No Lye: An American Beauty Story (2019)

A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use.

여성운동이 활발하던 70년대 미국. 한 사진작가가 당대 여성들의 꾸밈없는 표정을 렌즈에 담았다. 현재 그들은 어떤 모습일까? 페미니즘이 뒤바꾼 그들의 삶을 돌아본다.

Raising Bertie is a longitudinal documentary feature following three young African American boys over the course of six years as they grow into adulthood in Bertie County, a rural African American-led community in Eastern North Carolina. Through the intimate portrayal of these boys, this powerful vérité film offers a rare in-depth look at the issues facing America's rural youth and the complex relationships between generational poverty, educational equity, and race. The evocative result is an experience that encourages us to recognize the value and complexity in lives all too often ignored.

1965년 인도네시아, 쿠데타 당시 군은 ‘반공’을 명분으로 100만 명이 넘는 공산주의자, 지식인, 중국인들을 비밀리에 살해했다. 40년의 세월이 흐른 현재, 대학살을 주도한 암살단의 주범 '안와르 콩고’는 국민영웅으로 추대 받으며 호화스런 생활을 누리고 있다. 그러던 어느 날, 자신들의 ‘위대한’ 살인의 업적을 영화로 만들자는 제안이 들어온다. “당신이 저지른 학살을, 다시 재연해보지 않겠습니까?” 대학살의 리더 안와르 콩고와 그의 친구들은 들뜬 맘으로 직접 시나리오를 쓰고 연기도 하며 자랑스럽게 살인의 재연에 몰두한다. 하지만 촬영이 진행되면서 대학살의 기억은 그들에게 낯선 공포와 악몽에 시달리게 하고, 영화는 예기치 못한 반전을 맞는다. 전대미문의 방법으로 인간의 도덕성을 뒤흔드는 충격의 다큐멘터리!

PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE looks at the war on drugs from 1968 until today and looks at trigger points in history that took cannabis from being a somewhat benign criminal activity into a self-perpetuating constantly expanding policy disaster.

The film explores the history of the word throughout its inception to present day. Woven into the narrative are poetry, music, and commentary from celebrities about their personal experiences with the word and their viewpoints. Each perspective is unique, as is each experience... some are much more comfortable with the word than others.

브라질의 래퍼 겸 운동가 에미시다가 자국의 풍부한 흑인 문화유산을 기린다. 삼바의 역사와 인종 차별에 맞선 투쟁, 그리고 이 모든 것을 담은 에미시다의 앨범 제작기까지. 상파울루 시립 극장에서 열린 콘서트 무대와 함께 만나보자.

More than two decades after the shooting at Columbine, an entire generation has grown up under the threat of gun violence. This film examines the epidemic of school shootings and their lasting impact through the eyes of survivors.

In the wake of the high school shootings in Parkland, Florida, concerned citizens travel by bus to the State Capitol to debate legislators about an urgent issue: Gun Reform. One of them, a stay-at-home mom, runs for office to honor her son.

As Puerto Rico falls deeper and deeper into an unprecedented crisis this is Vietnam’s story, a community or barrio located on the coast of Guaynabo fighting an illegal expropriation at the hands of a career politician. Their experience echoes the island’s current struggle with; an unparalleled migration, a notion of progress fueled by corruption, crippling economic debt, displaced poor and middle class families whose land is being purchased by millionaires, and the slow to non-existent reconstruction of infrastructure after Hurricane Maria.

Through testimonies and images, the crude reality of human rights in Argentina in democracy is portrayed and the role of the hegemonic means of communication to make causes and protests invisible ...

In the most dangerous country in the world for journalists, Newsweek Middle East editor, Janine di Giovanni, risks it all to bear witness, ensuring that the world knows about the suffering of the Syrian people.

인도의 근현대사 중 우리에게 잘 알려지지 않은 사실은 ‘낙살라이트 (Naxalite)’란 이름의 공산주의 무장 투쟁이 지금까지 이어지고 있다는 점이다. 감독은 과거 이 투쟁에 몸 담았던 어느 부부와 어린 자녀들의 평범한 듯 예외적인 삶을 통해 자본주의와 제국주의가 인도 사회에 어떤 상처를 남겼는지, 그리고 이 상처가 왜 아직 아물지 않는지 차분하고 정적인 리듬으로 보여준다. 노골적인 차별 정책으로 아이를 학교에 보낼 수 없는 부모의 막막한 심정, 자신들의 과거를 씁쓸하게 곱씹는 옛 투사의 굽은 어깨, 그러면서 지금도 세상이 바뀌어야 한다고 조심스럽게 말하는 주인공의 표정을 보는 사이 관객 또한 영화가 끝나도 쉽게 사라지지 않을 고민거리를 안게 될 것이다.

This documentary digs into the stories of Indigenous women and families to reclaim their Indian Status through their fight for the elimination of sex-discrimination in the Indian Act. It highlights the impacts of the law on individuals, families and communities. Since the passing of Bill S-3 and its amendments, thousands of Indigenous people are now eligible for Indian Status.

A documentary following the civil rights movement and how the media, in particular the burgeoning TV, was used to fight for equality in the 1960s. From Selma to Charlottesville, we also see how modern activists use today's technology to continue fighting injustice today.

A city that has been living for two years with the law that prohibits "clandestine parties". A youth who, when reunited, risks receiving a police raid on their doorstep, in the street, in the park or in the square. Spatial segregation, denial of the right to the city and public space for the leisure of the poor, black and peripheral. Willingness to make art, create music, lyrics, poetry, beats, hits and spread culture in this repressive scenario.

Six Christians face a dark night of the soul that leads them to question everything they believe.

The protests of 1968 had a significant impact on the great cities of the world. But people like to forget that the periphery went through the same social upheavals – Central Switzerland, for example. This is hardly surprising: in the founding cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy, society followed a strict order; tradition, shaped by centuries of Catholic rule, seemed untouchable. But in the 1960s, the local youth could not take these stifling conditions anymore: starting in 1969, resistance broke out across Central Switzerland.

This film is part of a project that has listened to over 40,000 people on masculinity issues and has resulted in a documentary and a tool book based on this publicly available study through an agreement with the Social Information Consortium (CIS) of the University of São Paulo.