#documnetary

[albertsantosgayo]

"Rigga Road RAMADAN 1ST NIGHT" FILM BY ALBERT SANTOS GAYO SELECTED AS QUARTER FINALIST AT HUNGRY MIND FILMFEST AT POLLENZO, ITALY

I would like to thank my production crew and all the people involved in producing our film “Rigga Road Ramadan 1st Night” that were selected and nominated for the “Quarter Finalist” on short documentary film section of the festival held at Pollonzo, Italy. This is such an honor to be selected among thousands of entries from filmmakers worldwide and to be able to be on the quarter finalist, just…

[drsonnet]

The letter that led to the founding of Israel | Featured Documentary

[nilefreemans]

just something I wrote after seeing the pics of THAT gladiator costume

have some bucktommy + halloween/domestic thing

***

When Tommy comes in he notes a pair of white sneakers at his door and hears the TV on, playing a documnetary about deep ocean creatures. And he feels lighter despite just coming off of a 48.

Coming home to someone waiting for him, gives him energy it seems.

The only thing Tommy can see from his entrance looking into his living room is a pair of socked feet hanging off one end of his love seat with an apple flying up into the air and back down and Tommy walks into the kitchen to get dinner started.

"I'm thinking maybe we could do something classic," Is what Tommy gets as a greeting. "Maybe movie monsters that go together. A vampire and a werewolf."

"Hello Tommy, it's nice to see you Tommy, how was your shift?" Tommy playfully mocks from the kitchen, leaning against the counter. That gets a huff of laughter and soon Evan is sitting up, revealing messy curls and a sheepish smile.

"Hey babe," Evan says as he turns to face Tommy then, and taking a bite of his apple. "How was work?"

"It was fine," Tommy answers and he steps into the living room and bends down, kissing Evan sweetly in greeting. He tastes a little bit like the apple he was eating and Tommy can't help but smile against his lips. He'd been nervous giving Evan a key to his house, but those nerves were chased away by the reality of getting to come home to see Evan relaxed on his couch, wearing a worn sweatshirt with a hole at the collar and looking like he belongs in Tommy's space. "So there's costumes?"

"Work is throwing a thing," Evan says. "And I thought, maybe we could dress up?" He asks then adds. "I saw you had off on your calendar."

"I wouldn't be opposed," Tommy says. "I don't know about a werewolf and a vampire though. It gives me Twilight."

Evan gives him a blank look and Tommy huffs. "One of these days we are going to get you to watch those movies. I'll get Howie to join me."

"Maybe we could be a cowboy and a gladiator," Evan suggests, ignoring the Twilight comment. "I still have my hat from my ranch days-"

"So I'm the gladiator then?" Tommy cocks an eyebrow, amused. "How come you've seen Night at the Musuem and not Twilight?"

"It's a movie about a museum coming alive at night," Evan counters. "That's awesome."

"Fair," Tommy agrees and he rests his hands on Evan's shoulders and begins to massage them. " So a couples' costume? I'm guessing ketchup and mustard wouldn't work?"

"If you want to be boring." Evan huffs and then lets out an appreciative moan when Tommy digs his thumb into one of the knots in Evan's muscles.

"How about something we both know?" Tommy suggests. "Star Wars?"

"You can - oh that's the spot," Evan says shifting on the couch again. "You can be Han and I can be Luke."

"Why do you get the lightsaber?" Tommy asks, teasing.

"Because you're the pilot," Evan says. "And the vest would look great on your chest." He adds, tilting his head up and reaching an arm to pat Tommy on said chest. "Plus you have several white henleys."

Tommy huffs out a laugh at that and moves his hands up to Evan's neck, causing the other man to drop his hand and lean into Tommy's massage, his eyes shuttering close.

"Are you going as blue lightsaber Luke or green?" Tommy asks and Evan hums under his hand, thinking about it.

"Green," He says. "Luke looked good in that black outfit."

"He did," Tommy agrees, remembering a younger version of himself who had been very into Luke Skywalker and the hopeful way he looked at life.

He's always had a type.

"I was more into Han myself," Evan says and he opens up his eyes and takes one of Tommy's hands and kisses his knuckles. "I guess I have a thing for pilots."

And what can Tommy do but not lean over the couch and kiss Evan properly?

Their costumes can wait till later.

So can dinner.

