Herbert Fingarette once argued that there was no reason to fear death. At 97, his own mortality began to haunt him, and he had to rethink everything.
Stretching along the river Ganges rests Varanasi, the holiest of India’s seven sacred cities, and a ...

On June 11th, 1997, Philippe Kahn created the first camera phone solution to share pictures instantl...

Two elderly sisters share the delicate art of making traditional Hungarian strudel and reveal a deep...

When a daughter becomes concerned about her mother's well-being in a retirement home, private invest...

Between 1968 and 1970, J M Goodger, a lecturer at the University of Salford, made a film record of t...

The impact of Marx on the 20th century has been all-pervasive and world-wide. This program looks at ...

The Sykora family are only four people out of millions of Venezuelans that have recently escaped the...

In Uganda, AIDS-infected mothers have begun writing what they call Memory Books for their children. ...

A poetic exploration of three subterranean telescopes in remote regions of Canada, Japan, and Antarc...

Un germà explores the emotional and physical distance between two brothers, through archival footage...

The film follows Yudale, a religious youth from the settlements, as he experiences a crisis of faith...

The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adven...

Homelessness in the United States takes many forms. For Elizabeth Herrera, David Lima and their four...

In a quiet village in southern China, Fang Xiuying is sixty-seven years old. Having suffered from Al...

Documentary about brother and sister duo The Carpenters, one of the biggest-selling pop acts of the ...

"My mother is spending all her time with her dying father. I’m spending all my time filming her. As ...
A family gathering around what used to be an everyday activity.
A big hearted community celebrates life by fronting up to death. Set against the stunning backdrop o...

Thomas Haemmerli is about to celebrate his fortieth birthday when he learns of his mother's death. A...