Congo Crisis
It is often referred to as the Third World War – the, for twenty years ongoing, civil war in Congo. A legal processing of the crimes has not taken place yet.
Category: review
Sandgirl
Veronika Raila describes herself as Sandgirl. At one point everything is fine, at another a gust lets Veronika slowly fall in separate components.
Poverty and Dreams
In his film „Enfants du teril“ the French film maker Frédéric Brunnquell accompanies the brothers Loïc (15) and Théo (10) through a certain stage in their lives. It is a film which deals with the life and dreams of a family in a very sensitive way.
Destination is clear: Funeralopolis
DOK Spotter Helene wrote this poetic text after watching „Funeralopolis“.
Between life & death
We wrote a review tot he film „When the Bull cried“ by Karen Vázquez Guadarrama and Bart Goossens.
From the Land of the Imprisoned
Brett Story narrates in her film the history of prisoners and looks at the reasons for their imprisonment. She highlights the absurdities of the US prison system.
We are Hip Hop!
Martha & Niki on their trip to the hip hop street dance heaven and the musical life of a subway station in New York: Two special films from the hip hip special programme of DOK Leipzig.
Documentary Movie Goes Blockbuster
Half a million clicks for a documentary trailer? “Do not resist” seems to be a real blockbuster.
A Pretty Illusion
The movie “Girl Model” belongs to the DOK Programme “Bodycheck”: Young russian girls on the model market in Japan. What looks like a dream, turns out to be an illusion.
CITIZENFOUR
Edward Snowden and the surveillance system: gigantic intelligence service headquarters and a claustrophobically small hiding place. Spectacular and disturbing – a triptych of Paranoia.