Prostitutes of God

In Prostitutes of God, VBS travels deep into the remote villages and towns of Southern India to uncover an ancient system of religious sex slavery dating back to the 6th century. Although the practice was made illegal more than 20 years ago, we discover there are still more than 23,000 women in the state of Karnataka selling their bodies in the name of the mysterious Hindu Goddess Yellamma. They are known as Devadasis, or ‘servants of God’. From city red light districts to rural mud huts, we meet proud brothel madams, HIV positive teenage prostitutes, and gay men in saris. Our intimate exploration into the life of the Devadasi reveals a pseudo-religious system that exploits poverty-stricken families to fuel modern India’s booming sex trade.


via VBS.tv

Influencers

INFLUENCERS is a short documentary that explores what it means to be an influencer and how trends & creativity become contagious today in music and fashion.
Directed by Paul Rojanathara and Davis Johnson, the film is a Polaroid snapshot of New York influential creatives (advertising, design, fashion and entertainment) who are shaping today's pop culture.

1950

Nova Iorque despreocupada.

Favela on blast

São 84 minutos de depoimentos de figuras que fazem parte do baile funk do Rio, a realização é do norte-americano Wesley Pentz (dj Diplo) e de Leandro HBL.

Traveling Denim

O director Takayuki Akachi registou, durante dois anos, as viagens de uns jeans por mais de 50 países.

Up there

5 Hours With Woody

A friend of mine who was going through a hard time was trying to raise money for his dog who had cancer. “Woody” had asked me why can’t all friends be as loyal as his dog Oden. Shortly there after I got inspired and took a trip one Saturday morning out to Long Beach. 1 handheld mini DV camera – a little stock footage – and a day with my friend…the rest is “5 hours with Woody”.

realização de Eliot Rausch e Jason Wood.

Porn

In a film of startling power and unsettling intimacy - produced exclusively for wallpaper.com - video artist and photographer Robbie Cooper shoots back at active porn aficionados lost in ecstatic release and hears how their passion developed. Be aware that this is not easy titillation and some of you may find the footage shocking. But the film does throw up any number of questions about voyeurism and exhibitionism and makes clear the incredible nakedness of the solo sex act.

via Wallpaper

ABSOLUT Vodka presents NY-Z

Documentário de 15 minutos sobre o rapper Jay-Z para a série sobre artistas visionários da Absolut.
realização de Danny Clinch.

Exit Through the Gift Shop

”The world’s first street art disaster movie“
Banksy realizador.

Bebés

Ponijao, vive com a sua família perto de Opuwo, Namíbia; Bayarjargal, reside na Mongólia perto de Bayanchandmani; Mari, vive com sua família em Tóquio, Japão e Hattie, que mora com sua família nos Estados Unidos, em São Francisco. Um documentário que capta o primeiro ano da caminhada da humanidade que é ao mesmo tempo único e universal.

Realização de Thomas Balmes apartir de uma ideia original de Alain Chabat.

Colapso

O novo documentário de Chris Smith, que teve estreia no Toronto International Film Festival, é uma longa e sombria entrevista a Michael Ruppert que acredita com total convicção de que a civilização está à beira do colapso.

O terror de uma enseada

Realizado pelo famoso instrutor de golfinhos Louie Psihoyos, o documentário vencedor do festival de cinema independente americano Sundance Film de 2009, denuncia o massacre que os pescadores da cidade de Taijii vêem praticando dentro de uma enseada onde golfinhos são capturados.



The Cove
Realização Louie Psihoyos
Com Charles Hambleton, Joe Chisholm, Mandy-Rae Cruikshank, Simon Hutchins, entre outros
Argumento de Mark Monroe
Estreia nos EUA a 12 de Novembro

They Came From...

Factor Films

Outros jogos de futebol

The Soccer Project

Death In Gaza

"In spring 2003, award-winning filmmaker James Miller and reporter Saira Shah, set out to take a first-hand look at the culture of hate that permeates the Middle East. They captured the lives of three Palestinian children growing up in the bullet-riddled streets of Gaza. Although James and Saira had planned to film the lives of Israeli children as well, in the midst of production, Miller was shot to death by an Israeli tank, falling victim to the very conflict he covered."

True Norwegian Black Metal Documentary

"... In the last two decades a bizarre and violent musical subculture called Black Metal has emerged in Norway. It has its roots in a heady blend of splatter movies, heavy metal music, Satanism, Pagan mythology and adolescent angst. In the early-mid 1990's, members of this extremist underground committed murder, burned down medieval wooden churches, and desecrated graveyards. What started as juvenile frenzy came to symbolize the start of a war against Christianity, a return to the worship of the ancient Norse gods, and the complete rejection of mainstream society..." Peter Beste, fotógrafo.

The Road To Guantanamo

"No, the only thing I know for certain is that these are bad people, and we look forward to working closely with the Blair government to deal with the issue." - George W. Bush,2003.



Realização de Michael Winterbottom e Mat Whitecross.
Reino Unido, 2006.

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

Documentário sobre a duvidosa organização de classificação de filmes dos EUA, a MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America).

Under the Black Hat

Mea Sharim é uma das comunidades ultra-ortodoxas mais antiga e fechada de Jerusalém, onde até mesmo as câmaras de filmar são raramente permitidas.