Culture Unplugged Studios is a production/distribution company. We are committed to contemplate and contribute to our personal as well as collective spiritual need of the time. Our focus is on the inner+inter-cultural expression. We intend to create & bring indie content presenting human stories of current times, to audiences worldwide. http://www.cultureunplugged.com en-us 2012/02/12 04:01:02 http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/1319/Moment-by-Moment--The-Healing-Journey-of-Molly-Hale 1ee3dfcd8a0645a25a35977997223d22 "Moment By Moment" is a film by Emmy-winning film-maker Dorothy Fadiman. It is the documentary of Molly Hale, who suffered a spinal cord injury in an automobile rollover, and after being told there was no hope for movement below her shoulders, proceeded to rehabilitate herself and continues to recover. "Moment By Moment" is Molly's story, a story about disabilities, health and healing, attitude, choice and intention, sex, intimacy, and relationships. 2005/01/01 Film,Video,Festival,People,Humanity,Human,Rights,Justice,World,Shorts,Docs,Documentaries,Human Spirit,Emmy,Dorothy Fadiman,Molly Hale,disabilities,health,healing,attitude,choice,intention,sex,intimacy,and relationships,Film,Video,Festival,People,Humanity,Human,Rights,Justice,World,Shorts,Docs,Documentaries,Human Spirit,Social Development,Human Rights,Spiritual Awareness,Health,Film,Video,Festival,People,spirituality,consciousness,World,Shorts,Docs,Documentaries,Human Spirit,short films,Intimate Spiritual Experiences & Expressions http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/2618/I-Am-Pema 17f98ddf040204eda0af36a108cbdea4 "I Am Pema" is a film that paints a lyrical reflection on displacement and hope, glimpsed during a day in little Pema’s world. It was her parents' wish to achieve better things for their children through an education that respects their language and cultural identity at perhaps at the cost of never seeing her again. They wanted at least one of their children to have a future under the Dalai Lama’s care. Four years ago, thirty-nine Tibetan children trekked over the Himalayas forced to flee their oppressed homeland to seek freedom in exile. One of them was Pema, then only seven years old. Though displaced, she is full of happy optimism tinged with sadness because she remembers her parents every day. But she says she is happy now showing remarkable strength in settling into a strange new world in a new country with new parents making new friends and discoveries along the way. Of course a return to Tibet is unthinkable! 2009/01/01 tibetan refugee,refugee children,education,human rights,migration,hope,Dalai Lama,Tibetan children,tibet,lhasa,tibetan,education,farmers,india,buddha,buddhism,tibetan language,teaching,teachers,lamas,chinese,china,dharamsala,mussoorie,hh dalai lama,chosen,religion,belief,relationships,education,peace,democracy,migration,spiritual awareness,intimate,life,challenges,opportunities,transformation,existence,purpose,human existence,individual,personal anecdote,observation,waking,healing,body,soul,inspire,EDUCATION,CULTURE http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/1184/Peace-Under-Fire--Sudan-s-Darfur-Crisis 97af4fb322bb5c8973ade16764156bed Against the background of peace talks aimed at ending more than two decades of civil war in Sudan, a vicious new civil conflict erupted in the western province of Darfur in early 2003. Tens of thousands have been killed and millions displaced. 2004/01/01 IRIN,Sudan,Civil War,Darfur,2003,Genocide,Displaced Community,Green,Humanities,Short Films,Documentary,South East Asia,Middle East,Environment,Sustainable Living,Organic Living,healing,love,life,social change,social justice,racial discrimination,prejudice,disasters,discrimination,protest,terrorism,religious institutions,meaning of life,beliefs,catholic,freedom,hope,stress http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/4230/Team-Qatar c0e19ce0dbabbc0d17a4f8d4324cc8e3 "Team Qatar" follows the journey of five Middle Eastern teens from the world’s richest country as they are initiated into the cutthroat subculture of competitive high-school debating in preparation for their first challenge: the world championships in Washington, DC. Guided by their Scottish coach - a 22-year-old former president of the Oxford Union - they direct their immense curiosity and ambition towards mastering the arcane strategies of British parliamentary debate. They are determined to show they are not closed-minded extremists – and even more determined to win. Quirky and endearing, the film offers an entertaining window onto the rapidly growing global culture of the Arab world and its relation to the West. 2009/01/01 debate,students,education,competition,culture,globalization,peace,democracy,United