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- A look at the late '60s and early '70s rock band The Doors, including rare exclusive footage.
- Danish director Mads Brügger and Swedish private investigator Göran Björkdahl are trying to solve the mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjöld. As their investigation closes in, they discover a crime far worse than killing the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- Rafael witnesses Marina, a woman with a glass eye, being attacked on the street by Daniel, whom she has known since childhood they both spent in the orphanage. Rafael rescues Marina from Daniel and takes her to his home, where a relationship develops between them. Marina is pregnant but Daniel doesn't want the child, so Rafael offers to be the father, being physically unable to sire his own. He and Marina stay together as a couple, then as a happy family. But once everything seems to be settled, Daniel--newly released from prison--shows up again.
- A documentary that follows the Serbian performance artist as she prepares for a retrospective of her work at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.
- Revolves around the love between an immortal hero and Janaína, the woman he has been in love with for 600 years, through Brazil's colonization, slavery, military regime and the future, in 2096, in the midst of wars for water.
- The film is a historical and socio-anthropological portrait of the provincial capital of Campania, Naples, and the organised crime that afflicts it, and is the fruit of months of rummaging through the treasures of Rai Teche, the archives of the Italian state broadcaster. Surprising vintage footage, most of it never shown before, finds a visceral connection with the original music and songs written by Meg. Camorra delves into the soul of an inscrutable city. The film clips tell the story of the growth of the crime syndicate between the 1960s and 1990s: from its subordination to the Mafia, which controlled the contraband of cigarettes in Campania after the war, until the advent of Raffaele Cutolo, who unified the bands of extortionists into a single, large armed and economic power.
- Documents Marco Pantani's battle with addiction after winning Tour de France and Giro d'Italia in 1998 until his death from cocaine poisoning six years later.
- In Tanzania there is a growing clandestine market for albino body parts. As a result people with albinism live in fear. Jerome, a karate master, has made teaching kids with albinism to defend themselves his life's mission.
- Khaled, Mahmoud and Subhi volunteer with the White Helmets trying to save lives of hundreds of victims in the besieged city of Aleppo during the Syrian Civil War.
- The exit door of the Bataclan theatre, the site of Bansky mural, The Sad Girl, is stolen mysteriously. After it abruptly appears on of a hillside cottage in Abruzzo, French and Italian investigators unite to get to the bottom of the theft.
- A chronicle of Nobel Prize winning physicist Marie Curie's little known yet invaluable contribution to wounded soldiers' treatment during World War I, and her professional partnership with radiotherapy pioneer Claudius Regaud.
- In a year of uprisings and political unrest, Stonebreakers documents the fights around monuments in the United States and explores the shifting landscapes of the nation's historical memory.
- Twenty years after Chavez' Revolution, the oil richest country in the world is facing an economic and humanitarian crisis: crushed by corruption and poverty, Venezuela is on the brink of collapse.
- A film about the Paris Peace Conference that negotiated the end of World War I with the Versailles Treaty.
- Dante Alighieri was a poet, philosopher and politician in 1300 Florence. The visionary author of "Inferno", the first book of the "Divine Comedy", he was both a direct witness and a narrator of his times and his poem is a remarkable geopolitical chronicle of a tumultuous period of the Middle Ages from 1300 to 1320, a time when Kings, Popes, rulers and warlords played a deadly chess game for the control of Europe. In this high end docudrama, some of the world's finest scholars will help provide historical context to the unfolding of events, making them accessible to a wide audience, and giving us a privileged viewpoint over one of the most eventful and funding chapters of European history.
- TV show aired in Italy based on 2007 John Dickie's book "The Delizia!: The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food ".
- Legend has it that Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt's first female pharaoh, sent ships to the land of Punt. Cheryl Ward sets out to recreate the voyage
- In the past decade, much has been said about the Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal. Yet with Pope Francis, we have all thought that the crisis was over, that the church had learned its lesson. What we have found out instead, is rather shocking. In the 3 years that he has sat on St Peter's throne, Pope Francis has done very little about the priests who abuse children and the bishops who cover up their abuses: 2 pedophile priests out of 3 are still in the clergy, the special tribunal he announced does not exist and bishops are still instructed to not report abuses to the authorities. In this film, historian John Dickie investigates the causes of the Pope's inaction.
- Young Midwives follows the growth of six young apprentice midwives in the historic hospital of Fatebenefratelli in Rome. Their apprenticeship is made up of long hours, emotional connections, hardship and learning, but also moments of joy.
- Bari, a few yards from central station. A disused little hostel, a constant flow of people going in and out. Youngsters from Somalia, the majority has not reached 30. In their pocket they carry a visa, and the war back in their country seems endless. They are not illegal immigrants. They have occupied a little public-owned place in town to make it on their own.
