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Lionel Richie: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song
Lionel Richie: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song
The nation’s library, musical artists and American leaders honored pop music icon Lionel Richie in the nation’s capital on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, as he was awarded the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song during an all-star tribute concert. The lineup will include performances by previous Gershwin Prize honoree Gloria Estefan, Boyz II Men, Luke Bryan, Andra Day, Chris Stapleton, Miguel, Yolanda Adams, and a special performance by honoree Lionel Richie. Actor and comedian Anthony Anderson hosted the event.
Lionel Richie: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song 2022
The Life of the Twin Brothers
The Life of the Twin Brothers
The documentary tells about the illustrated diary of a salt worker from the flooded village of Dedyukhino. His whole life is in it, as well as the life of an entire generation at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
The Life of the Twin Brothers 2022
Please Make Me Look Pretty
Please Make Me Look Pretty
One hot summer, Eun-hye, a jobless who’s just knitting at home, becomes popular at ‘Munho River Market’ as an artist who draws ‘not pretty face’ pictures. When customers ask her to draw them to look pretty, she replies “But you’re already pretty”. Eun-hye takes great care for a long time to express each people’s personality and says that everyone is born pretty from the beginning. And now the number of happy faces has already reached 2,000.
Please Make Me Look Pretty 2022
Río Rojo
Río Rojo
In the Serranía de la Macarena, in the north of the Colombian Amazon, lies “Río Rojo”, a mythical river that runs through the middle of the forest, also called “the river of the seven colors”. Young Oscar, grandmother Doña María and the Indian Sabino live peacefully in the region, in communion with nature. But this area, once preserved by the conflict with FARC, is now victim of its beauty and threatened by the arrival of new visitors…
Río Rojo 2022
BAKER VIDEO WITH FIGGY, LYRIC AND RILEY
BAKER VIDEO WITH FIGGY, LYRIC AND RILEY
Big Fig kicks it off with major rips from LA to Austin, before a serious segment from newcomer Lyric and a killer part from Riley.
BAKER VIDEO WITH FIGGY, LYRIC AND RILEY 2022
Teatime Teheran
Teatime Teheran
Gabriele Hochleitner's camera on Michael Pilz in Khosrow Sinai's – his friend's – home in Teheran, October 2007, during her shootings for her portrait For Some Friends/2008
Teatime Teheran 2022
Notes from a Dromedary
Notes from a Dromedary
An adolescent on a remote place narrates his story marked by a past in the Sahara being a camel, Pringles fries, the desire for fat women’s bodies, strange drawings, colonizers and reggaeton.
Notes from a Dromedary 2022
No Place Like Home
No Place Like Home
A young woman confronts her own story as an adopted child from Sri Lanka. Her existential quest expands into a detective hunt for the truth in a morass of forged documents, corruption and family trauma.
No Place Like Home 2022
Engineering Tragedy: The Ashtabula Train Disaster
Engineering Tragedy: The Ashtabula Train Disaster
The Ashtabula train disaster and bridge collapse was the worst train disaster of the 19th century, claiming the lives of 97 people. The engineering and structural failures that caused the collapse of a bridge that stood for over a decade, also took down the most luxurious train of the day, “The Pacific Express #5.” The accident happened in Ashtabula, Ohio on December 29, 1876 during a raging blizzard, sending the luxury train crashing 70-feet into a river gorge and costing the lives of 97 people. The disaster shocked the nation, yet it’s a story that’s been lost in the pages of history. In a strange twist of fate and intrigue, the bridge disaster also became the backdrop to the still unsolved murder of Charles Collins, the railroad’s chief engineer. It also contributed to the eventual suicide of millionaire Amasa Stone, the president of the railroad and the designer and builder of the bridge.
Engineering Tragedy: The Ashtabula Train Disaster 2022
The River is not a Border
The River is not a Border
The Senegal River forms the national border between Mauritania and Senegal. In 1989, war broke out between these countries, along and around the river. Both sides committed atrocities. Senegalese filmmaker Alassane Diago was just a young child at the time. Now he brings together his “Senegalese and Mauritanian family,” all victims or witnesses of the bloodbath, so they can talk in detail about their traumatic experiences. He wants to find the truth, and to bring about reconciliation. Why did they slaughter each other, and why were so many people “deported”? Was there systemic racism involved, under the white and Arab elite? Was it a case of ethnic cleansing?
The River is not a Border 2022
Submissive Omission
Submissive Omission
A couple interrupts an intimate moment to discuss their relationship.
Submissive Omission 2022
Change of Scenery
Change of Scenery
Born in Germany in 2002, Noa Blanche Beschorner evokes the memory of those who, a generation before her, lived through the separation of East and West Germany. Tapetenwechsel (Change of Scenery) is the story of youth seeking their identity when confronting their collective memory.
