Docs from the Ends of the Earth
There is a great tradition in documentary filmmaking of the intrepid explorer, traveling to "the Ends of the Earth" to witness firsthand the wide variety of environments and existences that exist beyond the bounds of the familiar. This week's collection focuses on films that remind us that our world is much larger and life much stranger than we often imagine.
The Charcoal People follows the hard lives of workers who toil in the Amazon, making the charcoal that fuels manufacturing in the U.S.
Sisters of Ladakh takes a meditative look at a a particular, feminine form of Buddhism that exists in a remote convent on the Tibet/Indian border.
Though not a traditional documentary, Los Trivinos de Huasco presents an impressionistic view of the life of an artistic family in a tiny fishing village in Chile.
Finally, Off The Grid: Life on the Mesa shows us the unconvention lives of a community of misfits who have chosen to live away from the comforts of modern society in the American desert.
Women of the Sand - Download
$12.00 | 52 minutes
Women of the Sand is a documentary about nomad Islamic women in the Sahara desert. Filmed in Mauritania, it follows the day-to-day activities of women, documenting their work, family and community life, expectations and emotions. With its cinema-verité style, the film allows the women to tell their own stories in a candid and&hellip…
The Charcoal People - Download
$14.95 | 65 minutes
This film, by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Nigel Noble documents the workaday lives of Brazilian peasants who cut down trees in the Amazon rain forest and burn the wood in earthen kilns to make charcoal, an essential ingredient for the manufacture of pig iron in the U.S. These 'charcoal people', including children as young as five&hellip…
Los Trivinos de Huasco - Download
$5.95 | 15 minutes
Los Trivinos de Huasco provides an impressionistic view of a family of artists living in a small fishing town near the Atacama Desert, on the northern coast of Chile. Structured around a poetry recitation by patriarch Luis, the film becomes a window onto the lives of the family, how they view their environment, and perceive their role&hellip…
Off The Grid: Life On The Mesa - Download
$14.95 | 64 minutes
Twenty-Five miles from town, a million miles from mainstream society, a loose-knit community of eco-pioneers, teenage runaways, war veterans and drop-outs, live on the fringe and off the grid, struggling to survive with little food, less water and no electricity, as they cling to their unique vision of the American dream…
Sisters of Ladakh - Download
$12.95 | 52 minutes
The Sisters of Ladakh is an inquiry into the feminine vision of Buddhism. Filmed on location in Ladakh, on the Himalayan border between India and Tibet, this one hour documentary features stunning photography and compelling testimonies of Tibetan nuns.