Kingdom,Documentary,Festival6,Humanity Explored,2010,Education,Middle East,World,Qatar,Asia,Festival entries,high-school debating,British parliamentary debate,Arab world http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/452/Unlimited-Girls 9431c87f273e507e6040fcb07dcb4509 "Of course, girls should progress -as long as they do it within limits. But when they become..un-limited, then something bad is bound to happen..." So, still want to be a feminist? That's the question Fearless is asked and in turn asks others in the film Unlimited Girls. Starting accidentally in a chatroom, she embarks on a journey where she encounters diverse characters - feminists who remember the songs and actions of the Indian women's movement, yuppies who discuss their modern marriage, a policeman writing films for "women's upliftment", women shopping at a bra sale, college kids practicing a dance, teachers who feel girls must not take injustice - or break a home; a woman cab driver, a priest, academics, activists, and unseen but much-heard women like Atilla_the_Nun, ChamkiGirl and Devi_is_a_Diva, in a feminist chatroom - all talking of their engagements with feminism and its place in their lives today. Using a personally reflective tone and playfully eclectic form, mixing non-fiction and fiction, the film follows Fearless' conversations: about why women must always lead double lives, being feminist but not saying they are. How do we remain politically engaged as individuals who will not join groups? If feminism changes the way we live, then do we change the meaning of feminism as we live it? And then how do we separate true feminists from false ones? Will X-ray vision work better, or female intuition - or is there a common set of principles in this multiply interpreted philosophy? How do we make sense of love and anger, doubt and confusion, the personal and the political, in this enterprise of pushing the boundaries, of being un-limited - the enterprise we call feminism 2002/01/01 Fearless,feminism,women's movement,society,south east asia,feminists,chatroom,female intuition,women upliftment,south east Asia,movie,film,festival http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/4150/I-Am-a-Child 8b5c8441a8ff8e151b191c53c1842a38 Few human rights abuses are so unanimously condemned while being so widely practiced as child labor. Of the millions of children who are working, many toil in slave-like or hazardous conditions. And though this issue ought to rank high in the world’s agenda, in practice it is surrounded by a wall of silence. The film represents an attempt to break that wall. 1995/01/01 human rights,ILO,child labor,child exploitation,hazardous child labor,Festival6,Humanity Explored,2010,World,Festival special,Human Rights,Social Development http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/3903/I-Want-to-Be-a-Pilot 9d949c3d8baa0f9df6f22c4661946a61 Twelve-year-old Omondi lives in the biggest slum in East Africa. Everyday he sees airplanes fly over him. He dreams of becoming an airline pilot and flying far away. 2006/01/01 Separate tags with comma (,),human rights,hunger,poverty,social development,spiritual awareness,2010,WSH,Africa,world,Mexico,documentary,festival entries,Challenges,intimate,social opportunities,social development,existence,Spiritual existence,human existence,cinematic art,individual development,individual,individual existence,individuality,individual and society,personal anecdote,spiritual observation ,social observation,waking,life awakening,soul ,heart and soul,soul awakening,body and soul,Inspire,inspirational http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/2805/Siberia-at-the-Centre-of-the-World---Part-1--Music--Dance-and-Ritual-in-Sakha-Yakutia 564645fbd0332f066cbd9d083ddd077c Siberian music and dance is little known outside Russia, in academic accounts too often considered as merely an easterly extension of European Russia or a northerly extension of East Asia, or experienced both onstage and in audio or audio visual recordings as part of an exoticized "Other". Here, filmed and directed by Misha Maltsev and Keith Howard, we illustrate the colour and vitality of cultural production in the region. We include a large variety of voices - ritualists, musicians, dancers, administrators, academics, and audiences young and old. Filmed in June 2001 and July 2006, this documentary (in two parts) includes footage of two key festivals, the Sakha Ysyakh and Buryat Altagarna, solo and ensemble performances and interviews with staff at the East Siberian Academy of Arts, and vignettes on the khomus in Sakha-Yakutia, the Old Believers (Semeiskie) in Buryatia, shamanism in both Republics as it is remembered, revived, and given within ritual practice, and more. For the second part of this documentary, please see: Siberia At The Centre