Jewish divorce: Why women are chained to their husbands | Divorce denied (Documentary, 2020) wocomoHUMANITY 2024-10-22 | Jewish divorce: Why women are chained to their husbands | Divorce denied (Documentary, 2020)
Life in a matriarchal society - On this island, women are in charge! wocomoHUMANITY 2023-04-12 | In southwestern Guinea Bissau there are some islands where a very special people live, the Bissago. What is it that makes them so special? It is not the fact of living in balance and harmony with the spectacular nature that surrounds them, taking from the land or the sea only what they need to survive. Neither is their deep animistic spirituality, which marks their life with rites to acquire the knowledge of their ancestors. What makes them so special is that, in the Bissago society, the woman is the protagonist.Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoThey are the ones who decide how to manage the crops or punish the crimes, they are the priestesses of the temple, those who can communicate with the gods, the forces of nature and the spirits of the deceased. For the Bissago, the woman is feared and respected, since they consider her capable of deciding about life and death. This documentary focuses on the lives of some of the women of Eticoga, the main village on the island of Orango. Through their lives and ways of looking we will know the most outstanding and peculiar aspects of this matriarchal society so different, not only from the Western way of life, but from the rest of Africa and almost all other cultures on the planet.Original title - Queens of OrangoA film by Raúl Bueno Herrera© 2020, Licensed by 3boxmedia#documentary #women #womenempowerment #matriarchy
Algerian youth rise up for democracy and freedom against Bouteflikas regime wocomoHUMANITY 2023-04-05 | Every week since February 2019, millions of Algerian people are walking against the Algerian authorities. An unprecedented movement which has shaken a nation that didn’t believe in itself anymore. This documentary puts the light on how five young Algerians fight for their freedom. By telling us about their fight, they took insane risks in order to told their stories, to told us about their country. Despite the repressive measures against the hirak movement, the authoritative and military system that rules Algeria since its independence, has not consumed yet this popular and pacific movement.Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoThrough the testimonies of young Algerians, this excerpt shows the aspiration for freedom and life of the Algerian youth. They protest against the bedridden president Abdelaziz Bouteflika and his aging regime that has lasted for more than 20 years. These young Algerians have only known Bouteflika and his corrupt system, but his willingness to seek a new term is the last straw.This has led to mass demonstrations in the streets throughout Algeria to depose Bouteflika and his military regime, in the hope of establishing a new Republic respectful of individual and collective freedoms. An uprising of unprecedented scope, called the hirak. Together, they want to write a new history for Algeria, free of the taboos, conservatism and patriarchy that corset the country.Original title - Algérie, mon amourA film by Mustapha KessousProduced by Luc Hermann© 2020, Licensed by CPB Films#documentary #algeria #youth #protests #arabspring
Female former soldier reveals the psychological scars of serving in the West Bank wocomoHUMANITY 2023-03-29 | This is an excerpt from the documentary "Is war still a man's business? Israeli women soldiers give shocking testimonies about Israeli army" (First Hand Films)Click here to watch the full documentary: youtu.be/jI6rTimkfJEIsrael is the only country in the world where 18-year-old girls are drafted for compulsory military service. In this award-winning documentary, the frank testimonials of six female Israeli soldiers stationed in Gaza and the West Bank pack a powerful emotional punch. The former soldiers share shocking moments of negligence, flippancy, immaturity and power-tripping as they describe atrocities they witnessed and participated in. The psychological transformation that these young women underwent as a result of military service is both upsetting and riveting. In fact, for some of them, the pride of serving their country and doing "good" will soon give way to a feeling of disillusionment and fear when faced with the reality of the horrors of war. The culture of war transforms people: personalities change, moral codes are subverted, values are supplanted and masks are constructed to dull the pain of what they did and didn’t do in uniform. Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoOriginal title: To See if I'm SmilingA film by Tamar YaromA Tamar Yarom Production© 2007, Licensed by First Hand Films#documentary #israel #army #women #palestine
Israeli female soldier recounts her struggles with gender roles in the military wocomoHUMANITY 2023-03-22 | This is an excerpt from the documentary "Is war still a man's business? Israeli women soldiers give shocking testimonies about Israeli army" (First Hand Films)Click here to watch the full documentary: youtu.be/jI6rTimkfJEIsrael is the only country in the world where 18-year-old girls are drafted for compulsory military service. In this award-winning documentary, the frank testimonials of six female Israeli soldiers stationed in Gaza and the West Bank pack a powerful emotional punch. The young women revisit their tours of duty in the occupied territories with surprising honesty and strip bare stereotypes of gender differences in the military. The culture of war transforms people: personalities change, moral codes are subverted, values are supplanted and masks are constructed to dull the pain of what they did and didn’t do in uniform. The former soldier, Dana, tells about her own experience as a woman in the Israel Defense Force. Her testimony reveals how difficult it is for a woman to be respected in the army. To be part of the group, a woman has to hide her feminine characteristics and to play a female archetype. At a time when women in the military are increasingly on the frontlines, and the actions of soldiers all over the world are being questioned, this powerful film explores the ways that gender, ethics and moral responsibility intersect during war.Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoOriginal title: To See if I'm SmilingA film by Tamar YaromA Tamar Yarom Production© 2007, Licensed by First Hand Films#documentary #israel #army #women #gender
Becoming a YouTube sensation - Unknown R&B singer finds fame on YouTube wocomoHUMANITY 2023-03-15 | This is an excerpt from the documentary "From unknown singer to YouTube star - The story of YouTube singing sensation Princess Shaw" (First Hand Films)Click here to watch the full documentary: youtu.be/SSOlKxRAiowNothing would have predicted such a fate for Samantha Montgomery, a young black woman from a disadvantaged background in New Orleans. She who regularly posted videos on YouTube of herself singing about her disenchanted daily life, would never have believed that by any chance the musician Kutiman would have spotted her and put her in the spotlight: A star is born version 2.0. This virtual collaboration between a talented woman and a handyman musician is a reflection on celebrity in the age of digitalization and of viral video, when a click can lead to the top. A touching film that still encourages us to believe in miracles and tales.Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoOriginal title - Presenting Princess ShawA film by Ido HaarIsrael, 2016© 2016, Licensed by First Hand Films#documentary #princessshaw #kutiman #viral #music #fame
Female imam officiates interfaith marriages despite criticism from the Muslim community wocomoHUMANITY 2023-03-08 | This is an excerpt from the documentary "The Reformist - A female Imam" (First Hand Films)Click here to watch the full documentary: youtu.be/BjRYzHn9z1MSherin is opening one of Europe’s first mosques run by female imams. The members of the Mosque aim to confront and challenge the fear surrounding Islam and call for a new kind of it including a feminist agenda. Sherin is impatient. She wants change and equality now. But her haste divides her organisation to the brink of collapse. After her own divorce, Sherin openly begins granting Islamic divorces to women unhappily married and performs inter-faith marriages of Muslim women and non Muslim men. She wants to grant Muslim women the freedom to divorce and marry. But how do you break centuries of tradition from within a religion?Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoThe question of inter-religious marriage remains an issue and a taboo in the Islamic religion. According to the Koran, Muslim women cannot marry a person of another religion. There are more Muslims in interfaith relationships but few imams willing to marry them because against Islamic teaching. Yet the first female imam of scandinavia, Sherin Khankan, sees no trace of this interdiction imposed on women in the Quran. And in fact, her women-only mosque in Copenhagen is the only one to officiate interfaith marriage. For her, Islam must be reformed in a more feminist way, where Muslim women will have the same rights as men, especially regarding marriage. And this reformation is necessary according to her because Islam must follow the evolutions of its time. In seeking to reform Islam, she raises many questions such as: Is Islam compatible with Western society? Is Islam compatible with democracy? What about the role of women in Muslim society?Sherin Khankan wants thus to establish gender equality in islamic marriage. But this is not without consequences, Muslim women marrying outside their religion face criticism and rejection from their families. Original title - The Reformist - A female ImamA film by Marie SkovgaardDenmark, 2019© 2019, Licensed by First Hand Films#islam #muslim #women #documentary #marriage
