Red Hair and Black Coffee

Master Gholamreza

The story of master craftsman Gholamreza, a skilled metalworker who, after overcoming addiction in an unconventional rehab, becomes an inspiration to others.

The Police vs Grime Music - A Noisey Film

2014 · ★ 8

In February, Just Jam's event at The Barbican was cancelled at the last minute. It was an event that seemed to be yet another victim of the London authorities now notorious risk assessment procedure, Form 696.

Fascism in Colour

2006 · ★ 7.5

After the World War I, Mussolini's perspective on life is severely altered; once a willful socialist reformer, now obsessed with the idea of power, he founds the National Fascist Party in 1921 and assumes political power in 1922, becoming the Duce, dictator of Italy. His success encourages Hitler to take power in Germany in 1933, opening the dark road to World War II. (Originally released as a two-part miniseries. Includes colorized archival footage.)

When a City Rises

2021 · ★ 7

Behind the gas masks of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, the often very young activists are just as diverse as the youths of the rest of the world. But they share a demand for democracy and freedom. They have the will and the courage to fight – and they can see that things are going in the wrong direction in the small island city, which officially has autonomy under China but is now tightening its grip and demanding that ‘troublemakers’ be put away or silenced. Amid the violent protests, we meet a 21-year-old student, a teenage couple and a new father.

Adam

2019

Intimate story about the rising career of Gabriela Adam, only with her determination and the support of an institutional educational network, where her family plays a fundamental role.

The Silence of Men

2019 · ★ 8.5

This film is part of a project that has listened to over 40,000 people on masculinity issues and has resulted in a documentary and a tool book based on this publicly available study through an agreement with the Social Information Consortium (CIS) of the University of São Paulo.

Crashland

2018

CRASHLAND is a docufiction. A blend of documentary and narrative vignettes that tell the story of a crash test dummy as it attempts to find purpose in a small, college town, in the summer of 2016.

Second Class

2012 · ★ 10

'Do you feel cheaper?' We are filming young Lithuanian men working in Sweden. They do not want to be caught on camera, they do not want to participate in creating yet another media image of guilt and pity. They film us. We empty a bottle of moonshine, we dance on their porch. They might let us film them tomorrow. Second Class is a time document about class, respect, the value of work and human being.

Gino: A Child of War

2023

An account of a young Italian boy who was taken in by a Canadian military unit during World War II.

The Society of the Spectacle

1974 · ★ 6.7

Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.

Hoxsey: When Healing Becomes a Crime

2005 · ★ 8

In the 1920s, former coal miner Harry Hoxsey claimed to have an herbal cure for cancer. Although scoffed at and ultimately banned by the medical establishment, by the 1950s, Hoxsey's formula had been used to treat thousands of patients, who testified to its efficacy. Was Hoxsey's recipe the work of a snake-oil charlatan or a legitimate treatment? Ken Ausubel directs this keen look into the forces that shape the policies of organized medicine.

Children of Sea and Salt

2024

In a coastal town along the Pacific known for the intensity of its sea, various men have dedicated decades to voluntary rescue work. What do you do when the vastness of the blue overwhelms you?