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P for Pelican
An old hermit lives in a slum and wants to teach the alphabet to the children who regularly go there to play. When a child proposes he use the word...
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Between 2011 and 2014, the documentary investigated the changes in Rio de Janeiro on behalf of mega-events: UPPs in slums, forced evictions, public...
See moreBus 174
Documentary depicts what happened in Rio de Janeiro on June 12th 2000, when bus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to shoot all the...
See moreHong Kong’s Secret City
Not many people know that there is in the center of Hong Kong, a city of 50,000 inhabitants that escape authority, a city which holds no law and no...
See moreMegacities
Megacities is a documentary about the slums of five different metropolitan cities.
See moreJoy Ride
A documentary about human-powered manual ferris wheel rides at Juhu beach in Mumbai.
See moreSurviving Mumbai
Survivors of the Mumbai terrorist attacks tell the inside story of the actions and decisions that helped save their lives.
See moreFather, Son and Holy War
Filmmaker Anand Patwardhan looks to history and psychology as he delves into the possible reasons behind the demolition of the Babri Mosque.
See moreIndia Cabaret
A documentary exploring the "respectable" and "immoral" stereotypes of women in Indian society told from the point of view of 2 strip-tease dancers...
See moreIsle of Flowers
A tomato is planted, harvested and sold at a supermarket, but it rots and ends up in the trash. But it doesn’t end there: Isle of Flowers follows...
See moreFavela Gay
Favela Gay tells the story of eleven individuals in their own words. Living in eight slums (favelas) in Rio de Janeiro, these members of the LGBTQ...
See moreDandara: Enquanto Morar for um Privilégio, Ocupar é um Direito
Favela Rising
A man emerges from the slums of Rio to lead the nonviolent cultural movement known as Afro-reggae.
See moreUnarmed Verses
Toronto filmmaker Charles Officer profiles the young people of Villaways Park, a housing project on brink of historic change.
See morePicturesque India or, In and About Calcutta
Botanical gardens in Bombay plus the highly decorative Jain Temple in Calcutta.
See moreHouse Orders
In buildings where foreign workers lived in Germany, there were strict rules of conduct, defined by the house rules and supervised by the building...
See moreInquiry: The Great British Housing Disaster
David Jones investigates how 1960s council housing came to be built so poorly that thousands later needed to be demolished.
See moreChicago at the Crossroad
While gun violence was on the decline in most major US cities, why did it continue to increase in Chicago's segregated communities? What is known...
See moreI Want to Be A Pilot
Omondi lives in the biggest slum in East Africa. Everyday he sees airplanes fly over him. He dreams of becoming an airline pilot and flying far away.
See moreWest Estate
West Estate spotlights the severe housing problems in Hong Kong, taking the spirit of resistance outside of the protest. The damaged walls in the...
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