[eighthdoctorebooks]

Omega's Verse was a documnetary all of that happened. All of them

[cyberbenb]

'Don't come, there's nothing good here' — Chinese soldiers warn against following Russian propaganda to fight in Ukraine

The Ukrainian military recently captured two Chinese soldiers fighting for Russia. Kyiv subsequently released data on a total of 163 Chinese nationals identified by Ukrainian intelligence as fighting for Moscow.

“We are collecting information, we believe that there are many more,” President Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists on April 9.

The president also accused Chinese authorities of supporting or at least not obstructing the recruitment of its citizens to fight against Ukraine.

“Beijing knows about this. Russians distribute advertising videos about recruitment through Chinese social networks,” Zelensky said.

Russia has recruited international fighters since the outset of the war, as has Ukraine. But the prevalence of Chinese mercenaries fighting for Russia drew comparisons to North Korean soldiers, who came en masse to aid Russia’s retaking of Kursk Oblast, with the blessing from Pyongyang.

The first Chinese fighters identified by Ukrainian intelligence arrived in Russia in the summer of 2023, per documents reviewed by the Kyiv Independent.

One post on Douyin, China’s local version of TikTok, dates back to July 2022, shows a purported recent recruit excitedly preparing to be picked up from the Beijing airport on Sept. 1 of that year. “Your daily salary will be 30,000 Russian rubles. Welcome to Russia!” claims the new “recruit,” citing a figure that is an absurdly high $350 per day.

Videos well into the current year show ads inviting Chinese men to come fight for Russia. Other videos show purportedly Chinese recruiters incentivizing people to join Russia’s Armed Forces in return for high salaries.

One such video promises 2.3 million rubles ($27,000) as a sign up bonus, and 5.2 million rubles ($62,000) per year to those willing to fight.

Other videos propagandizing to potential Chinese recruits on social media are simple translations of Russian advertising, with slogans like: “You’re a man. Be one."

The accounts of Chinese soldiers who have ended up in the worst parts of the Russian line tell a radically different message.

“Don’t come. There is nothing good here to come to,” said Chongqing’s Zhao Rui, per local media. By December, Zhao had become the first Chinese soldier to die, reportedly falling to a Ukrainian drone.

In a documentary released in March, one Chinese assault soldier identified as “Macron” shared his experiences with journalist Chai Jing.

Screenshots from the “Chinese soldiers fighting for Russia” documnetary. (YouTube)

“I realized I might die here someday, so I decided to share some real experiences,” said Macron, identifying his location as near Bakhmut. “Since Chinese people haven’t been at war in a long time, I wanted to show what a regular soldier, especially a foreign one, really goes through in war."

Among grievances is endemic racism among Russian divisions against non-white recruits.

“There has been severe racial discrimination since training camp, discriminating against Black people, Arabs, and Chinese,” Macron said.

That racism is reflected in the accounts of many Chinese soldiers tricked into going into the most dangerous parts of the line. Along with many other foreign mercenaries, Chinese soldiers fighting for Russia have found themselves at the tip of highly dangerous assault groups.

“Russia is reluctant to send their regular Slavic troops to charge on the front lines, so they spend money to recruit mercenaries for front-line charges, where survival chances are extremely low.”

Russian military bloggers promoted the efforts of one, callsign "Li," to learn Russian at the start of 2024, shortly after he joined the international brigade — Pyatnashka. Pyatnashka would be one of the first units sent to fight off a Ukrainian incursion in Kursk Oblast.

Many other Chinese recruits have found themselves in "Storm-Z" units. State-funded mercenary group Wagner initially recruited these units from Russian prisons, using them to sustain some of the highest casualty rates of the war while minimizing political blowback from the Russian public.

Reports from August show two young Chinese recruits joining Storm-Z units only to die on their first mission.

"Russia is reluctant to send their regular Slavic troops to charge on the front lines, so they spend money to recruit mercenaries for front-line charges, where survival chances are extremely low," the report says.

The bodies of killed Russian soldiers in the Bakhmut area in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on June 29, 2024 (Pablo Miranzo/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Those reports put the payout that Russia owes to the families of Chinese soldiers killed in action at 400,000 renminbi, or just over $50,000. However, those payments face frequent delays.

Moreover, the Russian military has apparently refused to release many of the Chinese soldiers at the end of their signed contracts.

"We'll terminate your contract only after winning the war," one Chinese fighter quoted his commander's refusal to let him out of service while speaking to blogger Lei's Real World in July.