Of The World - Part 2: Music, Dance and Ritual in Buryatia 2008/01/01 Siberia,Buryatia,culture,cultural,festival,art,arts,music,dance,ritual,Russia,shaman,shamanism,Mongol,ancestor,worship,tradition,customeducation,religion,belief,social development,spiritual awareness,Spirit Enlightened,Film,Video,Festival,People,spirituality,consciousness,World,Shorts,Docs,Documentaries,Human Spirit,short films http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/903/M-S-Amma--A-Shy-Girl-from-Madurai aa169b49b583a2b5af89203c2b78c67c This documentary, narrated by Swati Thiyagarajan, is the story of her grandmother, arguably India's most famous artiste -- M S Subbulakshmi. The film is not just a biography of the singer Sarojini Naidu called the Nightingale of India but personal memories of the legend, M S Amma. 2007/01/01 NDTV,Swati Thiyagarajan,M S Subbulakshmi,Sarojini Naidu,M S Amma,Nightingale,Green,Humanities,Short Films,Documentary,South East Asia,Middle East,Sustainable Living,Organic Living,Singer,Artist,healing,love,life,meaning of life,psychic,relationships,beliefs,catholic,freedom,hope,stress,Film,Video,Festival,People,Humanity,Human,Rights,Justice,World,Shorts,Docs,Documentaries,Human Spirit,Social Development,Spiritual Awareness http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/1709/Feminine--Masculine 52d080a3e172c33fd6886a37e7288491 In the male dominated society of Iran, Farahnaz Shiri, the first female bus driver in Tehran, has made her own little society in her bus. In Iran there are different sections for men and women on public buses. Women should enter buses from the back door, which is separated from men’s entrance, and should sit or stay in a limited zone at the end of the buses which is separated from men’s zone. But in Mrs. Shiri’s bus everything is vice-versa. She is the governor and the only law maker of her own little society. In her bus, men must enter from the backdoor entrance and must sit or stay in the limited zone at the end of the bus. Mrs. Shiri is struggling to prove herself in this society and resisting a series of injustices that she faces as a woman in the Iranian society. 2007/01/01 Film,Video,Festival,People,Humanity,Human,Rights,Justice,World,Shorts,Docs,Documentaries,Human Spirit,Iran,Farahnaz Shiri,female bus driver,Tehran,Gender,Woman emancipation,Patriarchy,Chauvinism,Iran,Relationships,Religion,Belief,Education, Politics,Social,Development,Human Rights,Peace,Democracy,steps http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/7972/Dancing-in-the-Flames b5507f51b88a3ae4a99ba87e4877ab57 Dancing in the Flames is a brilliant and intimate documentary into the life of Jungian Analyst, Marion Woodman, who is known for her ground breaking work as a teacher and author on feminine psychology and addiction. We are taken into a metaphoric representation of the unconscious imagery that Marion discusses so passionately and, in doing so, are invited to examine our own lives. Brilliant mystic and author Andrew Harvey interviews Marion as she explains the mysteries of her soul’s journey and reveals a series of psychological ‘deaths’ and ‘rebirths’ that have formed the consciousness into which she has evolved. The film presents a philosophy of dynamic opposites, the bridging of seeming contradictions. Life and death, love and grief, courage and submission are not at loggerheads for her—they’re part of a harmonious whole. By embracing these opposites we come into the totality of human experience. 2009/01/01 Andrew Harvey,Marion Woodman,Capri Films,Robin Crumley,Gabriella Martinelli,Adam Reid,Dancing in the Flames,Jungian Psychology,Death and Rebirth,Caprifilms.com,AndrewHarvey.net,Marion Woodman Foundation,mwoodmanfoundation.org,education,culture,relationships,social development,spiritual awareness,Global,livelihood,author,Carl Jung,life,death,opposites,energy,cosmic energy,belief,feeling,emotion,soul,spirit,awakening,rebirth,evolution,personal development,confidence,art,creativity,expression,aesthetic,love,partner,spouse,marriage,resolve dichotomy,dichotomy,difference,unity,oneness,co-creation,animate,passion,harmony,book,The Powers - Within & In Cosmos,Transpersonal/Gnostic Perception & Action http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/8026/Wounded-Healers e6872f5bbe75073f8c7cfb93de7f6f3a Wounded Healers How Do You Forgive the Unforgivable? The documentary film, Wounded Healers, chronicles the extraordinary personal stories of five Rwandans and their post-genocide journey through the stages of extreme hurt, hate, and healing. The central characters of the film are faced with the dilemma of what to do when those who inflicted genocide on their families are released from prison and move back into their neighborhood. Tense face-to-face meetings between survivors and killers eventually lay the foundation for forgiveness and a new future. In the process, viewers come to understand that forgiveness, however improbable, is truly possible. 