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Music used in the fight for freedom
A stirring documentary that salutes the formidable role black liberation music played in the long and arduous struggle against apartheid in South Africa.
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The story of Cuban refugees
Balseros (Spanish: Rafters) is a 2002 Catalan documentary co-directed by Carles Bosch and Josep Maria Domènech about Cubans leaving during the PerÃodo Especial.
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Journey of peace activism in the face of global militarism
The film covers the Indian and Pakistani nuclear weapons tests in 1998, as well as the nationalist rhetoric that accompanied these tests. It also explores the ill-effects of the Indian test on the surrounding population and the reactions to the test among the government and the public.
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Three women in local coffee shop
Three young Puerto Rican women in their late teens live in the projects around Bushwick Avenue in the heart of Brooklyn which is one of the most deprived areas of New York - all three of them are from lower social class.
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Sark is a smallest feudal state
Sark is a community of only 550 people and although formally part of the United Kingdom, it is actually constituted with its own parliament and laws.
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Migrant workers in Shenzhen
This powerful documentary explores the cruel realities of sweatshop labor and workplace injury in China, and one lawyer’s mission to defend worker’s rights.
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Taste of «brighter living»
There are over 150 IKEA branches all over the world. And now Russia has one of its own. On 22 March 2000, Russia's first IKEA opened its doors in the Moscow suburb of Khimki.
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How do you convey the power, magic and mystery of names?
In The Sweetest Sound, Alan Berliner is tired of being mistaken for people who might share his name and decides to rid himself of the dreaded Same Name Syndrome.
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The only woman taxi driver
The story of the only woman cab driver in the Algerian city of Sidi Bel-Abbès.