Russians called traitors for protesting when radioactively poisonedJourneyman Pictures2024-10-23 | Russians called traitors for protesting when radioactively poisonedReporting For Duty | PreviewJourneyman Pictures2024-05-16 | Across Ukraine in regional towns and cities, increasing numbers of women are running newsrooms and reporting the war from the frontline. While male colleagues have been mobilised to join the fight against Russia, these women are ensuring that isolated communities are still being kept informed through their local independent media.
ABC – Ref. 8672Made In Europe: From Mine to Electric Vehicle | Trailer | Coming SoonJourneyman Pictures2024-05-16 | A tsunami of cheap electric vehicles from China could lead to a nightmarish de-industrialisation in Europe. Dr Peter Tom Jones, a well known climate author, is convinced that Europe has to take the full value chain back in its own hands, from mine to electric vehicle. He undertakes a road trip in the Nordic countries to visit iconic mines and show best practices. He talks to the indigenous Sami people and to European leaders.
Storyrunner – Ref. 8666The Iraqi Wedding Blaze That Shocked The World | After The FireJourneyman Pictures2024-05-15 | A wedding fire in Qaraqosh Iraq leaves Adison Najeeb, a young videographer who filmed the event, shocked and traumatised. Conspiracy theories take hold. Many think the fire was arranged by outside powers to gain greater influence in the area. The Christian town has dealt with two decades of war, sectarian violence, and ISIS. But beyond the local political grievances and feelings of neglect, there is a deeper sense of exhaustion. After the fire, Adison decides to leave Iraq, and his family, behind.
Aaron Weintraub – Ref. 8663How faith brought Hutus and Tutsis together | From Horror To HopeJourneyman Pictures2024-05-14 | The establishment of the Village of Reconciliation, and an influx of faith has managed to bring together Hutus and Tutsis, only 30 years on from the Hutu-led genocide of the Tutsi minority. Here, both victims and perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide live together as friends, in peace.
RSI – Ref. 8665Can victims and perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide live together? | Rwanda: 30 Years OnJourneyman Pictures2024-05-14 | April 6, 1994. On that day, one of the bloodiest episodes in history began in Rwanda: the genocide between ethnic Hutu and Tutsi citizens. One million dead in three months. Thirty years later, what remains today of that terrible massacre? Have the racial hatred and deep wounds that tore the country apart healed? How can murderers and survivors live together and look each other in the eye?
RSI – Ref. 8664Life Under Soviet Rule and The Velvet Revolution | Adriana (2006) | Full FilmJourneyman Pictures2024-05-10 | She's one of the most photographed women in the world. The glamorous Wonderbra girl with the famous husband and enviable lifestyle. But strip away the glitz and the real story of Slovakian supermodel Adriana Sklenarikova emerges.
PLUTO FILM A VIDEO – Ref. 3089South Koreas Sham Adoptions | PreviewJourneyman Pictures2024-05-09 | In the decades since the Korean war ended, 200,000 children have been adopted to families worldwide. Now as adults many adoptees are coming back, desperate for information about their birth parents and the circumstances of their adoptions.
ABC – Ref. 8659The politics driving extinction in the Galápagos Islands (2005)Journeyman Pictures2024-05-09 | Survival of the Fittest (2005): A violent dispute between fishermen and park rangers is threatening the Galápagos Islands' wildlife. Some species have already disappeared.
Throwing molotov cocktails and beating park rangers with clubs, hoards of angry fishermen storm the rangers' headquarters. "The rangers have passed laws to cause the fishing sector to disappear," complains spokesman Rogelio Huaycho. The fishermen claim they're locked in a battle for survival with the wildlife on the islands. But rangers are dismayed that fishermen are using their disproportionate political influence to overturn conservation edicts. "I don't think things have been any worse ever in the National Park," laments former Park director Fernando Ortiz. The first species are already disappearing, rangers have been attacked and anti poaching patrols stopped. The worry is that things will get worse. As Oritz fears: "I think conservation will be history."
