The second essay about still dominant dark aspects of our modern society. It is conceived as a surreal anti-patriarchal thought experiment and raises important questions about gender, power, and social change, prompting us to reflect on how historical patterns of discrimination and oppression might be either repeated or overcome in a reversed gendered world. It challenges the viewer to confront their own assumptions and biases, and to consider the possibilities of a more equitable society.
In 10th century Norway, a young shaman is forced to hunt down her outlaw sister.
Every year, millions of Americans are incarcerated before even being convicted of a crime - all because they can't afford to post bail. How did we get here? “Trapped: Cash Bail in America” shines a light on our deeply flawed criminal justice system and the activists working to reform it. This new documentary explores the growing movement to end the inherent economic and racial inequalities of cash bail while highlighting victims impacted by an unjust system, the tireless campaigners fighting for criminal justice reform, and a bail industry lobbying to maintain the status quo.
Emmy Awards nominee for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research: Multi-faceted portrait of the man who succeeded Lenin as the head of the Soviet Union. With a captivating blend of period documents, newly-released information, newsreel and archival footage and interviews with experts, the program examines his rise to power, deconstructs the cult of personality that helped him maintain an iron grip over his vast empire, and analyzes the policies he introduced, including the deadly expansion of the notorious gulags where he banished so many of his countrymen to certain death.
Film by Spencer Williams.
Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and they cannot avoid corruption.
It is the year 2010 and, due to extreme overpopulation, casual sexual activity has been outlawed. An innocent young girl named Little Red Riding Hood makes her way across the countryside encountering all manner of people exhibiting sexual perversion from both sides of the law. As she witnesses these lewd acts, she dreams of a time when these sexual unions weren't forbidden and people were free to act on their impulses.
Why is it that often when we get what we want, we still feel empty? We work so hard to succeed, but our lives just end up becoming more about us. Can success turn on us? Can we get caught up in a smaller world where our lives are all about the things that we want? Or is there another way to live? Where life is about more than just us. Where we see people in need and we do something about it. Where our world is expanding because we are sharing our success. And maybe in attempting to save someone else from their suffering, we find out that we are actually the ones being saved.
An ode to Rogelio Sikat’s classic Filipino short story “Impeng Negro,” about a boy who is both Filipino and Black.
A man that is a stranger, is an incredibly easy man to hate. However, walking in a stranger’s shoes, even for a short while, can transform a perceived adversary into an ally. Power is found in coming to know our neighbor’s hearts. For in the darkness of ignorance, enemies are made and wars are waged, but in the light of understanding, family extends beyond blood lines and legacies of hatred crumble.
One man's courage and will to break loose from the system, and the ability of one individual to bring down the kingdom.
The lives of three young Middle Eastern women intertwine as they struggle to defy tradition and create their own realities. From an arranged marriage and a lesbian love affair to an abusive family situation, the film delicately tackles some of the issues Middle Eastern women are confronted with today.
Filli and the cavemen from "When Women Had Tails" are living a carefree life inside a dinosaur skeleton. But when conman Ham introduces them to the concept of currency and economics, their lives fall apart. On top of that, Filli starts to fall in love with Ham.
The first major uprising against police brutality, harassment, and societal oppression was not at Stonewall in 1969, but at Compton's Cafeteria in San Francisco three years earlier. Those who stood up were trans women and gay men. Now, nearly 40 years on, Susan Stryker and Victor Silverman tell the story of this oft-overlooked event in the history of American civil rights.
Izmerská ríša bola dlho na hranici medzi dobrom a zlom. Vládnu jej mágovia, elitná skupina čarodejníkov, zatiaľ čo obyčajní ľudia sú bezmocní. Izmerská cisárovná Savina (Thora Birch) chce rovnosť a prosperitu pre všetkých, preto ju zlý mág Profion (Jeremy Irons) plánuje zvrhnúť a nastoliť vlastnú vládu. Cisárovná vlastní žezlo, ktorým ovláda izmerských zlatých drakov. Aby mohol Profion prevziať moc, musí najprv získať toto žezlo a oklamať radu mágov, aby uverili, že Savina nie je schopná držať moc. Cisárovná vie, že Profion prinesie Izmeru skazu a smrť. Preto musí nájsť legendárnu takzvanú Savrilovu palicu, mýtickú palicu, ktorá má moc nad červenými drakmi oveľa silnejšiu ako nad zlatými.
The battle-scarred hero of the Greek Revolution, Giannos "Astrapogiannos", returns home after the end of the blood-soaked War of Independence, only to find himself in a new conflict, as he locks horns with a ruthless local Kodjabashis.
V roku 90 nášho letopočtu sa v Ríme Cézar Augustus Titus vyhlásil za Boha Domiciána a prikázal vyvraždiť všetkých kresťanov v Malej Ázii, ktorí ho nebudú chcieť verejne uznať za svojho Boha. Generál Quintus ho ubezpečil, že aj posledný z apoštolov, Ján, je mŕtvy, ale cisár má obavy, že jeho mýtus žije ďalej a on to nemieni tolerovať. Od tej chvíle sa začína vyvražďovanie kresťanov. Apoštol Ján, jediný živý svedok Pánovho zmŕtvychvstania, sa skrýva medzi väzňami na ostrove Pat-Mos pod menom Teofilos. Dodáva silu a nádej kresťanom, ktorí sa nechcú spreneveriť svojej viere.
40-year Maria is living in a monotonous and deadlocked marriage with her husband. In addition, she has to take care of her ill despotic father. One day, she falls in love with her sensitive neighbour Dieter. But her attempt to leave her gloomy everyday life behind leads straight into tragedy.
Years ago, the young Five Fingers fought for the rural town of Marseilles against brutal police oppression. Now, after fleeing in disgrace, Tau, one of them, returns to Marseilles, seeking only a peaceful life. When he finds the town under new threat, he must reluctantly fight to free it.