In conservative Sincelejo at the end of the 19th century. Pola Becté, a woman who some call “ahead of her time” defies social norms with an overwhelming personality and an indomitable spirit.
1953, colonized Algeria. Fanon, a young black psychiatrist is appointed head doctor at the Blida-Joinville Hospital. He was putting his theories of ‘Institutional Psychotherapy’ into practice in opposition to the racist theories of the Algies School of Psychiatry, while a war broke out in his own wards.
Late August, 2022, an unprecedented heatwave engulfed the historic city of Xiaoshan in southern China, which was undergoing a major transformation in anticipation of the upcoming Asian Games. Young boys Yu Jiajia and Zhou Chengcheng had just started middle school that year. On the final three days of summer vacation, their homework answers and electronic devices were suddenly confiscated. Faced with an overwhelming amount of summer homework they hadn’t even begun, they had no choice but to pack their backpacks, brave the scorching heat and sunlight, and traverse the streets, bridges, parks, and rivers of Xiaoshan. Along the way, they played and laughed, searching the streets and alleys of the water town for classmates and friends who could offer assistance.
In the Nanjing Massacre of 1937, in order to save his life, postman A Chang pretended to be a photo developer in a photo studio and developed photos for the Japanese army. He also took in a group of Chinese soldiers and civilians, turning the studio into a temporary shelter. However, in the face of the Japanese army's cruel atrocities, A Chang risked his life to safely transfer the refugees and exposed the evidence of the massacre to the public.
A Complex History of the United States explores America's wild history covering its rise as a global power starting at the Spanish-American War, to World War I, and onto the eventual fallout from the Treaty of Versailles. The documentary focuses on key historical figures such as Smedley Butler, Herbert Hoover, and Charles Lindbergh, as well as analyzing the rise of domestic extremist movements of the era.
In temporarily occupied Luhansk, the occupiers are trying to destroy any mention of Ukraine - they impose a distorted history on Ukrainian students, in universities in the temporarily occupied territories, Russian occupation forces burn Ukrainian books. A history teacher organizes a secret Ukrainian studies society, one of the tasks of which is to preserve Ukrainian literature.
A chronicle of the life and successful career of American actor Jeff Bridges, who for many years was a star reluctant to shine, until the hardworking and discreet actor crossed paths with a character who became a pop culture icon.
A documentary exposing the sexual violence euphemistically termed "entertainment" inflicted on women of the Kurokawa settler group during Japan’s imperialist expansion in Manchuria. Under state-led colonization in the 1930s–40s, Japanese settlers occupied Chinese lands. In August 1945, facing the Soviet invasion, the group offered 15 women to enemy troops in a desperate act of survival. Decades later, the survivors confront the silenced legacy of imperial violence, discrimination, and trauma. Directed by Fumie Matsubara, with narration by Shinobu Otake.
During the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shande, a petty official in Chang'an, was suddenly given a task to bring fresh lychees from Lingnan. The lychee is perishable, and becomes tasteless three days after it leaves the branch, and Lingnan is more than 5,000 miles away from Chang'an, so this is an impossible task. But for the sake of his wife and daughter at home, Li Shande was determined to give it a try.
A docudrama about the historical uprising (1875-1877) led by the Christian Serb population against the Ottoman Empire, firstly and predominantly in Herzegovina, from where it spread into Bosnia and Raška.
Between pandemics, people’s revolts and male institutions, this period film cheekily combines fantastic psychedelia and handmade sets. Inspired by the life story of Julian of Norwich, a 14th-century mystic and the first woman to write a book in English.