Rosine Mbakam is invited to step in Sabine’s small hairdresser’s because it is dangerous in the street. She accepts and pushes in with her camera. Sabine’s stories and the customers’ joys, worries, problems and fears bring depth and life into the premises. At times, it feels like the entire African quarter of Brussels had squeezed in. Laughter abounds, anecdotes and life stories elicit emotions, and a male visitor brings a touch of flirt into the salon.
In the ‘poor crescent’ around Brussels one child in three lives on the poverty line. But they can fi...
Rosa is a Mexican woman who, at the age of 17, migrated illegally to Austin, Texas. Some years later...
Boys on Film presents ten encounters from across the globe, where the dangerous allure of a risky at...
During World War II, many Japanese immigrants in Santos, Brazil, were forced to move to another plac...
The documentary follows the life of Farroukh, a young Tajik immigrant who lives in Moscow outskirts ...
Documentary that shows the changing attitude towards immigrant labor in The Netherlands. The documen...
Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.
Is the solution to Switzerland's future to integrate Germany into the confederation? After all, like...
Co-directed by acclaimed cinematographer Ellen Kuras and subject Thavisouk Phrasavath, this haunting...
A surprising look at the past of movie star Jackie Chan and the difficulties of Chinese families dur...
A film on the staff and customers of three Blackpool hair-dressing salons as they discuss the many f...
Young, inexperienced members of the Dutch Boarder Patrol undergo an intensive training on escorting ...
Behind the scenes of a popular deli on New York's Upper East Side, undocumented immigrant workers fa...
A fascinating, unsettling study of immigration in 1960s English cities.
Targeted for several failed redevelopment plans dating back to the days of Robert Moses, Willets Poi...
Between 1990 and 1993, at a time when rap was not yet on the radio in France, Olivier Cachin hosted ...
A computer screen, images from the four corners of the world. We cross borders in one-click while an...
The decision to move to Holland doesn't sound like a wise idea. Why move to a country that could be ...