Září v Shirazu je příběh prosperující židovské rodiny, která musí opustit všechno, co vybudovala, aby se nestala obětí nelítostných revolucionářů. Město Shiraz, ve kterém žijí, bývalo místem, kde všechny možné kultury a náboženství žily ve vzájemném respektu. Vše se změnilo, když se Írán ocitl ve Svaté válce.
Perleťový knoflík je druhou dokumentární esejí, v nichž Patricio Guzmán rozjímá o historii své země prostřednictvím fenoménu, jenž výrazně určuje její ráz. V Nostalgia de la luz (2010) to bylo světlo z hvězd, které filmaře provázelo na cestě za traumatickým dědictvím pinochetovského režimu, v Perleťovém knoflíku si zvolil vodu. Zlomky vzpomínek, strhující scenérie a vizionářské pohledy do hlubin kosmu se ve filmu skládají v podmanivý celek, podbarvený autorovým emotivním komentářem.
In Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for body parts of loved ones, dumped unceremoniously by Pinochet's regime.
COINTELPRO 101 exposes illegal surveillance, disruption, and outright murder committed by the US government in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. “COINTELPRO” refers to the official FBI COunter INTELigence PROgram carried out to surveil, imprison, and eliminate leaders of social justice movements and to disrupt, divide, and destroy the movements as well. Many of the government's crimes are still unknown. Through interviews with activists who experienced these abuses first-hand, with rare historical footage, the film provides an educational introduction to a period of intense repression and draws relevant lessons for the present and future.
In the summer of 2001 the Taliban strategically captured 24 Shelter Now International Aid hostages that captured the attention of the world for more than three months. With representatives from the United States, Australia, Germany and Afghanistan, the Taliban set out to create an insurance policy against the pending attacks of September 11th. What transpired through their story was an overwhelming journey of faith, grace and endurance. Based on the true story as told by the captives, Kabul 24 captures the gantlet of their 105 days in captivity and the cruel treatment of the Muslim co-workers at the hands of the Taliban who accused them of converting to Christianity. Revisit their journey from the grueling interrogation to their sham "trial" before the Taliban Supreme Court, to the dangers endured during the bombing of Kabul and a crushing sense that the world had abandoned them.
Elderly inmates are dying mysteriously one after another in their prison cells.
After the impressive Gulistan, Land of Roses (VdR 2016), the Kurdish filmmaker Zaynê Akyol returns with these conversations with imprisoned members of the Islamic State, alternating their words with aerial views of the countryside. An unexpected look at a far-reaching current political issue and a film whose subject matter and rhythm create an impressive cinematic object.
In a candid and unflinching portrait of Palestinian prisoners, Shimon Dotan takes viewers inside the highest security prisons in Israel where thousands of Palestinians fill these detention facilities.
In the USSR, political prisoners who were scientists were not always sent to GULAG, but also to The First Circle (named after Dante's Inferno), a special incarceration unit near Moscow where they could work for the government.