Over the course of the last century, the US has encircled the world with a web of military bases unlike any other in history. Today, they amount to more than 700, in 40 countries. No continent is spared. They are one the most powerful forces at play in the world today, yet one of the less talked-about. They have shaped the lives of millions, yet remain a mystery to most. Why do countries like Germany, Italy, Japan and South Korea still host hundreds of US military bases and thousands of US soldiers? And why is the US aggressively expanding in many new countries? How do the bases affect local populations, and what stance has president Obama taken on this controversial subject? This documentary film answers these and other questions both through the words of prominent experts, intellectuals and ex-insiders – Noam Chomsky, Gore Vidal, Chalmers Johnson and others – and through the shocking but often inspiring stories of those directly affected by US bases in Italy, Japan, the Indian Ocean and elsewhere.
In Standard Operating Procedure, filmmaker Errol Morris examines the context of the notorious Abu Ghraib photographs—how these photos exposed alleged U.S. violations of the Geneva Conventions in the interrogation of prisoners in Iraq.
UntitledDesigned as a video projection work,Stable examines aspects of equine care through simultaneous multiple cameras in addition to single camera acquisition in an experimental structure with enhanced stereo audio.
Since I Am That was released in 1973, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, along with Sri Ramana Maharshi, has been recognized as one of the 20th Century's most profound voices of Advaita Vedanta. The Lost Satsang depicts Maharaj in the most authetic way and directly transmits the overwhelming power of this remarkable sage.
Untitled“The heart of the wise lives in the house of sorrow” is based one two well-known biblical stories about Jacob and Yona. The main character is Jacob, a young man in his late twenties. Jacob is trying to find his place in today's society and create a life-goal for himself, a mission that he can make himself useful for. The fact that Jacob is somewhat of an outcast in today's society creates an obsessive and unrealistic mission and goal in his life. Whilst working on his mission Jacob finds an “other world” in which he finds himself. This world, paradoxally, happens to be the cities' graveyard.
Cristophe Coello spent eight years filming the everyday lives and activities of a group of men and women who squatted Barcelona buildings affected by property speculation (Miles de Viviendas). Squat captures direct democracy and invites viewers to immerse themselves in the experimental world of resistance.
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Hester dressed as Jesus Christ sings "A Spy in the House of Love" by The Doors. In the background images of Babylonian excess... 3 Mostra de Vídeo Independent de Barcelona 1996.
"A true Israeli goes to the army", they've been telling us in an aggressive campaign against draft evasion, which expects us to accept the notion that those who don't go to the army are not as worthy as the rest. This massive campaign was endorsed on billboards, buses and ads on TV.
Running away from home.
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