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Plongeons

1936

Plongeons

1936
From ski jumping to jumping into the Doubs: “Plongeons” is Armand Girard's sporting epic. The watchmaker from Le Locle, who commissioned the film from the Geneva-based company Cinégram S.A., performs physical feats in front of the camera. The most spectacular of these is a jump from a height of 40 meters into the Doubs on 19 July 1936, a record that remained unmatched for a long time. The landscapes of the Jura serve as the backdrop for Girard's sporting achievements, which go beyond nature and physical culture.
ROLLOUT

2022

ROLLOUT

2022
“Rollout“ is a vérité-style journey alongside residents of a tight-knit Kenyan community gripped by the “shadow pandemic of vaccine hesitancy,” as they face mounting pressure from a government they don’t trust, to get a vaccine they suspect may cause more harm than good.
Mahalia Jackson Sings the Songs Of Christmas

1997

Mahalia Jackson Sings the Songs Of Christmas

1997
Featuring over 40 minutes of vintage performances by the world's greatest gospel singer, this is Mahalia at her most powerful, singing the beloved songs of the holiday season.Originally intended as musical vignettes for CBS's 1960-61 television season, this beautiful footage has been digitally remastered for optimum sound and picture quality form the original 16mm Kinescopes.
Remembering Yayayi

2014

Remembering Yayayi

2014
Remembering Yayayi reflects on a pivotal moment in the history of Pintupi people through a body of archival film. In 1974, filmmaker Ian Dunlop visited Yayayi, a remote community in Central Australia. The Pintupi people had recently moved there to get away from the difficulties of living at the larger permanent government settlement of Papunya. Dunlop had come to Yayayi to follow up on the lives of people he had photographed ten years earlier as they were leaving their Western Desert homeland for the first time. He never made a film with the material he shot there and Yayayi has long since been abandoned.
Life in Australia: Hobart

1966

Life in Australia: Hobart

1966
Life in Australia: Hobart shows scenes illustrating daily life, industry, recreation and the tourist features of Hobart, Tasmania.
South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning

2024

South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning

2024
FRONTLINE and The Associated Press examine allegations of fraud and abuse in South Korea’s historic foreign adoption boom. The documentary investigates cases of falsified records and identities among the adoptions of 200,000 children to the U.S. and other countries over decades.
62 Days

2017

62 Days

2017
An urgent examination of a growing trend of laws that seek to control a pregnant woman's body.
Nudar

2018

Nudar

2018
A Syrian doctor living in Germany befriends the filmmaker and turns the camera around.
Moon Shadow: Eclipse Chasers

2009

Moon Shadow: Eclipse Chasers

2009
Eclipse chasers gather on the tropical island of Amami for the total eclipse in 2009.
Mary Heilmann: Waves, Roads and Hallucinations

2024

Mary Heilmann: Waves, Roads and Hallucinations

2024
A look at the life and influential work of pioneering abstract painter Mary Heilmann, who emerged from the minimalist and Beat Generation scenes in California.
The Greening of Cuba

1996

The Greening of Cuba

1996
Witness an entire nation transforming its agriculture using organic techniques. The Greening of Cuba profiles Cuban farmers and scientists working to reinvent a sustainable agriculture, based on ecological principles and local knowledge rather than imported machinery and agro-chemicals. When trade relations with the socialist bloc collapsed in 1990, Cuba lost 80% of its pesticide and fertilizer imports and half of its petroleum - the mainstays of its highly industrialized agriculture. Challenged with growing food for 11 million people in the face of the continuing U.S. embargo, Cuba embarked on the largest conversion to organic farming ever attempted. The Greening of Cuba is told in the voices of the campesinos, researchers, and organic gardeners who are leading the organic agriculture movement. This moving video reminds us that entire nations can choose a healthier environment and still feed their people.
The Tale of the Dog

2020

The Tale of the Dog

2020
The Tale of the Dog is a documentary film produced and directed by Dan Obarski and Scott Montgomery. The film tells the story of the Family Dog Denver, a music venue opened in 1967 by Chet Helms' San Francisco-based Family Dog Productions and Barry Fey.
Unnatural Causes: Becoming American

2008

Unnatural Causes: Becoming American

2008
Recent Mexican immigrants, although poorer, tend to be healthier than the average American. They have lower rates of death, heart disease, cancer, and other illnesses, despite being less educated, earning less and having the stress of adapting to a new country and a new language. In research circles, this is the Latino paradox. But as they are here longer, their health advantage erodes. After five years or more in the U.S., they are 1.5 times more likely to have high blood pressure – and be obese – than when they arrived. Within one generation, their health is as poor as other Americans of similar income status.
My Last Nerve

2023

My Last Nerve

2023
Driven by his father's disease, a son seeks a cure, finding an unlikely remedy in the depths of the Arctic Ocean.
Luxury: Behind The Mirror

2019

Luxury: Behind The Mirror

2019
With their beautiful shopfronts and finely crafted goods, brands like Gucci, Max Mara, Louis Vuitton and Prada are seen as being the height of luxury, conjuring images of master craftsmen finely crafting each item. But - as this investigation reveals - behind the glamorous exterior, all that glitters is not gold. From Haute-Couture at Paris Fashion Week to Chinese and Italian backroom boutiques, LUXURY: BEHIND THE MIRROR investigates the hidden side of luxury.
Our Daily Bread

2024

Our Daily Bread

2024
MamaPan is an artisan bakery where the female employees are social cases who would hardly find a job given that, for example, they cannot read or write. We see the harsh reality of these women, their instability and their inability to adapt, which results from all the problems they bring from home. The film presents their perspective in contact with the economic and entrepreneurial perspective and once again shows the problems in the social system related to the integration of vulnerable people in Romania.
Arrow Game

1974

Arrow Game

1974
A short documentary film by ethnographic filmmaker Tim Asch that shows young members of the Yanomamo Indian tribe sharpening their arrow-shooting skills.
The Burden

2015

The Burden

2015
The Burden tells the story of fossil fuel dependence as our greatest long-term national security threat, and why the U.S. military is leading the fight for clean energy.
Tahi: The Human Journey

2022

Tahi: The Human Journey

2022
Filmmaker Karina Duffy travels the globe to explore the spectrum of the human condition through intimate stories and diverse cultural traditions.
Alexander Nevsky

2022

Alexander Nevsky

2022
The historical path of the holy Prince, the outstanding politician Alexander Yaroslavich, who received the nickname "Nevsky".