S4.E1 ∙ Life In Ruins

These are the personal stories that were left in shadow of grief for Soviet crimes and euphoria for the fight for freedom. In these testimonies everything counts, not only words, but also silences. Can we recognize it as our common memory?

A documentary which reenacts the lives and events of the midwives and nurses who setup and ran a clinic to help the people living in the Kentucky Appalachian Mountains.

A middle-aged woman living in Los Angeles, saddled with a stressful job, a long-term relationship rapidly unraveling, coping with a drug-addicted daughter facing criminal charges and now facing raising 4 grandchildren, all under the age of 6 years, alone, takes a leap of faith. She sells her California home and heads to Austin, Texas. No family, no friends, no job, no medical insurance. Within days of arriving in Austin, a group of women at a drumming session encourage her to join them on a trip to Peru. What she believes to be an impromptu and much-needed vacation morphs into a spiritual journey of discovery, one that literally transforms her life and directly affects her life and that of the family she left behind.

On March 17, 2004, an explosive device was activated at the Piloto Public Library in Medellin, a place that preserves much of the photographic archive of Colombian history. A photograph is the only evidence of such barbarism...

Petr Pavlensky, artist and activist, is leading the way in forging social change in Russia. Through an multiple courageous performances, he acts as society's conscience in the face of an increasingly totalitarian state. From lying naked in a coil of barbed wire, to nailing his scrotum to the floor of Red Square, his acts of defiance aim to spark debate and catalyse reform. This documentary follows his mission to challenge the state.

'Diamond Mountain' is an inside look at the off and on stage trials & tribulations of 13 Neil Diamond Tribute Artists from 4 continents struggling to survive in the highly competitive Live Music industry while performing the songs of an American Music Icon.