Change of Scenery 2022
Haaveiden kääntöraide
Haaveiden kääntöraide
Metro trains disappear on the turning track, only to immediately return on the same route. Tapio (57), Toni (42) and Aksa (60) are also stuck on these tracks. The men meet every morning in the square behind the Herttoniemi metro station, from where they transfer to Vuosaari in the metro's "restaurant car". Men's lives are dominated by alcohol and unemployment. The turning track of dreams follows the lives of Tapio, Toni and Aksa for a year - moments filled with joy, despair, self-destruction and friendship in the metro stations and trains of Eastern Helsinki. It gives voice to those who do not have special human dignity in the eyes of society.
Haaveiden kääntöraide 2022
The Jangling Man: The Martin Newell Story
The Jangling Man: The Martin Newell Story
Regarded by many as an influential figure in the history of cassette culture and DIY recording, Martin Newell has been an integral part of the British music scene since the 1970s, and his music career spans over six decades. He’s been produced by XTC’s Andy Partridge, and written for the likes of Captain Sensible of The Damned. Though it would be wrong to call him an "unknown", he has never been directly in the limelight. This film brings to light the amazing career and life work of the artist, who, on top of being the most published contemporary British poet as well as an established gardener, continues to record and release music today.
The Jangling Man: The Martin Newell Story 2022
Major Grom: Plague Doctor. Behind the Scenes
Major Grom: Plague Doctor. Behind the Scenes
Additional materials for "Major Grom: Plague Doctor" (2021).
Major Grom: Plague Doctor. Behind the Scenes 2022
Neighbours Made Me a Star
Neighbours Made Me a Star
Following the soap's final episodes, a tribute to the residents of Ramsay Street and the stars that Neighbours shot to fame. Aside from a look at Kylie Minogue (Charlene Mitchell/Robinson) and Jason Donovan (Scott Robinson), who returned for the finale, there are also profiles of Guy Pearce (Mike Young) and Margot Robbie (Donna Freedman). Plus, interviews with the cast and crew, including Stefan Dennis (Paul Robinson), Annie Jones (Jane Harris), Ryan Moloney (Toadie), Jackie Woodburne (Susan Kennedy), and Alan Fletcher (Karl Kennedy)
Neighbours Made Me a Star 2022
City of a dream
City of a dream
Montreal was initially the dream of people who believed in the possibility of creating a better world in New France. Who were those people? Which ideal did they pursue, and why? The answers can be found in a 17th century manuscript, allegedly the hidden memoir of Jeanne Mance. The filmmaker revisits this story in an original, personal way, highlighting how the past echoes the still current yearning to create a world with more humanistic values. —Annabel Loyola
City of a dream 2022
Koudelka: Crossing The Same River
Koudelka: Crossing The Same River
A close look at the legendary Magnum photographer Josef Koudelka's past, memories, his thoughts about photography, his stance on life and his emotional journey through 'Ruins', his last project, which is about the archaeological ruins of ancient cities in Mediterranean regions. Following the footsteps of Heraclitus over his quote that 'no man ever step in the same river,' Josef Koudelka revisits more than 200 Hellenistic and Roman ancient cities he photographed repeatedly over past 26 years. During this epic journey to Mediterranean regions, we witness the moments of joy, tenderness, and silence while focusing on Koudelka's both artistic and philosophical search for the 'maximum.'
Koudelka: Crossing The Same River 2022
Tod einer Ikone - Marilyn Monroe
Tod einer Ikone - Marilyn Monroe
Tod einer Ikone - Marilyn Monroe 2022
Ramboy
Ramboy
On Achill Island, off the west coast of Ireland, Cian hopes to spend his summer holidays playing football with his friends. For his grandfather Martin, though, this is the right time to introduce him to work on the farm. Ramboy is a tender and dreamlike film about the patience required to learn and pass on a profession, from one generation to the next.
Ramboy 2022
Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream
Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream
The real dream of the American pastor Martin Luther King was never limited to civil rights. He hoped for a just America, where poverty would no longer have a place. Social equality was for him the only guarantee of a true emancipation. During the last four years of his life, he mobilized all his energy to realize this "other dream". But there were many obstacles: he was scorned by white, racist America, abandoned by the political class, but also by some of his own people, who decided to turn their backs on the principle of non-violence.
Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream 2022
Contemplations: On the Psychedelic Experience
Contemplations: On the Psychedelic Experience
Contemplations is an exploration of the depths and meanings of the psychedelic states, a collection of journeys, wisdom and insights from Australian entheogenic exploers.
Contemplations: On the Psychedelic Experience 2022
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
Twenty-something virtuoso multi-instrumentalist, singer and arranger Jacob Collier has managed to outdo The Beatles by winning Grammy Awards for each of his first four albums. Alan Yentob meets Jacob and musicians he has collaborated with, including Stormzy, Chris Martin and film composer Hans Zimmer. He also talks to music legends Quincy Jones and Herbie Hancock, who believe Jacob Collier is one of the most talented musicians on the planet today.
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens 2022
Bereményi kalapja
Bereményi kalapja
Bereményi kalapja 2022
Gulgul
Gulgul
The Ilocano Tradition after Burial.