ABC Australia – Ref. 2629Seize the Summit | Trailer | Coming SoonJourneyman Pictures2024-05-09 | “Seize the Summit” is the story of four young people’s thrilling journey to reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa. Shaqayeq, Adnan, Safa and Tania are not ordinary adventurers, they are all survivors of war from different countries. Safa has never even been on an airplane; Adnan has been bound to a wheelchair ever since he was shot at age 14; Shaqayeq takes the bus to go to a supermarket that is 10 minutes walking distance from her house; Tania only just managed to escape Ukraine.
In September 2011, thousands of strangers gathered in the most important financial district in the world. They set up camp, sat down and waited. This was the beginning of Occupy Wall Street, the social protest against financial inequality that soon became a global phenomenon. This beautifully shot doc assembles cogent analysis from thinkers, journalists and the activists who took over the streets, to assess the state of a nation during the biggest social uprising in recent history. Could a movement without a leader actually change the world?
Strangeways Media – Ref. 6524The Japanese women fighting for a place in sumo | Sumo Sisters | PreviewJourneyman Pictures2024-05-02 | Across the world female athletes have been revolutionising sport, pushing for recognition and pay to put them on an equal footing with their male equivalent. In Japan the ancient sport of sumo is wrestling with how to accept women competitors on an equal footing, challenging deeply held customs and traditions.
ABC Australia – Ref. 8656Finding Yusuf | PreviewJourneyman Pictures2024-05-01 | A western Sydney schoolboy was taken to Syria with his family to live under IS in 2015. After the fall of the so-called caliphate, he was swept up into the adult Kurdish prison system and feared dead.
SBS Australia – Ref. 8657Disengagement | Trailer | Available NowJourneyman Pictures2024-05-01 | This action-packed documentary film presents never-seen-before footage of the settlements in Gaza being evacuated and then inhabited by the Palestinians. With poignant interviews of Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Jewish settlers, Israeli soldiers, and Islamic militants, this film takes a balanced look at a monumental moment in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Jaron Gilinsky – Ref. 8624The Families of Israeli October 7th Hostages Struggling to Free Their Loved Ones | Hostage FamiliesJourneyman Pictures2024-04-30 | Israeli hostage families struggle to free their loved ones held by Hamas in Gaza. For more than seven months they have lobbied world leaders, confronted their own Government, and pressured Hamas via Qatar and Egypt all in an effort to free those most dear to them. As each day passes without the hostages’ freedom , the families know the greater the chance will be that those most precious to them will return dead not alive. They demand the hostages be freed now.
Vigilance Productions Inc – Ref. 8656Our Name Is Bond | Trailer | Coming SoonJourneyman Pictures2024-04-30 | Meet a diverse group of men, real men across the globe all sharing the same name - James Bond. Australian director Matthew Bauer’s energetic exploration of masculine identity features a gay New York theatre director, a Swedish 007 super-fan with a Nazi past, an African American Bond accused of murder, and the Ornithologist whose name was stolen by author Ian Fleming to name his fictional secret agent.
The Other Fellow Ltd – Ref. 8655Hatching Eagles: From Beginning to Olympic Heroes | Trailer | Coming SoonJourneyman Pictures2024-04-29 | The national ski jumping team of China is trained in Finland, starting from scratch just three years before the Beijing Winter Olympics. Under the guidance of legendary coach Mika Kojonkoski, in an unprecedented training project, young athletes strive to represent their country on the world stage. Training is tough and the cold is biting, but relationships warm the heart. The team becomes a family, and the pursuit of joy ultimately becomes the most important factor in their development.
Tallistudio Ltd – Ref. 8654The Magazine That Changed South Africa | Have You Seen Drum Recently? (1988) | Full FilmJourneyman Pictures2024-04-27 | 'Drum' pulsated with music, life and culture; eye-popping images of black models jumped off its covers. It was a rallying point for black sophisticates as the anti-apartheid movement took shape. And it changed the face of black culture forever.