"Two of my men deserted. They are making every effort to capture them. If they are caught, they won't live for sure. So I can only wish the two deserters good luck."

Over 160 Chinese nationals fight for Russia in Ukraine, obtained documents show

The documents, obtained by the Kyiv Independent, list the names, personal data, brigades, and ranks of Chinese nationals fighting for Russia.

The Kyiv IndependentKateryna Denisova

[wewantnothing2]

Francis Bacon

The work of Francis Bacon. Some clips taken from an old arena documnetary on Bacon. Life, upbringing and influences.

[greninjafan5000]

today in english class we watched this documentary abt this guy who loved bears like he fw bears and he though he was one of them but then a bear ate him and it was like a documnetary abt a guy making a documentary

[perplexed-confusion]

Why did this clip of Hen in the promo look like it was from some murder documnetary or something

[theonlytwoalive]

Theo couldn't stop watching the TV screen. He didn't want to miss a single detail, knowing that it was all important if he wanted to figure out what was going on. Grabbing another handful of popcorn, Theo felt themselves getting even more confused at the documnetary.

As the best friend appeared on the screen, Theo felt his mouth fall open. "Oh my god! We have to watch the next episode, I need to know what the best friend is going to say!" They exclaimed as they turned to look over at Saskia.

Saskia's eyes were glued to the screen, to the documentary they were both watching. It was their way of unwinding, watching something that was somewhat horrifying and then cuddling up in bed together afterwards.

Shoving another handful of popcorn into her mouth, her eyes went wide as the best friend came up on screen, then the episode ended. "Oh come onnnn! You can't just make the big reveal that the best friend is alive and then end the episode right there!"

[everydayafghanistan]

A tailor at the old bazaar of #Herat, #Afghanistan Photo by Arezou Ava @arezou.ava. #everydayafghanistan #tailor #bazaar #everydayeverywhere #photographer #business #cloth #everydayherat #documentaryphotography #documnetary #reportagespotlight #afghan #old #afghanwomen #everydayasia (at Herat, Afghanistan) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfl8MhbtO0c/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[drsonnet]

تجربة بث مباشر عبر زووم: لقراءة سريعة لفيلم عن رحلة اللاجئين. فيلم (أنا القائد - الكابتن)

Film Review: Io capitano di Matteo Garrone (2023) #Refugees : #VeniceFilmFestival2023 IO CAPITANO di Matteo Garrone (2023) Matteo Garrone By Dr. Eman Tahawy Cardiologist & Genocide Researcher ----

#MatteoGarrone #IoCapitano #VeniceFilmFestival2023 #migranti #RefugeesWelcome

[banditafentiluv]

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It was like a message from God: “Honesty doesn’t pay, sucker.”

City of God (2002) dir. Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund

[13thgenfilm]

📣 On April 28th, our friend and fellow filmmaker Jules Rosskam is holding the first public event connected to his newest film project, DESIRE LINES. No stranger to the 13th Gen family, in 2018 his award-winning first-person essay film PATERNAL RITES - produced by Marc Smolowitz - had it's world premiere at @moma​'s DOC FORTNIGHT and went on to screen around the globe at BFI Flare, Tampa Bay International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Inside Out LGBT Film Festival and more. His new film project DESIRE LINES centers around trans masculinity and cruising culture - parts of queer history that have gone unnoticed in relation to each other - until now. You can support the film by making a donation (link below) OR by coming out to a fundraising event in Los Angeles on April 28th from 6-8pm where a short pilot concept of the film will be screened, followed by a conversation about trans masculine representation onscreen with celebrated icons in the community, including Amos Mac (film/TV writer); Scott Turner Schofield (Emmy-nominated actor, founder of Speaking of Transgender); D'Lo (actor, writer & comedian); including a special performance by Ezra Michel, musician & founder of Pussyboy Clothing! 💥 Tickets / donations: 👉 https://givebutter.com/DESIRELINES 💥 Every dollar gets Jules and his phenomenal filmmaking team one step closer to finishing the film!

[bramphotography]

Overlapping billboards

[opr2227]

Reclamation Nature  #4, 2017

[thepostman24]

This summer, the newly released documentary film "A Small Country with a Big Heart'' explores the true meaning of hospitality through a little known story from Moldova. #documnetary #shortflim #thepostman24 #internatinoal #newsalert https://thepostman24.com/entertainment_moldova_launches-documentary_sd