2010/01/01 Rwanda,Genocide,Perpetrators,Victims,Survivors,Forgiveness,Healing,Reconciliation,communities,crime,violence,race,gender,relationships,Rwanda,hate,healing,coping,grief,reconciliation,family,humanism,optimism,spirituality,violence,inner peace,ethnic conflict,Hutu,Tutsi,human rights,Rwanda Partners,reconciliation workshop,freedom,communities,Intimate Spiritual Experiences & Expressions,Transcendent & Transformative Practices http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/7547/All-Jacked-Up 3783f31a590c99846281c4534e05bc6b How jacked up do our kids have to get before they notice what we’re doing to them? “All Jacked Up” is an angst-driven portrait of four teenagers who discover the truth about their obsessive, addictive, and emotion-fueled eating habits. All this brought on by their parents, schools, and our abusive food system that profits from them with no regard to their well-being. Melissa, Raquel, Michael and Danny are typical teens with mainstream lifestyles and eating habits. With the help of a curious narrator, they discover what lies beneath their exploitation and how to confront it. Teen emotional and physical conditions are examined by noted experts as the film uncovers an apparent conspiracy that works against the health of an entire generation. The film’s characters are led on a journey of discovery - they are challenged to recognize their detrimental underlying issues. With the help of experts, and guidance from their peers, they are presented simple solutions to deal with their problems. The teens are challenged to come to grips with their harmful lifestyles and what their unhealthy future holds. In a climate where media attention is primarily on childhood obesity, director Jennifer Mattox looks at the bigger picture - a system that preys upon consumer innocence in the name of profit. The film-makers make a direct connection between what teens eat and their behavior and emotions. This frank and witty look at what’s really going on inside the bodies, hearts and minds of the teen generation is a wake-up call for them to stand up and demand change. 2008/01/01 teen health,fast food,teens,corporate abuse,big food,food system,school food,food addictions,food emotions,obsessive eating habits,abusive food system,emotional eating habits,teenagers eating habits,junk food,teen exploitation,teen health conspiracy,education,culture,health,social development,United States,pediatrician,balanced nutrition,fat,fast food,food preparation,unhealthy eating,happy meals,medical,health problems,blood sugar,calories,deception,emotional angst,psychology,stress,depression,unhappiness,meat industry,slaughterhouse,caffeine,soda,obesity,junk food,eating disorders,bulimia,anorexia,artificial foods,organic food,raw food,energy,food habits,teenagers,teens,mental health,chemical sweeteners,Health,Relationships,Education http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/1236/Young-Eco-Heroes-of-the-Philippines 7bccfde7714a1ebadf06c5f4cea752c1 A portrait of three young Filipino environmentalists who are working actively to protect their country's threatened coral reef, amidst the highly profitable but environmentally devastating effects of sodium cyanide fishing. Featured are: Rubin Palarca, an elected community councilman, activist and musician, who produces environmental theater and musical performances in towns and schools throughout the region. Rubin's performances raise awareness, especially among youth, of the threatened coral reef and the severe over-fishing, a bi-product of the lucrative live fish trade. Rochelle Lucero, a livelihood specialist, provides micro-financing to help families to start new businesses, such as backyard hog raising, a viable source of alternative income which also reduces dependency on fish. Reagan Venturillo, a community organizer who works with the replanting of Mangrove trees and the cultivation of seaweed farms, another viable source of income which reduces dependency on fish. Along with the three main characters, the program also features Tay George, a traditional "hook and line" fisherman, whose ability to feed his large family has been seriously threatened by the large-scale (and illegal) cyanide and dynamite fishing. The environmental initiative was sponsored by the Integrated Population and Coastal Resource Management Initiative of the PATH Foundation Philippines. 