The Schadeberg Movie Company – Ref. 3007What Happened to the Gaza Freedom Flotilla | The Truth: Lost At Sea (2019) | Full DocJourneyman Pictures2024-04-26 | In 2010, the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, a convoy of ships carrying humanitarian aid, attempted to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza. After refusing Israel’s request to desist, the flotilla continued on course through international waters, and Israel launched a night-raid, boarding the ships. On one of the six ships, a melee broke out between a group of activists and Israeli naval commandos. In the struggle, nine activists were shot dead and a tenth later died of their injuries. The murky details of what happened that night are laid out by the filmmaker, one of the surviving activists, unravelling how the story was spun by the media.
Rifat Audeh – Ref. 7625Israels Plan To Redraw Border Risks Further Conflict | Borderline Election (2006)Journeyman Pictures2024-04-24 | Kadima has an ambitious plan to redraw Israel's border and effectively impose a state on the Palestinians. But in attempting to dictate peace, is Israel risking permanent conflict?
The plan involves abandoning the remote settlements, withdrawing from 60% of the West Bank and retreating behind the security wall. "The conflict can't be resolved. It has to be managed through unilateral retrenchment", explains Dr Mark Heller from the Centre for Strategic Studies. But it's a plan Palestinians renounce. "This policy of forcing a fait accompli on the Palestinians is rejected", states Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri. "It divides the whole West Bank into three main ghettos." Palestinians would lose their border with Jordan and their movements would be severely restricted. The fear is this could lead to more violence not less.
SBS Australia – Ref. 3029Unbound: Ballet Dancers Fight Against Abuse | Trailer | Coming SoonJourneyman Pictures2024-04-24 | Ballet dancers want to create their own company, open their doors to other traumatised, talented, survivors, and together, ‘reclaim the stage’. It won’t be easy. They’re young and fragile. They have no money or experience. But in a run-down studio, with a gender-fluid ballet insurgent to direct them, they fight for the chance to dance once again, with defiance, hope and joy.
OTOXO Productions – Ref. 8622The Struggle Over Settlements In The West Bank | Roadblock To Peace (2003)Journeyman Pictures2024-04-24 | Under the 2003 proposed roadmap to peace, Israel was meant to freeze and dismantle illegal settlements. But instead the number of settlements increased.
Production Company – Ref. 1899After the Tide | Trailer | Coming SoonJourneyman Pictures2024-04-23 | ‘After the Tide’ explores the pressing issue of coastal erosion and how the idyllic village of Happisburgh in Norfolk, UK, is threatened by a new wave of government policy. Across the UK, coastal erosion has been a constant threat, with many villages lost over centuries to the encroaching tide. However, with the threat of climate change, a dramatic rise in sea levels and hard defences failing, these communities are facing rapid rates of erosion which threaten their way of life.
JH Film Production – Ref. 8640Norwegian Democrazy | Trailer | Coming SoonJourneyman Pictures2024-04-22 | A deep dive into the fiery intersection of free speech and hate speech, spotlighting the contentious actions of SIAN, an Islam-critical group whose incendiary protests incite fierce debates and necessitate extensive police protection. Through exclusive access, the film intimately follows SIAN's leader, Lars Thorsen, and his associate, Fanny Bråten, alongside the endeavors of anti-racist activist Axel and his allies. As tensions escalate and violence looms, the documentary grapples with pivotal inquiries regarding the exploitation of free speech for spreading hatred and the intricate challenges confronting democratic societies in confronting extremism.
Antipode Films – Ref. 8642The Story Of An Anti-Apartheid Activist | Ernest Cole (2006) | Full FilmJourneyman Pictures2024-04-19 | Jurgen Schadeberg brings light on fellow photographer and former exile Ernest Cole in this beautiful film. Cole may have been one of a generation of lost black achievers that history overlooked for a while, but no more. This film reveals how he acted as a shining symbol of anti-apartheid activism through art.
Weaving rare video footage of Cole with contemporary interviews of his family and associates, Schadeberg tells the story of a courageous artist who helped changed societies view of itself.
The Schadeberg Movie Company – Ref. 3008Santa Cruz Cemetery Massacre | Preview (1991)Journeyman Pictures2024-04-19 | An extract from Max Stahl's footage of the massacre of at least 250 pro-independence East Timorese protesters by the Indonesian Army in 1991, during Indonesia's occupation of East Timor.