From unknown singer to YouTube star - The story of YouTube singing sensation Princess Shaw wocomoHUMANITY 2023-03-03 | It is the age of New Media, and people of all ages and kinds, all around the world are posting an endless stream of video clips online at any given moment. Every day, tens of thousands of web surfers cram their video notes into virtual bottles, toss them into the boundless ocean that is the internet, and pray that they are found. All they want is for someone to pick up their bottle and find the treasure hidden inside it.This documentary won multiple awards, including: -Best Documentary - Awards of the Israeli Film Academy (2016)-Life Tales Award - Biografilm Festival (2016)-Cinema Eye Honors Award - Cinema Eye Honors Awards (2017) -Best Documentary in Music and Dance - Master of Art Film Festival (2017)-Chopin Nose Award - Special Mention - Millennium Docs Against Gravity (2016)-Audience Award - Sheffield International Documentary Festival (2016) Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoThrough an immersive direction, the documentary tells us a Cinderella-like fairy tale by placing in parallel two destinies that will intersect and change their lives. We follow the story of Samantha Montgomery, 38, living alone in one of New Orleans' toughest neighborhoods. By day she works as a nurse at a retirement house, und at night she transforms into Princess Shaw, belting out soulful originals and posting homemade a cappella clips on YouTube, usually reaching just a handful of viewers.But this incredible voice will be revealed to the world thanks to the Israeli musician Kutiman. Kutiman spent the past few years creating audiovisual symphonies entirely out of musical clips that people posted online from all over the world. The first project was published in 2014. It immediately went viral and Time Magazine chose the project as one of the fifty top innovations of the year. Kutiman creates an elaborate musical production out of her songs, complementing an original piece with various other musical offerings posted by amateur musicians around the world.The camera follows her as she goes about her life, both before and after the release of the musical project. In order to maintain the element of surprise, the protagonists are filmed at the starting point, knowing only that they are participating in a documentary about songwriters online. During the shoot, both the project and the film’s objective will be revealed. Samantha - The Princess - got only one day after the release of the single online an offer from an Australian record company.The documentary examines loneliness, anonymity and connectivity in the Internet age, where showbiz dreams remain but a mouse-click away for even the most hardscrabble striver. In this age of viral video, where a stranger's fate can change in a click for better or worse, Princess Shaw's story is heartwarming. A touching film that still encourages us to believe in miracles and tales.Original title - Presenting Princess ShawA film by Ido HaarIsrael, 2016© 2016, Licensed by First Hand Films#documentary #princessshaw #kutiman #viral #music
Is war still a mans business? Israeli women soldiers give shocking testimonies about Israeli army wocomoHUMANITY 2023-03-01 | A personal account of female soldiers about their life in the Israeli Army, the only one to draw women for mandatory military service.A female point of view on the drama of an unending war, on the moral challenges they faced at the encounter with the Palestinian population. Questions that were not dealt with during the service are raised today with great pain - and courage. A female point of view on the drama of an unending war, on the moral challenges the soldiers faced at the encounter with the Palestinian population. The young women look back critically at the way they handled the power that was placed in their hands at the young age of eighteen. Did they really smile in the pictures?In 1988 the filmmaker served herself in the Israeli Defence Force in the Occupied Territories. 'How could I ever think I'd forget...' is what one of the young women asks herself at then end of this film.Subscribe to our channel: goo.gl/CMNyXt Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoTheir name are Meytal, Rotem, Inbar, Dana, Tal, Libi, they have one thing in common, having served the Israeli Defense Forces. In Israel, the national military service is mandatory for all Israeli citizens over the age of 18, male and female. Through the different stories of these women, the documentary raises the question of the place of women in the army, a world historically of men, but also and more broadly the question of the group and what the human is able to do to assert its place .These young women from the top of their 18 years, will discover a world completely different from their daily life in the ultra secured state that is Isreal. First of all, entering this military space will instinctively lead them to erase their femininity and copy the behavior of men. Furthermore, joining the army will also lead them to participate in a group dynamic, based on their belonging to Israel. Some of them will commit atrocious acts during this endless conflict with Palestine, which they would certainly never have thought of being able to undertake. In fact, for some of them, the pride of serving their country and doing "good" will soon give way to a feeling of disillusionment and fear when faced with the reality of the horrors of war. With impressive candor they talk about what they saw and what they did; the way they tried to make sense of this ‘other world’, and how they tried to reconcile their experiences with the self they were familiar with, stripped of army uniform. However, the documentary does not seek to excuse or justify the acts that were committed in the West Bank during this period since the first Palestinian uprising. "To See if I’m Smiling" powerfully explores the way gender, ethics, power and moral responsibility interact in times of war. Its rare tapestry of women’s testimonies leaves us to ponder some of the most burning questions of our times. It is not only a story about women in the Israeli army and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but a universal story, about war and its atrocities and what it does to people.Original title: To See if I'm SmilingA film by Tamar YaromA Tamar Yarom Production© 2007, Licensed by First Hand Films#documentary #israel #army #women #palestine
First Scandinavian female imam to head a women-only mosque (Documentary, 2018) wocomoHUMANITY 2023-02-24 | Sherin is opening one of Europe’s first mosques run by female imams. The members of the Mosque aim to confront and challenge the fear surrounding Islam and call for a new kind of it including a feminist agenda. Sherin is impatient. She wants change and equality now. But her haste divides her organisation to the brink of collapse. After her own divorce, Sherin openly begins granting Islamic divorces to women unhappily married and performs inter-faith marriages of Muslim women and non Muslim men. She wants to grant Muslim women the freedom to divorce and marry. But how do you break centuries of tradition from within a religion?Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoThe documentary offers a powerful insight of the first Scandinavian female imam, Sherin Khankanand her struggle to assert her status as a woman in the Muslim religion. Born to a Syrian refugee and Muslim father and a mother from Finland and christian, it is precisely this multiculturalism that has shaped her and brought her to where she is today. The director, Marie Skovgaard, followed the woman imam for three years, from the beginnings of the Mariam Mosque to its first internal crisis in 2018. Sherin Khankan has founded the first women-only mosque in Copenhagen as a reaction to the patriarchal turn taken by Islam. Full of ambition and determination, she wants to advocate another Islam, where gender equality is valued and where Muslim women have a place to be listened to and advised. For her, an imam is like a spiritual guide, a consellor, she has to serve the community by helping people who come to her. She devotes much of her time to welcoming Muslim women, listening to their problems, often related to domestic violence, and trying to provide solutions. Her model is Ibn Arabi who tried to break with the idea of rationalism within Islam. But the gender issues she raises and her willingness to reform Islam confronts her with many critics within the Muslim community. And above all it is still difficult for this community to conceive of a female imam, who can lead the prayer and perform the marriage. This change is too radical. She gained support and began to attract the attention of the media. Her new popularity allows her to advocate her vision of Islam in Europe and the United States. But where she is going to draw fire is on her vision of interfaith marriage. According to Sunni Islam, Muslim woman can't marry a non-Muslim man, unlike men who have the right to. But Sherin Khankan wants to establish gender equality in islamic marriage and thus allow interfaith marriage for Muslim women. According to her, there is nothing in the Quran that says this. She will grant many interfaith marriage but this will be at the expense of her own mosque, which will lose its most influential supporters like Saliah Marie Fetteh. She then begins to doubt, if Islam can really be reformed and modernized. But through his self-sacrifice the mosque endures, and welcomes three new women imam. And continues to grant inter-religious marriage.This documentary takes an interesting look at Islam and its relationship with women, but above all it shows the extraordinary journey of a woman driven by her faith and her feminism.Original title - The Reformist - A female ImamA film by Marie SkovgaardDenmark, 2019© 2019, Licensed by First Hand Films#islam #muslim #women #documentary
The struggle of two cousins to rebuild their lives after being victims of sexual violence wocomoHUMANITY 2023-02-22 | PRIMAS is an evocative portrait of two cousins, Rocío and Aldana, Argentinian teenagers who, in the wake of heinous acts of violence that interrupted their childhoods, will free themselves from the shadows of their past. Traveling in Argentina and Montreal the girls come of age having revelatory experiences in their everyday lives; learning dance, mime, theatre, circus and visual arts.They express through their bodies what only their imagination, their unique perspective and their unshakable resilience can reveal.Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoA cathartic documentary, "Primas" is the struggle of two young girls, who were victims of sexual violence, to overcome their traumas. With a deep humanity and great empathy, far from any voyeurism, the director Laura Bari accompanies these young girls and gives them a voice to break this heavy and long silence. The two cousins open up in a very intimate way about their heartbreaking stories, their thoughts, their dreams and their daily lives. Together and with extraordinary strength, they will confront their past and regain control of their lives.In dance, mime, theater and the circus, they express through their bodies what only their imagination, their unique perspective and their unshakable resilience can reveal."Primas" is a unique and collaborative documentary that brings the voices of young girls to the forefront of their struggle towards recovery and healing. A feminist message in line with the #Metoo movement.Original title - Primas - Courageous CousinsA film by Laura BariCanada, 2018© 2018, Licensed by First Hand Films#metoo #violence #documentary
Street kids in Kosovo : Survival is their daily life | Documentary short film (2018) wocomoHUMANITY 2023-02-17 | After the death of Alban’s brothers in the fire that burnt down their home, the entire family suffers from a shock, mental disorder and extreme poverty. Of all the family members, Alban has been affected the most by this tragedy.Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoThe ghost of the Kosovo war still haunts the fragile country of Kosovo, whose political autonomy remains unstable. In this country plagued by poverty, it is particularly the children who are most terribly affected. And Alban Sylejmani is one of these street children, whose motto is to survive. His street life in the town of Ferizaj in Kosovo is made of lack of food and shelter and being regularly getting beaten up either by his drunken father or his peers. The director Bekim Guri gives him a voice, so that he can talk about himself, his situation, but above all about the fate of thousands of street children left to themselves in total indifference. Handheld camera, the director transcribes the atmosphere of the street, its precariousness and the noise and fury of the street world. This documentary therefore covers both the universal subject of homelessness in the contemporary world and the fragility of the young state of Kosovo.Original title - Routine A film by Bekim GuriKosovo, 2018© Licensed by Radiator IP Sales#documentary #children #humanrights #kosovo
Refugee life through a childs eyes in Lebanon | Documentary short film (2020) wocomoHUMANITY 2023-02-15 | While living in a deserted valley in eastern Lebanon, seven-year-old Rahaf describes the wonders of her past, present and future – without knowing the limits of her own imagination.This documentary was selected at the Tampere Film Festival and Brest European Short Film Festival.Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoBehind the tragedies and horrors of the refugee camps, there are sometimes glimmers of joy or hope. Rahaf, a 7 year old Syrian girl, is one of them. Despite fleeing with her family to Lebanon after their home was bombed in Adra, Syria, in the midst of the civil war, the young girl has not lost her hope and joy. Although she has lost everything, her home, her country, her nationality, stateless in a country she doesn't know, stuck in an overcrowded and insalubrious camp, having only a tent as a refuge, she keeps smiling and projects herself in the future, as a doctor. This documentary, filmed from a child's point of view through animation, offers a moving portrait of these children from the camps and in particular of the sparkling Rahaf.The reality of the camps, that of the adults, of the war and its atrocities, the young Rahaf managed to escape by taking refuge in her imagination, she who likes to draw and rethink the world. Actually, drawing can be a way to heal, to talk about your traumas and to put words to them. But above all for Rahaf, drawing is a way for her to rethink her daily life, to find beautiful things far from her home, Syria and its olivers that are dear to her. The documentary thus shows the power of the child's imagination that allows her to find a light in the midst of this chaos, and to still marvel at the beauties of this world on earth. Original title - Al Jabal الجبل (The Mountain)A film by Carolina Gómez de LlarenaFrance & Lebanon, 2020© Licensed by Radiator IP Sales#documentary #refugees #syria
Greek grandparents share war stories and magical moments | Documentary short film wocomoHUMANITY 2023-02-10 | A visit to grandfather, grandmother and their memories.This documentary won Best Documentary Award a the 38th Drama ISFF and 21st Athens IFF 2015.Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoIn a remote Greek village, in the northern borders of Epirus where traditions endure, an old couple tells his story. The grandfather tells us about the war and its atrocities but also about fairy tales dear to the rural world. Memories follow one after the other, as if in a need to finally share them with someone, to externalize them. Meanwhile the grandmother, often in the background, is busy in the kitchen, not wanting her guests to lack anything.Pogoniskos is a story of transmission, not to forget and not to be forgetten. A tender portrait that the director, Thanasis Neofotistos, has made of his own grandparents, showing thus the ability of cinema to immortalize moments of life with all its emotions and sometimes its silences.Original Title - Πωγωνίσκος (Pogoniskos)A film by Thanasis NeofotistosGreece, 2015© Licensed by Radiator IP Sales
Young Ukrainians last days with his family before going off to war | Documentary short film wocomoHUMANITY 2023-02-08 | A young man and a veteran meet for the last time before the Ukraine war will separate them.Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoArtiom, a young man, decides to fight for his country, Ukraine, but his grandfather, Anatoly doesn't see the things the same way, he the WWII veteran , who knows the war atrocities. However knowing that he cannot divert his grandson from his desire to join the Ukrainian army, Anatoly decides to film the last moments with his grandson, which may be the last ones. The directors, Cyprien Clément-Delmas and Igor Kosenko, give us a universal film with this intimate family stiry full of humanity and empathy. a powerful and moving film that resonates even more strongly today with the ongoing ukraine war. This film tells through the story of a Ukrainian family the fate of a whole nation. Original Title - The Last TapeA film by Cyprien Clément-Delmas, Igor KosenkoGermany, 2017© Licensed by Radiator IP Sales#ukraine #ukrainewar #donbass #war #russia
