Over the course of one year, this film follows the life of an ordinary Pyongyang family whose daughter was chosen to take part in Day of the Shining Star (Kim Jong-il's birthday) celebration. While North Korean government wanted a propaganda film, the director kept on filming between the scripted scenes. The ritualized explosions of color and joy contrast sharply with pale everyday reality, which is not particularly terrible, but rather quite surreal.
An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extrem...
Warsaw's Central Railway Station. 'Someone has fallen asleep, someone's waiting for somebody else. M...
This documentary recounts the life and work of one of most famous, and yet reviled, German film dire...
A film about the experiences that Czechoslovak peasants gained on a study trip to the Soviet Union.
A landmark four disc Box Set - Unearthed from Moscow's legendary Soyuzmultfilm Studios, the 41 films...
Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.
Robert Mitchum narrates an anti drug propaganda film.
Portrait of Mrs. B., a tough charismatic North Korean woman who smuggles between North Korea, China ...
A disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed...
There were two wars in Iraq--a military assault and a media war. The former was well-covered; the la...
In 1962, a U.S. soldier sent to guard the peace in South Korea deserted his unit, walked across the ...
The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in ...
An insider's look at the fake news phenomenon and the consequences of media misinformation. Intervie...
A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's...
Donald Trump has become a beloved cult figure for many Russians. The short film uses found footage, ...
In 1987 GDR citizen Mario Röllig was arrested in Hungary for attempting to flee the GDR. Nowadays he...
Cinecitta is today known as the center of the Italian film industry. But there is a dark past. The f...
This short film in support of the war effort focuses on the training and missions of Army Air Corps ...
After the capture of Shanghai, Japanese soldiers make a trip to Suzhou.