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Broken Columns
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The documentary delves into the intimate, labor, and political life of diverse characters to testify to the problems of inequality, exploitation, and instability in the work relations of some labor sectors.
Tara
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The Tara is a river on the outskirts of Taranto whose waters are believed to have healing properties; bathing there is a tradition for the inhabitants of the city. Starting from this bucolic place, Volker Sattel and Francesca Bertin take us on a journey through a territory where myths clash with reality and where so-called “progress” has taken a heavy toll on nature and society.
Daf
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This documentary shows us how a Daf elaborated. It's about a family that all their children are blinded and they're running their family business. They're making Dafs which is an Iranian hand percussion musical instrument and nowadays it's mostly played in Kurdish folk songs.
December Travel
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80-year-old Anna Filippovna and 63-year-old Alexey Fedorovich, residents of the village of Kuchuguri in the Voronezh region (the village about which director Gerchikov shot a real documentary saga), come to New Year's Eve Moscow, although they have not traveled further than the nearest district center from their native Kuchugurs in recent decades....
Wretched Ties
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Family portrait, depicting broken bonds, past experiences, reflections, and the desire to close the most painful chapter of their lives
婦人 (Fujin)
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婦人 (Fujin) /foo-jeen/ noun/plural noun, can be translated as a more formal or polite way to refer to a woman, such as “lady” or “madam” and in some contexts can mean “sisterhood” or “womenfolk.” This footage of my great-grandmother and aunties getting ready for a night out is a glimpse into femininity and womanhood among aging Indigenous Asian women, free of the western ethnographic gaze that has haunted many portrayals of bodies of color.
The Disquiet
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Earth-shattering events are relatively par for the course in Lebanon, with war, political upheaval and a number of social revolts. While the Lebanese focus on surface level events that could rock the nation, few realize that below the ground we walk on, an actual shattering of the earth is mounting. Lebanon stands on several major fault lines, which are cracks in the earth's crust. The film investigates the geological situation in Lebanon, trying to look for the traces of the imminent disaster.
Tarumã
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An interview about education and working conditions among Brazilian peasants in the 70s.
