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Joris Ivens’s wartime documentary of China’s resistance to the Japanese invasion, cross-cutting civilian exodus and bombing with the Nationalist state’s mobilization—schools, industry, dispersed war production, foreign relief—and guerrilla fighting. Framing an ancient nation of “400 million,” it contrasts tradition with modernization and closes on the unresolved question of victory.
A journey behind the scenes of the Nickelodeon television network to chronicle its unprecedented success, from its humble origins as a small local channel to its status as an international phenomenon that helped shape an entire generation of children.
As missiles and drones reshape modern warfare, the battle for control of the sky has never been more critical. Sky Defenders goes inside the world of NASAMS, one of the world’s most advanced air-defence systems. From its origins in Norway to military operations across Europe, Australia and Ukraine, the film reveals the technology, international partnerships and people behind a system built to protect the skies. With extraordinary access to soldiers, engineers, factories and live military exercises, Sky Defenders is ultimately a story about the people behind the technology and the race to protect millions from an evolving threat from above.
The story of ordinary people who won their fight for a healthy environment in a battle with big oil. Nobody believed it, and yet it happened. Ordinary people from three small villages in the east of Slovakia banded together and managed to defy the interests of a wealthy multinational company.
This documentary revisits the French football team's controversial 2010 World Cup and the bus strike that sparked global headlines and national outrage.
Footage of a concert given in Moscow, Russia, by rock singer Elton John.
Thoughtcrime explores the erosion of free speech in the UK and globally, through cases like Harry Miller and Sarah Phillimore. We investigate UK non-crime hate laws and their impact and hypocrisy and double standards surrounding them.
Decades after the RMS Titanic sank into the Atlantic, the dream of investigating the wreckage was finally realized by undersea geologist Dr. Robert D. Ballard. In 1986, only a single camera crew was allowed to accompany his historic expedition. Using high-tech cameras mounted on submersibles, this remarkable program takes viewers into the frigid depths nearly two and a half miles below the ocean’s surface, revealing spectacular color images of the ship’s once-luxurious interior.
Hosted by Mark Hamill, this revealing documentary offers behind-the-scenes glimpses into the amazing special effects that transformed George Lucas’ vision for Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back into reality!
Through five portraits of relatives and mentors, five expressions of resistance, Pegah Ahangarani sketches her life story. Drawing from personal archives, home videos, street protests footage, newspapers, and recorded voices, she retraces more than 40 years of Iran’s history. From the early days of 1979, until the war that began in 2026, she pieces together intimate and collective memories, forming the portrait of a country shaped by political repression and in constant hope for a revolution.
Pupá lives in Acari, RN, where her vibrant and original presence symbolizes joy and freedom. In her daily life, she juggles domestic work, her job as a lottery ticket seller, and making herbal syrups. On weekends, Pupá sets aside her chores and finds in serenades, forró dances, rivers, and reservoirs the space to reaffirm her right to live her own autonomy.
Jolene is a woman who earns her living by working behind the bar in a strip club, who calls football hooligans her family and who has made choices that still haunt her. But she has a plan. Director Elza Jo van Reenen embarked on a three-year adventure with Jolene and closely followed the rollercoaster of Jolene's life. The result is an intimate portrait of an adrenaline junk who - despite everything - chooses not to ruin herself, but to follow her dream.
Go behind the scenes with the cast and crew of “Stranger Things: The First Shadow”, the award-winning live stage show that expands the Hawkins universe.
A democracy and a dictatorship. A presidential campaign and dirty money. War and death. When Nicolas Sarkozy affirmed in the press that “No one can make sense of it”, he was trying to discredit the investigation into his ties with Muammar Gaddafi, portraying it as a bunch of gibberish. As Sarkozy and his many accomplices go on trial in the Libyan campaign financing affair, here’s the film that will finally explain all of the ins and outs of one of the most remarkable French political scandals in decades.
In a brick house at the heart of a Rio favela, Sueli yells, scolds, consoles. Matriarch of a noisy clan, she watches over her children and grandchildren, unfazed by the gunfire bursts that set the pace of daily life. Around her, sudden deaths multiply, the children grow up, and the house keeps changing, shaped by never-ending repairs. Still, Sueli holds her ground.
