The hairdressing salon “Saïda” is a space where people speak openly, laugh and argue. The subject rarely is hair. In the run-up to the presidential elections in Tunisia the shop turns into a political arena where the women – young or old, conservative or with a modern outlook – indulge in discussions about the pros and cons of the candidates. Their clever and witty statements reflect a young democracy with all its rifts and fault lines.

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A portrait of the Director’s maternal grandmother, Eliane, a French woman who lived her entire life ...

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Documentary director Christoffer Guldbrandsen portrays in "Diary from the middle 'Party New Alliance...

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What does the world's richest man, dedicated chaos agent, and Donald Trump's new best buddy want out...

The story of January 6, 2021, where approximately 2000 people stormed the US Capitol to stop the cer...

An experimental short film about killing in the cinema, on the street or at the time of filming

Featuring unprecedented access inside the White House and State Department, The Final Year offers an...

Carne Ross was a government highflyer. A career diplomat who believed Western Democracy could save u...

In the Arab world, women are fighting a two-front war against repressive internal constraints and in...

Pouvoir Oublier is a political documentary first constructed from the words of the speakers whose li...

Female composers' names are mentioned throughout history.

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Vancouver s two leading authorities on sexism in the school system, Linfa Shuto and Reua Dexter, rel...

Deng Xiaoping's economic and political opening in China. Margaret Thatcher's extreme economic measur...