Musician, civil rights campaigner and activist Joan Baez has been on stage for over 60 years. For the now 82-year-old, the personal has always been political, and her friendship with Martin Luther King and her pacifism have shaped her commitment. In this biography that opens...
On a small farm in the Norwegian forest, a family seeks a wild free existence. However, after a tragic event changes everything, they are forced from their idyllic farm and into the expectations of modern society. ___________________________________________________________ Directed by: Silje Evensmo Jacobsen Producers: Mari Bakke Riise Cinematography: Karine Fosser,...
In 1960, sixteen newly independent African countries enter the United Nations, a political earthquake that shifts the majority vote from the colonial powers and the U.S. to the global south. Congo becomes the arena in which the battle over the UN is fought. In an...
The three brothers were born right after WW II, together with the new Yugoslavia. As they were growing up, rock’n’roll came from “the West.” They formed a rock band and named it after Yugoslavia - The Yu Grupa. Ultimately, Yugoslavia broke up in bloody civil...
Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, has been fighting his community's mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhood. Basel documents the gradual erasure of Masafer Yatta, as soldiers destroy the homes of families - the largest single act of forced transfer...