When Shawney was six his father bought 'The Manor', a small-town strip club. Shawney's role as struggling filmmaker and outcast son provides a rare glimpse into a family facing the consequences of their livelihood and dependence. Told with humour and frankness.
As Brazil prepares for the biggest sporting event in the world, a group of homeless children are chosen to represent their country in the Street Child World Cup. We follow these children on an inspiring journey as they face a competition that could change their lives.
During student demonstrations in Chile, a group of idealistic teenagers take over and occupy Dario Salas high school for 6 months. Barricaded inside, they face police raids & hunger strikes while living through the every day traumas of growing up.
This controversial coming-of-age documentary set in the remote South African bush follows a group of Afrikaner boys at military camp. However, what starts out as basic training, fitness & camaraderie intensifies as darker ideological elements emerge.
Covering online gaming addiction & sexting to social media narcissism & communication, DSKNECTD surveys the changes to the digital landscape that have profoundly altered the way we interact.
The Yakuza are a dying breed. Their members are aging and the government has launched a crackdown to eradicate them. But who are the Yakuza? The cancer of a nation or a necessary evil in a country with one of the lowest crime rates in the industrialised world?
Beautiful Faces offers a compelling look at one of the world’s most remarkable hospitals, the disfigured young patients to whom it offers new lives, and the team of surgeons, physicians, and medical professionals who practice their unique, life-transforming craft.
Manila North Cemetery in the Philippines is a place of rest for 3000 people, all of whom are alive. Gravekeepers grow gardens around tombs; chefs cook up hearty fare in pop-up restaurants alongside crypts; and children play basketball in between school and funerals.
At 19 Samuel Stefan, consumed by crisis, was drawn into a cult. It would be 10 years before he was able to escape. Cult Witness unravels the hidden world of cults; the hold they have on their victims, the reasons people fall prey to them and what takes place within..
This is the story of the unhealthy meeting of two cultures: an indigenous tribe, the Yanomami and the western anthropologists who came to the Amazon to study them.
Kenny Saylors became severely overweight & decides to stop eating for 55 days, drinking only water. Facing the Fat documents his journey, and looks at the implications of over-eating for the individual and society at large.
In 1969, an American war hero moves to a remote village in the Philippines and invites hundreds of women to live with him. For over 30 years he ruled as a King before facing charges of over 80 counts of rape.