The Genius of Srinivasa Ramanujan

Until recently geometry was 'cold', incapable of describing the irregular shape of a cloud, the slope of a mountain or the beauty of the human body. With fractal geometry, Benoit Mandelbrot gave us a language for our natural world. In this captivating documentary, the man himself explains this groundbreaking discovery.

Runtime

55m

Cast

Benoît B. Mandelbrot, Martin Shaw, Ivar Giaever

An exploration of the 'respectable' and 'immoral' stereotypes of women in Indian society told from the point of view of two striptease dancers in a Bombay cabaret.

Runtime

1h

Director

Mira Nair

Cast

Rekha, Rosy, Vasanti

One night in December 1995, 4 tons of weapons fall from the sky over India. A few days later a Danish man returns to Denmark with a grave secret. Only when an English arms dealer is arrested in India and faces death sentence, does the Dane appear in the large-scale international investigation of the case. With reconstructions and scene...

Runtime

1h 34m

Director

Andreas Koefoed

Cast

Andreas Führer

Meru is the electrifying story of three elite American climbers—Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk—bent on achieving the impossible.

Runtime

1h 29m

Director

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin

Cast

Conrad Anker, Renan Öztürk, Jon Krakauer

It is quickly becoming the most populated country in the world, but India holds a dark secret. Men and women who make their homes in the poor villages throughout the central region of the country are forced to make decisions that no parents should ever have to make. Sell a child into slavery or watch your children starve to death.

Runtime

22m