Jahas Promise: Fighting against Female Genital Mutilation and Forced Marriage (Documentary, 2017) wocomoHUMANITY 2023-01-27 | Educated, eloquent, western. Nobody would guess that when Jaha Dukureh was a baby, she was“cut” - subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM). When she was 15 she was taken to New York tomarry a 45 year-old man she’d never met before, arranged by her own father, a powerful imam inGambia. After 10 years in the US, Jaha returns to her native country in West Africa demanding thather own family and society end the practices that almost ruined her life. With around 80% of all women in the Gambia being cut, this is not only her own issue. These are personal, political, religious and cultural confrontations.Subscribe to our channel: goo.gl/CMNyXt Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoAs a young girl Jaha escaped her marriage in New York and found a high school to accept her where she graduated in record time. This independent acting made her an outcast to her family and to the local migrant community. Her need for acceptance propelled her into another marriage, also arranged by her father. Jaha had first a son, and then a daughter whose birth convinced Jaha to start a campaign against FGM that was the beginning of her journey back to Africa.There, Jaha is at once an outsider and someone who, because of her father’s religious and political profile, has a deep understanding of her country’s power structure. During her visit back to the Gambia in 2014 to launch a campaign against FGM her father patronizes and dismisses her. The meeting with the midwife who ‘cut’ her deeply depresses Jaha and she finds out that her mother-in-law was plotting to kidnap her four year-old daughter Khadija and have her ‘cut’. But Jaha's FGM congress gets an enthusiastic gathering and while returning to the Gambia several times now she is growing into the self-assured leader of the campaign.When Jaha hears that her father’s youngest wife has given birth to a baby girl who, as custom dictates, will be ‘cut’ within days, it provokes a crisis for her. The baby girl is named Khadija, like her own daughter. The stakes are almost overwhelming for her: she must save the girl or see her cause defeated and humiliated in her own home.Original title: Jaha's PromiseA Guardian News & Media Production© 2017, Licensed by First Hand Films
Free-diving women of South Korea risk their lifes everyday in order to feed their family wocomoHUMANITY 2023-01-25 | This is an excerpt from the documentary "Breathing Underwater" (First Hand Films)Click here to watch the documentary in full-length: youtu.be/jnT47lDdZKEIn Jeju Province, located off the southern coast of Korea, are the women of the sea who hold breath of life. Typhoons and the barren volcanic soil of the islands left the people enduring years of poor harvest and famine. For survival, women looked to the frigid sea. Haenyeos, women of the sea, still exist and they have been diving without air tanks for more than 1,000 years. They go into the waters of 10-to-20 meter depth to harvest seaweed and shellfish to make a living. They work from 7 to 8 hours a day without even a sip of fresh water. At the end of the day, they return with sumbisori, a while-like noise at the near end of their breath.Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoOriginal title: Breathing Underwater A Soom Be Production Film by Hee-young Ko 2016 © Licensed by First Hand Films
Isolated tribe resists all contact with outsiders - The River Between Us | Exclusive Preview wocomoHUMANITY 2023-01-20 | Rent or download this film on Vimeo: vimeo.com/ondemand/theriverbetweenusRent or buy this film on Amazon Prime: amazon.com/dp/B0B7G8HXMZA century ago, the people of the Mashco Piro fled deep into the Peruvian Amazon to escape the cruelty of colonialists. They entered an isolation they haven’t abandoned to this day. The film turns around in front of the forest and looks back at those who want to contact the isolated Mashco Piro: missionaires, miners and villagers, who all feel it is their right to decide on the Mashco Piro’s fate. Only a group of anthropologists stands between them and the Mashco Piro. When a murder happens, Carl Gierstorfer is there to document and let the story carry itself. Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoUntil a decade ago, little was known about this people of the Peruvian Amazon; there were only random encounters with boat travelers and a few pictures taken by light aircrafts on overflights. But then - for reasons that still are mysterious - the Mashco Piro made themselves known to park rangers and indigenous settlements, many of which lie directly on the opposite bank of the Madre de Dios river. These settlements are fully connected to the modern world with mobile phone, satellite TV connection and villagers that have seen big cities and other countries.Only a group of anthropologists working for Peru’s Ministry of Culture protect the isolated Mashco Piro from outside forces, who are pushing to contact and infiltrate their territory of pristine rainforest. Some believe the Mashco Piro want to be part of the modern world, while others want to take over their lands to cut timber, mine for gold or smuggle cocaine. And while the Mashco Piro are totally unaware of the riches they sit on and the power-struggles they have provoked, they themselves have shown an increasing curiosity about the outside world. They try to stop passing boats, asking for ‘things’ – some of apparent symbolic importance like shirts and life-vest, other of practical use like knives and machetes. Sometimes, their interactions with the outside world have been violent.In 2015, they killed a 15-year-old boy in native community, and in 2018 a 74-year old villager, who entered their territory to go fishing. Both murders left the communities feeling helpless and afraid. There were angry calls for revenge, accusations against the anthropologists and campaigns to contact the Mashco Piro. Few wanted to acknowledge that “contact” is a process that almost inevitably ends with disease, death and the loss of identity for the contacted, a questions this film will explore.Directed by Carl Gierstorfer2021 © Licensed by First Hand Films#rainforest #Amazonforest #indigenous #documentary
Life in a refugee camp in Greece - Waiting for asylum in harsh conditions (Documentary, 2020) wocomoHUMANITY 2023-01-13 | In March 2016, over 10,000 people were trapped in a camp outside the small Greek border village of Idomeni. The border had been closed to all people fleeing. Nadia and Nawaf had one objective, to get to Germany, to where their eldest son already arrived. They stayed with their six other children in several different camps in Greece. Yasir’s wife was an ISIS-prisoner. And many in Yasir’s family had been brutally killed by ISIS when they attacked the Yazidis in Iraq. Idomeni is a place suspended in time, and the film is shaped by scenes from the parallel lives of adults and children in the camp. The children do not go to school, but live in their own world and take care of each other, having little contact with their surrounding. The film catches their bubble and shows: they are tomorrow’s Europe.Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoThe documentary “Idomeni” follows the tragic destinies of two Yazidi families fleeing the war and genocide. They try to find safety in another country, in Germany, but Europe's migration policy has decided otherwise. They find themselves blocked in a temporary camp in Greece outside the village of Idomeni. So close to new home und unable to move forward, they live in terrible conditions. There is Nadia and Nawaf and their two children, who try to cope with this camp life. Their home was destroyed and many of their friends and relatives are missing or dead in Iraq. And finally Yasir, whose wife, Khalida, has been a prisoner of ISIS for almost two years and whose youngest son has been killed. With no relatives in the camp, Yasir tries to bring his family together. This is their story. Original title - IdomeniA film by David AronowitschSweden, 2018© 2018, Licensed by First Hand Films #refugees #europe #refugeecrisis
Refugee children find sense of normalcy, but traumas still haunt them – Idomeni Chapter 11/11 wocomoHUMANITY 2023-01-11 | Watch previous episodes of Idomeni: youtube.com/watch?v=--srNIHL2GI&list=PLmj0Mi2GShGMJm3XVpY64Cn1Pvz6y8VhGIn March 2016, over 10,000 people were trapped in a camp outside the small Greek border village of Idomeni. The border had been closed to all people fleeing. Nadia and Nawaf had one objective, to get to Germany, to where their eldest son already arrived. They stayed with their six other children in several different camps in Greece. Yasir’s wife was an ISIS-prisoner. And many in Yasir’s family had been brutally killed by ISIS when they attacked the Yazidis in Iraq. Idomeni is a place suspended in time, and the film is shaped by scenes from the parallel lives of adults and children in the camp. The children do not go to school, but live in their own world and take care of each other, having little contact with their surrounding. The film catches their bubble and shows: they are tomorrow’s Europe. Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoSeveral months have passed, Saber is now a teenager. Musafer visits him and his family. Everything seems to be back to normal, but the trauma is still there. Musafer can't help but mourn the tragic death of his brother. Saber tries to console him. What they experienced together, forged a strong friendship between the two boys. Meanwhile, Yasir and Sizar welcome a new child. Original title - IdomeniA film by David AronowitschSweden, 2020Watch the full documentary: youtu.be/9hS1ORXUydA© 2020, Licensed by First Hand Films #refugees #europe #refugeecrisis
