Une famille juive laïque se retrouve dans le tourbillon de la Révolution iranienne de 1979.
Dans le désert d'Atacama, au Chili, à trois mille mètres d'altitude, des astronomes étudient l'univers avec des télescopes parmi les plus puissants du monde car la transparence du ciel y permet de regarder jusqu'aux confins de l'univers. Les astronomes y scrutent notamment les galaxies les plus éloignées en quête d'une vie extraterrestre. La sécheresse du sol en fait aussi un lieu de recherches archéologiques et conserve intacts les restes humains : ceux des momies, des explorateurs et des mineurs mais aussi les ossements des victimes et disparus de la dictature militaire d'Augusto Pinochet.
Elderly inmates are dying mysteriously one after another in their prison cells.
LE BOUTON DE NACRE est une histoire sur l’eau, le Cosmos et nous. Elle part de deux mystérieux boutons découverts au fond de l’Océan Pacifique, près des côtes chiliennes aux paysages surnaturels de volcans, de montagnes et de glaciers. A travers leur histoire, nous entendons la parole des indigènes de Patagonie, celle des premiers navigateurs anglais et celle des prisonniers politiques. Certains disent que l’eau a une mémoire. Ce film montre qu’elle a aussi une voix.
COINTELPRO 101 exposes illegal surveillance, disruption, and outright murder committed by the US government in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. “COINTELPRO” refers to the official FBI COunter INTELigence PROgram carried out to surveil, imprison, and eliminate leaders of social justice movements and to disrupt, divide, and destroy the movements as well. Many of the government's crimes are still unknown. Through interviews with activists who experienced these abuses first-hand, with rare historical footage, the film provides an educational introduction to a period of intense repression and draws relevant lessons for the present and future.
In the summer of 2001 the Taliban strategically captured 24 Shelter Now International Aid hostages that captured the attention of the world for more than three months. With representatives from the United States, Australia, Germany and Afghanistan, the Taliban set out to create an insurance policy against the pending attacks of September 11th. What transpired through their story was an overwhelming journey of faith, grace and endurance. Based on the true story as told by the captives, Kabul 24 captures the gantlet of their 105 days in captivity and the cruel treatment of the Muslim co-workers at the hands of the Taliban who accused them of converting to Christianity. Revisit their journey from the grueling interrogation to their sham "trial" before the Taliban Supreme Court, to the dangers endured during the bombing of Kabul and a crushing sense that the world had abandoned them.
In a candid and unflinching portrait of Palestinian prisoners, Shimon Dotan takes viewers inside the highest security prisons in Israel where thousands of Palestinians fill these detention facilities.
In the USSR, political prisoners who were scientists were not always sent to GULAG, but also to The First Circle (named after Dante's Inferno), a special incarceration unit near Moscow where they could work for the government.