The Eye Above the Well 1988

The Eye Above the Well 1988

The Eye Above the Well 1988

The Eye Above the Well 1988
Het oog boven de put (original title)
1h 34min | Documentary | 29 September 1988 (Netherlands)

Storyline:

A poetic depiction of life and ritual in the south Indian state of Kerala. We see how knowledge is passed down from generation to generation: within the family, through the village economy, and especially from teachers to students. Performance footage shows how song, dance, martial arts, and religion constitute the building blocks of a culture.

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College Boys Live 2009

College Boys Live 2009

College Boys Live 2009

College Boys Live 2009
1h 34min | Documentary | 9 June 2009 (USA)

Storyline:

In a quiet Orlando, Florida, suburb three young men struggle to escape the wreckage of their pasts and create new lives for themselves. Their new home is CollegeBoysLive.com, a voyeur web cam house rigged with 32 cameras, where their every move is watched by thousands of paying members. The site’s creator claims CollegeBoysLive.com is simply about showing that “it’s okay to be gay.” But the neighbors insist it’s a pornographic whorehouse and sue to have them evicted. This intimate and provocative documentary examines a complex subculture, but at its heart is the universal search for family and acceptance.

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Growing Up – Boys

Growing Up - Boys

Growing Up – Boys

Growing Up – Boys
49min | Documentary | 2002

Plot:

This series offers a highly visual insight into the minds and bodies of teenagers and uses their own experiences to track their progress from child to adulthood. The focus is on the boys Jesse, Andy, Mark and Dominic and the girls Sharmaine, Claudia, and the twins Rebecca and Jessica. This series concludes that to become a settled adult, a teenager must grow to be comfortable with his/her body, new identity, and the responsibilities that come with adulthood.

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Sickfuckpeople 2013

Sickfuckpeople 2013

Sickfuckpeople 2013

Sickfuckpeople 2013
1h 15min | Documentary, Drama | 28 April 2013 (Canada)

Storyline:

A documentary triptych about a group of homeless kids, who have survived their drug-addicted childhood, grew up and start to live an adult life. It’s a story about a boy facing the surreal, degenerated society of his native village full of hate and sadistic anger while searching for his mother. It’s a story about a pregnant girl who wants to give birth to her child whose childhood probably will be even worse then hers. But her own sisters are forcing her to make an abortion.

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Fulboy 2015

Fulboy 2015

Fulboy 2015
1h 22min | Documentary, Biography, Sport | March 2015 (UK)

Storyline:

On the verge of achieving his dream career, Tomás allows his older brother Martin Farina an inside look at his life as a professional football player. Martin, never able to fulfill his own dream of playing football, steps into the world of Tomás and his teammates through the lens of his camera. However, the rest of the club has their own opinions, some viewing Martin as an intruder, as he exposes their most vulnerable moments, and their concerns for the future after the game has ended. Fulboy offers an uncensored, confessional look at how the athletes behind the most popular sport in the world behave during their time off the field. At the same time, Fulboy reflexively interrogates Farina’s aesthetic choices and point-of-view, as well as the viewer’s gaze at the male form.

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Beach 19 (2014)

Beach 19 (2014)

Beach 19 (2014)
13min | Documentary, Short, Adult | 31 August 2014 (UK)

Storyline:

Beach 19 or Praia de Bela Vista, is where the nudist beach starts, also world famous for being Portugal’s most popular gay beach. As with everywhere in the world: where the nudist beach ends, gay cruising begins and this is the largest cruising spot in Portugal. In the vast bushes behind the railway track, guys from all over Europe and beyond, meet for some fun and relaxation.

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Muchacho en la barra se masturba con rabia y osadía 2015

Muchacho en la barra se masturba con rabia y osadía 2015

Muchacho en la barra se masturba con rabia y osadía 2015

Muchacho en la barra se masturba con rabia y osadía 2015
19min | Documentary, Short, Biography | March 2015 (Mexico)

Storyline:

Dance and prostitution play the same role for Jonathan’s body; virtuosity, desire, technique, and sex intertwine, granting coherence to a way of life that offers many answers to few questions; a leitmotiv that reconciles opposites and contradictions; answers that are sometimes painful, like all truths.

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