Yazidi couple separated by war, reunited fours years later – Idomeni Chapter 10/11 wocomoHUMANITY 2023-01-06 | Watch previous episodes of Idomeni: youtube.com/watch?v=--srNIHL2GI&list=PLmj0Mi2GShGMJm3XVpY64Cn1Pvz6y8VhGIn March 2016, over 10,000 people were trapped in a camp outside the small Greek border village of Idomeni. The border had been closed to all people fleeing. Nadia and Nawaf had one objective, to get to Germany, to where their eldest son already arrived. They stayed with their six other children in several different camps in Greece. Yasir’s wife was an ISIS-prisoner. And many in Yasir’s family had been brutally killed by ISIS when they attacked the Yazidis in Iraq. Idomeni is a place suspended in time, and the film is shaped by scenes from the parallel lives of adults and children in the camp. The children do not go to school, but live in their own world and take care of each other, having little contact with their surrounding. The film catches their bubble and shows: they are tomorrow’s Europe. Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoIt is October 2018, Munich International Airport. Yasir and Sizar are in the arrival hall. Yasir has a big bunch of roses and Sizar has a small bouquet of flowers. They are about to meet Khalida for the first time in four years. Four years of massacre, death, flight, imprisonment, violence and displacement. The reunion is low-key, not overwhelming. Yasir and Khalida are almost shy in their contact with each other. Eight- year-old Sizar is at first very excited for his mother’s arrival but soon he becomes reserved towards her. She has been away for a long time. A new phase starts for Yasir, Sizar and Khalida in Göppingen, southern Germany. And a new life is coming.Original title - IdomeniA film by David AronowitschSweden, 2020Watch the full documentary: youtu.be/9hS1ORXUydA© 2020, Licensed by First Hand Films #refugees #europe #refugeecrisis
Yazidi family starts a new life in Germany after years in refugee camps – Idomeni Chapter 9/11 wocomoHUMANITY 2023-01-04 | Watch previous episodes of Idomeni: youtube.com/watch?v=--srNIHL2GI&list=PLmj0Mi2GShGMJm3XVpY64Cn1Pvz6y8VhGIn March 2016, over 10,000 people were trapped in a camp outside the small Greek border village of Idomeni. The border had been closed to all people fleeing. Nadia and Nawaf had one objective, to get to Germany, to where their eldest son already arrived. They stayed with their six other children in several different camps in Greece. Yasir’s wife was an ISIS-prisoner. And many in Yasir’s family had been brutally killed by ISIS when they attacked the Yazidis in Iraq. Idomeni is a place suspended in time, and the film is shaped by scenes from the parallel lives of adults and children in the camp. The children do not go to school, but live in their own world and take care of each other, having little contact with their surrounding. The film catches their bubble and shows: they are tomorrow’s Europe. Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoIn November 2017, Nadia, Nawaf and their children are relocated to Germany. The children start school and are busy learning the language. For Nadia and especially for Nawaf it takes more time. Nawaf is mostly preoccupied with what is happening in Iraq, with the war and the terror attacks. But in the little town Uelzen in northern Germany all is calm.Original title - IdomeniA film by David AronowitschSweden, 2020Watch the full documentary: youtu.be/9hS1ORXUydA© 2020, Licensed by First Hand Films #refugees #europe #refugeecrisis
His wife, held by ISIS for three years, is about to be freed – Idomeni Chapter 8/11 wocomoHUMANITY 2022-12-30 | Watch previous episodes of Idomeni: youtube.com/watch?v=--srNIHL2GI&list=PLmj0Mi2GShGMJm3XVpY64Cn1Pvz6y8VhGIn March 2016, over 10,000 people were trapped in a camp outside the small Greek border village of Idomeni. The border had been closed to all people fleeing. Nadia and Nawaf had one objective, to get to Germany, to where their eldest son already arrived. They stayed with their six other children in several different camps in Greece. Yasir’s wife was an ISIS-prisoner. And many in Yasir’s family had been brutally killed by ISIS when they attacked the Yazidis in Iraq. Idomeni is a place suspended in time, and the film is shaped by scenes from the parallel lives of adults and children in the camp. The children do not go to school, but live in their own world and take care of each other, having little contact with their surrounding. The film catches their bubble and shows: they are tomorrow’s Europe. Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoOne year later Yasir has started a new life in Germany with his son, but someone is missing. Khalida, Yasir’s wife, is still in the hands of ISIS. But in May 2017 suddenly and unexpectedly something happens. A possibility to buy Khalida free from ISIS has materialized. She is taken from Syria to Iraq to her mother and other relatives. Yasir can only observe in his mobile what happens in Iraq from the distance of Germany. When he talks to Khalida on the phone something in Yasir’s gaze and whole appearance changes. They joke and flirt with each other through the mobile. She tells him some of what she has lived through the last three years. Now another long wait starts, to get Khalida to Germany. Original title - IdomeniA film by David AronowitschSweden, 2020Watch the full documentary: youtu.be/9hS1ORXUydA© 2020, Licensed by First Hand Films #refugees #europe #refugeecrisis
After months of waiting, hope of seeking asylum in Germany is close – Idomeni Chapter 7/11 wocomoHUMANITY 2022-12-28 | Watch previous episodes of Idomeni: youtube.com/watch?v=--srNIHL2GI&list=PLmj0Mi2GShGMJm3XVpY64Cn1Pvz6y8VhGIn March 2016, over 10,000 people were trapped in a camp outside the small Greek border village of Idomeni. The border had been closed to all people fleeing. Nadia and Nawaf had one objective, to get to Germany, to where their eldest son already arrived. They stayed with their six other children in several different camps in Greece. Yasir’s wife was an ISIS-prisoner. And many in Yasir’s family had been brutally killed by ISIS when they attacked the Yazidis in Iraq. Idomeni is a place suspended in time, and the film is shaped by scenes from the parallel lives of adults and children in the camp. The children do not go to school, but live in their own world and take care of each other, having little contact with their surrounding. The film catches their bubble and shows: they are tomorrow’s Europe. Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoNadia and Nawaf cannot to travel illegally with all their children. They have to stay in Greece and wait. They are taken yet another camp where there are real houses, not tents. It is a monotone waiting for an interview at the Greek Asylum Centre. Maybe they can be accepted for the EU Relocation Program. Original title - IdomeniA film by David AronowitschSweden, 2020Watch the full documentary: youtu.be/9hS1ORXUydA© 2020, Licensed by First Hand Films#refugees #europe #refugeecrisis
Refugee family reunited after being torn apart by war and persecution – Idomeni Chapter 6/11 wocomoHUMANITY 2022-12-23 | Watch previous episodes of Idomeni: youtube.com/watch?v=--srNIHL2GI&list=PLmj0Mi2GShGMJm3XVpY64Cn1Pvz6y8VhGIn March 2016, over 10,000 people were trapped in a camp outside the small Greek border village of Idomeni. The border had been closed to all people fleeing. Nadia and Nawaf had one objective, to get to Germany, to where their eldest son already arrived. They stayed with their six other children in several different camps in Greece. Yasir’s wife was an ISIS-prisoner. And many in Yasir’s family had been brutally killed by ISIS when they attacked the Yazidis in Iraq. Idomeni is a place suspended in time, and the film is shaped by scenes from the parallel lives of adults and children in the camp. The children do not go to school, but live in their own world and take care of each other, having little contact with their surrounding. The film catches their bubble and shows: they are tomorrow’s Europe. Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoYasir finally reaches Germany and meets his sister and his son again. But despite the reunion, Yasir think at his youngest son killed by ISIS. While his wife is still being held by the Islamic State. Original title - IdomeniA film by David AronowitschSweden, 2020Watch the full documentary: youtu.be/9hS1ORXUydA© 2020, Licensed by First Hand Films#refugees #europe #refugeecrisis
