Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at tha...

Runtime

30m

Director

Luis Buñuel

Cast

Abel Jacquin, Francisco Rabal, Alexandre O'Neill

Festival panafricain d'Alger is a documentary by William Klein of the music and dance festival held 40 years ago in the streets and in venues all across Algiers. Klein follows the preparations, the rehearsals, the concerts… He blends images of interviews made to writers and advocates of the freedom movements with stock images, thus all...

Runtime

1h 50m

Director

William Klein

Cast

Nina Simone, Archie Shepp, Miriam Makeba

Sake is a traditional alcoholic beverage from Japan and is otherwise known as rice wine. Women were prohibited from entering the many large and small sake breweries dotting Japan for centuries. However, times have changed and women are present on the sake scene today. In several cases, they are integral to the Japanese brewery business...

Runtime

1h 36m

Cast

Miho Imada, Natsuyo Chiba, Rebekah Wilson-Lye

Coffee is the second most important commodity in the world after oil. The drink has a long history and what's more, its effect seems to be stimulating in two senses.

Runtime

59m

Cast

Tamas Szaraz, Selmeci Lili, Kopek Janka