S1.E3 ∙ An Independent Cast of Minds

In January 2011 a popular uprising started the Egyptian Revolution. After 18 days Mubarak, an army general who came from a 30 years long dictatorship, resigned as president of Egypt. Since then the Egyptian people went trough a long electoral process, and through a lot of changes in their society. In June 2014 Abdel Fattah el-Sis, an army general became the new president of Egypt, winning controversial elections. What happened in a country that lost the battle for freedom?

Throughout history, Pontius Pilate has been portrayed as a weak ruler-the man who allowed Jesus Christ to be crucified at the demand of the Jews. But this documentary portrays a very different Pilate, one who had his own motives for allowing Jesus' fate.

A docudrama about the Gay Trials of Frankfurt 1950-51. When a teenage hustler was arrested by the police he revealed the names of his clients to save his own neck. His betrayal destroyed the lives of more than 200 gay men within 10 months.

The Boxer from Somewhere Else is a feature documentary film which charts the life and career of Ken Buchanan. The story is told through the words of Ken Buchanan himself as he talks through his life in chronological order.

Athens, 1983. The world press reports that 4-year old Bashir is killed in the assassination of his father, Mamoun Mraish, a top PLO lieutenant. Father and son are declared dead but when they arrive at the hospital Bashir turns out to be still alive. But if Bashir is fully alive today, what happened to the dream he and his father were believed to have died for?

To some people, overrun is not an option or a heroic act, it's just the start. This documentary shows the live of the best Brazilian paralympic athletes.