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The story of the rise to glory of boxer Joe Calzaghe.
A documentary film"The Triumph of Ukrainian Dance" (1954) Avramenko worked on for 25 years received great international acclaim after being shown in cinemas across the US and Europe. Although largely an American production, the film documents Vasyl Avramenko's impact on the development of Ukrainian dance in such Canadian cities as Toronto, Montreal and Edmonton for over a quarter of a century.
"If the end is the salvation of the soul, then the end justifies the means." Following the will of his spiritual father, in Soviet times he swore allegiance to the atheists, in the 90s he welcomed money changers in the church, and in the 2000s he turned the church into an ideological department serving the authorities, and all in order to achieve the main goal - the creation of a Russian Vatican, powerful and independent of Caesar's corporation. Like Vladimir Putin, he came as a Westerner and a modernist, and will leave as a guardian and reactionary. A film about the life and ministry of the sixteenth Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Kirill.
A colorful and slightly comical portrait of a group of people and a snapshot of an era, telling the story of Lucavsala, a green oasis in the center of Riga. Unique in Europe, this allotment garden colony, located almost in the city center, brings together a wide variety of social groups: modern flower children, city dwellers caught up in their daily routines, organizers of spiritual festivals, homeless people, and pyromaniacs, whom the director contrasts with urban planners working in air-conditioned offices. Each of them strives to realize their dreams on the island, which are as contrasting as the characters in the film themselves.
History of a fashion rebellion in communist Poland. The film shares the experiences of those who were singled out as ideological 'saboteurs' by the socialist authorities. The documentary presents the stories and opinions of stylish personalities of the day.
A documentary about the dancer Sylvie Guillem on her daily round of classes, rehearsals and peformances.
40 years after the beginning of the AIDS pandemic, seven artists and an activist doctor, all of them living with HIV, offer new images and perspectives to deal with serophobia in Brazil.
This film does not deal with Chornobyl, but rather with the world of Chornobyl, about which we know very little. Eyewitness reports have survived: scientists, teachers, journalists, couples, children... They tell of their old daily lives, then of the catastrophe. Their voices form a long, terrible but necessary supplication which traverses borders and stimulates us to question our status quo.
Follow Ruby Chopstix, Canada’s first drag artist-in-residence, as they navigate the complexity of being an underrepresented drag performer while creating a special showcase to create space for other queer BIPOC performers.
Ossi Viola and Lo Selbo have bet it all on one card: as ITACA they make Italo pop music for the 21st century. Their big dream: performing at the music festival in San Remo. An Italian tour could bring them to the next level. The days go by acrimoniously in rundown roadhouses; at night the duo plays dives along the Italian rustbelt. Not quite their image of bella Italia. Suddenly, this gamble seems completely insane. A 9 to 5 life would be so much easier. The crisis culminates when an unwelcome hitchhiker stumbles into their universe. As the dream threatens to shatter, the adventure begins.
"The Tides Will Decide" is a documentary that follows Priscilla Patrick, a well-known Malaysian radio personality, and how she was caught in the 2004 tsunami in Sri Lanka. Miraculously surviving the devastating waves, she opens up about the harrowing incident and the events that followed. As Priscilla prepares to return to Sri Lanka for the 20th anniversary of the tragic event, this documentary will share glimpses of her life, highlighting the individuals who have influenced her, her relationship with God, and how everything came together when the ocean nearly claimed her life.
Tapi! is a short documentary that explores a formative moment in the life of Kenyan ritual healer Jackson, one of the last practitioners of the ritual healing practice called utapishi ('tapi'). The leaders of the local Christian church are not happy with the influence of the ritual and decide to go to court. Jackson pushes back against the threat of tapi's prohibition by local Christian church movements who seem to be determined to erase the complex history of a people.
Hosted by Val Kilmer, the documentary follows playwright Nicholas Ellenbogen as he travels to remote communities in six different African countries. In each community, the residents have taken an holistic and somewhat controversial approach to managed wildlife care.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, a trans body dreams of the birth of night.
Five years ago, a group of form-six girls from a local all-girls school made a graduation video together. Now, the director picks up her camera again to document the friendships they shared back then. Can they keep the promise they made - to stay best friends forever?
A series of skits revolving around poking fun at Japanese traditions, such as the art of romance, apologies, and sushi-eating.
A story about the structure of elite European football through portraits of the strongest Russian players.
Actress Ève Landry seeks out families who have taken up the challenge of reinventing their daily lives.
Chris Barrie's Massive Speed follows on from the series Massive Engines and Massive Machines , both of which were also presented by petrolhead Chris (of Red Dwarf fame). In Massive Speed Chris turns his attention to the evolution of machines designed purely to achieve maximum speed. He travels the world searching for the most thrilling, speed-packed machines he can find and introduces audiences to huge engined bikes, planes, trucks and boats that battle it out in power races. Whether it's crossing an otherwise impenetrable snow drift, desert or swamp at the speed of an Olympic sprinter or cutting through the atmosphere at six times the speed of sound, Chris tells the stories of the greatest achievements of speed design and engineering. In each episode Chris follows the evolution of a specific genre of machine by testing them and reveals both the classsic stories and secret histories that surround each of them.
BABYMONSTER – ‘Last Evaluation’
Beyond Tomorrow is an Australian television series produced by Beyond Television Productions. It began airing in 1981 as Towards 2000, then in 1985 was renamed Beyond 2000, a name the show kept until its cancellation in 1999. It then started airing again in 2005 with the name Beyond Tomorrow.
While traveling the world, Steve Backshall dives with great white sharks, hammerhead sharks, tiger sharks and many more, to celebrate the wonder of sharks and dispels the myth of sharks as nothing more than cold-blooded killers. His adventures serve as a form of awareness regarding shark extinction in hopes that the species will be saved.
Recruits is an Australian factual television program that premiered on Channel Ten on 4 May 2009. A second season began on 29 July 2010.
This documentary series hosted by Alex Fernández, which brings together the best Mexican comedians to talk about humor, its limits, and its relationship with politics, among other topics. The testimonies of Andrés Bustamante, Eugenio Derbez, Sofía Niño and Chumel, among others, combine with humorous archival footage from all eras to discover what makes us Mexicans laugh.
The astonishing secret events behind the Russian submarine, Red October, that went missing on March 8, 1968, taking the Soviet Union and U.S. to the brink of war.
Exploring the conception of the reality show. Featuring commentaries from competitors, producers, media analysts and famous fans.
Pulls viewers into the unpredictable world of law enforcement operating in America's most unforgiving swamps. From the tangled bayous of Louisiana to the coastal inlets of Florida, Swamp Patrol follows officers in real time through bodycam footage as they respond to a wide range of threats, including armed suspects, drug busts, missing persons, stolen boats, 11-foot gators, and deadly snakes. Every call comes with its own dangers, and in the depths of the swamp, there is no backup. The series offers a captivating look at the chaos and courage required to hold the line in places most people never step.