Janno reminisces on his life as a son of an overseas Filipino worker and documents his time with his father Michael, who had recently returned full-time back home after being overseas for so long.
Janno reminisces on his life as a son of an overseas Filipino worker and documents his time with his father Michael, who had recently returned full-time back home after being overseas for so long.
2024-06-05
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Based on true stories. These Five Filipino overseas contract workers tell a plot contrary to what is perceived as ordinary and looked on the sunny side of life and work abroad in rose-colored glasses.
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Artist Grayson Perry has been working behind the scenes at the British Museum to stage his most ambitious show yet: The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman. Given free rein to choose whatever he wants from the Museum's vast collections, Perry has also produced some 25 new works of art, from his trademark ceramics to a working motorbike. Imagine follows Perry for more than two years as he creates his own imaginary civilisation at the heart of the British Museum.
An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at that time. (Silent short, voiced in 1937 and 1996.)
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What happens to the small historic town of Stirling, Scotland when R.E.M. decide to play three shows at its castle.
Garden designer Lynden B. Miller explores the life and career of Beatrix Jones Farrand (1872-1959), America's first female landscape architect.
David Courtney is an English self-proclaimed former gangster who has become celebrity figure and author. This documentary series profiles Courtney, following the launch of his celebrity career, as well as his trial for involvement in a police corruption case.
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