Daughters of gardeners
Thirty-six million women are missing in India. The economic burden of dowries and the ancestral preference for boys make the birth of a daughter a shameful event. Ultrasound tests and abortions, medical acts which were supposed to represent progress...
Karsh is history
A portrait of legendary photographer Yousuf Karsh through which a breathtaking illustrated commentary on photography is woven from the perspective of today. The film illuminates the multiple meanings ordinary people as well as critics, curators and ...
China new (dis)orders: the red millionaires
Just a few years back, Chinese millionaires were running scared and avoided showing off their wealth. Now, as the country actually embraces them, they have become idols for a generation. THE RED MILLIONAIRES shows how these people were able to accum...
Unlikely treasures
Collectors, archivists and obsessives: is there a method to their madness? Unlikely Treasures features people who collect unexpected things like clothespins, platform shoes and discarded teatags, and intimate discussions about the compulsion to coll...
China new (dis)orders: Yahoo in China
The Chinese economic boom was supposed to bring more freedom to the people. Yet a red “Big Brother” has emerged creating a new kind of censorship. Nevertheless, some people are ready to fight for their basic rights against a regime that clearly ...
China new (dis)orders: betrayal of the people
Humiliations. Arrests. Re-education through hard labor... Speaking up is dangerous. Zhang Guiqing came to Beijing to denounce the corruption of Party cadres in her village. She thought she was exercising her right; all she got was to be crushed by ...