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Through in-depth interviews with cast and crew, and exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, Assembled uncovers how Marvel Studios’ “Secret Invasion” was born. Witness what it took to conjure the world of the show, and spend time with Samuel L. Jackson as he dons the patch once again to engage in the most baffling battle of Nick Fury’s career.
For time immemorial, the indigenous peoples of Latin America have used and venerated the coca plant, affording it the same respect as a person. Jiíbie is the Uitoto word for the powder made from the plant, which is produced here in the domestic setting of a Muiná-Muruí family (in the Colombian Amazon). A spiritual guide, a healer, a teacher and a communicator: these are just some of the roles assigned to this “plant of power”.
Kristiane Etxaluz, from Soule, and Alfonso Etxegarai, from Bizkaia, are not your usual couple. Committed since their youth to the Basque independence struggle, they are condemned to living their love 7,000 km from one another due to the fact that Alfonso lives on the small African island to which he was deported several years ago. However, despite the banishment, their eyes always follow the country of the Bidasoa and their hearts at apple time; an apple time still to come.
Mila got diagnosed with tongue cancer. Instead of operation and chemotherapy she decides to try an unconventional treatment in the Amazon jungle of Peru and to make a film about her healing process.
The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the hundreds of films that were produced in Hong Kong over the decades, transformed Western action cinema and inspired the birth of cultural movements such as blaxploitation, hip hop music, parkour and Wakaliwood cinema.
Martin, a filmmaker based in Germany, returns to the Peruvian jungle to reconnect with his family during the political campaign of his father, who is running for public office for the party that vindicates former dictator Alberto Fujimori. Upon his arrival, he records the chaos of an austere campaign, resulting in an intimate and political portrait of a middle-class Peruvian family that is now remote to him, but that accompanies him from the distance as a migrant.
Anthology film made as an act of protest against Hungarian government of Viktor Orban.
A hybrid documentary portraying contemporary Belarus through the individuals who have endured imprisonment, repression, and exile — voices from a silenced country, suffocated by the regime.
'La Pesca' portrays a day in the life of a family of fishermen in Colombia. With poetry and sensorial richness, the film captures the gestures of these men as they weave nets, cook, and play dominoes, all the while waiting for the fish to come so that they can recommence anew.
"Ocupadas" is a documentary that reveals, with urgency and sensitivity, the daily lives of women activists who transformed an old urban house into Casa Rose Nunes, a space of refuge, struggle, and resistance against gender violence. Over several days, the film follows the growing tension in the face of police threats, until the brutal moment when the space is dismantled. However, the house goes beyond its walls: it survives in the bodies, voices, and alliances between women. Even torn from its physical location, Casa Rose Nunes continues to exist, reinventing freedom, protecting stories, and saving lives.
Over the last few decades, systematic concreting and the use of chemical products have seriously damaged the biodiversity of cities. In Strasbourg's old historic city center, on the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Mathieu Baud, in charge of the conservation of the building, watches over the remaining representatives of a rich and unsuspected wildlife. Collaborating with filmmakers Pauline Bugeon and Cédric Chambin, Mathieu embarks on an investigation to document, inventory and attempt to preserve the wild species that populate the most visited religious monument in France, the Cathedral of Strasbourg.
Documentary about Arseniy Tarkovsky, poet and father of Andrei Tarkovsky.
Journey into a small nation with big surprises. Thousand-year old churches, the world’s oldest shoe, and mouth-watering Jingyalov bread all in the same place. Travel through the ancient streets and towns of the world’s hidden gem, Armenia.
A coming-of-(old)-age story about Peter Anton, an elderly "outsider" artist living in isolated and crippling conditions whose world changes when two filmmakers discover his work and storied past. Shot over eight years, ALMOST THERE documents Anton's first major exhibition and how the controversy it generates forces him to leave his childhood home. Each layer revealed reflects on the intersections of social norms, elder care, and artistic expression.
Gathered in an artistic process, seven young dancers are ushered to a dive into their ancestral ties.
