The Italian children who grew up in Switzerland between 1950 and 1970 were considered illegal. The law allowed guest workers to work, but not to raise their children here. Many seasonal workers defied the legislation because they wanted to keep their family together. Their children, who now live well integrated in Switzerland, look back on the difficult time of their childhood.
The untold story about how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and an all-star team of civil rights activists took to basketball courts to rally young voters while winning hearts of communities, and how their strategy has echoed in contemporary politics.
They were Tamil Tiger combatants, civil victims of attacks, or displaced persons. Five women from the feuding groups – the Tamils, Sinhalese, and the Muslims – look back. Two of the former Tiger-soldiers now live in Switzerland.
Five top-ranked high school oratory students spend a year crafting spellbinding spoken word performances with the dream of winning one of the world's largest and most intense public speaking competitions.
For the past 30 years, the history of Isabel and that of the main events in Argentina have been intimately linked. The only one who didn't know about it was her.
The brilliant self-taught pianist Erroll Garner left his mark on jazz forever. His song Misty, which he allegedly composed between two concerts on an aeroplane, immediately became one of the great jazz standards and is still one of the most covered ballads in the world today. Who was the man behind the ever-friendly smile from the ghettos of Pittsburgh, whose talent brought him to the biggest international stages?
An examination of the life and legacy of Sly & The Family Stone – the groundbreaking band led by the charismatic Sly Stone – that captures the band's reign while shedding light on the burden that comes with success for Black artists in America.
While Yannick persistently campaigns for stronger climate policies and Nina refuses to accept the humiliation of living in poverty any longer, Martin sees the most pressing social problem in the one-sidedness of today’s media coverage. The film follows three very different activists and attempts to adopt their perspectives. They are all angry, all committed to change. The film raises the question: does society’s ability to resolve conflict fail when it relies solely on rational discussion?
In a region where ocean deities are both revered and feared, Souleymane Sidibé is one of the pioneers of a new era of surfing in Ivory Coast. He inspires young people to overcome inequalities and cultural barriers to access the transformative power of surfing. The Rising Dawn reveals unexplored waves and ethereal landscapes, celebrating the dynamism of the communities shaping the country's surfing culture through a fascinating journey.
In 2025, anti-Semitism is more widespread in Germany than at any time since the end of the Holocaust. Since October 7, 2023, the attack on Israel by Palestinian terrorists led by Hamas, the number of anti-Semitic crimes in Germany has doubled, and violence is increasing. This documentary follows Jews and asks how they are dealing with the rise of anti-Semitism. Three survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp speak out, expressing their horror at the resurgence of anti-Semitism 80 years later. Likewise, survivors of the most recent massacre are receiving a voice, such as Tal Shamony, who studies in Berlin, and experiencing only hostility instead of support. Jewish student Lahav Shapira, whose grandfathers died during both the Holocaust and the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre, was brutally beaten by pro-Palestinian activists at the Free University of Berlin, a hotbed of anti-Semitism, simply because he advocated for the release of Israeli hostages. Yet politicians remain inactive.
Origin sticks like shit to your shoe! That's what Marlen Hobrack says, who grew up as a working-class child in Bautzen. But the promise of the old Federal Republic was that you can become anything if you just try hard enough. But that no longer applies. So is class in Germany fixed from birth? Have we long been living in a country in which origin and family background are more important for future prospects than individual performance and commitment? In Germany, it takes six generations to rise from poverty to the middle class, in Denmark only two generations. Those affected reflect on their life stories, the burden of their social origins, the wrong and right turning points for social advancement, as classified by social researchers. They talk of pride and shame, of financial hardship and wealth, of origin and future, of growing up and moving up in this Germany with its entrenched selection mechanisms for social advancement.
The film tells the story of Bulgarian yogurt and its popularization in Japan, which began in 1970 at the Osaka International Exhibition Expo. It traces how Bulgarian yogurt won the hearts of the Japanese and became a globally recognized product.
Farrier Oskar Öhrström wants to be the first to ride along the Swedish mountain range. Together with his horse Ivory, he starts in Grövelsjön with his sights set on Treriksröset. There are several stretches with difficult terrain and the ride will take a long time. Will Oskar be able to handle the loneliness for so long? Will Ivory be able to handle it and what happens if she is injured during the ride. A film with magnificent views about dreams, adventures and the relationship and trust between horse and human.
Short documentary consisting of archival footage and movies that depict the birth of the United States of America, from the Boston tea party to the Spanish American war