Max Stahl – Ref. 4732Hindenburg Disaster | Fear and Fire in New Jersey | TrailerJourneyman Pictures2024-04-18 | Hindenburg Disaster (1937) is a collection of rare clips relating to the Hindenburg airship tragedy which took place in Manchester Township, New Jersey. It includes the construction of the airship and interviews with passengers who had taken journeys on the Hindenburg. It also contains footage of the airship over New York, scenes over the Atlantic Ocean and a press conference with the cameraman who shot the disaster. There is also material of Hindenburg commander Hugo Eckener.
Journeyman Pictures – Ref. 3462Chasing Chinese spies in Switzerland | Hotel EspionageJourneyman Pictures2024-04-18 | A hotel run by a Chinese family near Meringen airport allegedly served as a base for military espionage. The presence of American F35 aircraft during training caught the attention of Chinese spies, who had the opportunity to observe them quietly for 5 years before Swiss authorities intervened. Until then, the hotel, purchased by a 22-year-old man, had not aroused anyone’s curiosity.
RTS Radio Television Suisse – Ref. 8653Inside Britains Thieving Museums | Stolen ArtJourneyman Pictures2024-04-17 | RTS by Radio Television Suisse
Western museums harbour treasures often plundered over the ages. African art is particularly affected, but this also applies to indigenous peoples from around the world. While a restitution movement is underway, major institutions like the British Museum still refuse to return stolen works. We followed the activists of the British collective Looty, who digitize and 3D print stolen artworks to make them public.
Radio Television Suisse – Ref. 8652Building on Tainted Soil | PreviewJourneyman Pictures2024-04-17 | Augustine, Charmaine and Jim are some of the hundreds of thousands of Native American children placed in residential schools since the 1870s. Back then, the United States government waged a costly war with most indigenous tribes. In 1882, they calculated that it cost nearly $1 million to kill just one tribal member in battle, but just $1,200 for eight years of schooling. So they funded over 360 boarding schools which systematically destroyed native cultures and communities.
Anneleen Ophoff – Ref. 8279The Israeli Settlers War On Palestine | The Shepherds Of The West BankJourneyman Pictures2024-04-16 | Since October 7, 2023, with all eyes on Gaza, in the occupied West Bank the situation has tragically worsened. Over 400 Palestinians have been killed by security forces or Israeli settlers. Over 1,300 people belonging to herding communities have been expelled from their homes, while the Netanyahu government has proposed building over three thousand new homes in the West Bank settlements. The United States and Europe have sanctioned some of the most violent settlers. Reporting from the West Bank, RSI met Palestinian shepherds, Israeli peace activists and Israeli settlers, all protagonists of this other, painful chapter of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
RSI – Ref. 8650How WW2 Is Still Wreaking Havoc In The Pacific | Time Bomb | PreviewJourneyman Pictures2024-04-16 | More than eight decades ago in the 1940s, World War II raged across the Pacific as ferocious battles took place between the Allies and Japan. One of the most significant events was at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands where the Japanese advance on the Pacific was stopped by the Allies and where around 30,000 lives were lost.
On land, the islands are littered with unexploded devices – almost 50,000 have been discovered since 2011. Accidental detonations of the bombs and other munitions have caused deaths and injuries and survivors are left to struggle for themselves with very little support.
ABC – Ref. 8547The Ultimate Aussie Adventure Story | Motorkite Dreaming (2017) | Full FilmJourneyman Pictures2024-04-12 | This is the tale of Aidan, Daryl, their fiancées and their shared dream to fly microlights from Adelaide to Beagle Bay. The intrepid couples navigate tough flying conditions, crocodile-infested swamps and their own conflicting personalities. Led by two Aboriginal guides, the flying circus heads deep into the spiritual heartland of Australia. Soaring through twenty indigenous language nations they connect with a culture thousands of years old.
Motorkite PTY LTD – Ref. 7155The Kids Gambit | PreviewJourneyman Pictures2024-04-12 | Chess is one of the world's fastest growing sports and Australian kids are making big moves. Dateline follows a child prodigy to the Netherlands for the world's biggest junior chess tournament.
