The only documentary brave enough to tackle the military’s most shameful secret: the epidemic of male-on-male rape, a hidden plague afflicting thousands of recruits every year. Filled with uncensored interviews (including two victims raped by then-drill instructor Jeffrey Dahmer), this is a shocking exposé of the most important national security story nobody is talking about.
As Singapore dredges sand from beneath Cambodia's mangrove forests, an ecosystem, a communal way of life, and one woman's relationship to her beloved home are faced with the threat of erasure.
Walking in the forest without being able to see, coming down the stairs or going shopping when one is paralysed, falling asleep with post-traumatic stress disorder: for the protagonists of Buddy, all of this is made possible by the presence of an assistance dog at their side. Edith, 86 years old and blind since adolescence, remembers all of the dogs she has had with her, and their portraits—even if she cannot see them—cover the walls of her house.
Black Feminist is a feature length documentary film surrounding the double edged sword of racial and gender oppression that black women face in America. This documentary is told through interviews from scholars, lecturers, writers, business owners, veterans, comedians and authors. In addition to information interviews, this documentary is narrated by an animated character LaToya Johnson, played by Nadirah Lugg.
Thrust into the limelight for discovering the secret of life at age 25 with Francis Crick, influential Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson has thrived on making headlines ever since. His discovery of DNA’s structure, the double helix, revolutionized human understanding of how life works. He was a relentless and sometimes ruthless visionary who led the Human Genome project and turned Harvard University and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory into powerhouses of molecular biology. With unprecedented access to Watson, his wife Elizabeth and sons Rufus and Duncan over the course of a year, American Masters explores Watson’s evolution from socially awkward postdoc to notorious scientific genius to discredited nonagenarian, also interviewing his friends, his colleagues, scientists and historians.
When the immigrants came to America, their cultures entered the "great melting pot." In Michigan's Upper Peninsula Finnish immigrants mixed their musical traditions with many other cultures, creating a sound that was unique to the "Copper Country."
Africa's giant rats – the size of a cat – can be trained to detect land-mines by smelling them. Giant rats are clever and they learn fast. Their sense of smell is better than a dog's, they have more stamina, and they're a lot cheaper to train. This documentary follows "Miss Marple", who was born in a training lab and who goes through a year's training before being sent on her first mission to Mozambique. A shorter version (43 minutes) screened at festivals in 2009 but was never widely released.
Take a visual journey through every month of the year in Michigan’s beautiful hidden gem, the Upper Peninsula. The scenery of this remote landscape on the shores of Lake Superior is unknown and unlike anywhere else.
Enter the life of one of the greatest guitarists of all time Jimi Hendrix. Despite his mainstream career only sadly only spanning four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century.
An ASMR food experience that goes beyond cinema and deep into your brain. This is something you would watch first thing in the morning to get inspiration or on the wall of a famous art museum or right before bed, as you dream about the meal to come.
Shoal Lake 40 women talk about their struggles, and those of their parents and grandparents, in trying to raise their families in a hazardous state of enforced isolation. Everyone in the community has a harrowing story of a loved one falling through the ice while trying to get across the lake, with pregnant women and new mothers fearing for their babies and having no choice but to make the trek in dangerous conditions. The film shows the key role of the community’s women in demanding funding for the road from three levels of government, and how their reconnection to culture and ceremony give them the strength to keep going.
When Bernie Sanders is kicked out of the Presidential race at the hands of a corrupt DNC, the era of Trump politics, which the world is not ready, for springs forth. We investigate "The Deplorables". Do they exist? Are they really white supremacists?
Follow the dramatic stories of three Kenyan women: a laundress with memories of a past sin, a young student from Nairobi facing an abortion problem, and Atisana, a lady musician who lives a beautiful life even if she suffers in the streets.
From the war-torn Ukraine to Milan's catwalks. This is a story of beauty and struggle. This is the story of young girls longing for a better life. A story of hope, fail, success. And of a man who can determine it.
In the backlands of Crateús, in the center-west of Ceará, Brazil, the native peoples' struggle for survival seems to be tied to the spirit of the Poti River. The ability of nature to reinvigorate reflects human resistance to climatic adversities.
Every year, men from across the world arrive in the Pyrenees mountains to undergo a program of extreme physical and spiritual trials in order to be recognised as a ‘Lion of the Pyrenees.
About the ancient folk art of Kalamezhuthum Pattum Ritual of Kerala, India, featuring veteran Kalamezhuthu artist Kallat Manikandan. Kalamezhuthu is the art of drawing images of deities with five natural colour powders.