming an origin, a neighborhood is essential?"
I Still Breathe
I STILL BREATHE is a documentary about a group of socially aware young adults who give extraordinary and deeply emotional testimonies of being black, mixed race and white in London, England. They react to the impact of George Floyd's brutal and unnecessary killing which has sent shockwaves globally. The response to this inhumane act has been an awakening in the collective social consciousness, and "Black Lives Matter" has echoed around the world. But what will happen now? Will power and privilege continue to turn a blind eye? Or will the new generation see what the current custodians have achieved for good and ill, and come together to right the wrongs of the past to bring in a new era of hope for the future? I STILL BREATHE is a statement of hope for the world. Sometimes the most profound messages come from the voices that are unheard.
Secrets of Your Airline Food
In this fun fascinating and logistics-packed documentary we bring viewers access to one of Europe’s biggest suppliers of airline food where 120 chefs make meals daily for 7 of the largest airlines feeding up to 3000 people a day.
We Wanted More: The Miracle of Taipei
In 1981 establishing a women's national team was of no interest to the German Football Association. Therefore an invitation to the Women's World Cup in Taipei went to the reigning club champions from the small town of Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. In the film the former players talk about the absurd conditions in which they had to fight for their great dream of playing football. Accompanied by historical footage - testimonies of a men's world that today seem all the more anachronistic - the film tells a story that is about much more than sporting success, namely equality and recognition.
Soldier's Woman
Unspeakable events occurred in the town of Manta. Several young women had to flee from there and were despised forever. They were condemned without anyone asking why they did it. Thirty years later, Magda decides to return to rediscover her past, now that she is facing a judicial process that can restore the dignity and honor that her people have denied her. She feels watched, judged in this frozen place in time, until her friends come to accompany her and a little light appears again.
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Beethovens Neunte - Symphonie für die Welt
The 9th Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the most popular pieces of classical music in the world. Even those who are not passionate about the classical music recognize the famous Ode to Joy. Despite the grim context in which it was created, the 9th Symphony leaves us fascinated, moved and uplifted by its creativity, its power and its culmination in the Ode to Joy. More than 160 years after it was written, Beethoven’s hymn to brotherhood was adopted by the European Union as its official anthem. But Beethoven’s Ninth is also met with enthusiasm far beyond the borders of Europe. What’s the explanation for its never ending success? What is it about this work of art that fascinates people all over the world?
Tides
Filmed at Masonboro Island, an undeveloped barrier island in southeastern North Carolina, “Tides” contemplates the liminal space between the modern technological world and that more ecological dimension we label as “nature” or “the environment.”
Women Workers in Broadcasting Stations
94.6% of Script writers are women in Korea. Script writers are one of the representative job sectors which is well known to have the most non-regular workers in Broadcasting industry. Those women working for broadcasting have decided to form a labor union after suffering from low wages and long hours of labor that have not changed for more than two decades. ‘Labor union’ It reminded us of men in red headbands, vests and scary face! we’ve never thought of this except for considering it as a topic at TV programs we make. This is the first time in our life that we've ever been in a labor union, so too hard for us. We’re tired of our lives, again being beaten by the injustice in our workplace.
Willy Bogner - Durch Feuer und Eis
Ski racer, pioneer of the sports fashion industry, entrepreneur and filmmaker. Willy Bogner provides a very personal insight into his life, which had many glamorous highlights as well as dramatic changes in store for him.
We Will Be Heard
How to exist in a sexist and listening structure? Gabriela, Celma and Klicia, three deaf women with different realities, share their struggles and trajectories in the deaf feminist movement.
Volker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the Drum
The life and work of the brilliant German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff, a cross-border artist who, by leaving Germany and making the whole world his place of work, acquired the objective perspective necessary to portray his country's society better than anyone else while providing a unique and original point of view on the troubled history of the European continent.
Peter Rabbit : Racing Rabbits
When the rabbits volunteer to deliver Mrs Tiggy-Winkle's laundry using their newly built, super-fast go-kart, a routine delivery turns into a high speed adventure! Benjamin gets a pet snail, but his friends can't see the appeal--especially when it attracts the attention of Old Brown! The timeless joy of Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit is re-imaged in this and more adventures. Join Peter, Lily, Benjamin and their friends as they save the day in their latest adventures!
Hermitage. Film Tour of the Great Museum
Embark on a five-hour film tour of one of the greatest museums in the world: 45 halls and 588 masterpieces of world art, accompanied by enchanting music. Filmed in 4K in one take on the iPhone 11 Pro.
Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story
Nicknamed “Architect to the Stars,” African American architect Paul R. Williams had an incredible life. Orphaned at the age of four, Williams grew up to build mansions for movie stars and millionaires in Southern California. From the early 1920s until his retirement 50 years later, Williams was one of the most successful architects in the country. His clients included Frank Sinatra, Cary Grant, Barbara Stanwyck, William Holden, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. His name is associated with icons like the Beverly Hills Hotel, the original MCA Headquarters Building and LAX Airport. But at the height of his career Paul Williams wasn’t always welcome in the restaurants and hotels he designed or the neighborhoods where he built homes, because of his race. “Hollywood’s Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story” tells the compelling, but little known story, of how he used talent and perseverance to beat the odds and create a body of work that can be found from coast to coast.