2007/01/01 Green,Humanities,Short Films,Documentary,South East Asia,Middle East,Environment,Link TV,conservation,Organic Living,family,music,Islam,meditation,prayer,soul,social change,social justice,meaning of life,money,psychic,relationships,relaxation,beliefs,freedom,hope,stress,climate change,environmentalist,sustainable development,recycled,earth,save the planet,earth friendly,climate change effects,water pollution,air pollution,stop climate change,drought,environmental reports,greenhouse gases,environmentalism,climate crisis,greenhouse effect,global climate change,environmental news http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/7728/GRIEFWALKER- 94351bc971eb5aab6a0cdc84227a6af3 Griefwalker is a National Film Board of Canada feature documentary film, directed by Tim Wilson and produced in 2008. It is a lyrical, poetic portrait of Stephen Jenkinson’s work with dying people. Filmed over a twelve year period, Griefwalker shows Jenkinson in teaching sessions with doctors and nurses, in counseling sessions with dying people and their families, and in meditative and often frank exchanges with the film’s director about the origins and consequences of his ideas for how we live and die, while paddling a birch bark canoe. A few of the themes appearing in the film: Where does our culture’s death phobia come from? Is there such a thing as good dying? How is it that grief could be a skill instead of an affliction? Who are the dead to us? How can seeing your life’s end be the beginning of your deep love of being alive? 2008/01/01 Griefwalker,National Film Board,Canada,documentary,Tim Wilson,lyrical,poetic portrait,Stephen Jenkinson,Sephen Jenkinson's work,dying,grieving people,doctor,nurse,counseling,grieving,death,mourning,meditation,phobia,ceremony,hospital,acceptance,grief,family,loss,love,ending,impermanence,detachment,moving on,death,grief illiteracy,education,culture,relationships,religion,belief,spiritual awareness,Global,conditioning,perspective,frank,openness,communication,understanding,compassion,social justice,sociology,psychology,health,aging,spirituality,New Spirituality,Intimate Spiritual Experiences & Expressions http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/8606/Big-Bang--My-Ancestors-and-Me 3817157c9127b4cdb7a8d690ee72d874 Why does the universe even bother existing? Why is earth so unique? Why are we here? The scientific explanation of our surroundings and of our origins is probably one of the main achievements of our times. We can trace back our history up until the very first nanoseconds of the Big Bang! It is the same adventure that has started with the expansion of the universe and gave us birth. We descend from apes and bacteria but also from comets and galaxies, we literary originate from stardust! The movie is articulated around the three enigmas of origins: the vertiginous emergence of our universe, the very unlikely apparition of life and the extremely lucky origins of humankind. Each moment of this fascinating story will be told by a famous scientist specialized on the origins of the world that is around us; Pascal Picq, Hubert Reeves, Sylvie Vauclair and Jim Peebles etc. We will investigate into scientific sites related to each these enigmas, we will go up to the Peak du Midi, the highest observatory in Europe, we will search the archeological site of Atapuerca, home of our older European ancestor, and we will go 100m meters underground to understand what the Large Hadron Collider is about to reveal. We will not only give a faithful account of the most recent discoveries with regards to the origins of the world, but also talk about the countless mysteries still unresolved. We will gather interviews from a wide variety or experts and show that the scientific field is constantly on the move. It apparently follows the principles of evolution as well! 2010/01/01 race,gender,science,Global,evolution,physics,evolutionary impulse,humanity,Big Bang theory,universalism,oneness,global oneness,scientific theories,science and spirituality,science and belief,species,existence of humanity,Darwin's theory of evolution,genetics,biology,biological anthropology,Homo Sapiens,Neanderthals,language,mankind,Evolution of Consciousness,Present Evolutionary Impulse http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/521/Man-Vs--Man 07563a3fe3bbe7e3ba84431ad9d055af Man-pulled rickshaw, which have served Kolkata for over eight decades face virtual extinction as a result of legislation introduced by the State Government in 1981. This would rob over 100,000 people of a living. The film analyzes the critical situation, and on the basis of concrete facts and figures, questions whether such a step would be fruitful at all. The image of a man pulling a man is a depressing and a negative one - but not more negative than that of the image of a man going without food. 1981/01/01 labor,Man-pulled rickshaw,short,social issue,ftii,south east asia,festival,documentary,film,movie,FTII http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/8745/Art-Meets-Science-and-Spirituality-in-a-Changing-Economy---Pt--5---The-Shifting-Paradigm 