S6.E37 ∙ The Battery That's Lasted 176 Years

A dramatized reconstruction of events in restless Afgna province Kunduz, in 2009, and the ensuing trial of the German NATO contingent commander, colonel Klein. After the tragic loss of private Sergej Motz, son of a Russian Afganistan veteran, and two patrol mates in an ambush, tension culminates and rules of engagement are sharpened, almost discretionary. The governor, who loses a brother to the Taliban, complains the Germans act cowardly. A relatively trustworthy informer gives the whereabouts of two fuel tankers stolen by the Taliban and the presence there of the local insurgents leaders. By the time bombing from the air is authorized, the rebels have left and only citizens, coming to collect fuel leaking from the river-stuck trucks, are hit.

Seine Bauwerke und Plastiken erregen heute noch Aufmerksamkeit, ihr Erschaffer ist jedoch nahezu vergessen: der Bildhauer und Architekt Bernhard Hoetger. Hoetger zählt zur Avantgarde des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts. Zahlreiche Mäzene kann er für sich gewinnen. So lässt Ludwig Roselius von ihm Teile der Bremer Böttcherstraße entwerfen. In Worpswede prägt er das Bild, das die Besucher heute mit dem Künstlerdorf verbinden. Hoetger verschlägt es Mitte der 1920er Jahre auf einen 'nordischen' Weg. Trotz seiner völkischen Ideen lässt Adolf Hitler die Werke Hoetgers als 'entartet' einstufen. In dem Film kommen Experten*innen und historische Weggefährt*innen (von Schauspieler*innen dargestellt) zu Wort, deren Schilderungen auf Originalzitaten der historischen Personen beruhen. So vermischen sich fiktionale Elemente mit dokumentarischen Aufnahmen, Archivmaterialien und Kunstwerken.

Follows three black trans women and their connections to San Francisco's often maligned Tenderloin neighborhood.

5 years after the suicide of his father, Michael Pigott, Robert Pigott sets out to chronicle his journey to understand the impact and consequences his father's suicide had on both his family and himself. Along the way, he begins to come to terms with his relationship with his father.

For years, the mountain is moved between two countries (Brazil and China), Romulo, an ex-mineworker and now a sailor, heads into his first journey taking part of the mountain towards another one. Through the vast sea he meets other travellers and, in feverish moments he encounters his memories and the spirit of the earth. In an everyday living permeated by unknown languages, these conversations in are never left misunderstood. This way, Romulo will face slow days in the immense ocean to the other continent.