Smartphones are a lifeline for refugees – Idomeni Chapter 5/11 wocomoHUMANITY 2022-12-21 | Watch previous episodes of Idomeni: youtube.com/watch?v=--srNIHL2GI&list=PLmj0Mi2GShGMJm3XVpY64Cn1Pvz6y8VhGIn March 2016, over 10,000 people were trapped in a camp outside the small Greek border village of Idomeni. The border had been closed to all people fleeing. Nadia and Nawaf had one objective, to get to Germany, to where their eldest son already arrived. They stayed with their six other children in several different camps in Greece. Yasir’s wife was an ISIS-prisoner. And many in Yasir’s family had been brutally killed by ISIS when they attacked the Yazidis in Iraq. Idomeni is a place suspended in time, and the film is shaped by scenes from the parallel lives of adults and children in the camp. The children do not go to school, but live in their own world and take care of each other, having little contact with their surrounding. The film catches their bubble and shows: they are tomorrow’s Europe. Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoThe wait is endless in this no man's land and despite the miserable conditions, a calm atmosphere reigns over the camp. A dance performance with children took place one evening, while adults, on their phones, try to reach their relatives. A semblance of normality sometimes happens, as when the Musafer and Saber start to discuss talk about Mickael JacksonOriginal title - IdomeniA film by David AronowitschSweden, 2020Watch the full documentary: youtu.be/9hS1ORXUydA© 2020, Licensed by First Hand Films#refugees #europe #refugeecrisis
Jewish girls learn about modesty and how to behave correctly in the eyes of society wocomoHUMANITY 2022-12-19 | This is an excerpt from the documentary "Almost Friends" (First Hand Films)Click here to watch the full documentary (in English): youtu.be/VRIIcTMyx3QClick here to watch the full documentary (in Spanish): youtu.be/M3bikbl0qLAIn Telamim, a Jewish religious village, Jewish girls are soon to face their Bat Mitzvah and their teacher is giving them a lesson about modesty and how to behave correctly.Subscribe to wocomoHUMANITY: goo.gl/CMNyXt Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoDirected by Nitzan OphirOriginal title: Almost Friends2014 © Licensed by First Hand Films#jews #jewish #modesty #school #schoollife
Yazidi refugee tries to smuggle himself to Germany to see his son again – Idomeni Chapter 4/11 wocomoHUMANITY 2022-12-16 | Watch previous episodes of Idomeni: youtube.com/watch?v=--srNIHL2GI&list=PLmj0Mi2GShGMJm3XVpY64Cn1Pvz6y8VhGIn March 2016, over 10,000 people were trapped in a camp outside the small Greek border village of Idomeni. The border had been closed to all people fleeing. Nadia and Nawaf had one objective, to get to Germany, to where their eldest son already arrived. They stayed with their six other children in several different camps in Greece. Yasir’s wife was an ISIS-prisoner. And many in Yasir’s family had been brutally killed by ISIS when they attacked the Yazidis in Iraq. Idomeni is a place suspended in time, and the film is shaped by scenes from the parallel lives of adults and children in the camp. The children do not go to school, but live in their own world and take care of each other, having little contact with their surrounding. The film catches their bubble and shows: they are tomorrow’s Europe. Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoYasir decides to smuggle himself to Germany where his seven-year-old son Sizar already lives. Sizar has been taken to Germany by a non-governmental organization together with Yasir’s sisters. Original title - IdomeniA film by David AronowitschSweden, 2020Watch the full documentary: youtu.be/9hS1ORXUydA© 2020, Licensed by First Hand Films#refugees #europe #refugeecrisis
Friendship between Jewish and Muslim girls - Prejudiced relatives want to break the tie wocomoHUMANITY 2022-12-15 | This is an excerpt from the documentary "Almost Friends" (First Hand Films)Click here to watch the full documentary (in English): youtu.be/VRIIcTMyx3QClick here to watch the full documentary (in Spanish): youtu.be/M3bikbl0qLATwo girls, one religious Jewish and the other Israeli-Arab whose father is from the Occupied Territories, start to correspond online, and find themselves deep in a surprising, exciting, and stressful experience.Subscribe to wocomoHUMANITY: goo.gl/CMNyXt Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoSamar, 12, lives in Lod, a mixed city marred by poverty and crime. She has an Arab Israeli mother and a Palestinian father from the Occupied Territories.Linor, 11, lives in Tlamim, a religious jewish settlement.There are only 67 km between Lod and Tlamim, but the girls are separated by a vast national, cultural and ideological abyss. As participants in an education and technology program, their relationship starts from online correspondence. Meeting face-to-face adds an intense component to the two girls’ lives, sweeping them and their families into a profound and complex experience.Directed by Nitzan OphirOriginal title: Almost Friends2014 © Licensed by First Hand Films#jews #jewish #arab #friendship #prejudices #penpals
Refugee children share their grief and hope for a new life – Idomeni Chapter 3/11 wocomoHUMANITY 2022-12-14 | Watch previous episodes of Idomeni: youtube.com/watch?v=--srNIHL2GI&list=PLmj0Mi2GShGMJm3XVpY64Cn1Pvz6y8VhGIn March 2016, over 10,000 people were trapped in a camp outside the small Greek border village of Idomeni. The border had been closed to all people fleeing. Nadia and Nawaf had one objective, to get to Germany, to where their eldest son already arrived. They stayed with their six other children in several different camps in Greece. Yasir’s wife was an ISIS-prisoner. And many in Yasir’s family had been brutally killed by ISIS when they attacked the Yazidis in Iraq. Idomeni is a place suspended in time, and the film is shaped by scenes from the parallel lives of adults and children in the camp. The children do not go to school, but live in their own world and take care of each other, having little contact with their surrounding. The film catches their bubble and shows: they are tomorrow’s Europe.Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoA tragedy happened in the camp; two boys drowned. Their friends, Musafer and Saber are deeply affected by this loss. Why did they come here? The two boys ask each other, in this place where there is no hope and only desolation. Life inside the sprawling camp of 10,000 refugees is fraught and these two boys who have fled violence and persecution express their raw emotions with a moving honesty. Original title - IdomeniA film by David AronowitschSweden, 2020Watch the full documentary: youtu.be/9hS1ORXUydA© 2020, Licensed by First Hand Films#refugees #europe #refugeecrisis
Niña judía y niña musulmana luchan por su amistad | Casi amigas - Documental, 2014 wocomoHUMANITY 2022-12-12 | Samar, de 12 años, vive en Lod, una ciudad mixta marcada por la pobreza. Su madre es árabe-israelí y su padre palestino. Linor, de 11 años, vive en Tlamim, un asentamiento judío religioso. Sólo hay 67 km entre Lod y Tlamim, pero las niñas están separadas por un vasto abismo nacional, cultural e ideológico.Suscríbete al canal: goo.gl/5Sp36BComo participantes en un programa de educación y tecnología, su relación parte de la correspondencia en línea. El encuentro cara a cara añade un componente intenso a la vida de las dos chicas, arrastrándolas a ellas y a sus familias a una experiencia profunda y compleja.Título original: Almost Friends - Una película de Nitzan OphirUna producción de Heyman Brothers Films 2014 © Licenciado por First Hand Films
Alone at Idomeni refugee camp after being separated from his family by ISIS – Idomeni Chapter 2/11 wocomoHUMANITY 2022-12-09 | Watch the previous episode of Idomeni: youtu.be/--srNIHL2GIIn March 2016, over 10,000 people were trapped in a camp outside the small Greek border village of Idomeni. The border had been closed to all people fleeing. Nadia and Nawaf had one objective, to get to Germany, to where their eldest son already arrived. They stayed with their six other children in several different camps in Greece. Yasir’s wife was an ISIS-prisoner. And many in Yasir’s family had been brutally killed by ISIS when they attacked the Yazidis in Iraq. Idomeni is a place suspended in time, and the film is shaped by scenes from the parallel lives of adults and children in the camp. The children do not go to school, but live in their own world and take care of each other, having little contact with their surrounding. The film catches their bubble and shows: they are tomorrow’s Europe. Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoThis second episode focuses on Yasir, whose wife, Khalida, has been a prisoner of ISIS for almost two years and whose youngest son has been killed. With no relatives in the camp, Yasir tells the other refugees the story of his family destroyed by ISIS. He shares photos of his family members, those who have died and those who are still living, a way to keep their memory alive. However, the hope of seeing his wife alive again does not leave him. Original title - IdomeniA film by David AronowitschSweden, 2020Watch the full documentary: youtu.be/9hS1ORXUydA © 2020, Licensed by First Hand Films#refugees #europe #refugeecrisis