0fd600c953cde8121262e322ef09f70e Artists, scientists, spiritual leaders and economists gathered in Amsterdam in 1990 to explore the emerging paradigm of a holistic world view and the implications for a global economy. The five day conference, Art Meets Science and Spirituality in a Changing Economy was inspired by the artists Joseph Beuys and Robert Filliou, and manifested by Louwrien Wijers, who called it a "mental sculpture." This film, part five of the series, features physicist Fritjof Capra speaking of the paradigm shift towards a systematic worldview; Hindu scholar and Catholic priest Raimon Panikkar discussing socio-economics, art, science, religion, and beauty; and performance artist Marina Abramovic explaining her investigation of physical limits and mental potentials. Among the topics discussed at the conference are ecological sustainability, the existential fear of change, the role of creativity in a new perception of reality, and the patterns that connect. 1990/01/01 Art,Science,Spirituality,Economy,Robert Rauschenberg,David Bohm,Dalai Lama,Stanislav Menshikov,John Cage,Ilya Prigogine,Huston Smith,F.Wilhelm Christiansen,JCJ Vanderheyden,Fancisco Varela,Tessa Bielecki,J.M.Pineiro Neto,Lawrence Weiner,Rupert Sheldrake,Sogyal Rinpoche,Jean-Maxime,Marina Abramovic,Fritjof Capra,Raimon Panikkar,H.J.Witteveen,John Chamberlain,Louwrien Wijers,Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam,education,culture,evolutionary impulse,science,spiritual awareness,Global,nature,eastern philosophy,mind,body,matter,human evolution,consciousness,higher state of consciousness,enlightenment,awakening,creation,creativity http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/8046/Tao-of-the-Traveller 68a64c1e5639454c3185e7ea2db9fc48 'Tao of the Traveller' poetically explores and celebrates one young woman's deeply spiritual adventure. The film was shot on location in the snowy mountains of New Zealand, the ancient Gondwana forests and rivers of Australia, and the mango woods and villages of India. Each location reflects the experiences of her inner journey. The poetic imagery of the screenplay draws us into our heroines encounters. Tamasin Ramsay is the Traveller, and she is supported in her travels by the voices of Clarke Peters ('The Wire', 'Treme') and Lucinda Drayton ('Bliss'). The dynamic and supportive music is written and performed by David with his fellow musicians of 'Simply Red'. The compelling Hindi voices, on the alternative sound track, are by Brij Bushanji, winner of the Dada Saheb Phalke Award, and Aranya and Swati. 'Tao of the Traveller' has been recognized at film festivals in countries around the world. 2008/01/01 spirituality,women's spirituality,religion,spiritual journey,spiritual search,india,global themes,spiritual poetry,consciousness,divine,religion,belief,spiritual awareness,Global,travel,world travel,divine,connection,communion,nature,ritual,life,lifestyle,spiritual evolution,personal development,poet,Earth,Gaia,interconnectedness,harmony,transcendence,New Zealand,God,cycle,purity,return,universe,global peace,practitioner,companionship,yoga,meditation,truth,wisdom,sage,forest,cooperation,divinity,divine,spirituality,spiritual path,Integral Philosophies & Wisdom,Intimate Spiritual Experiences & Expressions http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/8106/Durga--The-Goddess-Comes-To-London 1b742ae215adf18b75449c6e272fd92d Filmed over a year with The British Museum, Kolkata comes to London and the Ganges flows into the Thames for the grand celebration of the Hindu goddess, Durga. On Monday, 2nd October, a 10ft clay statue of the Hindu goddess Durga was ritually immersed into the River Thames, at Putney. This was the culmination of a year long project that began in kolkata in October 2005 and saw the renowned sculptor, Nemai Chandra Pal, create a giant 24ft x 20ft protima in the Great Court of The British Museum. 2006/01/01 communities,religion,belief,Global,Durga Puja,Goddess,India Goddess,Kolkatta,London,British Museum,Ganges,Thames,festival,Indian festivals,Brian Durrans,lights,Richard Blurton,rituals,traditions,gatherings,mythology,myth,Indian mythology,social event,dance,music,drums,beats,Durga Puja in London,popular culture,people's art,art,worship,idol worship,Kalyan Majumdar,London Durga Puja Dusserah Committee,Krishna-nagar,craftsmen,sculptors,Nemai Chandra Pal,adornments,Ruby Pal Choudhury,clay idols,jute,renaissance,volunteers,wheat straw,barley straw,rice straw,Caroline Ingham,Saraswati,Karthik,Ganesh,Mahishasura,Bengali community,Bengal,devotion,Indians,India,family,family gatherings,Probhat Kumar Datta,immersion,108 lanterns,108 garlands,killing of demons,procession,emotions,globalization,culture,spiritual beliefs,celestial beings,Indian