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(Be)longing
A group of inspiring African teenagers brought illegally or trafficked into the UK overcome desperate situations and build new lives for themselves in London. The girls face deportation on their 18th birthdays under current Home Office rules. This film asks them what they long for and where they... 10 min. min 2007
Afganistan: Effetti Collaterali
Filmed in Afghanistan in October through December 2001, the film follows the challenges for surgeon Gino Strada and medical coordinator Kate Rowlands from the European NGO Emergency. Having joined forces to set up a hospital in Kabul, they saw it shut down by the Taliban. In October 2001, they... 57 min 2002
Ägypten: Der Kampf der Internetblogger
„Wir sind Beduinen“ erzählt Salama ihrer Tochter. „Wir müssen stolz darauf sein. Das ist unsere Kultur.“ Für diesen Stolz hat sie einen hohen Preis gezahlt. Mit ihrer Tochter lebt sie allein, gelegentlich besucht vom Bruder. Ihr Mann? Der sitzt im Gefängnis. Warum? Als Blogger hatte er sich für die... 6:57 min
Another African Story
The conflict in Darfur, an area in West Sudan the size of France, is sustained by sinister forces. Since 1993, the government of Sudan has supported the northern Arabs in a civil war against the southern black population. The Arabs confiscated land and houses, millions of people have been killed,... 52 min 2004
Another African Story
Il Darfur, una regione nell'ovest del Sudan, è definita dall'Onu la ´´peggiore crisi umanitaria del mondo´´. Dal Febbraio 2003 si combatte un sanguinosi conflitto tra due gruppi ribelli autoctoni che rivendicano maggiori risorse e rappresentanza politica per le proprie popolazioni ed il... 52 min 2004
Blame Somebody Else
This dramatic documentary recounts dogged reporting by Cam Simpson, an investigative reporter for the Chicago Tribune, about 12 Nepalese men who were kidnapped in 2004 and brutally executed by an extremist Islamic group in Iraq. Simpson traces each step of the Nepalese men´s journey from the... 2007
Burma VJ
Armed with small handy cams, undercover Video Journalists in Burma keep up the flow of news from their closed country despite risking torture and life in jail. Their material is smuggled out of Burma and broadcast back via satellite. Joshua, age 27, becomes tactical leader of a group of reporters,... 84 min 2008
Die neue iranische Revolution
30 Jahre nach der Revolution scheint das Islamistische Regime in Teheran bis in seine Grundfeste hinein zu beben. Die höchst umstrittene Wiederwahl des Präsidenten Ahmadinedschad hat die Opposition seit Juni in Straßenschlachten mit den Sicherheitskräften getrieben, zuletzt beim Aschura-Fest am 27...
Draussen bleiben
Dokumentarfilm über zwei junge Frauen, die als Flüchtlinge aus Krisengebieten in Deutschland leben. Vor elf Jahren ist die heute 16-jährige Valentina aus dem Kosovo nach Deutschland gekommen – seither lebt sie mit ihrer Familie "geduldet" in einem Münchner Flüchtlingsheim. Ihr... 84 min 2007
Improvvisamente l'inverno scorso
Suddenly Last Winter is the story of Gustav and Luca. Their life changes when the Italian government presents a draft law that would give rights to unmarried and gay couples, prompting a wave of homophobia in Italy. The Vatican and conservatives fight against it, preaching that the end of morality... 80 min 2008
Improvvisamente l'inverno scorso
“IMPROVVISAMENTE L’INVERNO SCORSO” racconta la storia di Luca e Gustav, una coppia che sta insieme da otto anni, e di quello che gli è successo improvvisamente l’inverno scorso, quando un’ondata inaspettata di omofobia ha sconvolto la loro quotidianità. A Febbraio, dopo mesi di discussioni, il... 80 min 2008
Kirgistan: Blutzoll im ethischen Machtkampf
So sieht eine Stadt aus, in der seit Tagen der Mob wütet. Osch im Süden Kirgistans. Sie rotten sich zusammen, sie bauen Straßensperren, sie bewaffnen sich mit Knüppeln oder Eisenstangen, mit dem, was sie an Waffen finden konnten. Und sie warten auf den Feind. 5:59 min
