S1.E2 ∙ The Safe Place

Nine reels (shown in no particular order) of allegories and political musings by political prisoners in the mythical fascist state of Molussia. Based on Günther Anders, The Molussian Catacomb (1931).

24 hours that changed the world: On November 9, 1989, Günter Schabowski, member and spokesman of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED, read out the GDR's new travel regulations at a press conference broadcast live on GDR television. It had been drawn up by high-ranking officers from the Ministry of the Interior and the State Security. Contrary to the guidelines of the political leadership, the authors had written the possibility of an unbureaucratic departure and re-entry into the paper. Nevertheless, the travel regulation passed the Central Committee without objection.

Although they were risking their lives by doing so, prisoners in concentration and extermination camps took photographs and even managed to smuggle canisters of film beyond the camp gates.

The inspiring story of a young Indian Muslim woman who trades her burka for dreams of playing on the Mumbai Senior Women's Cricket Team and how the harsh realities for women in her country creates an unexpected outcome for her own family, ultimately shattering and fueling aspirations.

The Tasmanians were a distinct people, isolated from Australia and the rest of the world for 12,000 years, until in 1803, British colonisation began.

Worlds apart; a five-star chef; a twelve year-old girl; and a retired schoolteacher discover how their individual efforts to feed the poor ignite a movement in the fight against hunger.