Belarus: the never-ending story
CONTROL: The brave and peaceful resistance from an underground theatre before and during the Belarusian presidential election protests.
revolution
Karel Vachek: Films just have to make you laugh!
Director Karel Vachek just died, so we publish this interview. Fifty years after Prague Spring and thirty years after the Velvet Revolution, he looked back on the evolution of our society and predicts a transformation to direct democracy.
The masses and the people
PSYCHOLOGY: Is it possible to understand why the majority choose a leader or a slave-like existence?
Colonial heritage
COLONIALISM: Two worlds collide during a trip down the Amazon in search of the mixed language Nheengatu, imposed upon indigenous by Portuguese conquerors.
Fragments from Paris
HISTORY: In returning to Paris, German avant-garde filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger resurrects memories of the city that she called home through the 1960s.
Is Catalonia in need of fewer smiles, and more action?
DEMOCRACY: With 80% of the Catalan population in favour of holding a mutually agreed referendum, the discussion is not who would win, but why is voting still not allowed?
The Cuban veteran for whom the Revolution lives on
As his country slowly moves past its communist decades, a Cuban veteran is stuck in the past.
The energy revolution
TRUE DEFINITION OF A REVOLUTION: It is imperative to rouse people to take control of the issue themselves – if we want Earth to survive, says Carl-A. Fechner.
ANDREI KURKOV: «With its 26 minorities, Ukraine is already cosmopolitan»
We are talking with Andrei Kurkow about the deeper national soul in Ukraine, about the significance of literature, about pluralism, and the relations between Russians and Ukrainians. Modern Times met the country’s most well-known author, Andrey Kurkov.
DEFIANCE IS PRESENT
Özge Calafato looks at some of the most compelling recent documentary works from the Arab World.
Recover from a turbulent past and confront an uncertain future
LIBYA: The revolution in Libya was tailored for today’s preferred style of foreign military intervention.