When you lose everything, can a game save your dreams? The film follows two Afghan brothers: Sir (21), Allahverdi (17) who live in illegal housing together with around twenty other men. Cricket, an unusual sport for Turkey, is the biggest passion of these migrants, where they feel at home and forget all their troubles. The film juxtaposes the daily-life images of those immigrants in an observational style with a cricket match accompanied by an entertaining live commentary. Through the eyes of Afghan refugees in Turkey, we learn how cricket becomes a tool of resistance, while the cricket field becomes a piece of home.
An animated documentary about Rainbow Junktion, a Leeds based foodbank. "Rainbow Junktion" is a sensitive and positive insight into the running and operations of the foodbank. My intention being to preserve a small section of its history and celebrate the people who make it happen.
From November to December to 2022, I interviewed customers, volunteers and staff at Rainbow Junktion, a Leeds-based foodbank. The conversations had there during this time, inspired the film which celebrates the wonderful work done by all the people who are a part of this fantastic organisation.
A modern-day shaman sets out across Siberia to Moscow on a God-given mission to exorcise the demon in the Kremlin - Vladimir Putin. On his 8000km journey he is gradually joined by others. How will the Russian authorities react? A Shaman’s Tale is a road movie about political repression in modern Russia.
A taxi drives through the city of Berlin. Its driver is a punk, left and a well-known figure in the autonomous scene. The stations of his trip are the most important places of the autonomous scene: all in the struggle for survival. The last evictions have not yet been processed and the next ones are coming right up.
The era of mining is coming to an end in the Ruhr area. Prosper-Haniel is the last shaft that is still in use and will finally be closed for coal production in 2018.
A group of former Christians Fundamentalists come together during a retreat in San Francisco to deal with what they’ve gone through, both as active in a restrictive congregation but also as defectors of a congregation that gave them meaning in life.
A look at the relationships and rivalries within The Rolling Stones in their formative years, as well as the creative musical genius of Brian Jones, key to the success of the band.
An irresistible journey through the universe of the singer and composer that revolutionized the song in Brazil and influenced generations of musicians, paving the way for movements such as Bossa Nova and Tropicália.
Turkish capital Ankara’s district Evren is home to a community of seasonal workers. The workers, who come to Evren with their families to harvest onions, are trying to cope with various difficulties while holding on to life.
An intimate look into the journey of non-binary artist and drag performer; Mike Hooves, as they navigate their new life and identity after being diagnosed with breast cancer.
Universities across the US are erupting with protests and encampments in support of Palestine. This is unlike anything humanity has in recent history. Why are students doing this? What's the big deal? And why now? The Journey Tellers team set out to answer these questions and more at the UC Berkeley Free Palestine Encampment, on the first day it was launched in the University of California, Berkeley.
"We Are Grand Canyon" is a heartfelt film, welcoming visitors to Grand Canyon National Park from those who have called it home since time immemorial – Grand Canyon's 11 tribal communities. A project several years in the making, "We Are Grand Canyon" is a joint creation by the Intertribal Working Group, Grand Canyon National Park, and Grand Canyon Conservancy, and was filmed and edited by Ryan Christensen of Bristlecone Media. Film Credits are listed in the transcript below the video player.
Chef and rapper Big Zuu makes a pilgrimage to Mecca on a personal spiritual journey to try and understand more about his faith and what it means to be 'a good Muslim'.
Trolley parks were born when trolley companies started adding picnic areas, playgrounds and carousels at the “end of the line” to increase ridership on the weekends. Visit the last remaining trolley park on the West Coast - Portland Oregon’s Oaks Park - which includes the oldest roller rink in the USA.
“Woven into the film are attempts to understand the docklands as a meeting place between different ecologies, enclosures and epochs, as a point of entanglement of the city and world. The film looks at ways to describe and embody these enmeshed histories from the legacy of police persecution of seaman boarding houses and Indian dockworkers known as lascars to the traces of early Chinatown in Limehouse and the experiences of London by Ayahs and Amahs, predominantly Chinese or Indian nannies brought back from the colonies and abandoned in the city after the voyage.” (George Clark)
Many of us experience sexual desires in many different shapes and forms, yet there continues to be a certain stigma about expressing them openly. Adult worker, Andy Lee, and his co-workers share their own insightful and interesting perspectives on the adult industry in a bid to inspire people to open up to each other, and to further shed some light on the frequently misunderstood adult industry.