A very interesting doc on post-war Afghanistan…
Archive for March, 2008
Kabul Transit
Posted in Documentaries on March 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Documentay in footsteps of Ibn Battuta, the greatest travel-writer-adventurer, possibly ever
Posted in Documentaries, sufism on March 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
”The Man Who Walked Across the World” pt 1 of doc by BBC 4
.
Read his fabulous travelogue, “The Travels of Ibn Battuta,” translated into English by Tim Mackintosh-Smith.
Tuvan Throat Singing
Posted in Documentaries on March 24, 2008 | No Comments »
You may have never known that a human voice can make sounds like this…
Sidi Touré
Posted in Documentaries on March 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A great doc on Sidi Touré, a musician from Mali who has been struggling to make an international break. The style is raw and unabashedly video-ish.
from www.dailymotion.com posted with vodpod
Golden: Abbas Kiarostami’s thoughts on digital video
Posted in Documentaries, tagged 10 on Ten, kiarostami on March 12, 2008 | No Comments »
A brilliant argument for the use of digital video by one of the world’s foremost artists of the cinema. He argues that a filmmaker doesn’t need a crew, a big budget, and pretentious ideas to make films- a filmmaker needs real life and a video camera. As Abbas says, digital video brings cinema back into [...]
An unforgettable film, and a remedy for depression: “The House Is Black” (pt 1 of 2)
Posted in Documentaries, sufism, tagged cinema, documentary, Farrokhzad, Forugh, iranian, new wave, persian on March 12, 2008 | No Comments »
The only film made by renowned Iranian poet Forugh Farrokhzad, who died at the age of 32. This poetic portrait of a leper colony is considered a landmark film in Iranian cinema and in the history of essay filmmaking. Though it is sometimes difficult to watch, it is one of a handful of films that, [...]
The Letter
Posted in Uncategorized on March 12, 2008 | No Comments »
A short film on memory by Iona Fournier-Tombs
from www.vimeo.com posted with vodpod
An illumination from 14th century Spain
Posted in Spirituality on March 11, 2008 | No Comments »
From Moses Maimonides’ Guide to the Perplexed
Paradise Found: Islamic Architecture and Arts (1/10)
Posted in Uncategorized on March 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Another fabulous, poignant BBC documentary on the wonders of Islamic art and architecture, presented by the humorous and greatly enthused Waldemar Januszczak.
from www.youtube.com posted with vodpod
BBC - An Islamic History of Europe 1 of 12
Posted in Uncategorized on March 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A fabulous work of travel-documentary
from www.youtube.com posted with vodpod
