A portrait of the West African country of Guinea shortly after its independence from France.
The documentary depicts aspects of daily life in the city and the country as well as the ongoing transition to new forms of education, industry and goverment.
When gold is discovered in the Black Hills in the late 19th century, gold diggers and adventurers break the treaty that allocated the Hills to the Dakota Indians.
Unforgettable scenes reveal what Falk Harnack may have envisioned when he filmed The Axe of Wandsbek, a film which uses nightmarish black and white images to evoke the inner and outer needs of a petit-bourgeois man who lets himself become the executioner for the slaughterers of the Third
This short documentary profiles the famous Egyptian harbor city. Oriental bazaars represent the city's long history, while busy shopping streets and young couples on the beach serve as symbols of its modern face.
The dramatic events of the East German fall of 1989 are depicted using East and West German television news coverage, Stasi documents, amateur videos and private photos never before released in North America.
Part 1: The critical days of October 1989
The dramatic events of the East German fall of 1989 are depicted using East and West German television news coverage, Stasi documents, amateur videos and private photos never before released in North America.
German novelist Hans Fallada lives with his family in a small, remote town. His craving for peace and harmony collides with his own inner turmoil and the growing power of the Nazis.
A documentary about daily life for an East German “Friendship Brigade” in Zimbabwe. Between their imported smugness and best intentions, East German youth teach young Africans construction trades.
In August 1914, many young German men euphorically volunteered to join the army. But in Munich, Hans Gastl, the son of a militaristic state prosecutor, makes a decision: he won’t become a soldier or fight this war.
In the late 1950s, Sebastian Fußberg (Franciszek Pieczka) travels through the country performing traditional puppet shows. Although the old man is a dreamer and idealist at heart, he cannot come to terms with the shadows of his past in a concentration camp.