Documentary
Elvis Sabin’s assured debut follows Albert and André, two Central African Aka Pygmies, as they attempt to establish a new education system in their forest community. The last in their village still attending school, they are determined to pass their knowledge on, holding classes for other Aka children every afternoon. But their project requires funding and they are counting on the year’s caterpillar (known as “Makongo”) harvest to provide much needed income. Evocatively capturing the visual and sonic textures of the forest, Makongo is a layered ethnographic study of two men working to build a sustainable future for their community.
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IMDB 6.5 | Feb , 2019
A collective work created by students of Bachillerato Popular Mocha Celis in Buenos Aires, the first of its kind in the world, the place offers transvestite and transgender adults the opportunity to complete their high-school studies. The films focuses on identity, inclusion, political activism and equal access to the right to education.School Town King
IMDB 7.3 | Dec , 2020
It follows two teenage rappers in Bangkok who use their musical talent to navigate their difficult circumstances.Sticky: A (Self) Love Story
IMDB 5 | Feb , 2016
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IMDB 6.1 | Jan , 2008
Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) tours the Middle East to discuss the war on terror with Arabic people.Stepping Into the Boundary
IMDB 0 | May , 2019
Donostia-San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain, 2011. Maider, a filmmaker, moves to the very same flat where pedadogist Elbira Zipitria Irastorza (1906-1982) clandestinely established the first ikastola, a Basque school, under the harsh regime of dictator Francisco Franco. Despite of her pioneering work, developed throughout thirty years, her story is not well known, so Maider, intrigued, begins to research…Vestindo Histórias
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2023
The Ability Exchange
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2016
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IMDB 0 | Jun , 2017
In the heart of the Ariege Pyrenees, Patrick Chêne, a farmer and osteopath, cares for humans and animals with his hands and diphonic song. The vibrations of his singing radiates through the body and acts like an acoustic probe, showing a sensitive world full of invisible energies that make and form life, building our link with Earth and our environment.Song from the Forest
IMDB 7.8 | Sep , 2014
25 years ago, Louis Sarno, an American, heard a song on the radio and followed its melody into the Central Africa Jungle and stayed. He than recorded over 1000 hours of original BaAka music. Now he is part of the BaAka community and raises his pygmy son, Samedi. Fulfilling an old promise, Louis takes Samedi to America. On this journey Louis realizes he is not part of this globalized world anymore but globalization has also arrived in the rainforest. The BaAka depend on Louis for their survival. Father and son return to the melodies of the jungle but the question remains: How much longer will the songs of the forest be heard?History on the Run: The Media and the '79 Election
IMDB 0 | Jul , 1979
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IMDB 6.5 | Jul , 2020
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 2019
This documentary explores an unknown civilization of the Brazilian Amazon, who risk their lives to protect their forest. In order to save the exploitation of the environment by big corporations, they have to create legal institutions.Square Fieldwork
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2022
Milah van Zuilen, visual artist and forest ecologist in training, uses the square to deal with the habit of people to construct nature. Square Fieldwork is filmed in the Bohemian forest in the Czech Republic and the concrete structure of Barendrecht, The Netherlands.Junge Leute
IMDB 0 | Apr , 1971
A documentary about young people just starting their higher education and their professional life.Piaget’s Developmental Theory: an Overview
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1989
The work of Jean Piaget has become the foundation of current developmental psychology and the basis for changes in educational practice. David Elkind, author of The Hurried Child and Miseducation, and a student of Jean Piaget, explores the roots of Piaget’s work and outlines important vocabulary and concepts that structure much of the study of child development. Using both archival film of Dr. Piaget and newly shot sequences of Dr. Elkind conducting interviews with children of varying ages, this film presents an overview of Piaget’s developmental theory, its scope and content.Lisette und ihre Kinder
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2009
The Hidden Agenda for World Government
IMDB 8 | Jan , 1990
From an archived interview originally recorded in 1982, this 1990 production reveals the findings of chief congressional investigator, Director of Research, Norman Dodd, and exposes the scope and purpose of various organizations in the findings of the 1953 Reece Special Committee on Tax Exempt Foundations.Precious Knowledge
IMDB 0 | May , 2012
Disenfranchised high school seniors become academic warriors and community leaders in Tucson, Arizona's embattled Ethnic Studies classes while state lawmakers attempt to eliminate the program.A Global Warning?
IMDB 4 | Nov , 2007
Global warming in context. What the climate of the past tells us about the climate of the future.How Summerhill Works
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2021
An entertaining video filmed over two years. Kids, teachers, heads, parents, ex-pupils tell the story of this unique experimental school. “Kids don’t have to go to lessons at Summerhill and can wear and do mostly what they want. How does that work??!!