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In the Penal Colony
Based on a story by Franz Kafka, this Philip Glass opera is set at the turn of the 20th century on a remote island where a high-ranking visitor arrives to witness the use of a strange machine in the execution of a prisoner. It is a parable for the consequences of the abuse of power and corruption.
Queer Hutterite: Misfit on the Colony
The film profiles Kelly Hofer, a gay activist and photographer in Calgary who grew up in a Hutterite religious community in southern Manitoba. The film focuses on Hofer's early life within the community, and what eventually forced him to leave and move to Calgary in 2012.
Roanoke: Search for the Lost Colony
For over 400 years, the disappearance of 117 colonists from Roanoke Island has been America’s oldest mystery. Now, a mysterious stone inscription may lead to uncovering the truth. Expert stonemasons Jim and Bill Vieira team up with maverick archaeologist Fred Willard to investigate the mystery and find out what happened to the lost colony.
The Last British Colony in Africa
In the 1960’s and 70’s, the U.K. forced the entire Chagossian population off their homeland so the U.S. could build a military base on the island of Diego Garcia. This film sheds a light on the human rights abuses Chagossians have suffered and their ongoing campaign for their right to return to their homeland.
The Lost Colony of Roanoke: New Evidence
In 1587, more than 100 English colonists settle on Roanoke Island and soon vanish, baffling historians for centuries; now, experts use the latest forensic archaeology to investigate the true story behind America's oldest and most controversial mystery.
Puerto Rico: A Colony the American Way
A report on the political, social, and economic problems of Puerto Rico in the early 1980s and on the impact of the island's eighty-four-year-old link to the United States. Features interviews with leaders of the Puerto Rican Socialist and Independence parties, Governor Romero Barcelo, U.S. Congressman Ronald Dellums, and the Puerto Rican people th..
Enfants des Nuages, la dernière colonie
Ce film documentaire examine la situation actuelle en Afrique du Nord et la responsabilité des puissances occidentales, notamment les Etats-Unis et la France, ainsi que leurs stratégies basées sur le principe de la Realpolitik, appliquées ici au Sahara Occidental, la dernière colonie africaine selon l'ONU. Le film est un voyage très personnel..
Lost Colony
Une légende raconte que les premiers colons à avoir foulé le sol américain ont été décimés par des esprits de la forêt.
Glimpses of the Culion Leper Colony and of Culion Life
This is one of the earliest representations of the Philippines in moving images. Stored in the British Film Institute archives, this administrative reconnaissance film exhibits the Culion leper colony in the province of Palawan and is being shown for the first time in the country.
A Time There Was: Stories from the Last Days of Kenya Colony
A look at the Mau Mau Rebellion of the 1950s as experienced by filmmaker Donald McWilliams.
Alternative 3 - The Secret Mars Colony
Whistle-blower revelations from President Eisenhower's great granddaughter and others give renewed credence to the evidence that Mars is being prepared as a Survival Colony in the face of imminent catastrophic events that could decimate the population of planet Earth. This film presents the best evidence available that there is Life on Mars and tha..
The Jamestown Colony (1607 Through 1620)
Chronicles early history of the Jamestown Colony. Describes voyage and hardships of the first settlers from England and the trials of later arrivals.
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
Near the end of the 16th century, more than 100 men, women, and children sailed across the Atlantic to establish the first permanent English colony in America. Three years later, the colony had disappeared. A secret message, carved into a tree, was one of the only clues left behind at the scene. Now, more than four centuries later, a recent discove..
Hip-Hop Colony: The African Hip-Hop Explosion
A documentary that explores the roots of Genge, a new hybrid of modern hip-hop beats and traditional Kenyan musical elements.
William Penn and the Quakers (Pennsylvania Colony) (Revised)
Describes the Quakers' struggle for religious freedom and the founding of the Pennsylvania colony, under the leadership of William Penn. Describes the colony's belief in freedom of speech and religion, and in the equality of all. Explains why Pennsylvania prospered.
La Colonie pénitentiaire
Une journaliste vient faire un reportage sur une île du Pacifique, ancienne colonie pénitentiaire qui s'est proclamée république indépendante.
Macabre Legends of the Colony
The Mexican luchador Tinieblas buys an ancient painting of a dead woman ignoring the warning that it is haunted. Later, after a fight his partners El Fantasma Blanco and Mil Máscaras joins him in a party at his apartment with two beautiful ladies, but when the clock reaches midnight the painting transports them all to colonial times. In order to r..
Between the Colony and the Stars
Juliano Moreira Colony, Rio de Janeiro. Estelar works in a psychiatric hospital and has visions of the past. During a water crisis in the state, she receives Kalil, her younger brother, to live in her house.
Ober Ost: The Forgotten Colony in the Heart of Europe
While the First World War and its battles on the Western Front are still very much anchored in our memory of history, the simultaneous battle in the East appears now to have been largely forgotten. During the course of this military action, a peculiar, state-like entity was created, a German colony in Eastern Europe, a military utopia: the Land of ..
Greetings from the Colony
En 1926, Suzanne naît de l'union entre un administrateur territorial belge et une femme rwandaise. À l'époque, ces unions sont sanctionnées par le pouvoir colonial. À l'âge de 4 ans, son père embarque Suzanne vers la Belgique pour qu'elle y reçoive une éducation européenne.
