My King

Documentary examining the medieval myth of the Philosopher's Stone, a Holy Grail-type relic which supposedly held the key to alchemy and immortality. Many noted alchemists and adventurers searched obsessively for the artifact hoping to learn its powerful secrets, a quest which allegedly drove some to madness and others to celestial enc...

Runtime

45m

Cast

David Harewood

In Bangkok, Thailand, women punch a clock and wait for clients in a brightly lit glass box; in the red-light district of Faridpur, Bangladesh, a madam haggles over the price of a teenage girl; and in the border town of Reynosa, Mexico, crack-addicted women pray to a deity named Lady Death.

Runtime

1h 50m

Director

Michael Glawogger

Cast

Emma, Ning, Toh

A camera crew travels through Thailand asking villagers to invent the next chapter of an ever-growing story.

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Cast

Duangjai Hiransri, Somsri Pinyopol, Kannikar Narong

A look at global sex tourism, focusing on the situation in Venezuela and Thailand.

Runtime

2h

Director

Monica Garnsey

Cast

Michelle Bonnard

Are tourists destroying the planet-or saving it? How do travelers change the remote places they visit, and how are they changed? From the Bolivian jungle to the party beaches of Thailand, and from the deserts of Timbuktu, Mali to the breathtaking beauty of Bhutan, GRINGO TRAILS traces stories over 30 years to show the dramatic long-ter...

Runtime

1h 19m

Director

Pegi Vail

Cast

Yossi Ghinsberg, Costas Christ, Pico Iyer