Yazidi family fleeing persecution gets stuck at Idomeni refugee camp – Idomeni Chapter 1/11 wocomoHUMANITY 2022-12-07 | In March 2016, over 10,000 people were trapped in a camp outside the small Greek border village of Idomeni. The border had been closed to all people fleeing. Nadia and Nawaf had one objective, to get to Germany, to where their eldest son already arrived. They stayed with their six other children in several different camps in Greece. Yasir’s wife was an ISIS-prisoner. And many in Yasir’s family had been brutally killed by ISIS when they attacked the Yazidis in Iraq. Idomeni is a place suspended in time, and the film is shaped by scenes from the parallel lives of adults and children in the camp. The children do not go to school, but live in their own world and take care of each other, having little contact with their surrounding. The film catches their bubble and shows: they are tomorrow’s Europe.Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoFirst episode of a documentary in eleven chapters “Idomeni”, which follows the tragic destinies of two Yazidi families fleeing the war and genocide. They try to find safety in another country, in Germany, but Europe's migration policy has decided otherwise. They find themselves blocked in a temporary camp in Greece outside the village of Idomeni. So close to new home und unable to move forward, they live in terrible conditions. Here is their story. It is March 2016, Nadia and Nawaf and their two children try to cope with this camp life. Their home was destroyed and many of their friends and relatives are missing or dead in Iraq. And in this endless waiting, the children play while the adults alternately play card and share their sorrow and hope. Original title - IdomeniA film by David AronowitschSweden, 2020Watch the full documentary: youtu.be/9hS1ORXUydA© 2020, Licensed by First Hand Films#refugees #europe #refugeecrisis
Tao people in Taiwan and their struggle to keep their flying fish culture alive wocomoHUMANITY 2022-09-09 | The Tao people have lived on the small island of Lanyu, which belongs to Taiwan, for around 800 years. Flying fish have always been their source of food, especially in the summer months when whole shoals pass by Lanyu's coasts on their way to Japan. But the Tao's traditional fishing life is gradually being destroyed. The reason is the overwhelming competition from large-scale fishing. The few men who still regularly go out to sea to catch flying fish are now of retirement age; the young people, almost half of the Tao, have left Lanyu in recent decades to find work and a better life on Taiwan's main island. How long will the ancient Tao culture be able to hold its own?Subscribe to wocomoHUMANITY: goo.gl/CMNyXt Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoExcerpt from the documentary "Taiwan - Fliegende Fische oder Atommüll" (360° - GEO Reportage)Click here to watch the full documentary (in German): youtu.be/Uz7hFkRtHb4
Lipanali - The ancient svanetian ritual to celebrate the day of the dead in Georgia wocomoHUMANITY 2022-07-01 | In the Caucasus highlands of Georgia, the people still cultivate their ancient rituals from pre-Christian times. The Svanetians are convinced that their ancestors continue to exist right next to them. In the icy winter cold, they set the table on their graves and even invite the deceased family members to their homes.Subscribe to wocomoHUMANITY: goo.gl/CMNyXt Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoIn ancient rituals, they invite the deceased to their table and hope that they will eat their fill and warm up at the bollero stove. Most residents do not want to leave their home - it might upset the ancestors. The deceased are always present in the families: "We are convinced of the presence of our ancestors. That is why we have to stay here on this piece of earth. We cannot leave them alone". That is why the days in winter are used to commemorate the dead: for the "Lipanali feast", only the finest food is cooked and liquor is distilled to dignify the dead. For several days, the souls are "hosted" in the families' homes and deliberate on the well-being of the family...Excerpt from the documentary "Svanetien - Von Lebenden und Toten" (360° - GEO Reportage)Click here to watch the full documentary (in German): youtu.be/KZ9v7YAJzR8
Mining under extreme conditions - How the mining industry eats its way through the Atacama Desert wocomoHUMANITY 2022-06-24 | Chile, the land of mining. Saltpetre, silver, lithium and especially copper are mined here and exported all over the world. And the mines need water. Enormous amounts of water, which they tap directly from the high altitudes of the Andes.Subscribe to wocomoHUMANITY: goo.gl/CMNyXt Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoThe Atacama Desert in northern Chile holds huge quantities of resources. The mining industry is eating its way through the driest desert in the world, leaving traces of destruction in its wake. For thousands of years, the Atacameños managed to survive despite the inhospitable conditions. But without the water that the mines extract directly from the springs in huge quantities, their culture is doomed...Excerpt from the documentary "Atacamawüste - Leben ohne Wasser" (360° - GEO Reportage)Click here to watch the full documentary (in German): youtu.be/OJJze1tQhz0
Female boxers in Zambia - Breaking with gender norms and their fight out of poverty wocomoHUMANITY 2022-06-17 | There are not many female boxers in Zambia, because it means breaking with the traditional role of women, which is coined by the strongly conservative Protestant churches. But more and more women want to take life into their own hands. Boxing gives them strength, a feeling of security and independence. A successful career in boxing is not only an escape from poverty for the men; the female boxers also dream of prize money from a professional fight.Subscribe to wocomoHUMANITY: goo.gl/CMNyXt Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoExcerpt from the documentary "Ring frei für Sambias Boxerinnen" (360° - GEO Reportage)Click here to watch the full documentary (in German): youtu.be/MmBs2InkDl0
Pelota - Soul of the Basque Country and the worlds fastest ball sport wocomoHUMANITY 2022-06-10 | There is hardly a sport that unites the people of the Basque Country as much as pelota. Located on the border between France and Spain, the region still sees itself as an independent province with a common culture, language and identity. The game of pelota, in which a ball is thrown against the wall of a house, is an important part of this. Subscribe to wocomoHUMANITY: goo.gl/CMNyXt Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoYou can play pelota with your hand or with a racket, even with a specially made glove. There are about 20 variations in total. The important thing is that there is an opposite wall that allows the thrown ball to bounce back. What sounds simple requires strength, speed and agility. In the Basque Country, this sport has been practised for centuries. It was invented here and even today children play it after school in public squares and streets.Excerpt from the documentary "Pelota, die baskische Leidenschaft" (360° - GEO Reportage)Click here to watch the full documentary (in German): youtu.be/pDf_DqGQAJU
Preparing salt at an altitude of over 3000 meters - The white gold of the Incas wocomoHUMANITY 2022-06-03 | The salines of Maras are located in the highlands of the Peruvian Andes at an altitude of over 3000 meters. They form a widely ramified salt labyrinth, built by human hands. Thousands of terraced basins catch the warm salt water from the mountain. While the water evaporates in the sun, a precious white crust remains at the edges and at the bottom of the basins: the Maras salt. Even today, the descendants of the Incas still extract their "white gold" of the Andes in this traditional way.Subscribe to wocomoHUMANITY: goo.gl/CMNyXt Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoThis is an excerpt from "Das Salz der Inka" (360° GEO - Reportage). Click here for the documentary in full length (in German): youtu.be/RUfLIGurIAE#documentary #history #inca #peru
African marabout conducts magic rituals to help wrestlers wocomoHUMANITY 2022-05-27 | Click here to watch the full documentary: youtu.be/5nxBr-mxuFgAurélien Duarte, a French multiple Kick Boxing, Muay Thaï and Shidokan Karate Champion, discovers different wrestling sports and techniques from all around the world. He emerges himself during a week with a Champion/Coach in order to learn the basic rules of that new sport. At the end of the film, Aurélien fights with a local Champion. Meanwhile, with him, the viewers will learn more about the history of that wrestling sport and also about the country, the people, their habits and culture.Subscribe to wocomoHUMANITY: goo.gl/CMNyXt Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoOriginal title: Planet Fight - SenegalA film by Aleksandar Dzerdz© Licensed by LUKARN