art,spirituality,divinity,spiritual awareness,destruction of evil,Durga Puja in London,faith,customs,culture,Indian culture,Hinduism,Hindu Goddess,Durga,Putney,protima,Channel Five,culture of religion http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/5428/The-Blue-Line 609c5e5089a9aa967232aba2a4d03114 "The Blue Line" takes us on an amazing journey around the world. Follow encounters at water sources from country to country, continent to continent. Water is revealed in its many different guises, scarce and vital, but also dangerous, spectacular and miraculous! The author tells us her opinions and emotions and unfolds her story with the vital element of life. 2007/01/01 Water; journey around the world; ecology; environment; access to drinking water,environment,globalization,hunger,poverty,social development,Morocco,water resources,water shortage,africa,alps,running water,namibia,senegal,drinking water,lesotho,south africa,india,free access to drinking water,cambodia,mekong,floating buildings,turkey,armenia,water distribution,water rationing,guatemala,peru,artentina,mexico,thailand,indonesia,asia,americas,new caledonia,new zealand,Environment,Culture http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/5483/The-Clever-Go-Gardening d72a7ed33514158ae5e68ed6d80177b9 Summer in Berlin. The leaves of the trees are dancing in step with the marching music. The allotment holder labors passionately on his parcel of land in order to comply with the strict regulations of the German allotment law. However, when the newcomers don't take it too seriously, and don't cut the grass accurately, the heart of a true and original allotment holder starts aching. Discover the dark forces that make a Berliner go to his private little garden. Learn how the Berlin Wall turned a garden-grump into an award winning allotment holder, and meet the Russian best-selling author Wladimir Kaminer, who only beacme a gardener for his wife's sake - although he himself had hoped "that they wouldn't allow us into this last bastion of German bourgeoisie." 2007/01/01 education,culture,environment,gardening skills,teaching children gardening,community garden,nourishment,germans,government allottment,growing vegetables,plants,alottment holder,fruit,Environment,Culture,Politics http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/8063/Call-Me-Malcolm 8d1f1aac0dd8a76b49e8bbdda0c7c98c Call Me Malcolm is a documentary about a 27 year-old transgender seminary student, and his struggle with faith, love and gender identity. In 1977, a boy was born in a girl's body. After several years of self-doubt and confusion, the boy learned that he was Transgendered, and four years ago he took the necessary steps to externally live into the gender he had always been internally. The first of these steps was taking on his new name: Malcolm. As the film begins, so does Malcolm's final summer vacation from seminary. It is a time filled with great concern and apprehension. He is, by all accounts, unemployed, uncertain about his future as a minister, unrecognized as Malcolm by his parents and without a "love" in his life. Malcolm sits at the edge of the Grand Canyon, just as he sits at the precipice of his future. With what identity will he serve his parishioners? How will the world perceive him? Can his family learn to accept him? Who will love him? 2004/01/01 race,gender,relationships,spiritual awareness,United States,LGBT,transgender,identity,acceptance,stigma,sexuality,sex,love,otherness,parents,alienation,transformation,well-being,inner peace,Christianity,God,feminine spirit,masculinity,energy,marriage,priest,human development,mental health,spirituality,livelihood,compassion,understanding,subculture,emotion,confusion,Vision/Ideas on New Being - Feminine,Masculine,Superhuman,Intimate Spiritual Experiences & Expressions http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/8349/Awakening-Fire e85cc63b4f0f312f11e073fc68ccffd5 How do we create hope? "The Awakening Fire: A Buddhist Prayer for Peace" offers a fascinating glimpse into Shinnyo-en and the ways into which this sect of Buddhism exists to answer this difficult question. Documenting the “Shinnyo-en Prayer Ceremony for World Peace” in the spring of 2007, this 22-minute film sheds light on Shinnyo-en’s evolution along with its humanitarian emphasis and efforts around the world. Combining footage of captivating rituals with insightful interviews, the documentary distills key aspects of this uniquely positive approach to living. 