Ciutat morta: The night that killed the truth: police setup and its consequences
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Its broadcast became a historic event: on January 17, 2015, nearly 569,000 viewers (a 20% share) followed the story of the 4F case, an exorbitant figure for Channel 33. The documentary had toured festivals and community centers, and now it reached the public on a much larger scale. The anticipation was no coincidence. Days earlier, a court in Barcelona ordered five minutes of the feature film to be cut, claiming it violated the right to honor of a former police … Read more

Geneva, Switzerland: response to the annual appointment of global capitalism
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Tomorrow marks the start of the annual G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, France. Its members are Germany, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, which together hold around 60% of the world’s economic wealth. They meet every year to organise the capitalist direction of the world, becoming a tool of militarisation in the service of multinational corporations. The meeting takes place in a context of deep geopolitical tensions that will make it difficult for the … Read more

Chicago Seven: a trial against protest
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  In the summer of 1968, the United States of America witnessed numerous protests against the Vietnam War that were heavily repressed. Some took place in Chicago in August, during the Democratic Party convention to choose a new candidate. Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy had been assassinated, and thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to demand the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam. The police response left hundreds injured and about 600 arrested. Richard Nixon’s conservative government, with … Read more

“Tank Man”, the man who stopped the tanks in Tiananmen
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On June 1989, one day after the violent military crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protests, an anonymous man stood in front of a column of tanks on Chang’an Avenue in Beijing. The scene was photographed by several international photojournalists and became one of the most recognizable images of the 20th century. The photograph of “Tank Man” came to symbolize nonviolent direct action and civil resistance against military force. The protests had begun weeks earlier with the participation of students, workers, … Read more

Behind the tomato: a journey through capitalist structural inequality in ‘A Ilha das Flores’
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The birth, development and spread of large corporations, which carry in their DNA a contempt for human rights and the environment, constitute the engine driving current consumption. The essay/documentary short film ‘Ilha das Flores’ (1989), directed by Brazilian filmmaker Jorge Furtado, materializes this critique through the journey of a simple tomato to a landfill in Porto Alegre. In 13 minutes, the work turns the production, distribution and consumption chain into a stark metaphor for capitalism and the social inequalities it … Read more

The dark side of tourism: the housing crisis in Mallorca
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🔗https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBxQbU2VLWY The documentary “El lado oscuro del turismo: la crisis de la vivienda en Mallorca” (2024), broadcast as part of the “ARTE Regards” programme by the European cultural channel ARTE, examines the impact of tourism on access to housing on the island. The film, originally titled in German “Re: Wohnungsnot auf Mallorca”, was broadcast on 19 December 2024 and remains available in the ARTE media library until 17 December 2025. The report combines economic data with testimonies from residents affected … Read more