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A Fragile Life
Pia Sjögren was the subject of three documentaries by director Tom Alandh, beginning in 2001. He first saw her on the street selling newspapers, homeless, addicted to drugs, trying to make enough money for the day. Since then, she has become clean, and now gives lectures about her experiences, sharing her knowledge. This is the fourth film about her, filmed between 2011-2020. At the start of this installment, Pia has recently begun having heart and breathing issues, her own daughter is in prison for narcotics, and her mother, who we were introduced to in previous installments, continues to struggle with rapidly decreasing eyesight.
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Brain Surgeons: Between Life and Death
How do our brains make us who we are? This thought-provoking series follows patients undergoing complex life-changing brain surgery at Southampton's Neurological Centre.
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The Invisible Life of Thomas Lynch
The Invisible Life of Thomas Lynch' is a dark comedy about a lonely small time hit man.
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Lucha Libre: Life Behind the Mask
Lucha Libre, Life Behind the Mask explores the unique world of lucha libre through the stories of three luchadors continuing the tradition in Los Angeles. Dinamic, who has been wrestling for thirty years, is approaching the end of his time in the ring. Kayam, the son of a famous luchador, carries on the family tradition, and Principe Unlimited, a first generation luchador, just starting his career. These men, all at different stages of their careers, provide a rare, behind the scenes view of the life of a luchador and what it means to live behind the mask.
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Serengeti Symphony
Serengeti Symphony is a breathtaking look at the astounding landscape and exotic animals that make up the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. The film accounts the daily lives and intricacies of animals such as giraffe, flamingos, leopards and cheetahs, each vivid scene flawlessly paired with a musical score written by Laurens van Rooyen. Serengeti Symphony brings the beauty of Africa to life like never before, with close up colourful images of the terrain and unimaginable glimpses of the wildlife, allowing the true character of the landscape, and the grace and spirit of every animal, to shine through.
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A Matter of Life and Death
"Life and Death" - A female reporter intended to go on a reporting trip about childbirth to Japan, declines the offer. Instead, she visits a maternity hospital in Sweden. She meets a doctor, who she has been in love for 15 years.
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Generation Fridays for Future
Who are the young people who are involved in the "Fridays for Future" movement and who relentlessly take to the streets for environmental and climate protection? What are their life like and how will their activism be influenced or changed by current events in 2020 and the coronavirus pandemic? The documentary accompanies them and shows how diverse, creative but also exhausting the protest work is, in that the filmmakers impressively tell of the fears, dreams, successes and defeats of the young people portrayed.
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The Roller, The Life, The Fight
Hazem arrives in Belgium after a painful journey from Gaza. Elettra arrives in Brussels to study documentary film. Their first moments together spark a desire to get to know each other, and the camera becomes the tool they use to listen to each other. Exiles and internal migration enable them to meet where the gaze is gentler and fairer.
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My Life with the Living Dead
MY LIFE WITH THE LIVING DEAD is a documentary feature based on the career of John A. Russo - the man who created flesh eating zombies and co-wrote the 1968 classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD.
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Secret Life of the Safari Park
The denizens at Knowsley Safari, the longest safari drive in the UK and home to hundreds of wild animals from across the world, roam free on its grounds. The documentary explores the lives of these extraordinary animals, and the work of those who care for them, as well as the amazing, and at times hilarious, dashcam footage of visitors to Knowsley.
