Military service in Israel is compulsive for all able-bodied Jewish men and women. Once their years of service is up they are granted a bonus which many use to travel to India to wind down and recover from their experiences. About 90% of them will use drugs during their travels and every year about twoContinue reading “Flipping Out – Israel’s Drug Generation – 2008”
Tag Archives: Documentary
Der lange Weg ans Licht – 2008
Director : Douglas Wolfsperger|Ulrike Seyffarth Cast : Edeltraut Hertel Genre : Documentary Release Date : 2008-02-28
Doctor Ma’s Country Clinic – 2008
“Huangyangchuan, Gansu province, China. It’s an arid mountain area with poor roads. Ma Bingcheng is well-respected local doctor, so many patients (most of them farmers) come to see him every day. In his small clinic, people chat with each other about their lives, local conditions, or the people they know. The clinic seems to openContinue reading “Doctor Ma’s Country Clinic – 2008”
88 – pilgern auf japanisch – 2008
Director : Gerald Koll Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 2008-11-10
Examined Life – 2008
Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms, and puts it back on the streets. Offering privileged moments with great thinkers from fields ranging from moral philosophy to cultural theory, Examined Life reveals philosophy’s power to transform the way we see the world around us and imagine our place in it. Director :Continue reading “Examined Life – 2008”
Cyclown Circus – 2008
They travel only by bicycle. They are talented musicians and acrobats. Though they could have made a brilliant career in show business, they preferred to travel from continent to continent, from country to country and from town to town giving open-air performances. On their way they draw others interested in living out the same experience.Continue reading “Cyclown Circus – 2008”
Nobody’s Perfect – 2008
German filmmaker Niko von Glasow embarks on a very personal project with this documentary that profiles thalidomiders: people born with malformed or missing limbs because their mothers took thalidomide for morning sickness during pregnancy. Director : Niko von Glasow Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 2008-01-01
The Forgotten Woman – 2008
Inspired by the 2006 Academy Award® nominee for Best Foreign Language film, “Water,” this documentary tells the story of some of the 20 million Indian widows who are abandoned by their families and literally turned out into the streets when their husbands died. “Water” was a fictional recounting of this terrible tradition, set in 1938.Continue reading “The Forgotten Woman – 2008”
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed – 2008
Pro-intelligent design scholars and scientists are often chastised, fired or denied tenured positions by those who believe in Darwin’s theory of evolution. Director : Nathan Frankowski Cast : Ben Stein|Paul Zachary Myers|Richard Dawkins|William Dembski Genre : Documentary Release Date : 2008-04-18
Run for Your Life: The Fred Lebow Story – 2008
Without one eccentric first-generation Jewish immigrant from Transylvania, the New York City Marathon simply wouldn’t exist. Ehrlich’s fun, loving, and inspirational tribute to the late Fred Lebow shows how one man’s imagination, determination, and love for running created one of the world’s most popular sporting events. Director : Judd Ehrlich Cast : Abraham Beame|Bob Bright|NeilContinue reading “Run for Your Life: The Fred Lebow Story – 2008”