Documentary, War, Drama
After the impressive Gulistan, Land of Roses (VdR 2016), the Kurdish filmmaker Zaynê Akyol returns with these conversations with imprisoned members of the Islamic State, alternating their words with aerial views of the countryside. An unexpected look at a far-reaching current political issue and a film whose subject matter and rhythm create an impressive cinematic object.
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Centralia: Pennsylvania's Lost Town
Die Spezialeinheit - Im Einsatz mit der Bundespolizei
Kids On Ice
Natascha Kampusch: The Whole Story
芸人人生 泥に咲く花 ~M-1王者とろサーモン物語~
June 1940, the Great Chaos
I, Pedophile
Fitna
The Bloody Hundredth
NATO Targets Yugoslavia
Two Crowns
La France de l'épuration, entre vengeance et justice
A Personal Fidget
The Gulag Archipelago: The Book That Changed Russian History
The Dispossessed
Open Wound
Die Mamais
Wiener Barock - Der Architekt dreier Kaiser
Quand le vent tourne
The Message
SIMILAR MOVIES
Centralia: Pennsylvania's Lost Town
IMDB 10 | May , 2017
A small town is overcome by a massive underground coal fire in 1962. As a result hundreds of residents had to be relocated.Die Spezialeinheit - Im Einsatz mit der Bundespolizei
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2022
Kids On Ice
IMDB 7 | Oct , 2014
Quiet towns across rural Australia are in the grip of an Ice epidemic. Major international drug cartels are working with local outlawed motorcycle gangs to push crystal meth to a captive market of children.Natascha Kampusch: The Whole Story
IMDB 6 | Jan , 2010
At the age of 10, Natascha Kampusch was kidnapped and held captive for eight years by a deranged man. In 2006, she managed to escape, and the world discovered an astonishingly articulate and intelligent young woman. Not only did Peter Reichard film 14 hours of conversations with Kampusch, but he was also the very first filmmaker to obtain exclusive access to the house where she was imprisoned. This is the most complete, explicit and revealing documentary in which Kampusch has participated.芸人人生 泥に咲く花 ~M-1王者とろサーモン物語~
IMDB 8 | Dec , 2018
June 1940, the Great Chaos
IMDB 8 | Jun , 2010
From May 10, 1940, France is living one of the worst tragedies of it history. In a few weeks, the country folds, and then collapsed in facing the attack of the Nazi Germany. On June 1940, each day is a tragedy. For the first time, thanks to historic revelations, and to numerous never seen before images and documents and reenacted situations of the time, this film recounts the incredible stories of those men and women trapped in the torment of this great chaos.I, Pedophile
IMDB 5.5 | Mar , 2016
Pedophiles have long been the most demonized people in society, but new research is showing that understanding them is the first step in lowering instances of child sexual abuse. Meet the men born attracted to the impossible, and the maverick doctors who dare advocate on their behalf.Fitna
IMDB 4.8 | Mar , 2008
A short film in which Quran verses are shown alongside images from terrorist attacks.The Bloody Hundredth
IMDB 7.2 | Mar , 2024
Meet the real-life airmen who inspired Masters of the Air as they share the harrowing and transformative events of the 100th Bomb Group.NATO Targets Yugoslavia
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1999
An anti-war documentary featuring original on-the-ground footage and interviews from the 1999 NATO war against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Watch the 78 days of untold destruction, bombing bridges, hospitals, schools, and dropping up to 11 tons of depleted uranium across the country that NATO considers a successful “humanitarian intervention” in Yugoslavia. Filmmaker Gloria La Riva lifts the veil of imperialist propaganda to reveal the humanitarian crisis caused by the war.Two Crowns
IMDB 7.7 | Oct , 2017
Recreation of facts and stories of both experts and people who met Maximilian Kolbe and were shocked by his words and actions.La France de l'épuration, entre vengeance et justice
IMDB 8 | Apr , 2025
A Personal Fidget
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2026
Based upon a habitual fidget of the filmmaker involving the tags in his clothing, Reilly Mitchell explores the feelings of his past by removing something that has always stayed so close to him and turning it into something new.The Gulag Archipelago: The Book That Changed Russian History
IMDB 9 | Nov , 2023
The story of Russian writer and Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008) and his masterpiece, The Gulag Archipelago, published in Paris in 1973, which forever shook the very foundations of communist ideology.The Dispossessed
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2017
An impressionistic journey that reveals the daily struggle of the hungry peasant class.Open Wound
IMDB 4 | Sep , 2013
Jorge, a young Ecuadorian, is unexpectedly in the middle of the jungle as an inexperienced soldier. At first, Jorge is confident that military experience makes you a recognized and respected man. But he finds out that the reality is very different; as the private may face neglect, hunger, death and nature, especially human nature. Captive in an enemy camp, Jorge must discover who he has become as he recovers from his injuries and struggles to escape with his fellow prisoner Hugo or stay there under the care of the Peruvian nurse Dolores. Difficult decisions ... beyond the target and border that divides them are abound.Die Mamais
IMDB 0 | Nov , 1974
This color documentary tells the story of the "Mamais." In 1960, a group of workers at the Bitterfeld chemical plant set themselves the task of becoming the first "socialist brigade" in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) to act in accordance with the slogan "Work, learn, and live socialist."Wiener Barock - Der Architekt dreier Kaiser
IMDB 9 | Mar , 2024
Quand le vent tourne
IMDB 9 | Mar , 2024
The Message
IMDB 7.2 | Mar , 1976
In sixth-century Mecca, Prophet Muhammad receives his first revelation from God as a messenger. Three years later, he's not alone in his quest and publicly declares his prophecy. Muhammad is fought by Abu Sufian and his wife Hind, rulers of Mecca. Muhammad's followers are hunted and tortured but he continues his calling.