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Two weeks after the devastating and disastrous hits of earthquake and tsunami on March 11th, 2011. Four crews drove to the eastern Japan aiming to simply to acknowledge what happened to that area as profession of engagement, but not to make a documentary. However, what they saw was overwhelming; endless rubble of house that commence 5km from the coastline. The crew could merely talk but sigh …

Confessions of an Eco-Terrorist

CONFESSIONS is not your typical Eco-film. It's the true 30-year odyssey of the adventures of Captain Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, as seen through the eyes of longest serving crew member, activist and filmmaker Peter Jay Brown. This documentary grants the viewer an intimate look at shipboard life amongst the most radical conservation moment in the world, who gave birth to the modern day environmental movement as we know it today.

Tea or Electricity

TEA OR ELECTRICITY tells the epic story of the implementation of electricity in a tiny isolated village enclosed in the middle of the Moroccan High Atlas. Over more than three years and season after season, the director patiently reveals the outlines of the net that will inevitably end up closing on the people of Ifri. Before our eyes are drafted the image of the merciless modernity that the small village will now be connected to.

Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth

The great cycle of the ancient Mayan calendar will end on December 21st, 2012. How does the story end? The remote homelands of the present day Maya in Mexico and Guatemala present a perfect microcosm to show how unhindered globalization is already destroying the Earth and indigenous cultures now under attack for their natural resources from all sides. This film presents another worldview, following six young Mayas into their daily and ceremonial life, revealing their determination to resist the destruction of their culture and environment.

Finding Refugee in Ishinomaki

In Ishinomaki, in the wake of the March-11 disaster, there were 50,578 survivors who took shelter in public refuges. Minato Public Elementary School was one of them. A month after the disaster Keizo went there and lived with the survivors for 6 months as they struggled to move forward. He captured the tribulation at the refuge, and how it unexpectedly enpowered the survivors, bringing together whose lives had never crossed prior to the disaster, and became one big family at the Ishinomaki Minato School.

Bitter Seeds

BITTER SEEDS explores the future of how we grow things, weighing in on the worldwide debate over the changes created by industrial agriculture. Companies like the U.S.-based Monsanto claim that their genetically modified (GM) seeds offer the most effective solution to feeding the world’s growing population, but on the ground, many small-scale farmers are losing their land. Nowhere is the situation more desperate than in India, where an epidemic of farmer suicides has claimed over a quarter million lives.

Store Wars: When Wal-Mart Comes to Town

This is the story of Ashland, VA, population 7200, where the grocery store allows charge accounts and the doctor makes house calls. Residents are proud of their small-town character. Now, this gentle way of life is jolted by the prospect of a Wal-Mart supercenter on the edge of town. STORE WARS follows events in Ashland over a one-year period, from the first stormy public hearing that galvanizes residents’ opposition till the Town Council takes a final vote on the proposed Wal-Mart store.

Where Heaven Meets Hell

Deep in the rain forests of Eastern Java, Indonesia, lies the active volcano, Kawah Ijen, where 500 sulfur miners carrying backbreaking loads, traverse treacherous terrain amidst spectacular vistas. This film relays the stories of four of these miners, who risk their lives and health daily in an industry we rely on for sugar, matches and cosmetics. This visually stunning and intimate film chronicles their attempts to escape the endemic poverty and lack of education that haunts their community.

Under Control

UNDER CONTROL unfolds a panorama of atomic energy in Germany. Its broad perspective reveals the real challenges and enormous efforts that nuclear power demands from humankind. The control over the nuclear fission process is not depicted chronologically but rather as a prism of places and sites that not only refracts the stations of the German atomic age but also reflects beyond the current situation.

A2

By the time Mori made this follow-up to A, it was not only the name of the group that had changed from Aum to Aleph-in the view of the director, Japanese society had begun to slowly deteriorate and decay, with all sense of religion completely lost. Mori at first reluctant to delve into the realms of sequels which shed notoriously poor results, was persuaded otherwise when he saw the chance to focus on a completely different aspects of the group. The result is a balanced portrait of a group of people who have always been treated with bias in the popular press.