Mindanao, the easternmost island in the Philippine archipelago, is home to the majority of the country's Muslims, as well as indigenous Lumad tribes and Christian settlers. There is an ongoing Islamist armed guerrilla war on the the island, sparked by the history of discrimination and marginalisation of its inhabitants. Over the last forty years, this war has claimed more than 150,000 lives and displaced 750,000 people. But what is behind the conflict? What are the main parties involved' What is being done to achieve peace? It is time to listen to the Voices of Mindanao.
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The author of this film hitchhiked from Tarragona to Pakistan with the object of shooting a film in the so-called “Islamic” countries, and doing so in a fashion that is different from the usual media stereotypes that pigeon-hole women. For thirteen months, she travelled and lived in Bosnia, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Unveiled Views portrays the lives of five women she met during her sojourn. These women have chosen art as a way to express themselves: public performances, cinema, music, poetry and dance are the tools they use -each in her own particular way- to unveil a personal vision of life.
A walk around Iran in its daily life, without filters. The video camera acts as the eyes of the traveler who tries to win over some moments. A tour of 20 minutes around the cities of one of the biggest country in the world.
UntitledA quest for Al Khadir الخضر, the inner master. Al Khadir, a character generally unknown in Western culture, occupies a very important place in the popular and mystical knowledge of the countries of the Islamic rhizome, although its origins go back to ancient times. Al Khadir, literally the one who greens, inhabits the in-between world, the no-man's land, the fine interstice between the real and the unreal, life and death, sleep and wakefulness,.... this place is called Al Barzaj, the Isthmus. Where he passes, everything greens up, even the tracks of his footsteps are immediately covered with grass.
Most of the walls of houses in Saint Louis, Senegal, are covered with paintings depicting the master of the Mourid Brotherhood, Amadou Bamba. These frescoes are also to be found on ships' flags, on barouches, and in bedrooms. Most of them bear the signature of Thiam B.B. This film introduces us to Mourid ideas through these paintings and a meeting with Thiam, a mystical, vagabond painter.
UntitledMohamed Ramzam is a Pakistani who has earned a living delivering gas bottles in the neighbourhood of "El Raval" since arriving in Barcelona in 1990. Despite working these last 12 years Mohamed doesn't receive a salary and lives from day to day on the tips he receives from the customers. He has managed to bring his wife and three children from Pakistan and they live in a warehouse situated in the heart of this working class area where the Muslim ideas and traditions of Pakistan are held dear.
UntitledThe Islamic Sufism is an ancient religious movement. On some issues it is in opposition to the common or fundamental Islam. Therefore sufism has been suppressed by both the religious and political powers. Through ecstatic dancing by misic and meditation the sufi seeks oneness with God. Most recognised are the whirling dervishes but the påractise of sufism can also take other forms.This video shows sufirituals as performed in Syria which have relationship with the practise of the fakirs. The tradition is passed on from generation to generation.The video shows beautiful but also very profound and violent images.
Sufism is the original Islam, in contrast with the Islam that we see nowadays. Sufism doesn't accept any form of fanatism or violence. In these days, when a war between civizations threatens the world, any serious intend for the understanding between East and West cultures is more than necessary. This documentary leads to the comprehension of the Islam's original philosophy, through the interviews with some sufi masters (Sheikhs) and their followers around the world, and giving special attention to the chapter about the so-called “Islamic Terrorism”.
UntitledThis documentary produced in 1973 is a remarkable document on traditional Islamic culture in Afghanistan before the country met with the disasters of ideological struggles and civil war. To a Muslim sensibility, its importance goes much further. It is an objective and respectful testimony to the profound, essential aspects of the spiritual culture of Islam, captured by a Western filmmaker.
Untitled“Why can't you actually find a man?” Sonbol is asked by her mother. The answer is silence. Sonbol Fatemi is 35: she is attractive, single and divorced, has her own dentist surgery, likes to tell dirty jokes and has a passion for car races - competing against men. Sonbol lives in the holy city Mashad, in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Living a life like this in Iran means that she has to fight everyday. Against her mother who would love to arrange another marriage for her. Against the sports administration that wants to exclude women from rallyes altogether. And not least, against her own doubts about God and whether He is actually by her side. SONBOL gives a unique insight into a torn society by painting the portrait of an extraordinary and unconventional woman who pays a high price in order to be her self.