docfilm42 in February

Dear docfilm42 community, docfilm42 celebrates diversity and advocates greater visibility for the numerous independently produced documentary and semi-documentary film projects. However, an increasing trend in public television is focusing on…

Barstow, California

Rainer Komers’ film is both a poignant portrait of the Californian Mojave Desert and life there, steeped in American mythology, and an encounter with the author Spoon Jackson, who has been serving a life sentence without parole since 1977. “Barstow, California” truly embodies the other side of the American dream.

LIFE DESIGN

GENDER / SEXUALITY / ALTERNATIVE DWELLING FORMS

IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUPID!

ECONOMY / POLITICS / CAPITALISM / GLOBALISATION / WORKERS FIGHTS / NEW ECONOMY

CULTURE & CHANGE

ARTS / CULTURE / SOCIETY

BELIEVERS

CIVIL SOCIETY / ETHICS / RELIGION / PHILOSOPHY

STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS

GLOBAL SOCIAL RIGHTS / EQUAL RIGHTS / WOMEN’S RIGHTS / INCLUSION

WAR & PEACEMAKERS

CONFLICTS / REFUGEES / HISTORY / POWER / POLITICS

LIVING OUR PAST

HISTORY / POST-COLONIALISM / RACISM / ANTI-SEMITISM

FOOD CHAIN

FOOD CHAIN / AGRICULTURE / ECOLOGY / CLIMATE CHANGE

PROJECT FUTURE

SCIENCE / FUTURE / VISIONS