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The documentary "Caixa D'água: Qui-lombo is this?" It reports, through testimonies from former residents and photographic collections, the importance in the cultural and historical scope of the Getúlio Vargas neighborhood located in Aracaju, capital of Sergipe. Emphasis is placed on black culture and the presence of black slaves and their descendants, with the rescue of issues related to their origin, orality, geographical location and awareness of their racial identity, showing that, although this community exists in an urban area, it still maintains many aspects of the quilombo life of the former black slaves in Brazil.
Documentary realized in the Quilombola community Serrote do Gado Brabo, Pernambuco. Here are their stories and struggles.
A black family tries to defend their land against invaders but gets caught between a mischievous witch and a tortured spirit eager for revenge.
This short film is an in-depth exploration of a young adult's personal relationship with his inner child, transcending the limitations of verbal dialogue to communicate through powerful visual elements. The narrative develops like cinematographic poetry, revealing the complexity of emotional experiences that often remained to verbal expression. Through these visual sequences we are taken on an introspective journey that explores the recesses of the creative mind and the complexities of emotional experiences that often remain inarticulate.
Unsupersize Us is the follow up to the award-winning film Unsupersize Me. Director Juan-Carlos Asse takes five subjects from his hometown that all suffer from common health issues and puts them on regimen of a plant based diet and exercise for six weeks. The results are impressive as the five people quickly turn their health around in the six-week period. Asse tests the 5 subjects with many exciting physical challenges throughout the film. The film showcases cooking skills, healthy shopping, eating healthy on the road, and mental fortitude. An interesting twist occurs when Asse reveals his own trials and tribulations including a seven-year federal prison sentence... leading him to true freedom.
A young mother flees her country in the midst of a revolution, revealing to her daughter a history of abandonment that crosses three continents and four generations.
The suicide rate among Canada's first responders has reached crisis level and continues to rise each year. What's behind this?
A short government funded industrial documentary showing the hard work and craftsmanship of labourers in the leather industry that otherwise goes unnoticed, (deserving as much attention as the exploits of a famous boxer).
A short documentary funded by the Belgian Ministry for foreign affairs showing the manufacturing and transportation of Belgian locomotives.
Short film produced and directed in 1945 for the National Film Board of Canada series The World in Action. Over its nearly 21-minute running time, circumstances during the immediate postwar period following the Second World War, leading to the formation of the United Nations are discussed.
A review of 25 years of theatre work by the Berliner Ensemble, dedicated mostly to plays by Bertolt Brecht. Interviews with stage hands and lighting technicians provide an interesting view behind the scenes.
