Haji Omar and his three sons belong to the Lakankhel, a Pashtoon tribal group in northeastern Afghanistan. The film focuses on his family: Haji Omar, the patriarch; Anwar, the eldest, his father's favorite, a pastoralist and expert horseman; Jannat Gul, cultivator and ambitious rebel; and Ismail, the youngest, attending school with a view to a job as a government official.

Fidelis Cloer is a self-confessed war profiteer who found The Perfect War when the US invaded Iraq. ...

Commissioned by the journal Présence Africaine, this short documentary examines how African art is d...

Drawing on original footage from National Geographic, Etched in Bone explores the impact of one noto...

This documentary on the effect the talent competition "Afghan Star" has on the incredibly diverse in...

An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo B...

This film is a portrait of unique cultural space for Spirits, Gods and People. While permanent theat...

An exploration of the heavy metal scene in Los Angeles, with particular emphasis on glam metal. It f...

A 2004 documentary on thirty years of alternative rock 'n roll in NYC.Documenting the history from t...

The friendship between Christophe de Ponfilly and Commander Massoud, a legendary figure of the Afgha...

The four Afghan refugees who have applied for asylum in Austria strike up the song, “The caravan mov...

An experimental ethnographic documentary that criticizes the colonizer view of anthropology.
Captain Kleinschmidt leads an expedition sponsored by the Carnegie Museum to the arctic regions of A...

In GLOBAL METAL, directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn set out to discover how the West's most malign...

The film discusses the traits and originators of some of metal's many subgenres, including the New W...

Inspired by Steven Blush's book "American Hardcore: A tribal history" Paul Rachman's feature documen...

According to the official history of Afghanistan, ruthless destruction has always prevailed over art...
Terence McKenna gives us a detailed description of his TimeWave concept and a demonstration of the s...

The real estate industry has destabilized the natural surroundings of the city of Concón, on the Chi...

This documentary follows three couples to see how things turned out several years after their weddin...

A documentary that reveals the underbelly of the global aid and investment industry. It's a complex ...