This film narrates the profound changes brought about by global warming in the Mediterranean, the sea described as "Wine Dark Sea" by Homer, and its surroundings. Due to global warming, the air, the sea, and the way of life in the Mediterranean are rapidly changing. Simultaneously, individuals from all walks of society and numerous organizations are working to minimize the adverse effects of global warming in the region. However, will all these efforts prove sufficient? Wine Dark Sea leaves the audience pondering this question: will we live in the shadow of the once-beautiful dream of the Mediterranean, unable to find solutions to environmental issues? Or will we create a new story together?
Bruno Gelber, an acclaimed Argentine pianist, lets us know his story, his love for music, his natural talent and his feverish work. A lover of soap operas and astrology, he deeply wishes to be the most beautiful man in the world, in a portrait that hides pain and contradictions.
A look at the swelling wave of efforts to disenfranchise voters across the U.S. using the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial race between Stacey Abrams and Brian Kemp as a case study for understanding America's restrictive measures in 2024. Through personal stories of voters in battleground states, this film is a rallying call against the calculated, unconstitutional, and racist attacks intended to destroy democracy in the United States.
Murdered locking up his GAA club in 1997, Sean Brown’s inquest revealed the involvement of state agents. As the UK Legacy Act shuts down cases like Sean’s, his family fight on.
It has been described as a once in a generation piece of environmental legislation and is key to the government’s commitment to be the first generation to leave the environment in a better state than that in which we found it. The Environment Act passed into law on 9 November 2021 – more than 1,000 days and three Parliaments since its first draft was published in 2018. Its journey was tumultuous, and its fate, at times uncertain. In this documentary, ENDS Report speaks to politicians and environmental policy experts to get the inside story on how this landmark piece of legislation was created – and finds out what the act’s architects think of it now.
Saga, a kid tasked to make a film project, procrastinates, a lot. A habit that keeps coming back into his life continues to put him in rock bottom. He has a few ideas on how to embrace it.
The whole world is a theater, and the people in it are movie actors. Dulustan Mukhin, a simple guy from a Yakut village, once became a star. Hollywood is ahead. There are a couple of Yakut films behind. Now why not try yourself at Mosfilm? Moscow will amaze, inspire, but also ask the most important question: who are you?
Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal tells the dramatic and inspiring story of the ordinary women who fought against overwhelming odds for the health and safety of their families. In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal, a working-class neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, discovered that their homes, schools and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump, which was now leaking toxic substances and wreaking havoc on their health. Through interviews with many of the extraordinary housewives turned activists, the film shows how they effectively challenged those in power, forced America to reckon with the human cost of unregulated industry, and created a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.
Unveils the transformative fifty-year history of a world-changing culture, illustrating hip-hop's journey from outsider status to the pinnacle of power. This documentary showcases the pivotal contributions of artists who created some of the most powerful political songs of all time and explores the experiences of rappers who interacted with presidents and performed inside the world's most famous residence. Starting from the blighted neighborhoods that created the culture as a result of oppressive presidential policies, this film describes the complex web of influence, culture and celebrity that is now a permanent feature of American politics.
Jean, a Haitian immigrant in Chile, is admired everywhere he performs. Moreover, his body represents all the classic values of academy. However, in the anonymity of his existence, he is also a canon of marginality.
A letter about the persistence of ghosts, the incomprehensibility of the past and its traces in the present. A city in two times, 50 years apart. Images and words that mix and overlap, while memory recovers streets, museums, cemeteries, absences. And suddenly something explodes.