Real Scenes: Berlin

 

Samuel Beckett (silent 1965)

Ninja Tune: The documentary

Henry Miller interview

Crossing the Bridge – The Sound of Istanbul

The first 10 minutes of Faith Akin’s 2005 documentary.

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Which Way Home

“Which Way Home” is a feature documentary film that follows unaccompanied child migrants, on their journey through Mexico, as they try to reach the United States. We follow children like Olga and Freddy, nine-year old Hondurans, who are desperately trying to reach their parents in the US.; children like Jose, a ten-year old El Salvadoran, who has been abandoned by smugglers and ends up alone in a Mexican detention center; and Kevin, a canny, streetwise fourteen-year old Honduran, whose mother hopes that he will reach the U.S. and send money back to her. These are stories of hope and courage, disappointment and sorrow. They are the children you never hear about; the invisible ones.

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The Virtual Revolution – The Cost of Free

Louis Theroux Law and Disorder in Johannesburg

The Berlusconi Show

Sex scandals, divorce and a brutal assault in Milan, 2009 was a tough year for Silvio Berlusconi. Reporter Mark Franchetti returns to the country of his birth to assess one of the world’s most controversial and flamboyant leaders. Franchetti finds an Italy divided between those who love Silvio and those who hate him.

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The Putin System

The Putin System chronicles the remarkable life of Putin, a tough, young leader who is not afraid to make harsh decisions and holds a secret purpose-to restore the old Russia of his dreams. Since March 2000, he has orchestrated a new system: Putin turned against the oligarchy that supported him, and turned their wealth into state-run corporations designed to finance his dream of a new Soviet empire. He also re-ignited the war in Chechnya in the name of Russian sovereignty,  and launched a crackdown on political opposition. In the filmmakers’ view, today, the former KGB agent is more powerful than ever before, and any opponents to Putin’s system are seen as the enemy.

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