Benin Kingship Rituals
Until it was conquered by the British in 1897, the city of Benin, in what is now Nigeria, was the centre of a powerful kingdom. Its rulers, the Obas of Benin, were mysterious, secluded figures who spent much of their tim
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Until it was conquered by the British in 1897, the city of Benin, in what is now Nigeria, was the centre of a powerful kingdom. Its rulers, the Obas of Benin, were mysterious, secluded figures who spent much of their tim
An immigrant story of Marietta Veulens, a composer who has spent 20 years trying to complete her lifeworks and album. Torn between her native Cuba and the UK, Veulens returns to her hometown of Matanzas to perform music
Constance Bennett demonstrates her morning skin care and make-up regimen.
Bizarre, unusual and horrifying, Sex Rituals of the Occult will shock and delight you. Travel with us to this side of hell and learn the sensual secrets kept by the worshippers of Satan. Witness the modern masters of the
Could these vanishings be part of a global cult’s sacrificial rituals? In this shocking documentary, Richard Willett and David Icke expose the dark forces behind these mysterious abductions and the elites who may be pull
"The Beauty of Rituals" (《祭典之美》) by Chang Chao-tang (張照堂) surveys Taiwanese folk festivals across regions and seasons, framing them through the perspectives of archaeologist Chen Chi-lu (陳奇祿), choreographer Lin Hwai-min
Blind dating gone wrong.
When a young black suburban woman named Mona is devastated by the death of her first husband John, little did she know that dreams of his murder and voodoo would threaten to wreck her whole life with deadly consequences!
A cycle in decay.
A reflective portrait of a woman navigating life in New York City, this film traces her evolving relationship with loneliness in the digital age. It examines how our collective pursuit for connection through technology h
For 28 years, Icelandic babies and their new parents have bonded in a unique way at a shabby pool not far from the ocean and the mountains. Six days a week, Snorri, a pioneer and visionary swimming coach, creates a uniqu
A lone gunman perched on a rooftop grows bored while awaiting his next victim. A mother records a video for an audition for a televised singing competition. A young girl carries water containers and must cross a dangerou
In a multi screen collage of visual experiments a longing for tribal habits is explored. Rituals We Wish We Had is a film about being homesick for a place you have never been.
A document of daily life in a Bororo tribe in western Brazil, including the different phases of their funeral rites.
A series of rituals created by artist Emma Frankland to explore gender transition and the fluid notion of change.
A stunning graphic composition of form and surface, Rituals for a Still Life links Gillette's video and collage work. Here he constructs a series of enigmatic collages that have as their background a television monitor s
The History and Craft of Modern Day Witches. Karen Frandsen from Eerie Investigations interviews Jeanette Ellis, lecturer on traditional British Witchcraft, member of PEBL, and author of "Forbidden Rites." Jeanette revea
The extraction of flight feathers from birds of prey, as practiced by Neanderthal man, is revived in the Fumane Cave in Lessinia.
Somewhere in the Münsterland region of the 19th century, a shepherdess and well-known soothsayer - known as the "Spökenkiekerin" in Westphalian - causes an uproar in the village community with her seemingly insane prophe
Rites and rituals have, for decades or even centuries, ingrained behavioral models into our subconscious, which at first glance may seem harmless. But how relevant are they to the place and time we live? What role do the