- 2017 marks a century from the recording of what is historically considered the first jazz record, but very few know that it was recorded by Nick La Rocca, a Sicilian emigrant to New Orleans. Featuring interviews to American music critics, historians and archivists, as well as amazing archive picturing New Orleans at the beginning of the century, Sicily Jass tells that incredible story.
- Priests charged with corruption, donations diverted to pay for sex, money-laundering at the Vatican bank. The foundations of the Holy See have been rocked by one financial scandal after the other and Pope Francis faces an uphill struggle in his attempt to clean house. British historian John Dickie takes us into the heart of the Catholic Church's finances and examines why, in the words of Matthew, "You cannot serve both God and Money".
- The history of the Trojan horse is probably one of the most famous stories ever told. A gigantic wooden horse is loaded with Greek soldiers and presented to the Trojans as a gift. Unsuspecting, they swallow the bait and pull the horse into the city. Under cover of darkness the Greeks slip out of the horse and open the gates to their comrades. Only hours later the mighty Troy goes up in flames. But what if the myth of the horse is not true at all? New, groundbreaking findings show that one of the most famous stories of all time will probably have to be rewritten. The Trojan horse was probably not a horse at all. But then how did the Greeks outwit their enemies? And what history will we find in the history books in the future?
- One of the most widely read Italian writers of all time, author of Va' dove ti porta il cuore (Go where your heart takes you), a publishing case with 18 million copies sold worldwide. A successful woman but far from successful, 30 years of career marked by an invisible syndrome that had never been diagnosed until four years ago: Asperger's syndrome. An intimate and light-hearted tale, a little over the top, of a woman who for the first time has decided to show herself without armour. A physical and symbolic journey into the secret places and creative world of Susanna Tamaro. A poetic and visionary portrait of an exceptional woman.
- Young archaeologist Andrea Angelucci takes us on a journey to discover hidden or little known places in Italy that are part of the immense Italian artistic and historic heritage.
- With an area three times larger than Pompeii, Baia, about 15 km from Naples and within the volcanic area of the Phlegraean fields, is the largest underwater archaeological site in the world. In 100 BC Pompeii is an ordinary city of small traders crouched on the slopes of Mt. Vesuvius, while Baia gains a peculiar reputation: it gradually becomes the ancient Las Vegas or Monte Carlo of the Roman Empire, a real posh center for noble gens and the powerful . Nestled in the center of the Gulf of Pozzuoli, Baia is flanked on one side by the port of Puteoli (ancient Pozzuoli) and on the other by the port of Capo Miseno. Both of these landings boast enormous prestige, one is the nerve center of Roman trade capable of handling a traffic of over 1,000 ships per year, with the task of supplying the capital with food but also with very precious rarities coming from the exotic east ; at the head of Miseno, on the other hand, allocates the imperial fleet to defend the interests of the entire gulf. Sumptuous buildings, monumental spas and brothels frequented by the rich "holiday makers" appear. Owning a villa here means prestige, a worldly duty. Baia is the most exclusive and renowned holiday resort in the ancient world, the fulcrum of the "dolce vita" of that time. It is no coincidence that emperors such as Caesar, Nero, Marcus Aurelius and Hadrian also decide to fix their imperial mansions there to take refuge from the austere and frenetic life of the capital. No wonder then that just in Pozzuoli an amphitheater was born long before the best known Colosseum in Rome.
- The moment the curtain rises is worth a lifetime
- In war torn Yemen there still is a civil society that is enduring, despite bombs and destruction, violence of the militias and a devastating humanitarian crisis Beyond all that, there are resilient simple men and women who are carrying out a possible reconstruction, determined to preserve and foster their original cultural identity A teacher, a film director, a journalist, a photographer, a music student are fighting their silent battle against obscurantism and the superpowers that are devastating their country A very rare testimony from Yemen, where journalists' lives are threatened, made possible by the collaboration of an Italian Yemeni war reporter and 3 crews of local filmmakers.
- The European dictators of the 20th century were strong, powerful, confident, holders of absolute truth. They seemed invincible, until the very moment they fell. In the darkest time of modern history, they held millions of people in their grip, ruling their fate for better and for worse. But as frightening as they were, they also were terrified, haunted by an obsession that followed them to the grave: the Masonic conspiracy. Every dictator thinks Freemasons are the masterminds of a conspiracy against the nation and its leader. For each dictator, there is a different justification for banning the lodges. Mussolini, who took advantage of the political opportunity presented by the Lateran Pacts, has a control mania; Hitler fears a Jewish-Masonic conspiracy, in which the lodges are instruments at the service of the Jews to dominate the world; Franco fears an international communist-Masonic conspiracy against Catholic Spain. Towards the end of World War II, US President and Freemason Harry Truman sends his friend Ray Denslow to help the Masonic lodges recover after the long years of Nazi-fascist dictatorships. Thanks to his diary, unseen until 2018, we will journey through Europe of 1945 to discover a story not recounted in the history books. The story will be told with the help of some of the world's leading historians, through usage of colourized archive footage and reconstructions of key events that were not recorded at the time. Our journey will take us through Italy, Spain, Germany, France and Belgium to search traces of Freemasonry and the devastation wrought by the dictators. We will visit some of the most prestigious temples in Europe, such as the Grand Orient de France, the Grande Oriente d'Italia and the Grande Oriente de Madrid. Our goal is to understand, through artifacts still in use today for Masonic rituals, what caused so much fear among the most vicious men of modern history, and why even today Freemasonry is considered the perfect enemy.
