Karuara, People of the River
Facing cultural genocide, a group of Indigenous women from Peru file a groundbreaking lawsuit demanding the government recognize the Marañón River, which flows into the Amazon, as a person with rights in order to protect
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Facing cultural genocide, a group of Indigenous women from Peru file a groundbreaking lawsuit demanding the government recognize the Marañón River, which flows into the Amazon, as a person with rights in order to protect
A dreamlike passage through the architecture of shapes created from light and shadow. This film is a cinematographic attempt to find an invisible city that exists in parallel to Tartu.
Energy cannot be destroyed - it can only be transformed. The legacy of enslavement strips the fullness of life from those caught in its suffocating nightmare. In moving and static images, Director Charlotte Brathwaite in
The movie portrays the soul and real ambiance of Majuli, the largest river island on earth. The movie which opens with a soul pleasing shot of the river Brahmaputra with a ship ferrying, takes us to the river island and
While trying to push away a little boy who keeps coming near his cottage at the river, a whimsical mayor meets boy's mother. These people find hard to make contacts because of their own troublemarks from the past, even t
Searching for the house his father grew up in, director Lei Lei charts the story of a childhood in rural China using a mix of found footage, collage, and animation techniques: a moving account of all the things the fathe
In 1955, Tobias Schneebaum disappeared into the depths of the Peruvian Amazon. He had no guide, no map, and only the vaguest of instructions: Keep the river on your right. A year later Schneebaum emerged from the jungle…
A forest on the banks of a lake... Creatures who are half beasts half human witness a metamorphosis: a young woman’s mutation through an indelible encounter.
A story of a rat family who have to leave their home because humans start a construction site. Now the rats are searching for a place to stay.
Live at Jazz à Vienne, Antique Theatre, 2008. Tracklist: - Introduction - Actual proof (Herbie Hancock) - The River (Joni Mitchell) - All I want (Joni Mitchell) - When love comes to town (Bono, U2) - Solo (Dave Ho
In a story that pre-dates America, the multi-cultural Creoles of Cane River, Louisiana see themselves as somewhere between black and white. The Spirit of a Culture: Cane River Creoles recounts the Cane River Creole ident
The 73 minute film, MOUNTAIN RIVER, follows the Esopus Creek, from its headwaters on Slide Mountain in New York’s Catskill Mountains, to the Ashokan Reservoir, and on to the Hudson River at Saugerties - a fascinating jou
Filmmaker Mark Emery presents a view of Silver River and the Springs through the eyes of glass-bottom boat drivers. With a combined 200 years of experience, discover the local history as seen by the people who lived it.
Spring of 1990. Economic blockade in newly Independent Lithuania. Ukrainian student Taras arrives to a small town in Lithuania, where in a big house lives his secretly beloved Regina. However, his unexpected guest appear
Documentary by Portuguese Silvino Santos, about the Amazon, its flora, fauna, its inhabitants and among other wonderful images from the beginning of the 20th century with alternating close-up shots of caimans, jaguars an
Nine-year-old Molly Brown lived and breathed "that river." After her mother died it was just her and her dad, Paul, and of course "cappy" her ailing grandfather, but with all cappy’s medical bills, Paul’s only choice is
RIVER PEOPLE (1991) follows the story of David Sohappy, a Native American spiritual leader who was sentenced to a five year prison term for selling 317 salmon out of season. Sohappy became a symbol of resistance for indi
An 18-year-old North Korean defector, Lee Sun-hwa, crosses the Duman River, traversing the thin boundary between life and death, and arrives in South Korea. Upon completing her resettlement program at Hanawon, she is pla
Following the death of her beloved friend Seo-yeon, Se-ryeong reflects on their time together and cherishes the memories they shared.