In this documentary film a team of researchers examine the social contexts that influenced the emergence and permanence of heavy metal music in Chile, Argentina, Mexico and Peru. Colonialism, dictatorships, terrorism and neoliberal exploitation serve as points of reference for how heavy metal in the region has been directly linked to each country's social and political context.
NINGEN ISU Yuigon-jou Housou (遺言状放送; Testament Broadcasting) (1991)
Concert. Also includes music videos for Ringo no Namida (りんごの泪; Apple's Tears) and Yashaga-ike (夜叉ヶ池; Pond of Yaksha).
NINGEN ISU Mishiranu Sekai (見知らぬ世界; The World Unknown) (2002)
Performance of Ningen Isu held at the end of 2000 at the village hall of Inakadate-mura, Minamitsugaru-gun, Aomori Prefecture.
Cartoneras (2018)
Cartoneras is a documentary that grapples with Latin America’s urban realities, and the cardboard publishing movement that has emerged from these in the 21st century. Reflecting on the different contexts that propelled this form of community publishing, like Argentina’s 2001 economic crisis, the independent art scene, and the movements which formed around waste-pickers, the film’s narrative is developed through conversations with important actors from the cartonera world.
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers Live (2013)
Filmed in Melbourne, Australia in 1984, this concert video is the only full length concert film of the band at this time. A stunning concert with the band in incendiary form, the setlist mixes then new tracks from the 'Perfect Strangers' album with favorites from the early seventies culminating in the brilliant 'Smoke On The Water' finale.
When Multinationals Attack Nation States (2016)
In autumn 2016, demonstrations sprang up all over Europe against the CETA free-trade agreement between the European Union and Canada. The reason? An obscure clause which allows multinationals to sue nation states if they feel their profits may be damaged by government decisions. An investigation into the hidden world of international arbitration.
Heavy Metal (1981)
The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
Presencia lejana (1982)
A documentary about Finnish twin sisters, one of whom disappeared in Argentina in 1977.
Ernesto (NaN)
In 1973 a military coup was staged in Chile, Ernesto lived through these tough times and shares his story about what happened to him
Aufenthaltserlaubnis (1978)
It follows Chilean writer Antonio Skármeta as he celebrates the end of the autocrats. Cheerful farewell rituals accompany others facing political persecution on their way to fly home.
Aquí se construye (o Ya no existe el lugar donde nací) (2000)
Agüero is able to look at the scene in all it's complexity around architectonical brutality that Santiago de Chile underwent around the year 2000.
Forbidden to See Us Scream in Tehran (2020)
The frontwoman for an Iranian death metal band risks everything as she plots to call the cops on her own underground concert in the hopes that the raid will help her secure her asylum in another country.
Global Metal (2008)
In GLOBAL METAL, directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn set out to discover how the West's most maligned musical genre - heavy metal - has impacted the world's cultures beyond Europe and North America. The film follows metal fan and anthropologist Sam Dunn on a whirlwind journey through Asia, South America and the Middle East as he explores the underbelly of the world's emerging extreme music scenes; from Indonesian death metal to Chinese black metal to Iranian thrash metal. GLOBAL METAL reveals a worldwide community of metalheads who aren't just absorbing metal from the West - they're transforming it - creating a new form of cultural expression in societies dominated by conflict, corruption and mass-consumerism.
The Living Stones of Sacsayhuamán (2014)
Sacsayhuamán, an ancient citadel amidst the Peruvian Andes, is an architectural marvel. It was built more than 900 years ago, and no living person knows how such large rocks were fitted so perfectly into walls. This documentary takes us on a tour of Sacsayhuamán, offering a brief history of the site, and clues that may help to its understand how it was made. It was edited from photos and video taken in July 2012, when Russian geophysicists conducted soil research there, at the request of Peru's Ministry of Culture.
Saxon: Heavy Metal Thunder Live - Eagles Over Wacken (2012)
BEST of WOA 2012, ‘07, ‘04 01 Batallions Of Steel 02 Heavy Metal Thunder 03 Metalhead 04 Let Me Feel Your Power 05 To Hell And Back Again 06 If I Was You 07 Killing Ground 08 Unleashed The Beast 09 Dogs Of War 10 Rock‘n Roll Gipsy 11 Travellers In Time 12 The Eagle Has Landed 13 747 (Strangers In The Night) 14 Dallas 1 p.m. 15 Witchfinder 16 Solid Ball Of Rock 17 20.000 Feet 18 Red Star Falling 19 Rock The Nations 20 The Power And The Glory 21 Stallions Of The Highway 22 Live To Rock 23 And The Bands Played On 24 Princess Of The Night 25 I‘ve Got To Rock (To Stay Alive) 26 Attila The Hun 27 Denim And Leather 28 Ashes To Ashes 29 Crusader 30 Wheels Of Steel
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage (2005)
In Peruvian Amazonia, for the first time in many years, a Shipibo–Konibo community prepare to perform the Aneshiati ceremony: a time of dance, song, festive clothing, and drink—including the sacred tea ayahuasca.
Borderland Blues (2017)
„The Frontier“ or „La Frontera“ is the undulating landscape of the Sonora Desert in Arizona, which once was a symbol of freedom on the horizon of the American West – and also a region plagued by recurrent territorial struggles. Currently, a high steel fence stretches over several miles strictly separating the USA and Mexico into two territories. Every year, the remains of hundreds of migrants are retrieved from the area. The tense situation in Arizona’s borderland has split the locals into two groups: one demanding a more technically advanced border control system, the other requesting more humanitarian help. Accompanying various locals, NGO workers and self-proclaimed border guards from the region, filmmaker Gudrun Gruber raises the question of whether the latest border control technology will finally bring peace to the area, or rather merely increase the number of deaths.
Puma! (2015)
It is a powerful predator, one of the most elusive animals in Patagonia and rarely filmed. In the very South of Chile the Pumas' hunting grounds lie in the awe-inspiring Torres del Paine National Park, follow a mother Puma as she rears her cubs in the wild, teaching them to survive and thrive.
Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 1) (2021)
Night 1 of 2, captured December 17th 2021 at a sold-out Chase Center in its hometown of San Francisco, Metallica celebrates its 40th anniversary with a career-spanning concert that puts into perspective the iconic metal band’s legacy, importance and influence.