Suroosh Alvi

Set against the backdrop of 9/11, this documentary tells the story of how a new generation kickstarted a musical rebirth for New York City that reverberated around the world.

Two sisters are abruptly separated, the eldest, Hasna, struggles to find her identity and place in the world.

Dash Snow rejected a life of privilege to make his own way as an artist on the streets of downtown New York City in the late 1990s. Developing from a notorious graffiti tagger into an international art star, he documented his drug- and alcohol-fueled nights with the surrogate family he formed with friends and fellow artists Ryan McGinley and Dan Colen before his death by heroin overdose in 2009. Drawing from Snow’s unforgettable body of work and involving archival footage, Cheryl Dunn’s exceptional portrait captures his all-too-brief life of reckless excess and creativity.

어디 한 번 피부색을 비판해 봐 그래도 난 `진짜`야 영국계 파키스탄인 레퍼 제드는 대망의 첫 월드 투어를 앞두고 쓰러진다. 그간 자신을 괴롭혀온 알 수 없는 통증이 심각하게 발현된 것. 어쩔 수 없이 2년 만에 돌아간 가족의 품에 남게 되지만 이미 고향에서 그는 이방인이다. 편하지 않은 고향 땅에서 공연은커녕 걷지도 못하게 된 제드는 파키스탄이 자신의 바짓가랑이를 잡고 놓아주지 않을 것만 같아 두렵기만 한데… 세계 뮤직 차트를 집어삼키고픈 래퍼로서의 정체성과 파키스탄인이라는 자신의 뿌리 사이에서 정체성 앓이를 시작한 제드. 그는 누가 될 것인가 아니, 무엇이 될 것인가!? 영국계 파키스탄인 레퍼 제드는 첫 번째 월드투어를 앞두고 2년 만에 런던에 사는 가족들을 만나러 간다. 그러나 반가움도 잠시, 제드는 가족과 갈등을 겪게 되고, 오랜만에 돌아온 고향이지만 오히려 이방인이 된다. 그러던 중 몸의 이상증세를 발견한 제드는 자신이 끔찍한 병에 걸렸다는 사실을 알게 된다. 월드투어까지 일주일도 채 남지 않은 시간, 이제 걷는 것조차 어려워진 제드는 고통에 시달린다. 바삼 타릭 감독의 장편 데뷔작으로 뮤지션으로서의 자아와 가족들이 지켜온 파키스탄의 전통, 두 정체성 사이에서 혼란을 겪는 주인공의 심리를 세심하게 담아낸다. 스스로 서기 위한 제드의 끊임없는 투쟁은 육체의 질병을 넘어 정신적 딜레마를 극복하기 위한 몸부림이라 할 수 있다. 제70회 베를린영화제에서 국제영화비평가연맹상을 수상했다. (2021년 제9회 무주산골영화제)

Examining the foreign policies that have shaped the modern world and meeting people living through today's major conflicts.

At the Covenant House, located on the outskirts of the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana, the doors never close, and there is always room for one more. On any given day, a constant stream of young people carrying everything they own in plastic garbage bags fills the courtyard. The prospective residents are just teenagers, but have already been labeled drug addicts, schizophrenics, criminals and outcasts. As one staff member puts it, “the most damaged population of youth that exists in society today”. Filming over the course of a full year, brothers Brent and Craig Renaud tell the raw and emotional stories of the incredible kids who seek shelter at the Covenant House, and the staff struggling to work miracles everyday on their behalf.

Alex Honnold is the most accomplished free climber in the world. Angola is a southwest African country that recently emerged from 27 years of bloody civil war. What brings together these strange bedfellows you ask? Some of the most epic unclimbed rocks in the world, and a community needing help to diffuse the hidden land mines leftover from the conflict. (Plus a shadowy local hotel magnate, but we'll get into that later). This is Alex Honnold in Angola, for one of the most unique adventures of his storied climbing career this far.

An examination of the recent breakthroughs in eradicating the AIDS virus, and the challenges still faced by millions of HIV patients as doctors and organizations race to bring a cure to the masses.

In February, Just Jam's event at The Barbican was cancelled at the last minute. It was an event that seemed to be yet another victim of the London authorities now notorious risk assessment procedure, Form 696.

Called “the most famous cat on the Internet,” the wide-eyed perma-kitten Lil Bub is the adorable embodiment of the Web’s fascination with all things cats. Join Lil Bub and her owner on wild cross-country romp as they meet the Internet’s most famous cat-lebrities. Chock full of adorable kitties, hilarious videos and the dedicated cat enthusiasts who love them, Lil Bub & Friendz is a fun and hip peek behind the memes we know and love. Includes Mike "The Dude" Bridavsky, Ben Lashes, Grumpy Cat, Nyan Cat, Keyboard Cat.

In the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan, tradition is king. Polo's still played with a freshly killed goat and the men still marry their women the old-fashioned way: by abducting them off the street and forcing them to be their wife. Bride kidnapping is a supposedly ancient custom that's made a major comeback since the fall of Communism and now accounts for nearly half of all marriages in some parts.

Warlords, soldiers, and child laborers all toil over a mineral you've never even heard of. Coltan is a conflict mineral in nearly every cell phone, laptop, and electronic device. It's also tied to the deaths of over 5 million people in Congo since 1990.

Warlords, soldiers, and child laborers all toil over a mineral you've never even heard of. Coltan is a conflict mineral in nearly every cell phone, laptop, and electronic device. It's also tied to the deaths of over 5 million people in Congo since 1990.

Warlords, soldiers, and child laborers all toil over a mineral you've never even heard of. Coltan is a conflict mineral in nearly every cell phone, laptop, and electronic device. It's also tied to the deaths of over 5 million people in Congo since 1990.

Back in June, we invited South African rave-rap crew Die Antwoord to play their first show in New York City. They are one of our favorite bands and their performance that day was one of the most hectic, intense and amazing shows we had seen in a long time. While we were hanging out with them here, Ninja and Yo-Landi kept talking about a little monster called Tokoloshe, the most feared of all African demons. Ninja told us about how when he was growing up, his nanny would use a stack of bricks to raise her bed up, just to keep the Tokoloshe away at night. It turns out this is a fairly common practice among women in South Africa since this hairy, pot-bellied dwarf, unlike your typical Western boogiemonsters, is believed to have a penis the size of a horse’s and a penchant for sneaking into people’s bedrooms and raping them.

Follow up to Heavy metal in Baghdad. We see the band after they move to Turkey.

The story of Iraq's only heavy metal band and their fight to play music.

The story of Iraq's only heavy metal band and their fight to play music.

The story of Iraq's only heavy metal band and their fight to play music.

Brooklyn-by-way-of-Texas indie rockers Parquet Courts are blowing up in a big way, and we couldn't be more thrilled for the guys—even though bassist Sean Yeaton gave up his gig as editor of Motherboard to become a superstar (tough call, we know). We tagged along on their recent tour to document midnight desert peyote sessions and foreign language festival love. Here's a statement from director Andy Capper: "When Sean Yeaton (bassist) quit his job to leave behind the safety of his desk for the wild life of a performing minstrel I decided to get a camera and follow him on the first three weeks of his new life. We went from Mexico to Texas and London in a very short period of time. I love Sean and his band — Austin, Andrew and Max — and I hope that this is reflected in this short film that we made together."