Follow The Faction Collective as they return to their homes around the world to show us how they get it done on home turf. From Europe to the US and back again –via old playgrounds, new challenges, secret spots and favourite lines –THIS IS HOME chronicles what it means to be a freeskier today: where the conditions are what you make of them, and the search for that perfect ride starts in your own backyard.
Lady Diana Spencer was one half of the highest-profile courtship the British royal family had seen in decades. The constant media coverage propelled her into a new sphere of notoriety, one that any royal before or after would ever experience. Diana's status as Charles's bride would have earned her a place on the front page regardless. But her clothing kept her there, day after day. It is impossible to ignore Diana, Princess of Wales’s impact on the world of fashion. She became one of the world’s most enduring style icons, and her looks were and still are so famous they come with stories of their own. Her evening gowns defined a generation and influenced others. Princess Diana remains an inspiration to millions for her powerful image and incredible chic and classic elegance.
6.1
Every story has an origin. A sports documentary delving into the life of 5x Olympia champion Chris Bumstead, charting his rise to becoming a crossover fitness superstar. The film offers an intimate look at the deep bond between Bumstead and his close friends and business partners, Matt Jansen and Dom Iacovone. Together, they transformed their businesses, RAW and Revive, into multi-million dollar ventures, all while navigating the intense world of competitive bodybuilding. Featuring never before seen footage leading up to the Mr. Olympia competition, this documentary captures the truth, honor, and brotherhood that define The Raw Story.
8.3
A paranormal & true crime documentary about the legendary Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, AR. Weaving factual evidence with the mystery of first hand experiences, this captivating film tells the hotel’s story and eerie history that have earned it the title “the most haunted hotel in America”.
9.3
When a rural irrigation district in Northern California has its water cut off during a historic drought, the community must join together to face the devastating impacts to their way of life and the environment around them.
7.2
While researching an Israeli archive, a filmmaker stumbles upon reels of film from a long-lost PLO archive seized by Israel during the 1982 Lebanon War. As she tries to decipher the never-before-seen Palestinian footage, our filmmaker realizes that what she has found is only a fragment of a larger lost archive. She clashes with the Israeli defense bureaucracy, which denies having any more footage. Will she find more of these untold stories? And what is so dangerous about them that they must remain hidden?
9.2
"Story of Her" is a 2022 dynamic American documentary that showcases bold stories of struggle and triumphs in the lives of everyday women.
9.2
"Tuk Tuk Girls" captures the empowering stories of Indian female auto rickshaw drivers, portraying them as catalysts for change. Beyond drivers, they inspire breaking societal norms, fostering a more inclusive and equal society.
7.7
Ce documentaire retrace le parcours de Gloria Gaynor, qui, après avoir surmonté des événements traumatisants dans sa vie, a reconstruit sa vie en obtenant un diplôme en psychologie et en investissant ses propres ressources pour produire le disque de gospel Testimony, ce qui lui a valu son deuxième Grammy 40 ans plus tard.
8.9
"No Water Land" is a poignant documentary detailing the struggles of two young girls, Jyoti Bhore and Rani Madhavan, in rural India as they grapple with the harsh realities of survival due to their water collection duties. This narrative is set in remote villages of Maharashtra where girls, from an extremely young age, have to bear the laborious task of fetching water for their households. The ordeal involves traveling long distances, often under scorching heat and sometimes barefoot, balancing heavy pots of water on their heads. This day-to-day hardship deprives the girls of their innocent childhood and obstructs their educational pursuits. Jyoti and Rani, who aspire to become a policewoman and a nurse respectively, find their dreams fading away amidst the toil of water collection. The documentary is produced by Shaz Memon, the founder of Wells on Wheels, a water charity aimed at improving the lives and education of young girls in Maharashtra. The film is directed by award-winning Saumitra Singh, who was deeply moved by the heart-rending stories of these young girls and decided to spotlight their predicament to the world. Sanjay Kapoor, a prominent Indian film actor, and an ambassador for Wells on Wheels, lends his voice and support to the cause, hoping to illuminate a path to a promising future for these girls.
7.8
Nosferatu was a silent horror film, an unauthorised Dracula adaptation. Despite a court order to destroy it, surviving copies became highly influential in cinema. This documentary traces its origins, impact, and legacy, leading to the 2024 remake.
8.7
In a consumerist society where everything, including man's best friend, is treated as disposable, everyday people aiding stray dogs remind us what being humane is all about and inspire us to make a difference.
7.1
A documentary revisiting the global television phenomenon LOST. Featuring interviews with the cast and crew, as well as members of the loyal fan base who still celebrate the show twenty years after it originally aired.
6.5
An investigation into how the U.S. is now riven by radically differing views on what is real, and what is not. The Truth Illusion looks at how those deepening divisions began, and how they have eroded faith in authority – spawning conspiracy theories and creating 'alternative realities'.
The Audition, directed by award-winning filmmaker Susan Froemke, looks at the intense pressures young opera singers face as they struggle to succeed in one of the most difficult professions in the performing arts. The feature-length documentary takes you behind the scenes at the Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions, where each year thousands of hopefuls compete for a cash prize, the chance to sing on the Met stage—and the opportunity to launch a major operatic career.
