How African artists have spread African culture all over the world, especially music, since the harsh years of decolonization, trying to offer a nicer portrait of this amazing continent, historically known for tragic subjects, such as slavery, famine, war and political chaos.
Parvis, figlio di iraniani in esilio, affronta la vita nella sua piccola città natale abbandonandosi alla cultura pop, agli appuntamenti su Grindr e ai rave. Dopo essere stato sorpreso a taccheggiare, viene condannato ai servizi sociali in un centro per rifugiati dove incontra i fratelli Banafshe e Amon, che sono fuggiti dall'Iran. Man mano che cresce l'attrazione romantica tra Parvis e Amon, la fragile relazione tra i tre viene messa alla prova. Si ritrovano e si perdono durante un'estate di fugace giovinezza, un intenso primo amore, un tentativo di un futuro comune, così come la dura consapevolezza l'integrazione in Germania per loro non sarà facile.
In 1948, decades after fleeing Armenia to the US as a child, Charlie returns in the hopes of finding a connection to his roots, but what he finds instead is a country crushed under Soviet rule. After being unjustly imprisoned, Charlie falls into despair, until he discovers that he can see into a nearby apartment from his cell window - the home of a prison guard.
In 2001, Jimmy Wales published the first article on Wikipedia, a collaborative effort that began with a promise: to democratize the spreading of knowledge, monopolized by the elites for centuries. But is Wikipedia really a utopia come true?
Ina, an introverted 11-year-old immigrant, finds herself captivated by Petra, a new classmate coming from the same country as her. Faced with the newcomer’s indifference towards her, Ina embarks on a desperate quest for connection in a world oscillating between dream and reality.
La storia e l'arte dell'ikebana, un'arte giapponese secolare della composizione floreale e uno sguardo all'interno della Scuola Sogetsu di Ikebana, dove il padre del regista Sofu Teshigahara ha lavorato come gran maestro della scuola.
Two women struggle to talk about their roots: one a daughter with her father, the other a teacher with her students.
Embarrassed about his identity and culture, a meek Indian high-schooler decides to attend an American university to pursue his passion for film. But in doing so, he causes a rift in his fundamentalist family.
How the Fiddle Flows follows Canada's great rivers west along the fur-trading route of the early Europeans. The newcomers introduced the fiddle to the Aboriginal people they intermarried with along the way. A generation later, their mixed-blood offspring would blend European folk tunes with First Nations rhythms to create a rich and distinct musical tradition. From the Gaspé Peninsula, north to Hudson Bay and to the Prairies, How the Fiddle Flows reveals how a distinctive Metis identity and culture were shaped over time. Featuring soaring performances by some of Canada's best known fiddlers and step dancers and narrated by award-winning actress Tantoo Cardinal.
People from different ethnic backgrounds with "difficult" names by Western standards share their experience with moving through the world with an identity that challenges others to simply just say their name. A short social docu-film by Mariam Meliksetyan, “Say My Name” is a meditation on identity, otherness, assimilation, community, and ancestral roots.
The 6 Guarani villages of Jaraguá, in São Paulo, fight for land rights, for human rights and for the preservation of nature. They suffer from the proximity to the city, which brings lack of resources, pollution of rivers and springs, racism, police violence, fires, lack of infrastructure and sanitation, among others. Unable to live like their ancestors, their millenary culture is lost as it merges with the urban culture.
A naturalistic video recording of the "accidentally filmed" dialogue of the drunken son Igor with his own phenomenal mother, who, during an unexpected visit, scolds him non-stop for 26 minutes for his student lifestyle.
Early 90s London gets a vibrant dose of African culture in this mini odyssey fusing dance, music and fashion.
A Chinese Canadian son sets out to make a film on his mother, who was once known as the first ever Chinese Opera Singer to have performed Pingju Opera in English in late 1980's China.