During the Cultural Revolution in China in the late 20th century, ethnic Manchu people were persecuted and forced to give up such cultural traditions as the shaman dance (tiao tchin, meaning "spirit-jumping" or "god's dance"). However, on Changbai Mountain in Northeast China, a farmer named Guan Yunde decided to start designing and building traditional Manchu shaman drums. At age 70, he is one of a minority of ethnic Manchu people in China's Jilin province, and one of the few people keeping the Manchu shamanic tradition alive.

A Dutch documentary about the history of the anarchist punk band Crass. The film features archival f...

China is the only civilization that continues to hold sway throughout its entire territory as define...

The absorbingly cinematic Ascension explores the pursuit of the “Chinese Dream.” Driven by mesmerizi...

A provocative and poetic exploration of how the British people have seen their own land through more...

In their infinite quest for virgin big walls, adventurers Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll, Nicolas Favres...

In 1971, graduate student Gloria Orenstein received a call from Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington...

"...a charming depiction of life as I knew it with my grandparents in my own village..." Clara Cale...

For three decades now, Qatar, this small desert kingdom, has not stopped being talked about; because...

What is the purpose of our existence ? What is the soul ? Which are the power of mind, of conscience...

Railroad of Hope consists of interviews and footage collected over three days by Ning Ying of migran...

MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES is the striking new documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edw...

The supermarket chains used to seem unbeatable, capturing the lion’s share of the grocery market. Bu...