Overview: TV Doc

Black Out
  • Black Out
  • Every day during exam season, as the sun sets over Conakry, Guinea, hundreds of school children begin a nightly pilgrimage to the airport, petrol stations and wealthy parts of the city, searching for light. This evocative documentary tells the story of these children’s inspiring struggle for education in the face of the country’s own fight for change.

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Mussels In Love
  • Mussels In Love
  • The ultimate film about the life and food of this popular shellfish. Much more than just a starter, their glue is also used by gynecologists to save unborn babies. Experience the full spectrum of mussels through the eyes of passionate enthusiasts. Shot on 35mm, spiced with underwater images by marine biologist Jean Painlevé.

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The Human Scale
  • The Human Scale
  • 50 % of the world’s population lives in urban areas, by 2050 it will be 80%. Life in a mega city is both enchanting and problematic. Today we face peak oil, climate change, loneliness and severe health issues. Danish architect Jan Gehl plans cities that take human behavior into account.

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The Age Of Aluminium
  • The Age Of Aluminium
  • Aluminum is booming and found its way into every facet of our lives: deodorants, sun lotions, vaccines or filtered drinking water. The light metal comes with heavy consequences. Latest research links it to the increase in Alzheimer's, breast cancer and food allergies.

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Erwin Wurm - The Artist Who Swallowed The World
  • Erwin Wurm - The Artist Who Swallowed The World
  • Listed as one of the Top 20 contemporary artists, the Austrian Erwin Wurm criticizes the encrusted affluent society with seemingly simple sculptures that meet the current zeitgeist. The film explores the artist, his biography and his provocative and cheerful oeuvre which is an incredible worldwide success.

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Men's Lust
  • Men's Lust
    • AT 2012
    • sex
    • 65'
    • Gabi Schweiger
  • Five extremely different men over the age of 60 talk about themselves and their lives when they were younger, when their egos and their sex drive dominated their thoughts and behavior. They reflect on how a man’s life changes after his hormones settle down, and on failed relationships, pain, feelings of guilt, and the never-ending search for love.

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The Punk Syndrome
  • The Punk Syndrome
  • Meet Finland's most kick-ass punk rock band with a handicap: Toni, Sami, Pertti and Kari.The film follows the band’s journey from rehearsals to success, showing the love and hate between the guys.

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Losing Sonia
  • Losing Sonia
  • Sonia is a nun in a Russian Orthodox monastery, trying to rebuild the values Russian society lost under successive political regimes. A journey into the Orthodox church, surprisingly full of life and artistic expression.

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Heist-Who Stole The American Dream
  • Heist-Who Stole The American Dream
  • A zippy essay about the roots of the American economic crisis after decades of deregulation, job outsourcing and tax policies favoring mega-corporations. It offers a Take Action section with real world solutions and up-to-the-minute footage from the current Occupy Wall Street movement.

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