Blending testimonies from historians and residents of Avenida Augusto Maynard with unreleased footage from 1989, the film draws a comparison between Aracaju of that time and the city as it is today.
A live performance by Charlie Jimenez & Sioul Blaphate hosted as a pre-show to Rebel Reel CineClub's 'A Most Unholy Christmas' - a screening of Alejandro Jodorowsky's The Holy Mountain (1973) at Rio Cinema, 17th December, 2024. The performance is a live-theatre and dance piece loosely inspired by Jodorowsky's film and its influenced source Mount Analogue. Through dance, masks, and live-theatre, Mount Analogue navigates a procession of ascension through transforming bodies and shapes. A primordial place of transformation, magic, and symbols.
A gripping Indian documentary that blurs the lines between supernatural belief and psychological reality. Through raw, immersive footage of rituals and personal testimonies, it questions whether spirit possession is a cultural truth or a misunderstood mental state. Thoughtful, haunting, and deeply human.
Poachers and climate change are wiping out the fine clam and the slug in the estuaries of Galicia. A group of shellfish gatherers on foot are fighting to remedy this imbalance. It is extremely hard work, and the tradition is dying out with each generation.
Following the fallout of film director Baldoni and A-List actress Lively after she stunned Hollywood alleging Baldoni engaged in sexual misconduct on set.
Born in Roman Britain 1,500 years ago, a young man named Patrick embarked on an extraordinary mission that would change the course of history. Kidnapped from his wealthy Roman-British family and trafficked to Ireland, Patrick endured six years of brutal slavery. But a vision inspired his daring escape, taking him back across the Irish Sea to become a priest. Defying all odds, he then chose to return to Ireland, a decision that would have an enduring effect on the island’s culture and religious life.
Red Storm Rising” looks at the rise and fall of the American Communist Party, examining its political context, its leadership, its appeal to the American public, and why it never became mainstream.
The Farmer's Daughter is a documentary telling the story of Tara Barrett a successful news anchor. In the 2000's tragedy struck her family and she was left with the difficult decision to continue her career or save her family's legacy.
“Homme-Sick” is a short, experimental film in which time itself becomes unhinged and deconstructed; the past and present merge together to create a new kind of temporality that is not predicated upon ridgid, linear, and formalistic impulses within narrative filmmaking. Made up almost entirely of archival footage - both found and from the artist’s own family archive - this film questions the relationships between toxic masculinity, family, the home, and transness, thus creating precarious spaces in which the voyeuristic impulses of the viewer are toyed with.
"The Calling: A Medical School Journey," a new documentary directed by Asako Gladsjo, follows the intellectual and emotional journey of a group of students at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx. Captured through verité scenes and personal video diaries, the film offers a rare inside look at America’s health care system through the eyes of these aspiring practitioners as they learn what it takes to become a doctor in one of the country’s most underserved communities.
In the heights, life is a cycle of reunions and farewells. Nothing remains the same, everything follows its course. And when the moment arrives, all that's left to do is take flight.
Over the past few months, I have been working on a documentary about the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of focusing on what happened, I wanted to interview real people to see what they think about COVID-19. I hope you enjoy this documentary and learn something.
A short journey starting from the filmmaker's place of birth all the way up to where he resides currently. Instead of focusing on specifics, he discovers a workplace of solitude: the public library. In the end, wherever we wind up in life, all we need is some peace of mind, to rest, to live inside a few minutes of silence.
Six girls from Tanzania, Chile, Germany, Korea and Serbia tell us their thoughts about the rights of self-determination and identity issues such as circumcision, biases and plastic surgery. It includes their experiences while they face the tradition and historical reality: the memory of the Tanzanian girl who ran away from circumcision and the story of the refugee girl who had to move to Germany.
Jodie, a police inspector, is tasked with finding out who sabotaged the technological system that governs every aspect of daily life: from transport to global security, from health care to management of essential services. Without a quick solution, hospitals will collapse, casualties will increase and the country could be plunged into an apocalyptic scenario. To carry out the investigation, Jodie must rely on her father Mark and an unlikely ally: Matt, a hacker with a criminal past. The clues seem to lead to a single culprit, Doctor Borghese, a respected psychologist who lost his job because of artificial intelligence. But is he really responsible, or is someone trying to frame him?
The film explores, through interviews with experts and fictional scenarios, how technology is transforming cities, mobility, healthcare, sustainability and even space exploration.