- At the end of WW2, Nato's Gladio recruited and trained civilians all over Europe. Their mission: to halt an eventual communist invasion from the East. While the winds of a new Cold War seem to blow again over Europe, members of the organization from Germany, France, Italy, Belgium and Luxembourg speak for the first time.
- What happens when a Latin American priest suspended by the Pope for his involvement in revolutionary politics becomes President of the General Assembly of the United Nations? A year in the life of our only global parliament through the eyes of Father Miguel, a man whose directness and plain speaking clashes with the protocols and polished diplomatic language of this venerable, dying 66 year old institution. With unique access inside the U.N. the film takes the viewer behind the scenes, shedding light on its opaque mechanisms and power dynamics. Father Miguel was President of the General Assembly in 2008/2009 but his story is timeless and allows us to take stock of the U.N. today.
- A team of international scientists risk their lives to explore the Naica Crystal cave, where the biggest crystals on Earth have been discovered. They enter this fragile yet lethal environment, with the highest temperatures and 80% humidity, where the human body would not survive for more than 8 minutes. This is the story of a journey to the center of the Earth, where a handful of scientists will try to unlock the cave's secrets.
- The Redentore day is the most involving and spectacular venetian festivity recurring for ages, every year during the 3rd Sunday in July. This documentary-movie shows both the steps of the event's setting and the joy with which the population celebrates the recurrence mixing up sacred and profane spirit. We can follow the building of the Votive Bridge in the Canale of Giudecca, the stunning midnight pyrotechnical show called "foghi", the swarm of boats decorated with fronds and light balloons filling up the lagoon in front of San Marco's square. The Palladian Redentore Temple was erected by citizens in 1575 in order to celebrate the end of a terrible plague with the dissolution of the processional vote renewing every year since then.
- African Catwalk leads us through the intricacies of South Africa, of its society, its contradictions and its boundless energy through the revealing lens of fashion
- An intimate portrait of a small rural community in a part of Colombia controlled by paramilitary forces, rendered through the eyes of the children who grow up there and are often forced into very difficult choices.
- Ramon Mazinga is a WorkTrotter: he travels the world finding jobs along the way. This allows him to never stop traveling, the ultimate goal being to reach Antarctica. He's a social traveler, so his followers affect the route of his journey.
- In the historical neighborhoods of Rome, the presence of female figures who have inhabited these streets and alleys, have left a mark that still resonates today.
- 9/11 could have happened 25 years ago, few days after Christmas 1985. At 9am of 27th December '85, a four men commando breaks in "Leonardo da Vinci" Airport in Rome and opens fire on passengers at check-in. Same morning, same hour: at Schwechat Airport in Vienna a terrorist commando shoots grenades against El Al counters. Two planes hijacked simultaneously. Hundreds of hostages.
- John Dickie explores the violent history of the Italian mafia, the victims and the connection to the church.
- Athens Blues takes us through the cultural heart of the Greek metropolis. We will get to know the politicians, the artists, the outcasts and the migrants that, day though day, have been facing social experiments, hard sacrifices and a political revolution. Because what Greece has gone through isn't just an economic crisis, but rather the entire cultural model of the Modern Western World breaking up. Crisis, which comes from Greek, literally means to stop, hold and think. And that's exactly what Greece has done: trying to understand which path to take.
- There's a corner of Sri Lanka inside the deep south of Italy, the largest Hinduist community in Italy. Indiani a Palermo will be a fascinating journey through the colorful atmospheres of a Sicilian metropolis, a fresco of extraordinary characters and stories from the Tamil community, an opportunity to discover a unique example of melting and integration between cultures.
- In the heart of Bolivia, in a broken-down and overcrowded prison located in the center of the city of Cochabamba, over a hundred children, innocent victims of the sins of their fathers, are forced to share with them the dramatic experience of imprisonment, spending the first years of their childhood in conditions of discomfort and serious danger. Stories of men and women, most of them, marked by misfortune. Convicted on the basis of the infamous anti-drug law 1008, wanted and imposed by the United States government, they end up paying very dearly the price of underdevelopment and poverty of a country that for many years lived under the grip of the military dictatorship first and then of bad governance. Jailed for working in the illegal coca plantations located in the tropical Chapare area, many of them, more often than not, are convicted because they are stopped with small quantities of coca paste that they naively lent themselves to transport to Cochabamba in sight of an easy as well as miserable gain.