Storm Children, Book One
The Philippines is visited by an average of 20~28 strong typhoons and storms every year. It is the most storm-battered country in the world. Last year, Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), considered the strongest storm in history, struck the Philipines, leaving in its path apocalyptic devastation.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Lav Diaz
Princes of the Yen
Set in 20th Century Japan the documentary explores the role and power of Central Banks and how they can be used to change a country’s economic political and social structures…
Closing Time
3 a.m., Zhongzheng Street, Taipei. The traffic roars constantly through the metropolis. Bordered by a multi-lane street and overlooked by a big freeway lies “Little Plates with Rice”, a late-night…
Telescope
A history of the telescope and a look at the James Webb telescope, and at the universe through the eyes of scientists and telescopes since the beginning.
Hurá
A Grandfather recounts his life under communist rule, from apprentice miner to prisoner to pensioner.
The Meerkats
A coming of age story following a young meerkat pup, Kolo, growing up in the Kalahari desert; and an inspiring look at how one family’s connection to each other and…
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in US society from 1967 to 1975. It features footage of the movement shot by Swedish journalists in the United States during…
Desert Seas
Sir David Attenborough unveils the two stunning underwater realms of Saudi Arabia – the flamboyant Red Sea and the contrasting hot muddy Gulf, capturing for the first time the rare…
Flickering Ghosts of Love Gone By
Inheriting a film collection of home movies after the death of a relative, a film director recounts his life and the women he loved while investigating some family secrets hidden…
Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements
For some aging music fans and kids with a passion for musical history, The Replacements are rock and roll defined. Gorman Bechard’s remarkable history of the ‘Mats takes us from…
Biggie & Tupac
In 1997, rap superstars Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace (aka Biggie Smalls, The Notorious B.I.G.) were gunned down in separate incidents, the apparent victims of hip hop’s infamous east-west rivalry….
Rat Film
Across walls, fences, and alleys, rats not only expose our boundaries of separation but make homes in them. “Rat Film” is a feature-length documentary that uses the rat—as well as…
Killer Whales: the Mega Hunt
A newly discovered mega-hunt is happening off the coast of South Africa. In an epic annual spectacle in False Bay, a pod of cunning killer whales hunt 5,000 common dolphins.