This documentary looks at the use of traditional medicines to treat the ills of our age. Ibogaine reveals the strong overlap between seemingly distant cultural identities. Ibogaine is a plant alkaloid found in the root bark of the West African shrub Tabernanthe Iboga. It has the unique property of removing withdrawal symptoms and reducing cravings from substances that cause chemical dependence, such as heroin, cocaine and alcohol. It has long been used as a traditional medicinal and spiritual tool in West Africa. For the last forty years, it has increasingly been taken up in Western society as a tool for addiction therapy, where its complex effects on the human brain prove its psychotherapeutic potential and also reveal new information about the mechanisms of memory, learning and dreams.
ovni 2011
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An Italian documentary that looks at how television manipulates and exploits women's bodies. It all started with the observation that women – real women – are an endangered species on television, one that is being replaced by a grotesque, vulgar and humiliating representation. This is an enormous loss: the erasure of womens' identity is happening right before our eyes, but there is no outcry, even from women themselves. This led to the idea of compiling TV images that share a common manipulative exploitation of womens' bodies, to let people know what is happening – not only people who never watch television, but especially those who watch it but “don't see.” The aim is to pose questions about the reason behind this erasure, a real “pogrom” of which all of us are silent spectators. The project pays special attention to the erasure of adult faces on television, to the use of plastic surgery to erase any sign of the passage of time, and to the social consequences of this erasure.
UntitledA film based on the Neapolitan cult of dead. It is said that these dead people call out in dreams, and sometimes appear in a crowd: the stranger who is staring at you. They want to be acknowledged. So you adopt a skull, one of the thousands of human remains that can be found below the city. This ancient cult that has been practised until recently has left traces, traditions and beliefs.
UntitledThe only TV documentary to have a preview of the biggest Wikileaks release ever. This is what really happened during the Iraq war, not what the US PR machine of the time wanted us to believe. The reality behind the civilian death count; al-Qaeda's fictitious presence; torture, torture and more torture. A wall of truth revealing unprecedented levels of unwarranted aggression. "The detainee was blindfolded, beaten about the feet and head, electricity was applied to his genitals, and he was sodomized with a water bottle". These secret US military files from 2004-2009 record 300 acts of torture perpetrated on Iraqi prisoners; all after the world gasped at images of grinning US soldiers holding naked Iraqis on leashes. Far from winning the hearts and minds of the people, coalition forces have killed so many civilians, that insurgency has sky-rocketed. The air force launches Hellfire missiles at men with their arms raised in surrender, and at goat herders digging for roots.
UntitledJ'ai (très) mal au travail
titulos: Souffrance et plaisir au travail : Maguy Lalizel, ex-ouvrière de Moulinex (43 min), Marie Pezé, psychanalyste (28 min), Paul Ariès, politologue (31 min), Christophe Dejours, psycho-dynamicien du travail et psychanalyste (110 min) Cinq hommes et un garage (un film de Basile Carré-Agostini - 55 min)
UntitledIn the forest, the herd of deer turns against the hound dogs that have been chasing them so far. From this unusual chase, new landscapes arise from the ground. This collage drama was made after an idea from a 19th century engraving.
UntitledThe theme that runs throughout this compilation (extracts from several satsangs) is “Silence.” Papaji states, and demonstrates, that Silence is one's real, and permanent, nature. He goes on to say that Silence is the ground and substance of everything in existence. He also answers the question, “Can one be silent while being active in the world'
UntitledNats - the traditional street entertainers of India - are Jack's of all performing trades. Follow their children down the chaotic streets of Kolkata as they act, sing and dance to pay off their parents' debts. Filmed over a six year period, this poignant documentary explores a poor family's desperate efforts to support themselves in the midst of a rapidly changing India.
Untitled'Kiss Of The Moon' is a passionate attempt to engage in intimate contact with the Khusra community, to understand how it feels to live in a world where there are no shades of grey in terms of gender, life is always either masculine or feminine. The ultimate goal of the film is to cross the boundaries of gender and talk about the issues of 'being', and of the endless desire to be loved and to love.
UntitledThis documentary seeks to boost the voices involved in struggles against the MAT (very high voltage power line), from legal actions to more direct actions, such as the first forest occupation in the Spanish state. They are all confronting the new 440Kv power line that is due to cross the Iberian Peninsula in 2013.
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