Carnival Pilgrims

Few can resist Venice's magical allure, but with more than 14 million visitors a year, Italy's glorious city of canals faces a number of threats. This documentary examines issues at the heart of Venice's precarious future. Interviews reveal a city in crisis -- politician Roberto plans to modernize Venice, while environmentalist Paolo w...

Runtime

1h 33m

This documentary examines ayahuasca shamanism near Iquitos (a metropolis in the Peruvian Amazon), and the tourism it has attracted. The filmmakers talk with two ayahuasqueros, Percy Garcia and Ron Wheelock, as well as ayuahuasca tourists and local people connected with the ayahuasca industry.

Runtime

1h

Director

Rudolf Pinto do Amaral

Cast

Alan Shoemaker, Percy Garcia Lozano, Pablo Amaringo

A dive into the contemporay void: a passage from life to death

Runtime

30m

Since the 1970s, lesbians from around the world have been drawn to the island of Lesvos, the birthplace of the ancient Greek poet Sappho. When they find paradise in a local village and carve out their own queer lesbian community, tensions simmer with the local residents. With both groups claiming ownership of lesbian identity, filmmake...

Runtime

1h 17m

Director

Tzeli Hadjidimitriou

Cast

Maria Katsikadakou

Filmmaker Suzannah Herbert takes a sharp look at the American South’s unreconciled history through a Mississippi town that mixes antebellum tourism with a community deeply divided over its past. With an unflinching lens, the film captures the debates, memories, and tensions that are building toward a reckoning.

Runtime

1h 26m

Cast

Kathleen Bond, Ser Clifford Boxley, Tracy Collins