Pwllheli Carnival

Die wundersame Welt der Waschkraft

2009 · ★ 3

Behind the fluffy towels and crisp white sheets of Berlin's finest hotels is a tale of seemingly brilliant entrepreneurship: A company takes the dirty laundry of German hotels to Poland - and brings it back clean the very next day. Outside of Germany, labor is cheaper and regulations are less constricting. But over and beyond this fascinating capital venture there remains the harsh reality of the everyday life of the hard-working Polish laundrywomen, through whose hands the white sheets pass. While Beata struggles to raise her three children on her meager salary, Monika reminisces about her unrealized childhood dreams of becoming a doctor, and is compelled to watch her teenage daughter Marta gradually follow in her footsteps.

Richmond Historical Pageant

1929

Druids, Romans and Norman knights return to Richmond for the 600th anniversary of the Yorkshire town's charter.

Farewell Ferris Wheel

2016 · ★ 7.3

Farewell Ferris Wheel explores how the U.S. Carnival industry fights to keep itself alive by legally employing Mexican migrant workers with the controversial H-2B guestworker visa.

Antonio Divino

1986

This short documentary, with its aim of exposing the festival from the perspective of Andalusian culture and anthropology, delves into the complexities of this celebration. Understanding how difficult it is for outsiders to grasp that a saint could be a member of the UGT (General Union of Workers) during the Civil War and possess a membership card, we gradually decipher the festival while simultaneously revealing features common to many other celebrations deeply rooted in the culture and popular religiosity of the Andalusian people, such as the presence of a communist mayor presiding over the saint's procession and offering cheers.

December 6, 1960

1960 · ★ 4

Independence Day celebrations at the Finnish presidential palace December 6, 1960.

Alvey: Derbyshire Customs

1962

From Well Dressing to Garland Day and even elephants in Alfreton - a celebration of the traditional customs of Derbyshire.

Wolverhampton into the Seventies

1970

Bricks and mortar makes way for concrete and reinforced steel as Wolverhampton sweeps the past aside in a modernist town planning utopia.

Don't Worry Honey, I Live Here: How Locals Celebrate Mardi Gras

2006

A cast of legendary New Orleans musicians share their Mardi Gras memories in an insider's look at some of the priceless traditions - off the beaten path for most tourists - that fuel the local Carnival spirit. Shot in New Orleans from 2001- 2003.

The Showman

1970 · ★ 7

A documentary portrait of sideshow impresario Wally Shufflebottom, Jr.

Look Carefully

People-watching across lower Manhattan.

Harrow Hospital Carnival

1933

Harrow’s extraordinary and opulent pageant, and seaside holidays on the south coast.

Here is the News

1968

A day in the life of the Manchester Evening News.