2007/01/01 peace,democracy,spiritual awareness,transcendent visions,war,conflict,Global,"When we overcome our misconceptions,our true and loving nature is revealed.",Nirvana Sutra,hope,creating hope,prayer,Shinnyo-en Buddhism,religion,faith,greed,ego,community harmony,family harmony,importance of community,inner conflict,peace and harmony,collective conscience,true nature of things,Shinjo Ito,Buddhism,enlightenment,potential to enlightenment,Shinnyo-en Temple,Yorba Linda,California,transcendence,calmness,"If we have no peace,it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.","Peace is the only battle worth waging,","Make a difference about something other than yourselves.","Nothing exists entirely alone,everything is in relation to everything else.","We may not be sure how to realize a world of peace,but nurturing this aspiration is our practice.",path to peace,path to divinity,path to spirituality,divinity,The New Pursuit - Love http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/4750/The-Choir 39dd987a9d27f1045aa0ad3ed5995dd2 Shot over four years, The Choir is about the music which unites Jabulani Shabangu and a group of fellow inmates who are battling to survive in South Africa's biggest prison. Jabulani is rebellious and angry until he meets a wily bank robber named Coleman, who recruits him for the prison choir. Jabulani rises in the ranks and leads the choir to victory at the National Prisoner Choir Competition. But there's more going on here than just a contest to see who sings best. The brotherhood of choristers, along with Coleman's fatherly wisdom, transform Jabulani's life and give him the tools he needs to face his victims and to survive behind bars, as well as in the world outside when he is released. 2007/01/01 human rights,social development,transformation,religious,violence,drugs,money,rehabilitation,liberation,inner freedom,peace,inner peace,inspirational,motivational,hymn,prison,imprisonment,National Prisoner Choir Competition,overcoming difficulty,music,choir,voice,connection,harmony,healing,emotion,freedom,escape,hope,optimism,social responsibility,religious humanism,mental health,well-being,transformation,change,progress,spiritual evolution,peer pressure,happiness,competition,peace of mind,Africa,Transcendent & Transformative Practices,Evolution of Consciousness; http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/4756/The-Comfort-Zone c678aec6e828c899b32a099c14ee882c Paula Callahan and John Bridle have given the best years of their life to people in crisis situations all over the world. Over 15 years they worked for Doctors Without Borders in the most difficult circumstances. They traveled Somalia, Palestine, Kenya, Afghanistan, East Timor, almost every hotbed in the world. They got addicted to war. Tv-reporters Peter Tetteroo and Pieter Groeneveld met them time and again in crisis situations. They started a documentary about them, observing the changes taking place in Paula and John. These extremely disturbing experiences would finally kill them. After they have finally returned home, we visit them again on Vancouver Island. What we found was heartbreaking. They have no rest. They feel alienated from life in the Western world. Both Paula and John suffer from feelings of guilt for leaving the people who needed them. It hits them like a sledge hammer now that they finally stopped and have time to reflect. 2007/01/01 hunger,poverty,Netherlands,Documentary,Human Rights,Conflict,Crime,Violence,Spiritual Awareness,Relationships,Social Development,Somalia,Afghanistan,Doctors Without Borders,Palestine,Kenya,East Timor,frustration,disappointment,identity existence,Festival6,Humanity Explored,2010,War,Conflict,Belief,World,Canada,Festival entries,Paula Callahan,John Bridle,Peter Tetteroo,Pieter Groeneveld,terror,death,desperation,mental illness,depression,surgery,hospital,emotion,identity,purpose,isolation,alienation,loneliness,war,doctor,medical care,responsibility,humanity,value of life,human life,Intimate Spiritual Experiences & Expressions http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/5719/Shake-the-Devil-Off 0b33f2e8843e8b440dd8caf7086995b0 A human disaster is about to unfold after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans. The archbishop is threatening to send old Father LeDoux away and close the famous St. Augustine church. Parishioners join forces with local musicians to fight the authorities to save the birthplace of jazz and gospel music. 2007/01/01 racism,jazz,Catholic church,struggle,hurricane,New Orleans,Katrina,gospel,politics,race,gender,religion,belief,spiritual awareness,natural disasters,gospel music,collective action,destruction,coping with disaster,destruction of homes,homelessness,black people,St. Augustine Parish,spiritual leader,slavery,slave church,religious music,religion and society,religion and race,sermon,service,humanity,natural calamities,United States,people of New Orleans,Father Gerome Ledoux,death,humanitarianism,hope,human spirit,Present Evolutionary Impulse,Culture of Religion http://www.cultureunplugged.com/images/logo.gif http://www.cultureunplugged.com