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PURE LOVE – THE VOICE OF ELLA FITZGERALD

Focusing on the phenomenon of her extraordinary voice, this film pays tribute to ‚The First Lady of Song‘ – Ella Fitzgerald – on what would have been her 100th birthday on 25 April 2017. Ella Fitzgerald’s voice is a phenomenon and unrivalled to this day. She had absolute pitch and perfect intonation. Ella’s voice spanned three octaves, her phrasing seemed effortless, and the odd moments in her nearly sixty-year career when she sang off-key were few and far between. There […]
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CHILDREN / CURRENT AFFAIRS / MIPCOM 2016 / SCIENCE / SOCIETY

C-SECTION CONTROVERSY

Within just twenty years, caesarean section rates have more than doubled in most industrial nations. We look at the medical and social consequences of this global trend in Germany, France, Brazil and China. Within just twenty years, the number of caesarean sections performed in industrial nations has more than doubled. Caesareans undoubtedly save lives. But in some countries, more children are born by c-section than vaginal delivery – a development that can have consequences. Caesarean sections have always posed a […]
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CURRENT AFFAIRS / HUMAN INTEREST / MIPCOM 2016 / SOCIETY

ICARUS – THE DREAM OF FLYING

Today, modern wingsuits make it possible for man to come close to fulfilling his age-old dream of flying. This high-risk sport is both controversial and fascinating. What drives these extreme sportsmen? Today, modern wingsuits make it possible for man to come closer to fulfilling his age-old dream of free flying. In the wingsuit mecca of Lauterbrunnental in Switzerland, pilots from all over the world make over 20,000 jumps a year. Fatalities are not uncommon. Both controversial and fascinating, this high-risk […]
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CURRENT AFFAIRS / MIPCOM 2016 / SOCIETY

THE SECRET REVOLUTION – WOMEN IN SAUDI ARABIA

In deeply conservative Saudi Arabia, women are calling for change. A portrait of pioneers who want to reshape society: an editor-in-chief, a lawyer and a politician. In Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism, the most austere form of Islam, permeates all areas of public life. In particular, it dominates the everyday life of women, who still need a male guardian even as adults. It is all the more astonishing that a number of women have recently achieved professional and even political success – […]
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CURRENT AFFAIRS / FEATURE DOCUMENTARY / HUMAN INTEREST / MIPTV 2016 / SOCIETY

VOICES OF VIOLENCE

In the DR Congo, women are systematically exposed to the brutal practice of rape as a weapon of war. A film about unimaginable violence and a political and social system that turns a blind eye to these atrocities. A film about the unimaginable violence to which women in the DR Congo are subjected and a political and social system that turns a blind eye to these atrocities. Women are systematically exposed to the brutal practice of rape as a weapon […]
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CURRENT AFFAIRS / FEATURE DOCUMENTARY / MIPTV 2016 / SCIENCE / SOCIETY / TECHNOLOGY

WAR AND GAMES

Drones and remote-controlled weapons and robots are the war technology of the future. Controlling them via a screen is like playing a computer game. The film visits laboratories, games designers and guardians of morality. Sophisticated new machines can spot the movement of every mouse and man in water, on land and in the air. And they can kill. Automatically. Operating drones and remote-controlled weapons via a screen is like playing a computer game. What do game designers have in common […]
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CURRENT AFFAIRS / MIPTV 2016 / SOCIETY

PICTURING WAR

The internet and press are full of photos from the world’s war and crises regions. Who decides which photos we see? How do they end up on our screens? We accompany a war photographer to Iraq, Syria and Rwanda. Pictures determine how we perceive the world. And no pictures are as important as those that document human oppression, persecution and murder – war pictures. We accompanied war photographer Benjamin Hiller to places rarely visited by normal citizens: refugee camps in […]
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CHILDREN / CURRENT AFFAIRS / HUMAN INTEREST / MIPTV 2016 / PEOPLE / SOCIETY

SUN VILLAGE

Sun Village is a refuge for children whose parents are serving time in prison. They live and attend school there. A unique project that aims to achieve a better future for China. Sun Village is the name of a refuge for Chinese children whose parents are serving time in prison. With no one to look after or feed them, Sun Village is a home and place of refuge for the children until their parents are released. Ironically, the woman who […]
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CURRENT AFFAIRS / ECONOMY / ENVIRONMENT / MIPTV 2016 / SOCIETY

POISONED FIELDS – GLYPHOSATE, AN UNDERRATED RISK?

Glyphosate is the world’s most widely used weed killer. Some consider it harmless, others say it is a serious health hazard for man and animals. A highly topical investigation into a controversial substance. Glyphosate is the world’s best-selling herbicide. Most glyphosate products are used in agriculture. They are a simple and cost-effective way of controlling weeds that can otherwise persist for years. Some consider it to be completely harmless, while others say it is a serious health hazard for […]
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CURRENT AFFAIRS / ENVIRONMENT / FEATURE DOCUMENTARY / HUMAN INTEREST / MIPTV 2016 / SOCIETY

FURUSATO

A small town in Fukushima’s exclusion zone searches for normalcy after the world’s largest nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl. A small town in Fukushima’s exclusion zone searches for normalcy after the world’s largest nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl. A teen rocker, a media-savvy activist, a conflicted TEPCO engineer, and a female horse breeder cope with the loss of their homes and the unseen danger of radiation. Each faces a crucial decision: to stay or to go? Furusato, or hometown, is an unsettling […]
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CURRENT AFFAIRS / ECONOMY / FEATURE DOCUMENTARY / HUMAN INTEREST / SOCIETY

PARCHIM INTERNATIONAL

A Chinese investor buys the regional airport of Parchim in provincial north Germany to turn it into a hub for international cargo and passenger transport. Sheer megalomania or enviable drive and enthusiasm? In 2007 Chinese investor Jonathan Pang bought an old military airport in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, northern Germany. In the small town of Parchim, he wants to create an international hub for air cargo transport between China, Europe and Africa. Mr Pang plans no less than to reroute international commodity […]
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FEATURE DOCUMENTARY / SOCIETY

ON THE RIM OF THE SKY

In a remote village in western China, long-time primary school teacher Shen and newcomer volunteer Bao come into conflict. It is a clash of generations: youth versus experience, trust versus suspicion. Gulu is an idyllic village perched precariously on the edge of a cliff in China’s Sichuan province. Isolated and without electricity or contact to the outside world until a track is built in 2004, it is heaven on earth to its inhabitants. For over 26 years, substitute teacher Shen […]
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