1. I Am Sun Mu
Operating under a pseudonym which means 'no boundaries' - North Korean defector Sun Mu creates political pop art based on his life, homeland, and hope for a future united Korea. His hidden identity is nearly compromised when a massive historical exhibit in Beijing is shuttered by Chinese and North Korean authorities.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
2. War Child
Hip-hop star Emmanuel Jal returns to Sudan where he served as a child soldier.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
3. China vs USA: Empires at War
China keeps claiming sovereignty over Taiwan. The USA believes the Tech industry of the island nation needs to be protected. Prominent international experts from both sides, China vs. USA, Empires At War explores all the issues that could lead to war.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
4. The City that Never Rests (De Stad die Nooit Rust)
Shots of pre-war Rotterdam, both the city and the port.
5. Japan in Colour - The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn
In 1908, the French banker and philanthropist Albert Kahn launched one of the most ambitious projects in the history of photography. A pacifist, internationalist and utopian idealist, Kahn decided to use his private fortune to improve understanding between the nations of the world. To this end, he created what he called his Archive of the Planet. For the next two decades, he dispatched professional photographers to document the everyday lives of people in more than 50 countries all around the world. Kahn's wealth enabled him to supply his photographers with the most advanced camera technology available. They used the autochrome - the first user-friendly camera system capable of producing true-colour photographs.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
6. The Great Escape (Tunnels de guerre : la grande évasion)
On March 24, 1944, in the heart of Nazi Germany, 76 British, Canadian, Norwegian and French pilots who were held in Stalag Luft III, a prison camp of the Luftwaffe, escaped. Unique testimony from the last survivors, recreations and today’s digital images sheds new light on the audacious escape.
It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.
7. Global Sushi : demain nos enfants mangeront des méduses (Global Sushi : demain nos enfants mangeront des méduses)
(Global Sushi : demain nos enfants mangeront des méduses)
8. Grandma's Eternal Forest (Grandma's Eternal Forest)
A 49 minutes documentary on the footsteps of 87 years old "Grandma" Kuniko Shiiba, perpetuating a 4000 years traditional and sustainable form of agriculture. Shohei SHIBATA followed her a whole year through the forest and its medicinal plants, fire spirits and mountains.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
9. 1929
Thursday, October 24 : the Wall Street Stock Exchange crashes, the greatest economic crisis of the 20th century suddenly breaks out. Fueled by the idea that everyone can get rich without limits, it puts a final stop to the euphoria of the 1920s. America is then caught in a devastating cycle which spreads around the world a few months later like a malign infection. Calling on renowned historians and economists, William Karel conducts an incredibly detailed analysis of the economic and financial mechanisms that lead to the crash of Wall Street and then to the Great Depression of the 1930's.
10. Dear Pyongyang (Dear Pyongyang)
Dear Pyongyang is a documentary film by Zainichi Korean director Yang Yong-hi about her own family. It was shot in Osaka Japan and Pyongyang, North Korea, In the 1970s, Yang's father, an ardent communist and leader of the pro-North movement in Japan, sent his three sons from Japan to North Korea under a repatriation campaign sponsored by ethnic activist organisation and de facto North Korean embassy Chongryon; as the only daughter, Yang herself remained in Japan. However, as the economic situation in the North deteriorated, the brothers became increasingly dependent for survival on the care packages sent by their parents. The film shows Yang's visits to her brothers in Pyongyang, as well as conversations with her father about his ideological faith and his regrets over breaking up his family.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
11. The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm
When ten-year-old Elliott asks his 90-year-old great-grandfather, Jack, about the number tattooed on his arm, he sparks an intimate conversation about Jack’s life that spans happy memories of childhood in Poland, the loss of his family, surviving Auschwitz and finding a new life in America.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
12. Mila Seeking Senida (Mila traži Senidu)
Teenage girl Mila found out a name of Serbian soldier who saved her from burnt house during the war in Bosnia. She starts looking for her mother Senada, sister Sanda and her father. All of their names are written on a monument dedicated to dissapeared people from the town. In turn of the events, she finds her father alive.
13. 39-45 : la guerre des enfants (39-45 : la guerre des enfants)
(39-45 : la guerre des enfants)
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
14. Two Billion Hearts
For just over an hour and a half, Two Billion Hearts takes the viewer back to the adventure of the world cup of the United States and packs the audience on a journey through emotion, the expressions of their protagonists, fans in the stadiums and in the streets to the stars on the lawns, the cameras walk an uneven and vibrant path to world history. Two Billion Hearts is much more than the official World Cup film in the United States, it is a journey, for the passion of football, for the soul of the fans, for the feat of their idols. The film shows the best moments of the Cup and accompanies the Show of the fans of 24 countries in the United States, where more than 300 thousand football lovers traveled around the world
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
15. Diary of a Sergeant
Harold Russell, an American soldier who lost his hands in a training accident, tells the story of his medical rehabilitation at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC, how he and his fellow amputees at the hospital at first despaired and then found new hope in the prostheses and training available to amputees through the Army's medical corps. Russell learns to wear and to operate the hooks which replace his hands and becomes competent to perform many tasks he had once thought no longer possible. Discharged from the Army, he is welcomed into Boston College by college president William J. Murphy, S.J.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
16. Land Mines: A Love Story
Habiba and Shah who, because of the wars fought in Afghanistan over the past 25 years, have experienced immense suffering, but who have survived to show how it is possible to be brave and moral in this world of sanctioned violence and lies. Shah, a former Mujaheddin soldier and land mine victim, works as a cobbler on the pavements of the ruined city of Kabul. One day, he noticed a pretty Tajik girl who had only one leg, and he began to court her. Amidst the chaos and violence, and despite all the obstacles of tradition and religion, Shah and Habiba were able to marry.
17. Graffiti Wars
A look at the feud between graffiti artists King Robbo and Banksy.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
18. Coup (Darbe)
A documentary film about the 1960, 1971, 1980, and 1997 military interventions and coups d'etat in Turkey.
19. videomemoria (videomemoria)
(videomemoria)
20. Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo (Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo)
Untangling the web of cultural and historical ties underlying Japan's deep fascination with insects.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
