S2.E8 ∙ Beam Me Up

Couple of artists Cavi Borges and Patrícia Niedermeier's memories of a trip are transformed into an essay film. The scenery consists of landscapes located in Brazil, the US, Germany, Syria, France and Hungary, where a series of choreographies and other performances created by them are recorded.

Mongolia is known for its original Nomad culture as well as the spectacular natural landscape. Since gold deposits have been discovered however, both are threatened. Mongolians are breaking with their traditions and have started to plunder their land digging for gold. They are using mercury in their extraction of gold and thereby poisoning their environment. Gold rush rules Mongolia. The film tells the story of a couple of men who set forth on the search for the precious metal.

The untold story of the greatest high school basketball team ever and the struggles of a beautiful American City. In the not too distant shadow of Martin Luther King Jr's assassination... Baltimore 1981. Failing Public Health. Failing Public School System. Unemployment skyrocketing. Crime rising. Open air drug markets. But within East Baltimore a special group of neighborhood kids, lead by a 5'3' phenom named Muggsy Bogues, joined forces under the 'brick tough' philosophy of Coach Robert Pernell Wade aka 'Flaky' to become the greatest high school basketball team ever.

What medical care could you afford on less than a dollar a day? The Space Between examines the effects of poverty on healthcare through the stories of four individuals struggling with life-threatening illnesses in a Kenyan hospice. When underfunded and understaffed hospitals cannot keep up with demand, the Living Room hospice steps in to provide compassion, hope and relief for those suffering and ensures that there is dignity in death for those at the end of their journey -- regardless of their economic background.

In a Montreal high school, 9 young students with atypical paths are brought together around a drama therapy project which aims at providing a voice for marginalized groups. In the course of their meetings, questions unfold around the curious institution that is the 'polyvalente' or public high school. The film discusses without detours the taboos and the difficulties that encounter a youth marked the violence of the world. Searches for meaning, drugs, mental health, performance issues, critiques of society, freedom, radicalism... these young people open up through theater and claim ownership over their words and their space, shattering the stereotypes usually tied to adolescence.