SBS Australia – Ref. 8649The Wanted | Trailer | Available NowJourneyman Pictures2024-04-11 | A man accused by Rwandan authorities of being involved in brutal atrocities is living in Australia's suburbs. This joint Four Corners and Guardian investigation raise tough questions about our immigration screening processes.
ABC Australia Four Corners – Ref. 8648One Ukrainian Woman Versus Three Russian Soldiers | The Choice | TrailerJourneyman Pictures2024-04-10 | The Choice is dedicated to ordinary Ukrainians. They were the first to face the enemy head-on. They managed to repel the invaders. This movie is based on true events.
Kalyna Film – Ref. 8616Meet Britain’s Far-Right Extremists | Britains Ultra Nationalists (2019) | Full FilmJourneyman Pictures2024-04-05 | The Far Right is on the march. With an uncertain future before us, Britain’s political landscape is unstable, and violence is on the rise. The combination of Brexit and Donald Trump’s presidency has empowered the Ultra Nationalist cause, leaving communities more divided than ever. Journalist Aran Tori is on a mission to track down these Far-Right Extremists and get to the bottom of what drives their hatred.
Ben Bachmann – Ref. 7588Inside Tibet | Trailer | Coming SoonJourneyman Pictures2024-04-05 | For around fifteen years, no Western camera has been able to get to the heart of Tibet. In this challenging and revelatory doc, Director Jean-Michel Carré gains authorisation over several months to film the human, economic and political realities of the region – one that exists outside time, but which is still in constant evolution towards a modernity imposed by China. With contributions from residents and regional experts, the film generates a new perspective on this region, which has become, despite existing under China’s control, a nexus of global geopolitical influence.
Les Films Grain de Sable – Ref. 8628Sikh Movement for Independence | Sikhs, Spies and Murder | PreviewJourneyman Pictures2024-04-03 | When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood up and accused India of being behind the killing of a Sikh activist on Canadian soil last year, the world took notice. South Asia correspondent Avani Dias travels to Punjab where tensions are high and the authorities are watching. This is the Sikh homeland where a banned separatist movement is fighting to create its own independent nation of Khalistan. Avani visits the family home of the man murdered in Canada, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, and learns of unusual activity in the lead up to his killing.
ABC – Ref. 8644Italys One Euro House Dream | PreviewJourneyman Pictures2024-04-03 | For many people, living in an historic town in Italy seems like an unaffordable dream. But thanks to an ambitious social experiment you can live la dolce vita in Sicily for just one euro! Foreign Correspondent reporter Natalie Whiting travels to the Sicilian towns where people are arriving from all over the world to snap up abandoned houses for virtually nothing.
ABC – Ref. 8643Seeking Normalcy in War-Torn Ukraine | Ukraine: Escaping the Darkness | PreviewJourneyman Pictures2024-04-02 | As the front line shifts, volunteer soldier Yuri is determined to keep his family safe underground even when their neighbours return to life outside. But his wife, Svetlana, is craving a normal home, and their teenage daughters are growing restless in isolation. When a chance for a new life emerges in the countryside, the family must reach an agreement, balancing their dreams and fears.
Al Jazeera English – Ref. 8363A dream-like voyage into Scotlands past | From Scotland With Love (2014) & King Creosote | Full DocJourneyman Pictures2024-03-31 | Virginia Heath’s hypnotic archive film, From Scotland With Love, offers a cinematic reflection on 20th century Scotland - and the human experiences that defined the era. A journey into our collective past, this is an exploration of universal themes of love, loss, resistance, migration, work and play. Ordinary people, some long since dead, their names and identities largely forgotten, appear shimmering from the depth of the vaults to take a starring role.
Faction Films Ltd – Ref. 8195Executive Outcomes: A Mercenary Army For Hire In South Africa | The War Business (1997) | Full FilmJourneyman Pictures2024-03-29 | We uncover the bloody truth of the world's most successful private army, Executive Outcomes. Sent wherever mineral resources like diamonds or oil promise wealth, these mercenaries, trained as soldiers in apartheid-era South Africa and equipped with state-of-the-art weapons of war, sell their security services to the highest bidder and frequently leave a trail of destruction in their wake. And British interests are behind it all.
