Curtain Up! (2020)

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

Clarissa Dickson Wright tracks down Britain's oldest known cookbook, The Forme of Cury. This 700-year-old scroll was written during the reign of King Richard II from recipes created by the king's master chefs. How did this ancient manuscript influence the way people eat today? On her culinary journey through medieval history she reawakens recipes that have lain dormant for centuries and discovers dishes that are still prepared now.

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!

Brooklyn Boheme is a love letter to a vibrant African American artistic community who resided in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill Brooklyn during the 80's and 90's that included the great Spike Lee, Chris Rock, Branford Marsalis, Rosie Perez, Saul Williams, Lorna Simpson, Talib Kweli just to name a few. Narrated and written by Fort Greene resident Nelson George, this feature length documentary celebrates "Brooklyn's equivalent of the Harlem Renaissance" and follows the rise of a new kind of African American artist, the Brooklyn Boheme.

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.

일본의 부엌이라고 불리는 쓰키지 시장은 세계에서 가장 큰 수산물 도매시장이다. 약 80년 전에 니혼바시에서 도쿄 쓰키지로 옮겨졌으며, 오랜 역사 동안 꾸준히 많은 사람들의 사랑을 받았다. 쓰키지 시장은 각종 생선과 해산물들로 일본의 식탁을 채웠을 뿐 아니라 2012년 유네스코 인류무형유산에 등재된 일본요리 와쇼쿠의 핵심이 되었다. 이곳의 상인들은 단순히 수산물을 팔고 돈을 버는 것이 아니라 소비자가 품질에 만족하고 질 좋은 생선을 제공하는 것이 우선이라고 입을 모은다. 현지인부터 전세계 요리사까지 매료시킨 쓰키지 시장의 뜨거운 삶의 현장이 공개된다.

생명의 원천인 물. 이를 위협하는 오일 파이프라인 건설에 맞서 평화시위로 세계의 이목을 집중시킨 캐나다 원주민 부족이 있다. 물을 지키려는 노력을 현장에서 취재했다.

The city of Ordos, in the middle of China, was build for a million people yet remains completely empty. Ordos is not so much a place but a symbol of babylonic hype. But nothing will change - as long as people believe.

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.

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.

An account of Orson Welles' 1938 radio drama broadcast that inadvertently started a mass panic.

Stuffed full of all our favorite brands, this feature length documentary is a new and entertaining way of looking at history - with a powerful nostalgic punch! Join consumer historian Robert Opie as he unwraps the meaning of our branded life, unleashing a flood of treasured memory moments and fascinating facts to excite young and old alike. It's both a journey of discovery and the ultimate nostalgia trip.

Sandy Doyle is an outspoken no nonsense business woman. She became a worldwide celebrity with the creation of her diner Blondies Burgers.

Schools in the Netherlands are challenging the traditional models of education and democracy, taking us to new possibilities of organising ourselves and our communities.

Traces the making of UC-Davis professor Darrell Hamamoto's first-ever Asian American porn movie ("Skin on Skin") from planning to production. Hou interviews filmmakers Justin Lin ("Better Luck Tomorrow") and Eric Byler ("Charlotte Sometimes"), professor Elaine Kim and playwright David Henry Hwang to get at whether Asian America truly needs its own "porno practices" as a way of decolonizing the community's collective sexual imaginations and confronting how sexuality and masculinity are treated in the Asian American community.

Pushed to his breaking point, a master welder in a small town at the foot of the Rocky Mountains quietly fortifies a bulldozer with 30 tons of concrete and steel and seeks to destroy those he believes have wronged him.

A collective born by the love for Hip Hop culture, in one of the most contradictory places of all. They tirelessly seek to foster and strengthen this culture in the region, taking their name all over on Brazil and the world. Facing all kinds of prejudices, together, they persist in the battle to be better for others. Because they believe that culture is not about what we like, but what can really change lives.

The novohispanic equestrian statue of Charles IV of Spain is relocated in Mexico city.