Gulgul 2022
Looking For A Subject For My First Short Film
Looking For A Subject For My First Short Film
Looking For A Subject For My First Short Film 2022
Extranjero
Extranjero
How does a man, raised between Islam and Marxism, survive exile while a revolution led by women unfolds in his land?
Extranjero 2022
Fighting the Shadow
Fighting the Shadow
The political situation in Belarus forced Dima to flee the country. Fearing for loved ones, she constantly keeps in touch with those who had to stay there. Despite all efforts to arrange his life in Poland, he still has to fight the shadow of the past.
Fighting the Shadow 2022
In Virtual Return We (can’t) Dehaunt
In Virtual Return We (can’t) Dehaunt
This tells the real life stories of four queer Hong Kong (trans)migrants born in the 1980s, for whom the experience of immigration and diaspora is intertwined with childhood memories of Hong Kong under the no longer existing British colonial rule. This reconstructs their nostalgic homes in virtual reality (VR), that draws attention to diasporic narratives and cultural archives through the process of cognitively metaphorical ‘returns’.
In Virtual Return We (can’t) Dehaunt 2022
Inside My Heart
Inside My Heart
From backstage to the stage, from the magic of an opera to the depths of a documentary, Inside My Heart pushes the boundaries between the rehearsal process and the performance, at the heart of a troupe of professional actors with intellectual disabilities. A radically imaginative film that uses all possible cinematographic means to make the romances, conflicts and questionings of these actors palpable with lightness, literally sucking us in with them in a baroque drama with fairy-tale overtones. Through the themes of homosexuality, eroticism and the relationship to the body, Inside My Heart questions the way we look at things and what we might take for granted.
Inside My Heart 2022
Facing Fear
Facing Fear
After receiving devastating news, a man is catapulted into fear. An exploration into 27 of the world's leading experts on fear, examining the biology, psychology and culture of fear, and also the metaphysics of fear.
Facing Fear 2022
Moving Day
Moving Day
Moving Day tells the story of the people who were left outside – quite literally – during a global pandemic. With the rise of Covid-19, shelters closed, jobs were lost, and homelessness in "Victoria B.C." (unceded L'kwungen Territories), swelled. A community formed in the city’s biggest park and as they learn of an ambitious plan to house everyone by March 31, 2021, uncertainty in the park, and in their lives mounts.
Moving Day 2022
Bad Boy of Bonsai
Bad Boy of Bonsai
Bad Boy of Bonsai is an experimental art-house documentary that focuses on Guy Guidry, a Louisiana local, and his passion for bonsai.
Bad Boy of Bonsai 2022
Margalida
Margalida
The emotional journey of Margalida Bover, who was the lover of the anarchist militant Salvador Puig Antich, convicted of murder and executed by Franco's regime in 1974.
Margalida 2022
À la conquête de l'Empress of Ireland
À la conquête de l'Empress of Ireland
À la conquête de l'Empress of Ireland 2022
Les cartoons bannis
Les cartoons bannis
Les cartoons bannis 2022
The other city
The other city
In 2007 Livi, a photography student, moves into an empty building in downtown Haifa. Just before her loneliness urges her to leave, Shahar, Zvi, Iddo and Talia move into that very building - young artists themselves. The friendship ignites in an instant and when Zvi can't pay his rent, they decide to rent a space together, half of which will be Zvi's dwelling and half - an art gallery and bar. The joint work thrives and their voice is heard across the distance, but cracks begin to show, the gallery closes and they disperse. For 12 years, Livi follows their journey to fulfill their dreams as they face the reality of livelihood difficulties, manic depression and alcoholism, unfolding both intimately and lovingly, revealing the story of five friends and their maturing process.
The other city 2022
Our League
Our League
A community of bowlers outside of Cleveland cope with fundamental change when new owners take over at a landmark alley and a longtime league member comes out as a trans woman.
Our League 2022
Ordinary Courage
Ordinary Courage
Gong Hyo-jin, Korea's greatest rom-com queen Lee Chun-hee, an actor reborn as a furniture businessman Jeon Hye-jin, a housewife with 11 years of experience as a child actress Three people from different backgrounds with different intentions unite for the sake of the Earth! They attempt to live a carbon-free life at Jukdo, the only energy-independent island that's left! After discovering a lot of plastic bottles on the beach, they call the water bottle company and start inviting unexpected people to the island! Gong Hyo-jin X Lee Chun-hee X Jeon Hye-jin's Zero Carbon Project! How are they so sincere about the Earth?! (Source : Hancinema)
Ordinary Courage 2022
Lay Down Your Heart
Lay Down Your Heart
An intimate look into the mind of Niall McNeil, an artist and performer with Down syndrome, and his unique chosen family. In Lay Down Your Heart, Niall introduces us to his many “family members,” his multiple “children,” his renowned “ex-wife” and director of the film Marie Clements, and other bonds forged through open-hearted creativity.
Lay Down Your Heart 2022