Journeyman Pictures – Ref. 308A mother toils in the fields to save her daughter | Tunisias Fields of Resilience | PreviewJourneyman Pictures2024-03-29 | From the cold of winter to the scorching heat of summer, Noura works long hours in Tunisia’s fertile fields to earn a living. Alongside other women, Noura travels every day to the farm on the back of a truck. The women are poorly equipped and paid very little for the extreme working conditions.
Al Jazeera English – Ref. 8634From retirement to activism | Spains Housing Battles | PreviewJourneyman Pictures2024-03-29 | Antonio and Maria are a Spanish couple in their 80s from Madrid. For the first time in their lives, they are finding it difficult to afford gas and electricity bills. They are struggling with the rising cost of living taking grip across Europe.
Al Jazeera English – Ref. 8639A young Indonesian Indigenous leader against wildfires | Fire Beneath Her | PreviewJourneyman Pictures2024-03-29 | A new fire season crackles to life in Kalimantan as 29-year-old Emmanuela Shinta monitors the air quality and distributes face masks to thousands of villagers expecting the worst. But she knows it is not enough. Now, climate change events also threaten to exacerbate the tinderbox conditions under the forest floor. Shinta starts raising funds to buy a plot of forest that she hopes will save her village from going up in flames.
Al Jazeera English – Ref. 8638Human rights advocate Moazzam Begg returns to Afghanistan | Echoes of Bagram | PreviewJourneyman Pictures2024-03-28 | Haunted by nightmares of torture and abuse, British human rights campaigner Moazzam Begg decides to return to Afghanistan to confront the horrors of his past. Moazzam was detained at the notorious Bagram and Guantanamo Bay prisons without charge or trial, before being released in 2003. Ever since, Moazzam has fought for the rights of those imprisoned during the so-called, US-led war on terror.
Al Jazeera English – Ref. 8637An Indigenous mother rises in polarised Chilean politics | A Vision of Justice | PreviewJourneyman Pictures2024-03-28 | On her way to work, Fabiola Campillai was blinded when she was shot in the face with a tear gas canister by police during Chile’s 2019 uprising. Despite having no experience in politics, the Indigenous mother and former factory worker decides to fight for justice and run for parliament.
Al Jazeera English – Ref. 8635The Herbicide Killing Hundreds In Punjab And Odisha | Paraquat: Indias Deadly WeedkillerJourneyman Pictures2024-03-28 | The history of Paraquat is similar to that of other substances used in agriculture: suspected of being the cause of some neurological diseases, Paraquat has been banned in many countries that produce it, but it's still traded in states where legislation is more permissive. In India, the stories linked to this killer herbicide have taken a tragic turn because it is used as a means of suicide.
RSI – Ref. 8641Cant Feel Nothing: What is the internet doing to us? | Trailer | Coming SoonJourneyman Pictures2024-03-27 | A man lies in bed illuminated by the blue-white light of his mobile phone. He doom scrolls past cute pets, outraged opinion pieces and haunting images from the world's hotspots – and he feels absolutely nothing. With curiousity and humour, director David Borenstein travels the world to investigate how bad things really are. Who is pulling the strings when the internet makes us angry, sad, horny or just plain indifferent? And is there any way back? From the American internet troll, a burnt-out superstar in the Asian influencer industry, a cynical fake-news factory in Eastern Europe, Russian state propagandists and an online dominatrix, this is an alarming contemporary diagnosis, with a bold attempt to also look at solutions.
Snowglobe – Ref. 8633Eddys War | Trailer | Coming SoonJourneyman Pictures2024-03-25 | For four seasons, Eddy van Wessel travels along the Ukrainian frontlines. As the most acclaimed Dutch war photographer for three decades now, he still seeks to capture the ultimate image – one that encapsulates the entire conflict, making all the struggles, traumas, and setbacks he has endured worthwhile. Filmmaker Joost van der Valk (known for "Satudarah – One Blood") shadows him, documenting how Van Wessel experiences and captures the war through encounters and interactions with Ukrainians. However, on the other side of the lens, one is not immune to the war's suffering.
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