Titles added in the last six months
Note: If your institution subscribes to The Docuseek Complete Collection, some of these titles may not be available for viewing at your institution until the next quarterly update in September.
Los Puros
A group of old friends reunite at a summer house in Varadero, Cuba. Their last meeting was in Russia, mid-1980s: they were preparing to return home to Cuba after five years spent studying Marxist-Leninist philosophy in the Soviet Union. Added September 4, 2024
Icarus Films | 2024 | 19 minutes
Gaza's Strawberry Fields
Against the backdrop of the fruit industry in the Gaza Strip, this film shows the yearning of Palestinians for independence and peace. Added September 4, 2024
First Hand Films | 2006 | 60 minutes | College, Adults
Gaza Sderot - Life in Spite of Everything
Based on the multi-award-winning internet project on daily life in Gaza City in Palestine and Sderot in Israel, the film documents regular people in each town on the opposite side of the border over two months leading up to the 2008 Gaza War. Added September 4, 2024
First Hand Films | 2009 | 54 minutes | College, Adults
The Dmitriev Affair
Against the wishes of the authorities, 60-year-old Yuri Dmitriev searches for mass graves from the era of Stalin’s terror against his own people - until one day he is arrested and sentenced to 15 years in a penal colony. Following Yuri closely, the film paints a shocking picture of the way the Russian state rewrites history and treats its citizens. Added September 3, 2024
Icarus Films | 2024 | 96 minutes
Midwives
Two young women start their careers as midwives at a chaotic public hospital in Paris. Added September 3, 2024
Distrib Films | 2024 | 100 minutes
Of Trees and Forests: Finland
In the far north of the world lies the greatest plant continuity on the planet: the boreal forest. Added August 30, 2024
Cinétévé | 2024 | 52 minutes | 7-12, College, Adults
Of Trees and Forests: Madagascar
On the west coast of Madagascar lies a special forest: the dry tropical forest. Baobabs reign in this haven of life that defies the laws of nature. Added August 30, 2024
Cinétévé | 2024 | 50 minutes | 7-12, College, Adults
Of Trees and Forests: French Guiana
The Amazon rainforest has always fired the imagination, rich in hundreds of thousands of plant and animal species that have not yet revealed all their secrets to us. The kapok tree, repository of the founding legends of the Wayana people, majestically overlooks the canopy. Added August 30, 2024
Cinétévé | 2024 | 52 minutes | 7-12, College, Adults
The World According to Mark Rothko
A legendary 20th century artist, Mark Rothko assigned himself the task of creating a representation of the human tragedy through the most abstract painting there is. Added August 30, 2024
Cinétévé | 2023 | 52 minutes | College, Adults
Van Gogh
This film invites us to rediscover the work of Vincent Van Gogh through the character of Johanna Bonger Van Gogh, his sister-in-law and inheritor of his estate. Added August 30, 2024
Cinétévé | 2023 | 52 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
