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Waiting for the Sun
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Waiting for the Sun(en)

2017-03-19

In China more people are on death row than the rest of the world combined. The children of the convicts are often left alone, stigmatized and living in the streets. Grandma Zhang, as the kids call her, is a former prison guard who has founded an orphanage in Nanzhao.

The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism
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The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism(en)

2017-03-26

Taking its lead from French artists like Renoir and Monet, the American impressionist movement followed its own path which over a forty-year period reveals as much about America as a nation as it does about its art as a creative power-house. It’s a story closely tied to a love of gardens and a desire to preserve nature in a rapidly urbanizing nation. Travelling to studios, gardens and iconic locations throughout the United States, UK and France, this mesmerising film is a feast for the eyes. The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism features the sell-out exhibition The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism and the Garden Movement, 1887–1920 that began at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and ended at the Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Connecticut.

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
74%

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story(en)

2015-05-06

A documentary about Caroll Spinney who has been Sesame Street's Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch since 1969. At 78-years-old, he has no intention of stopping.

Canoe
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Canoe(en)

1961-09-03

Boys’ canoe trip on the Thames in London.

Visions Cinema: Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema - A Report by Tony Rayns
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Visions Cinema: Film as a Way of Life: Hong Kong Cinema - A Report by Tony Rayns(en)

1983-06-08

Examines the early 1980s Hong Kong filmmaking community. Tony Rayns interviews some of the new generation of filmmakers and figures from the wider film culture.

The Shaolin Kid: A Boy In China
100%

The Shaolin Kid: A Boy In China(en)

The story of a six year old boy from Phoenix, Arizona whose dreams of becoming a Kungfu master lead him to the birthplace of martial arts - the legendary Shaolin Temple in China. His father must now face a heartbreaking decision and follow his son to China leaving the mother behind in America... a choice few parents could ever imagine.

Yoko Tani in London
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Yoko Tani in London(en)

1959-04-02

A fun tour of 1950s West End with international film star Yoko Tani.

Chinese Spring
60%

Chinese Spring(cs)

1954-02-18

Kung Fu Stuntmen
73%

Kung Fu Stuntmen(cn)

2021-08-28

A new documentary film revisits the golden age of kung fu stuntmen and action directors in Hong Kong during the 1960s-'80s, exploring their pain and struggles. The documentary is a tribute to kung fu stuntmen. “They risked their lives for stunts,” said kung fu choreographer Yuen Bin. In their heyday, these stuntmen and choreographers presented the best, most creative and most complicated kung fu fight sequences anywhere in the world, creating stunts that looked seemingly impossible.

The Fearless Freaks
70%

The Fearless Freaks(en)

2005-05-25

Equal parts punk and psychedelia, the Flaming Lips emerged from Oklahoma City as one of the most bracing bands of the late 1980s. The Fearless Freaks documents their rise from Butthole Surfers-imitating noisemakers to grand poobahs of orchestral pop masterpieces. Filmmaker Bradley Beesely had the good fortune of living in the same neighborhood as lead Lip Wayne Coyne, who quickly enlisted his buddy to document his band's many concerts and assorted exploits. The early footage is a riot, with tragic hair styles on proud display as the boys attempt to cover up their lack of natural talent with sheer volume. During one show, they even have a friend bring a motorcycle on stage, which is then miked for sound and revved throughout the performance, clearing the club with toxic levels of carbon monoxide. Great punk rock stuff. Interspersed among the live bits are interviews with the band's family and friends, revealing the often tragic circumstances of their childhoods and early career.

The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
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The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl(de)

1993-09-11

This documentary recounts the life and work of one of most famous, and yet reviled, German film directors in history, Leni Riefenstahl. The film recounts the rise of her career from a dancer, to a movie actor to the most important film director in Nazi Germany who directed such famous propaganda films as Triumph of the Will and Olympiad. The film also explores her later activities after Nazi Germany's defeat in 1945 and her disgrace for being so associated with it which includes her amazingly active life over the age of 90.

Silence
60%

Silence(pl)

1998-05-26

A portrait of a family living in a village in Masuria.

Fruit Farm
80%

Fruit Farm(zh)

2025-02-20

Nana Xu travels to the place built by her father as a prisoner during the Cultural Revolution: first a work camp, later a prison, fruit farm and treatment centre. Conversations with last remaining witnesses, where home is still shaped by a repressed past.

Life in Hunza
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Life in Hunza(en)

1937-09-01

Rural life in the mountainous valley near Gilgit - now in the Northern areas of Pakistan.

Old Barak
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Old Barak(en)

1947-07-01

Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.

Mysore
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Mysore(en)

1940-06-01

Two sides of Mysore: down to earth with the field workers and an Indian spectacle for the Maharaja.

Still
52%

Still(de)

2014-06-19

The documentary tells the story of Uschi, a farmer living free and recluded in the bavarian alps. Shot in epic black and white pictures, Still follows Uschi's life over a ten year period. From an untroubled summer of making cheese through pregnancy and the uncertain future of the parental farm, Matti Bauer portrays Uschi's struggle to keep alive the dream of a way of life that has become rather untypical in this day and age.

Der lange Weg ans Licht
35%

Der lange Weg ans Licht(de)

2008-02-28

Edeltraut Hertel - a midwife caught between two worlds. She has been working as a midwife in a small village near Chemnitz for almost 20 years, supporting expectant mothers before, during and after the birth of their offspring. However, working as a midwife brings with it social problems such as a decline in birth rates and migration from the provinces. Competition for babies between birthing centers has become fierce, particularly in financial terms. Obstetrics in Tanzania, Africa, Edeltraud's second place of work, is completely different. Here, the midwife not only delivers babies, she also trains successors, carries out educational and development work and struggles with the country's cultural and social problems.

Imphal Bazaar
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Imphal Bazaar(en)

1934-05-06

A scenes from a tour of Manipur State and a women's bazaar in Imphal.