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American Pot Story: Oaksterdam

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 4: Great War – Contemporary History

WINNER OF THE AUDIENCE AWARD AT SLAMDANCE 2023, American Pot Story: Oaksterdam is a documentary about how change transpires in America. The account of "a small group of concerned committed citizens" (to quote Margaret Mead) who took a huge risk in order to bring about a massive shift in public perception. It all happened at…

After Ike: A Journey That Changed America

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 4: Great War – Contemporary History

“After Ike” retraces Lt. Col. Dwight D. Eisenhower's pivotal 3,251-mile journey from Washington to San Francisco along the Lincoln Highway in 1919. This experience shaped his vision for U.S. highways that profoundly impacted small-town America and communities of color. The 60-minute film delves into the convoy's challenges and transformative effects. Director Biography - Gregory F Maassen,…

A long Survival. The Dachau concentration camp in the secret records of inmate Edgar Kupfer-Koberwitz

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 4: Great War – Contemporary History

How do you get pupils to engage with one of the darkest chapters in German history? How do you create points of contact with a place whose horror is no longer immediately apparent today? How do you draw attention to the legacy of a prisoner who did everything in his power to ensure that his…

…in the heart, in the fire, in the silence. The story of Edmund Malinowski, the commander of the Deaf Platoon of the Home Army

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 4: Great War – Contemporary History

The film tells not only about the heroic actions of Edmund Malinowski, commander of the Home Army Deaf Platoon in the Warsaw Uprising in World War II, but also about the extraordinary involvement of deaf people in this historic event. In the history of World War II, there was no other unit like it. The…

THE VALLADOLID DEBATE: RISING OF HUMAN RIGHTS

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 3: Modern Era/Colonialism

A group of experts analyze "The 1550 Valladolid Debate" which is considered to be the first reflection in History on Human Rights. In 1550, in Valladolid, Fray Bartolomé de las Casas and Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, advisor to Charles V, debate before a theological-legal court about where the rights of the Spanish colonizers end, and…

The Amazing Journey of Jacob A. Riis

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 3: Modern Era/Colonialism

A very short film about the legendary Danish-American Jacob A. Riis who was one of the 19th century’s most innovative journalists and the father of modern documentary photography. Tormented by unrequited love, Jacob Riis emigrated from Denmark to the United States in 1870 and ended up as the very definition of the American dream. His…

Tane Voivodata

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 3: Modern Era/Colonialism

The new documentary film "Tane Voivodata" explores the life and work of Bulgarian revolutionary Tane Nikolov who played an important role in Bulgarian history in the beginning of the 20th century. His story was covered up shortly after the communist coup in 1944 and has been forgotten to this day. Tane Nikolov spent several decades…

Sanctimonious

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 3: Modern Era/Colonialism

"Sanctimonious” is an intense and impactful film that delves into the themes of religious fanaticism, abuse of power and submission. The story unfolds from the moment a Bible falls to the floor, symbolizing the breaking of paradigms and the possibility of questioning. While the male character is tormented by his own depression and insecurities, he…

Power of the Gods – God and the Powerful

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 3: Modern Era/Colonialism

Birth and death, origin and future, happiness and suffering, right and wrong actions, war and peace - whether 30,000 years ago or in our time, people are always looking for answers to the same questions, whether at the equator or in the Arctic. Spirituality seems to be inherent in people. And time and again, it…

Larksong

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 3: Modern Era/Colonialism

Larksong is an exploratory documentary that journeys through a landscape on the edge of Pennine Moors in Northern England. With an 18th century nonconformist chapel as a central motif, the film captures a distinctive history and topography, laced with the imprints of the traditional textile workers, mills and industries that shaped the environment. The film’s…

For our freedom and yours

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 3: Modern Era/Colonialism

For Our Freedom and Yours – one of the unofficial mottos of Poland, brings to mind Polish soldiers on battlefields all over the world, when, exiled from the partitioned Poland, it brought them hope and resilience when fighting in various independence movements. It’s been connecting patriots, war heroes and people across generations ever since. Director…

Endowed By Their Creator

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 3: Modern Era/Colonialism

According to our nation’s birth certificate, the Declaration of Independence, our rights come from God. We have been endowed by our Creator with these rights. “Endowed by Their Creator” features a brief history of the Declaration; of Thomas Jefferson; of the sources Jefferson drew from; and what the founders intended on religious liberty---including a contrast…

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American Pot Story: Oaksterdam

After Ike: A Journey That Changed America

A long Survival. The Dachau concentration camp in the secret records of inmate Edgar Kupfer-Koberwitz

…in the heart, in the fire, in the silence. The story of Edmund Malinowski, the commander of the Deaf Platoon of the Home Army

THE VALLADOLID DEBATE: RISING OF HUMAN RIGHTS

The Amazing Journey of Jacob A. Riis

Tane Voivodata

Sanctimonious

Power of the Gods – God and the Powerful

Larksong

For our freedom and yours

Endowed By Their Creator

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