Walker takes us on a personal journey into a world of myth and imagination that he learned from his grandmother. He travels from the Moors of Devon and the Highlands of Scotland to the brooding Celtic landscapes of Ireland and the intimate hills of Cape Breton, in his search of this potent “otherworld” of the imagination.
Since ancient times, the Green Man has been one of the most mysterious and menacing of mythical char...
In Africa there is a fable that explains the creation of the tides. When a hyaena challenged a mudsk...
The Matica slovenská (a mostly government-sponsored cultural, academic, and archival institution) em...
Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film...
For many generations people in the Omo Valley (tribal southwest Ethiopia) believed some children are...
In the frigid waters off of Russia’s Bering Strait, Inuit and Chukchi hunters today still seek out t...
A magic realist fable about invisible elves, financial collapse and the surprising power of belief, ...
A group of teenagers go out to a den in the woods for a night of drinking, unaware that their behavi...
"Man in Red Bandana" is about Welles Remy Crowther, an extraordinary 9/11 hero. However, how his her...
This short film examines the origins of several superstitions including crossing your fingers, knock...
No one could spin a yarn to make a sale like Ray Lum. Twenty years after their initial meeting, Bill...
Exploring the popular film series and several tragedies amongst the cast members.
"If it Won’t Hold Water, it Surely Won’t Hold a Goat" is an intimate meditation on the subversive na...
The members of the Ayrudzi troupe travel across various villages of Armenia on horseback and put on ...
Sparked by the true story of Aya, a four-year-old Jordanian girl killed by her father because he bel...
For the 'Are'are people of the Solomon Islands, the most valued music is that of the four types of p...
In a remote mountainous village elderly people no longer deemed productive are stoned to death.
In a remote area of northern Spain, the wind has a name: Tramuntana. Tramuntana takes what it wants—...