Rio Reiser would have been 75 years old. Before he became the “König von Deutschland”, he was the King of Kreuzberg - together with his band Ton Steine Scherben. In 1968, Rio moved to Berlin-Kreuzberg, at the time a blank spot on the city map, and made the area around Heinrichplatz his home. Together with R. P. S. Lanrue (1950 - 2024), Kai Sichtermann and Wolfgang Seidel, he founded Ton Steine Scherben and changed German rock music forever.
Juvenal Pizarro has a small bakery on a hill in Valparaíso. Between sacks of flour and ovens, he kneads stories that explore his family's memories and those of his city. Like the story of Rucio Pizarro, who, back in the 1940s, as a child, started the family tradition of baking bread. His texts did not go unnoticed by a young theater company that set out to reconnect the people of Valparaíso with the memories of their bakers and their struggles, honoring a centuries-old craft that is characteristic of Valparaíso.
Overknee boots that triggered a fashion wave, a legendary shopping spree to the iconic theme song - the 1990 romantic comedy "Pretty Woman" by Garry Marshall starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere is still the genre's biggest box office hit. The modern fairytale about a rich man who falls in love with a prostitute and rescues her made millions dream and made 22-year-old Julia Roberts famous overnight.
This special program takes a nostalgic look at some of the most memorable songs that have won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year. With hosts Gayle King and Mickey Guyton leading the way, viewers can expect an engaging exploration of the stories and emotions that shaped these iconic tracks.
Ronnie Carrasquillo appears destined to die in prison. 47 years after he killed a plainclothes police officer, his life is in the hands of a parole board whose decision-making is swayed by shifting political sands and an ever-present police union. As Ronnie's family and attorneys fight for his freedom, they keep coming back to the same question: "is this any way to decide a man's fate?" In Their Hands is a documentary about one man's fight for freedom that pulls back the curtain on the politics of parole.
In 1984, LIU Ruo-yu left Taiwan and went to the United States to learn how to act from Jerzy GROTOWSKI. LIU returned to Taiwan and founded U Theatre in 1988. By visiting masters from various places, they learned traditional skills such as Tai Chi, drums, stilts, Taoist rituals, etc. Through constant physical training, meditation, drumming, and martial arts, LIU established his training and performance methods. In 1998, U Theatre performed Sound Of The Ocean at the Avignon Festival in France. It is now more than 30 years since U Theatre was founded. Where will it go next?
An inspiring, lively and authentic portrait of one of the world's leading acrobatic companies. Bodies fly through the air like cannon shells, a woman floats dizzyingly high above the stage, held only by her jaw. A balancing act on the heads of two human towers leaves the audience breathless and a wildly dancing contortionist moves the audience to tears in his rebellion. With artistic virtuosity, Gravity & Other Myths stretches the limits of what human bodies are capable of doing.
In the summer of 1953, 50 young women from rural Canada embarked on a once-in-a-lifetime journey to London for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Sponsored by Garfield Weston, they sailed across the Atlantic aboard The Empress of France, eager to witness Princess Elizabeth ascend to the throne as their Queen. Using rare archival footage, Coronation Girls begins with the excitement of their original journey, highlighting the youthful optimism and adventure of that summer. The film follows the women decades later as they reunite and return to London to retrace their steps, revisit iconic landmarks, and reflect on how the experience shaped their lives.
In the heart of Colombia, in the coffee-growing region, there is a very tall bridge connecting the cities of Pereira and Dosquebradas, where, to date, 150 people have taken their own lives. In this documentary, we analyze their stories, incorporating expert opinions to address the sensitive issue of suicide, with the aim of promoting prevention and mental health support.
There are thousands of ways to lose your identity. One of them, the name. In Chinese, names are part of an inheritance, they gather. But, distance, time and life itself often take us away from each other. Claudia begins the search for her family's Chinese surname and her grandmother's real name, Ama, in homage to her.
This film is made up of the voices of people scattered all over the world. Someone left their home a long time ago, someone immediately after February 24th in 2022, and someone stayed in Russia. On the first eve of the anniversary of the war in 2023, at the author’s request, the participants sent a video of what life looks like around them. They decided for themselves what was important for them to talk about now: about the war or about life. They decided what to show and how. This is a kaleidoscope of different events of one day, during which everyone is trying to understand how life has changed and what it has become now. The goal of the film was to give the voices of the participants the opportunity to be heard without evaluation or condemnation.
Due to a record release of water from the Iriklinsky Reservoir, the provincial Russian city of Orsk found itself in a flood zone. Despite assurances from the city’s mayor, Vasily Kozupitsa, on the evening of April 5, a breach occurred in an earthen dam that had been protecting the Old Town district from the rising waters. The floodwaters rushed toward the residential sector, marking the beginning of a natural disaster that left over 6,000 homes submerged. Houses flooded up to their rooftops; the wailing of sirens and nighttime evacuations; a shortage of drinking water; looting; negligence and hypocrisy from the authorities; alongside the rescue of pets and the aid provided by volunteers—through the eyes of witnesses and those affected by the flood, the film chronicles several days in the life of a city facing nature's wrath. Who is to blame?