Modern gladiators: Meet Senegalese wrestlers in Dakar wocomoHUMANITY 2022-05-20 | Click here to watch the full documentary: youtu.be/5nxBr-mxuFgAurélien Duarte, a French multiple Kick Boxing, Muay Thaï and Shidokan Karate Champion, discovers different wrestling sports and techniques from all around the world. He emerges himself during a week with a Champion/Coach in order to learn the basic rules of that new sport. At the end of the film, Aurélien fights with a local Champion. Meanwhile, with him, the viewers will learn more about the history of that wrestling sport and also about the country, the people, their habits and culture.Subscribe to wocomoHUMANITY: goo.gl/CMNyXt Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoOriginal title: Planet Fight - SenegalA film by Aleksandar Dzerdz© Licensed by LUKARN
Inside the mystical Rajneesh movement - Rise and fall of Oshos controversial cult (Full Film) wocomoHUMANITY 2022-05-13 | The wild 1970s. A quest for higher consciousness, spirituality and sexual freedom. Inhis Ashram in Poona, Bhagwan urges his disciples to meditate and practise tantric sex in orderto reach a higher level of consciousness. Hugh, the guru’s bodyguard, watches his ascent onpeople. Sheela becomes his secretary and the powerful boss of Bhagwan’s community in themountains of Oregon. The guru, decried as ”sex-guru” by the Western media in the 1970s, isnow making headlines with his Rolls-Royces. The dream turns into a nightmare, for Hugh into amental breakdown, for Sheela into a prison sentence. Where did it all begin to go wrong?Subscribe to wocomoHUMANITY: goo.gl/CMNyXt Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoDirected by Sabine Gisiger & Beat HänerOriginal title: GURU - Bhagwan, His Secretary & His Bodyguard2010 © Licensed by Magnetfilm
Who is going to be the next viceroy of the Seto people? - Pagan rituals and ceremonies wocomoHUMANITY 2022-04-27 | They are one of the smallest community in Europe: the Seto ethnic minority lives in the south of present-day Estonia, their traditional settlement area extending across the nearby border into western Russia. Only a few thousand of them remain today, with a culture all their own. Subscribe to our channel: goo.gl/CMNyXt Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo One of their most important customs is the annual election of the "viceroy". He represents their king "Peko" on earth, a legendary pagan god. Although the Seto have also been strictly orthodox Christians for centuries, "Peko" and his earthly deputy are still held in the highest esteem. Rein Järvelill has been the viceroy for a year now. Will he win the election again this time? This is an excerpt from "Estland und das kleine Königreich der Seto" (360° GEO - Reportage). Click here for the documentary in full length (in German): youtu.be/zgv8oZfn-Sk
Diagnosis: Possessed by a Jinn - Visiting the healer instead of a psychiatrist wocomoHUMANITY 2022-04-22 | In the Arab world psychiatry is not yet that advanced. Therefore, instead of going to a psychiatrist a lot of people tend to rather go to see a healer. Here, in the north of Jordan, lives a renowned healer. Sheikh Ayesh recorded nearly all of his sessions and has documented up to 3000 hours... This is an excerpt from "Possessed by Djinn"Click here for the documentary in full length: youtu.be/ZtJ40kHWr042015 © Licensed by Lichtblick Film
Grandmother bewitches her own grandson with black magic - Sheikh needs to conduct exorcism on him wocomoHUMANITY 2022-04-19 | A widow has brought her son to a Sheikh who has diagnosed him to be possessed by a Djinn. So far, no doctor could explain his headaches until they've discovered a cursed pillow given to him by his own grandmother. It was filled with human hair, needles, threads, curses and even white powder which is a type of black magic...This is an excerpt from "Possessed by Djinn"Click here for the documentary in full length: youtu.be/ZtJ40kHWr042015 © Licensed by Lichtblick Film
Young adults with motor disabilities share their fears and hopes - Bande à part by M. Verdier wocomoHUMANITY 2022-04-15 | For Chaima, 18 years-old, the most important in life is not to worry too much about what others think about her, nor her looks, makeup, much less her disability. What she craves is an escape, a beautiful and crazy youth where everything is possible. She dances in front of her mirror to her favorite song. But deep down inside, she thinks about the life of the other teenagers who live outside of the Establishment. How different could their life be from hers?Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36BFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo© Licensed by Eroin#disability #documentary #teenagers
Carnival in Italy - Europes longest and wildest fun wocomoHUMANITY 2022-04-13 | Schignano - for centuries the people here have celebrated the end of winter with an archaic, wild carnival. In the streets of the mountain village high above Lake Como, the "Belli" dance against the "Brutti" - the beautiful and rich against the ugly and poor.Subscribe to our channel: goo.gl/CMNyXt Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo Once a year, the residents of the municipality of Schignano shed their identities and don colorful homemade costumes and wild wooden masks to celebrate an unbridled carnival. Battista, a long-established, famous mask carver in the region, explains the costumes, "The beautiful one is the one who has traveled the world and come into money. His belly represents wealth, he wears lavish jewelry, big flowery hats, makes himself important and pretends to be arrogant. The ugly one is the exact opposite - he symbolizes a bad lifestyle, drinks a lot and wears tattered clothes. He is full of anger toward the beautiful and the rich." All year, Battista's wife is busy sewing and embroidering the garish costumes - and hopes, like everyone here, that Carnival will live on in the future.This is an excerpt from "Schignano, an ancient carnival in Italy's mountains" (360° GEO - Reportage). Click here for the documentary in full length (in German): youtu.be/UBhl_XT1ixY
Being an Army Wife: The daily life of a military spouse wocomoHUMANITY 2022-04-08 | Despite being proud to be married to a soldier, a so-called "Army Wife" shares with us the difficulties she faces in her daily life since her husband's return. For there is no place for doubt, sadness, and fear in the American army. Back home, many soldiers struggle with these feelings.Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36B Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoThis is an excerpt of "Beer Is Cheaper Than Therapy" © 2011, First Hand Films
Exorcism in Islam - Demons, devils, and supernatural encounters (Documentary, 2015) wocomoHUMANITY 2022-04-06 | The belief in demons or "djinn" is widespread in Islamic culture, but has been little studied so far. In a subjective search for clues, the documentary follows the true story of Aya, a four-year-old Jordanian girl who was killed by her father because he believed her to be possessed. Investigations lead director Dalia Al Kury into an obscure parallel world of traditions and rituals. Disturbing yet fascinating encounters with jinn exorcists and possessed people reveal the contradictions of their society and ultimately force the director to confront her own fears and demons.Subscribe to wocomoHUMANITY: goo.gl/CMNyXt Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoDirected by Dalia Al KuryOriginal title: Possessed by Djinn2015 © Licensed by Lichtblick Film
Playing with gender | What does it feel like to be a man? wocomoHUMANITY 2022-04-01 | What does it feel like to be a man? What is natural and what can be learned? Famous gender activist and performance artist Diane Torr teaches women during her workshops how to become the man of their choice. Watch women's transformations and follow them in their adventures into men's world.Subscribe to the channel: goo.gl/5Sp36B Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomoThis is an excerpt of "Man for a Day"Watch the full documentary here - youtube.com/watch?v=sM0DZ4cLA4M© 2012, First Hand Films
Lucia festival in Stockholm: glamorous tradition against the long winter wocomoHUMANITY 2022-03-30 | The long darkness of Swedish winters makes people in Stockholm and in the archipelago, the island world off the Swedish capital, inventive. They decorate streets and windows with lights, artists create light sculptures and traditionally many schools celebrate the festival of lights of Lucia with concerts.Subscribe to our channel: goo.gl/CMNyXt Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo The Adolf Fredriks Music School choir prepares for its Lucia concert at Hedwig Eleonora church. This time, 14-year-old Elsa was chosen from the 120 choir students to portray Lucia. She may solemnly wear the crown of lights with burning candles on her head - a great honor. Light artist Johan Ferner Ström is also preparing for the cold, dark season - together with his colleague Tor Svae, he will open a radiant children's playground that they have designed together. And they already have an order waiting for new light sculptures in the form of giant acorns. Even if snow and ice have become rarer - the cold season and its short days with little light are definitely celebrated creatively and atmospherically by the Swedes.Excerpt from "Lichterglanz im Norden: Winter in Stockholm und den Schären" (360° - GEO Reportage).Click here to watch the documentary (in German): youtu.be/uE8XcPEKQIoA film by Heiko De Groot© 2020, license MedienKontor / ARTE
