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Series Intro by Director Rob Hof
| Click on each episode to watch online! |
Trails from the East is a 13-part documentary series that chronicles a train voyage from the East to the West, through fast-changing societies, along the birthplaces of five world religions. The series tackles some of the great questions of today’s globalizing world. How do people cope with the continuing globalization? Is it a threat or an opportunity?
We meet local people on and off the train, on this epic journey of discovery, passing through many towns and villages unknown in the West on this 20,000 kilometer "road movie". The relaxed anonymity of a train proves to be a perfect setting for travellers to reveal perspectives on their world, as they learn to cope with the relentless battle to preserve unique religions and traditions in the face of pervasive globalization, consumerism and prescribed western lifestyle.
LEARN MORE:
Visit Trails from the East at First Hand Films
Visit the website of filmmaker Rob Hof
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In a Soldier's Footsteps - Steven, a former child soldier in Uganda and a refugee in Denmark, receives news that his missing son is not dead, but is now himself a child-soldier. Steven determines to free his son.
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 | Intimidad - Cecy and Camilo, aged 21, recently migrated to Reynosa, Mexico from Santa Maria, Puebla with a dream to buy land and build a home. One year later they return to Puebla to reunite with their daughter. What seems like a satisfying reunion turns into a confusing dilemma between Cecy and Camilo. | |
 | The Substitute - A story about the young and ambitious Max and his old and strict teacher Folke who try, each in their own way, to get a wild ninth grade class in a Swedish suburb through their final exams. | |
 | Good Copy Bad Copy - A look at the evolution of copyright: guaranteed in the American constitution, copyright has become the biggest battleground in the exploding new world of the Internet, where mash-ups, remixes and YouTube continue to push the rules. |