Kofi Annan - The Eye of the Storm
When you walk into Kofi Annan’s office at the United Nations, you are met by a man who seems at once calm yet stern. The Secretary General’s quiet composure belies the internal shake-up that he is staging in the massive organization that he now leads. Kofi’s "quiet revolution" within the... 60 min 1998
Kriegerin des Lichts
Portrait der Yvonne de Mello: Bildhauerin, Schriftstellerin, Menschenrechtsaktivistin, Politikerin und Dressurreiterin; bekannt geworden durch ihr radikales und furchtloses Engagement für die Straßenkinder von Rio. 90 min 2001
L'allievo modello
Every evening, the “ghost train” leaves from the Buenos Aires train station, Costitution. This train is for the paper gatherers who every day, from five in the afternoon until three in the morning, descend upon the Argentinean capital to gather up scrap paper and then re-sell it. This is one of the... 60 min 2002
L'allievo modello
Dalla stazione dei treni di Costitution, nel centro di Buenos Aires, ogni notte parte «il treno fantasma». «il convoglio dei raccoglitori di cartone che ogni giorno, dalle cinque di pomeriggio alle tre della mattina, si riversano nella capitale in cerca di carta, per raccoglierla e rivenderla. »... 60 min 2002
Nineteen Eighty-Four and the Via Dolorosa Project
This artists´ film explores a painting depicting the attack on the Golden Temple, Amritsar, by Indian Troops in 1984 and parallels Sikh sentiment surrounding this event with the Christian tradition of the ´Via Dolorosa´ (Passion of Christ), thereby highlighting the universality of political... 23 min 2006
Not For Ourselves Alone - The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Not For Ourselves Alone tells the little-known story of one of the most compelling political movements and friendships in American history. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were born into a world ruled entirely by men and for more than half a century led the fight to win the most basic... 210 min 1999
Resist!
Resist! Gegen die Kreuzzugpolitik der US-Regierung, gegen die Todesstrafe, gegen den Krieg, für die gelebte Utopie! Seit mehr als fünfzig Jahren reist das legendäre Living Theatre um die Welt, um Zeichen zu setzen und politisches Bewußtsein zu schaffen. Die Berliner Filmregisseure Karin Kaper... 89 min 2003
Resist!
"RESIST" is a poetic and political homage to all those who believe that an alternative world is still possible.Judith Malina and the Living Theatre are one of many examples, but an example filled with courage and determination. During the1960s, the Living Theatre rebelled and acted... 89 min 2003
Resist!
Affascinanti immagini di repertorio percorrono i quasi sessant'anni di vita del Living Theatre ma il cuore della narrazione sono le azioni oggi messe in atto contro l'odio e la violenza nei luoghi della massima conflittualità del pianeta terra: Ground Zero a New York, il vertice G8 a... 89 min 2003
Resist!
Désobéissance civile ! Plus de guerre ! Pas en mon nom ! Des milliers de voix résistent et réveillent le monde, chantant les slogans du refus d'allégeance à la dictature économique et aux croisades bellicistes. Résiste ! C'est ce que fait le LIVING THEATRE aujourd'hui. C'... 89 min 2003
Resist!
En Resist se revisan los mäs de cincuenta anos de historia y el presente del ‘Living Theatre‘, mitico grupo teatral creado en l947y punto de referencia, durante varias décadas, de la transformaciön radical del arte escénico. Tras superar varias crisis, su actitud combativa en favor del pacifismo y... 89 min 2003
Sex Slaves - The Real Sex Traffic
Sex Slaves tells the remarkable story of how one woman was trafficked, sold to a series of Turkish pimps and ultimately saved. The film follows her story right through to the conviction and on-camera confession of one of her traffickers. It is the first documentary to get inside the human story of... 89 min 2005 |
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