2.6
A look at the lives, loves and enduring influence in art, literature and fashion of the Grandes Horizontales. A never before in-depth look at the culture of the courtesan during the Second Empire in Paris. An extraordinary group of women who took their circumstances and molded it to their advantage.
9.5
A captivating documentary diving into the extraordinary life and work of Dr. John Demartini, who travelled over 19 million miles to help many 100s of thousands of people create breakthroughs over the past five decades. Through intimate personal anecdotes and transformative stories from his students and clients, the film reveals the depth of Dr. Demartini’s understanding of the human psyche and his unparalleled ability to inspire transformation with the Demartini Method taught during his Breakthrough Experience workshops or individual sessions.
8.5
Fire Through Dry Grass uncovers in real-time the devastation experienced by residents of a New York City nursing home during the coronavirus pandemic. Co-Directors Alexis Neophytides and Andres Jay Molina take viewers inside Coler, on Roosevelt Island, where Jay lives with his fellow Reality Poets, a group of mostly gun violence survivors. Wearing snapback caps and Air Jordans, Jay and the other Reality Poets don’t look like typical nursing home residents. They used to travel around the city sharing their art and hard-earned wisdom with youth. Now, using GoPros clamped to their wheelchairs, they document their harrowing experiences on lock down. Covid-positive patients are moved into their bedrooms; nurses fashion PPE out of garbage bags; refrigerated-trailer morgues hum outside residents’ windows. All the while public officials deny the suffering and dying behind Coler’s brick walls. The Reality Poets’ rhymes flow throughout the film, underscoring their feelings that their home is now as dangerous as the streets they once ran and—as summer turns to fall turns to winter—that they’re prisoners without a release date. But instead of history repeating itself on this tiny island with a dark history of institutional neglect and abandonment, Fire Through Dry Grass shows these disabled Black and Brown artists refusing to be abused, confined, erased.
8.5
What if everything we’ve been taught about charity is wrong? What if our beliefs are undermining the causes we love? “Uncharitable” is the world’s first feature-length documentary to examine our most basic ideas about giving. It re-shuffles old notions about saints and sinners, heroes and heretics, good and greed. It follows the stories of three record-breaking entrepreneurial charitable initiatives that were mercilessly attacked by the media, ultimately devastating the very people the initiatives were helping. It features activist and entrepreneur Dan Pallotta, whose TED Talk on charity was voted the most persuasive TED talk of all time by the TED community. Directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal—“Uncharitable” offers a radical but simple idea: abandon our sack-cloth-and-ashes constraints on nonprofits. Give them the same economic freedoms we give to business and charities can lead the way to changing the world. Propelled by poignant, personal stories and featuring Edward Norton, Darren Walker and other prominent figures in philanthropy, “Uncharitable” takes audiences on a profoundly moving, hopeful and emotional journey that opens new domains of possibility for a world that can work for everyone.
Entre 2009 et 2011, j'ai filmé et monté les toutes premières vidéos de skate de Nassim Lachhab à Rabat, au Maroc. En 2020, après avoir vécu en France et en Espagne, Nassim est devenu le premier skateur professionnel marocain et africain de l'histoire. Depuis, je me pose un tas de questions : Comment Nassim s'est-il hissé au premier rang de la scène internationale du skate, tout en étant confronté aux défis de l'immigration ? De quelle manière sa trajectoire révolutionnaire résonne-t-elle avec l'état actuel de la scène du skate au Maroc ?
The Israel-Palestine war will be etched in the memories of generations to come: the brutality of Hamas's October 7 attack, and the ferocity of Israel's retaliation. In this Four Corners, ABC’s Global Affairs Editor John Lyons asks the tough questions; challenging some of Israel’s most powerful political and military voices about the country’s strategy and intentions.
The palm oil industry has long been criticized for deforestation and threatening wildlife. However, on Borneo, a partly Danish-owned palm oil plantation, United Plantations, is trying to do things differently. The film takes its audience along on this adventurous journey, allowing us to witness the “wild” nature flourishing again, the new burgeoning birdlife, the beautiful rainforest plants, and the orangutans thriving in their restored habitat. And poses the question that maybe industrial agriculture is actually able to coexist productively and peacefully with nature while meeting the modern world's growing demand for raw materials?
For the first time ever, a former spy for China's notorious secret police goes public, exposing the covert and illegal operations he was ordered to carry out on foreign soil, including in Australia.
7.3
Dreaming of sporting triumph in Miami. Magic City Hustle follows former University of Miami athletes hoping for a second chance at glory as they take on the world’s fastest sport. Set against the challenging hustle economy of Miami where working multiple jobs is required to stay economically afloat, the only Americans in the game face the longest of odds learning to play a sport totally foreign to them. Director Billy Corben, with credits including “The U”, “Broke” and “Screwball”, chronicles the lives of these former outstanding college athletes fighting for hundreds of thousands of dollars in prize money. The ups, downs and almost outs reveal themselves as they prepare for and compete in this inaugural season.
