In einem kleinen Dorf, in der afrikanischen Savanne, wird der winzige Junge Kiriku geboren. Er spricht bereits im Mutterleib, ist intelligent, schlagfertig, kann sehr schnell laufen und ist in jeder Hinsicht ein bemerkenswertes Kind. Das Dorf in dem Kiriku lebt wird von einer bösen Zauberin tyrannisiert. Nachdem die Zauberin alle Einwohner außer die Frauen, deren Kinder, einen älteren Mann und dem Onkel von Kiriku gefangen genommen hat, macht sich der schlaue Kiriku auf, um sich der Zauberin in den Weg zu stellen.
Kiriku lässt sich nicht einschüchtern und kann die Zauberin immer wieder hereinlegen. Schließlich macht er sich auf den gefahrvollen Weg zu seinem weisen Großvater, der in den Bergen lebt. Dort erfährt er das die Zauberin einst selbst verzaubert wurde...
Der Film zeigt den Musiker Bob Dylan auf dessen Großbritannien-Tournee im Jahr 1965. Der 24-jährige Dylan befand sich zu diesem Zeitpunkt auf einem ersten Höhepunkt seiner Karriere, sein Umstieg von der akustischen auf die elektrische Gitarre stand kurz bevor. Dont Look Back gewährt einen Einblick in den Tour-Alltag. Neben Dylan sind auch seine damalige Freundin Joan Baez, sein Manager Albert Grossman, sein Tour-Manager Bob Neuwirth, der Beat-Poet Allen Ginsberg sowie der schottische Folksänger Donovan zu sehen.
Joba and Quincy are a wealthy Brooklyn couple who value charity above all. But when a friend returns from a country pilgrimage to challenge their bleeding hearts, they accept an invitation that will change their lives forever.
Seit mehr als 60 Jahren ist Joan Baez eine der bekanntesten Stimmen der populären Kultur, hat mit ihren Liedern, aber auch ihrer aufrechten, kämpferischen Haltung Generationen von maßgeblichen Künstlern sowie Menschen auf der ganzen Welt beeinflusst. Nun blickt die wichtigste amerikanische Folksängerin zurück auf ihre Karriere und ihr Leben: von ihren lebenslangen emotionalen Problemen, über ihr Engagement in der Bürgerrechtsbewegung mit Martin Luther King, bis hin zu der schmerzlichen Beziehung mit dem jungen Bob Dylan. In offenen, ungeschminkt ehrlichen Gesprächen, die ungeahnte persönliche Kämpfe und innere Dämonen zu Tage fördern, gewährt sie einen tiefen Blick in ihre Seele. Das Ergebnis ist ein filmisches Dokument von mitreißender Power, das einer außergewöhnlichen Frau ein würdiges Denkmal setzt.
When a mystery illness infects the pigs of a village farmer and a local boy is also taken ill, the villagers try to convince a veterinarian that it is caused by a curse from a woman they believe to be a witch.
Local boy, Peter, is trying to find the source of the metallic sound that haunts the village. When he shares his footage with an old woman it sparks memories of a bear that roamed the hills during her childhood.
A Turkish folk singer goes on a tour and falls in love with one of his young fan in İzmir. He later finds out that her sister also has a crush on him.
After inheriting an old mudbrick house in his home village in Eastern Europe, a man returns after spending his whole life in England, only to find out that inhabitants are hiding a dark secret about the pagan Slavic cult and his own past.
Originally produced for PBS's Great Performances Series, La Pastorela is a musical retelling of the shepherds' journey to Bethlehem to see the Christ Child. We see the tale through the eyes of a modern young girl, the oldest child in a large rural Tex-Mex family. During a surrealistic dream, which brings to mind "The Wizard of Oz," the young chicana makes a fantastical journey with the shepherds and along the way; witnesses the triumph of God's Angels over Satan's diablo's. Full of drama, comedy, fantasy and wonderful music; this is a rare film the whole family can enjoy together.
Folk-jazz composer/arranger Arthur Verocai was born in Rio de Janeiro. He has created challenging arragements and compositions for Brazilian artists Jorge Ben, Ivan Lins, Leny Andrade and Gal Costa. In 1972 Verocai recorded a self-titled solo LP. It is a stunningly innovative effort. It puts Verocai into a rarified field with the heavy string oriented music of Charles Stepney, David Axelrod and Frank Zappa. Released in a period marked by the Brazilian military government, the album fared poorly. Following its re-issue in 2003, the album has become a highly influential oft sampled classic (see Ludacris, MF Doom and Little Brother). The performance of this seminal 1972 record in its entirety brought the capacity Luckmann crowd to a stand still. According to Verocai, 'he had never played the record, alive or dead!' His delight can be seen on the DVD. The music has been mixed by Verocai himself in Rio. History turned on its head and musical justice served.
A profile of the Hippest band of the 60's and 70's as they prepare for a reunion gig.
Sannasi, a folk musician, convinces Sooravali, his lover and a female dancer in his troupe, to marry Karuppaiah, a seemingly docile man. Little do they realise the sinister intentions of Karuppaiah, but when they do it is too late.
'Nonsense' piece inserted between Acts Two and Three of Jethro Tull's A Passion Play, which bears no relation to the rest of The Play. In 1973 concerts, the band left the stage after Act Two and a filmed version of 'The Hare...' was shown.
A spoken-word comedic interlude (narrated by Jeffrey Hammond with an exaggerated Lancashire accent) backed by instrumentation. Presented as an absurd fable, the interlude details (with much wordplay) the failure of a group of anthropomorphic animals to help a hare find his missing eyeglasses.
‘Get Better – A Film About Frank Turner’ was directed by friend Ben Morse, and follows Frank Turner and his band The Sleeping Souls for a year on the road, but the band swiftly came off the road – and Frank came off the rails before recovery.
New take on an Indonesian legend about a successful man who disown his poor mother.
A surreal exploration of queer identity in the face of immigration; following teenager Hajnal as they grapple with the demands of leaving behind their post-Soviet country in favour of a new life in England.
A coven of witches gather in Vermont in a feminist collective’s transporting short that shakes off patriarchal scrutiny during the women’s ceremony, where they’re free to remake reality before our eyes. TRANSFORMATIONS creates an intoxicating alchemy from the witches’ interactions with nature: an attempt, as Hirschfeld remembers, to “use the act of filmmaking to heighten experience.”