Al Jazeera English - Witness: Romance Chinese-Style Category: Documentaries This episode of Al Jazeera English - Witness takes a whimsical look at how speed dating, online romance and love schools have replaced party loyalty in China. But in today's China, is there any time for love?
Al Jazeera English - Witness: The Singing Barber of Mosul Category: Documentaries It’s not safe to be shaving beards and singing pop songs in the northern Iraqi town of Mosul. Mohamed Yunis is 26 years old. His day job is a barber - but he loves to sing. So he decides to take it on the road...to Beirut.
Gilles Apap: Renegade Fiddler Category: Documentaries Gilles Apap, a classically trained French violinist, travels from Santa Barbara to India in a quest for musical innovation and inspiration.
Yang Ban Xi (The 8 Model Works) Category: Documentaries This musical documentary traces the rise and fall of Madam Mao's colorful propaganda operas during China’s Cultural Revolution and their renewed popularity in modern day China.
Global Mobile Shorts - Food Global Mobile brings together eight international filmmakers, selected for their innovative visual talents and interest in creating for this new format, to create a short films within the broad parameters of a single theme
FELA: Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense Category: World Music He created the genre of Afrobeat, and became the symbol of musical protest; the late great Fela Kuti was a powerhouse of creativity and energy who challenged social, musical and political boundaries.
Soweto Strings Category: Documentaries In 1992 viola player Rosemary Nalden founded the Buskaid Music School in Soweto township. "Soweto Strings" shows Rosemary as a demanding but beloved mentor, inspired by the whole-hearted way that the students have embraced classical music.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Category: Documentaries This short is a combination of stop-animation, claymation and live action. It's divided into three acts: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.
Beautiful in Beaufort Wes Category: Documentaries This lyrical gem of a film follows Gert Vlok Nel, who has become one of South Africa's most celebrated poets and troubadors from his home town of Beaufort Wes, a small town in the extremely remote Big Karoo region.
The Orchestra of Piazza Vittorio Category: Documentaries This stylish documentary follows Italian musician Marco Tronco's quest to bring together an orchestra of immigrants in one of Rome's most multicultural neighborhoods.
