S1.E20 ∙ Episode #1.20

We meet them at school gates, underground parking lots, at entrances to shopping malls, and many other places.There are tens of thousands of security guards in Israel, most of them of Russian origin. Although they are everywhere, we do not see them--they are transparent. They immigrated to Israel at advanced age and found themselves doing security work in order to survive. Many of them used to be well-respected professionals or artists in their pasts. The heroes of our film--former musicians, a writer, and a surgeon--insist on remaining creative in spite of it all--an optimistic note in the quasi-tragic destiny of these people.

An embalmer and her obsession

ExamiNation is a short documentary film about the notorious South Korean college entrance exam, Sooneung. While introducing all sorts of incredible facts and stats about the exam, it also follows a day in the life of a student preparing for this exam. The film unveils how one exam can dictate a culture and lifestyle in a country.

For many physicians, the reality of the modern health care system has lead to one inevitable reality, to survive they must abandon the very ideals that drove them to become healers.

A filmmaker tries to resurrect his career by exploiting the lives of New York street kids.

Women's rights activist Donna Hylton is granted permission to visit her friends inside the maximum security prison where she served 27 years.