U.S.A.E.R. (2015)

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 partir de fotos dos anos 70 que captaram o despertar do feminismo, o filme mergulha na vida das mulheres retratadas e explora a permanente necessidade de mudança.

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.

Num país onde os assassinos são celebrados como heróis, o realizador e a sua equipa desafiaram os líderes impenitentes dos esquadrões da morte a encenar o seu papel no genocídio. O resultado alucinante é um delirante sonho cinematográfico, um mergulho perturbador nas profundezas da imaginação de assassinos em massa e no chocante regime de corrupção e impunidade banais em que vivem.

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.

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.

Nos bastidores do show no Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, o rapper e ativista Emicida celebra o grande legado da cultura negra brasileira.

A rock documentary, about the Mexican band Molotov, that focuses more in the political and musical context of Mexico rather than in the actual story of the band.

Intimate story about the rising career of Gabriela Adam, only with her determination and the support of an institutional educational network, where her family plays a fundamental role.

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.

The true story of a young teenage girl whose mother is incarcerated for murder. Living in a Catholic Children's home run by an order of nuns, she provides poignant commentary about her mother, her own situation and her outlook for the future.

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 ...

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.

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.

Em 2000, quando Vladmir Putin foi o presidente em exercício da Rússia com a saída repentina de Boris Yeltsin, candidatos tiveram três meses de campanha para uma nova eleição da presidência. Ao invés das táticas de campanha comuns, ele contratou o cineasta Vitaly Mansky para acompanhá-lo para um documentário para TV. Anos depois, Mansky retorna às imagens que ele captou naquele ano e constrói uma nova perspectiva sobre uma figura que se tornou tão decisiva para a política internacional, refletindo sobre o que permitiu que Putin consolidasse seu poder.

Somi is pregnant with her second child. A girl, she hopes. Together with her husband she prepares for this new phase of their parenthood. It means that their son has to go to school, but as an ex-Naxalite that is tough to achieve in contemporary India, where people like them are third-rate citizens. They lack the certificates and an opaque bureaucratic process doesn't help. Directors Isabella Rinaldi, Cristina Hanes and Arya Rothe of the NoCut Film Collective concentrate on Somi's close family ties, painting a portrait of ex-Naxalites in India. Once, Somi and her husband were communist rebels fighting for the rights of Indian tribes. However, to safeguard their family's welfare, they surrendered to the government in exchange for marginal compensation and simple accommodation.

A vila de Mazagão Velho é conhecido como berço da cultura do estado do Amapá. Seus habitantes se orgulham de ser descendentes da migração para o Brasil da última colônia portuguesa na África. Hoje, entre as dezenas de festas em homenagem a santos católicos comemoradas em Mazagão, a principal é a Festa de São Tiago, que remonta o conflito entre “cristãos e mouros” na África, com procissão de cavalaria e batalhas encenadas pelas ruas da cidade. Esta tradição secular está atualmente em rota de colisão com a modernidade. “Mazagão – Porta do Mar” mergulha no imaginário e na história do povo de Mazagão em uma trajetória que atravessa 246 anos e o Oceano Atlântico. O documentário registra o encontro de dois mundos e tempos: o da cidade do passado e suas histórias de batalhas gloriosas, com a comunidade tradicional que está numa encruzilhada com o mundo moderno.

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.

Um grupo de idosos vive os altos e baixos do quotidiano num lar do norte de Portugal entanto prepara um baile de carnaval sob a ameaça da maior crise económica desde a ditadura.