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Der lange Weg ans Licht (2008)
Documentary · N/A
Edeltraut Hertel - a midwife caught between two worlds. She has been working as a midwife in a small village near Chemnitz for almost 20 years, supporting expectant mothers before, during and after the birth of their offspring. However, working as a midwife brings with it social problems such as a decline in birth rates and migration f...
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Director
- Douglas Wolfsperger
- Cast
- Edeltraut Hertel
Memory Books (2008)
Documentary · N/A
In Uganda, AIDS-infected mothers have begun writing what they call Memory Books for their children. Aware of the illness, it is a way for the family to come to terms with the inevitable death that it faces. Hopelessness and desperation are confronted through the collaborative effort of remembering and recording, a process that inspires...
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Director
- Christa Graf
- Cast
- Eva Mattes
White Man with Black Bread (2007)
Documentary · N/A
Christof Wackernagel, best known in Germany as an actor and former member of the Red Army Faction ("RAF") lives in Mali. In his compelling portrait, Jonas Grosch shows a man who simply cannot stand still if he senses injustice. The courage to stand up for one’s beliefs coupled with vanity? However one chooses to look at it, it is easy ...
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Director
- Jonas Grosch
- Cast
- Christof Wackernagel, Madou Coulibaly
The Meerkats (2008)
Documentary · Family · G
A coming of age story following a young meerkat pup, Kolo, growing up in the Kalahari desert; and an inspiring look at how one family's connection to each other and their surroundings is a model of resilience and fortitude for us all. Shot using ground-breaking techniques, this dramatised documentary is a one-of-a-kind presentation fro...
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Director
- James Honeyborne
- Cast
- Paul Newman, Rufus Beck, Guillaume Canet
Elephant Whisperer (2012)
Documentary · PG-13
Sangduen Chailert, or Lek, as she is generally known, has already rescued over 200 elephants. She has dedicated her life to saving the Asian elephant and founded a special camp, The Elephant Nature Park to protect them. We follow this winner of Time Magazine’s “Asian Hero of the Year” Award in her work. Lek is on a mission to save the...
- Runtime
- 50m
- Director
- Johann Sigfússon
- Cast
- Sangduen Lek Chailert
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