Sandra Staffl visits two young women from Abu Dhabi. Raweya and Fatima study film production in order to become independent and determine their own future lives. They proudly wear traditional clothing, which they perceive as a privilege.
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Is it still possible to live a nomad's life today? Can a person continue to walk on multifarious paths that lead to ever-changing horizons? How can this void be filled' These disturbing questions are all the more acute in the arid lands of the Sahara and the Sahel, as their economy is gradually smothered, their population criminalised, and their territories ruthlessly coveted for their rich mining potential. In an effort to keep chaos and meaninglessness at bay and to resist the ultimate dispossession of the self – that of the imagination – forty-four Toureg poets gathered for three days and three nights in Agadez, in November 2006. The aim of the gathering was to join forces and define resonant pathways freed from the shackles that currently immobilise their society, and to reinvent new ways of weaving a present.
UntitledThis film aims to reinstate the political experience of organisation and struggle of the Venezuelan people by exploring the history of a barrio in Caracas: 23 de Enero. From the moment it was founded, the popular organisations of 23 de Enero have been major players in the political events that shaped Venezuela's history and led the country into a new kind of revolutionary process with Hugo Chávez's coming into power.
UntitledA series of stories that offer us a glimpse into the everyday life of women living in France and Islamic countries through their own eyes, and show us some of the problems facing women in the Muslim world.
UntitledThere can be no witnesses to this war. There can be no witnesses because it is based on lies. The only journalists that the Americans allow in Fallujah are embedded with their troops. In spite of this, images such as the one of a marine shooting a wounded, unarmed fighter inside the Mosque at Fallujah have been beamed out to the world. And precisely because these images have gone out, although nobody knows how, and circulated all over the world, the NBC journalist that captured them was immediately expelled from the ranks of embedded journalists. Fallujah, The Hidden Massacre is a documentary by Sigfrido Ranucci and Maurizio Torrealta which first aired on Italy's RAI state television network on November 8, 2005. It testifies to the use of weapons that the film claims are chemical weapons, in particular incendiary bombs, and alleges indiscriminate use of violence against civilians and children by United States of America military forces in the city of Fallujah in Iraq during the November 2004 Fallujah Offensive.
UntitledSuburbia, and all it promises, has become the American Dream. Escape from Suburbia takes us “through the looking glass” on a journey of discovery – a sobering yet vital and ultimately positive exploration of what the second half of the Oil Age has in store for us. It deals with subjects such as urban density, local farming, industrial agriculture, overpopulation, renewable energies and the position of the United States Government.
UntitledJanuary 25, 2011. The fall of Ben Ali in Tunis on January 14, 2011, built beacons of hope in the Arab world. All the attention is in Egypt, where groups in solidarity with the young Alexandrian Khaled Said, killed by the police, are calling for Egyptians to take to the streets against the regime. The chosen date is January 25, National Police Day, seen as one of the pillars of a regime sustained for decades in the country and ruled by Mohammed Hosny Mubarak as a Western ally. But people, claiming freedom and social justice, breaks the barrier of fear, goes outside and begins a rebellion that will shake the whole world. Erhal - Leave - chronicles from within the 18-days-struggle that brought down one of the more stable dictators of the Middle East.
UntitledThe Motherland (Enat Hager) is a powerful documentary on Africa. Merging history, culture, politics, and contemporary issues, it sweeps across Africa to tell a new story of a dynamic continent. From the glory and majesty of Africa's past through its complex and present history. Motherland looks unflinchingly toward a positive Pan-African future. With breathtaking cinematography and a fluid soundtrack by Sona Jobarteh, The Motherland is a beautiful illustration of global African diversity and unity.
UntitledThe final episode of León Siminiani's video series Key Concepts of the Modern World. A personal film-essay that looks at society's ideas of work and rest in the modern age, when people are usually forced to travel between the two often distant places in which they live and work, always from the perspective of the American Dream.
Untitled"How come you're not married yet?" El Arosa covers a few days in the life of a small group of teenagers in Nile-Delta. For at least two of them, these are the most important days of their lives. So far...
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