Exploring cinematic reflections of crisis: documentary on the march
CINEMA: More prescient than ever, Doclisboa’s «Documentary on the March» retrospective provide a blueprint for today’s documentaries for social change.
Michael Moore
«We like to think that even if DocPoint is small in resources, it’s big in content»
DOCPOINT: Artistic Director Kati Juurus on the challenges, trends, and the 2022 DocPoint experience.
The bodies made for war
CONFLICT: As Germany switches its military apparatus more akin to the USA, it is those without opportunity and means frequently finding themselves on the frontlines.
Neither banal nor evil
CONTROL: A search for understanding from a survivor of Aum Shinrikyo’s 1995 sarin gas attack on Tokyo’s subway.
China’s Uncle Smog Buster on the struggle to combat pollution
ENVIRONMENT: Balancing conflicting political demands for clean air and water – and a thriving economy – in a one party state is not an easy task.
The costs of green energy?
ENVIRONMENT: For many, green energy solutions are just a new way to make money, says director Jeff Gibbs.
Betrayal and revolt
Michael Moore’s new documentary Fahrenheit 11/9 portrays the gloom of America under Trump and announces the coming insurrection
Moore or less
This is the film about the rich and greedy in a united states of profit. Michael Moore himself fills nearly every screen as the people’s inquisitor.
A film about American health care industry
Even if Michael Moore’s new film didn’t win a prize at Cannes this year (it was not shown in competition), the screening caused quite a stir