The MAJOR revamp of links on blog.

So after some while I am back and I have decided to do a MAJOR revamp of all the docs. Of course I

am talking about the links. I have received a large quantity of comments and emails concerning this and 

as of next week I will do my best to revive as much as I can. 

I still have to see which file hosting service I will use (probably Hotfile or Mediafire) as my Rapidshare

account has been suspended and thus all the links dead with it. I will go through some re-link service such

as Adf.ly in order to avoid direct connection to my blog as it maybe blacklisted or something.

Please post which docs you want me first to re-upload and I will see 'ya soon.

Cheers

Heavy

The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (2011)

Director:
Lucy Walker

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Synopsis:
Survivors in the areas hardest hit by Japan's recent tsunami find the courage to revive and rebuild as cherry blossom season begins.

Only the Young (2012)

Directors:
Elizabeth Mims, Jason Tippet

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Synopsis:
Filmmakers Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims profile three gently rebellious teens from a depressed So Cal desert town where life seems to have come to a standstill. Kevin and Garrison are two friends who live to skate. They dream of building a half-pipe where the local kids can escape the prying eyes of their parents, but remain heavily involved in a youth-oriented skateboarding group sponsored by their local church. As Kevin and Garrison both develop an adolescent crush on their mutual friend Skye, all three contend with unexpected developments that could lead them down separate paths, and out of their dead-end existence.

Well-Founded Fear (2000)

Directors:
Michael Camerini, Shari Robertson

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Synopsis:
Originally shown as part of the "POV" series on PBS, Well-Founded Fear examines the United States' system for granting political asylum and the refugees caught within it. Following several pending cases at the U.S. Immigration Office, Camarinie and Robertson give a behind-the-scenes view of how immigration lawyers determine who will receive political asylum. What the documentary reveals is a system fraught with contradictions and impossibilities. Faced with the unenviable task of separating truth from fiction in their applicant's stories, the officials fall back on guesswork and suspicion. On the other side, viewers see the debilitating fear of the applicants, afraid that a simple slip of the tongue will condemn them to deportation. Slowly the immigrants realize that their asylum is based less on proving a "well-founded fear of persecution" and more on blind luck. One asylum seeker justly calls it "asylum-officer roulette." There are no easy answers here but there is an unflinching look at democratic principles at work, for better or worse.

Planet of Snail (2011)

Director:
Yi Seung-jun

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Synopsis:
Filmmaker Yi Seung-Jun invites viewers into the lives of a remarkable couple whose extraordinary relationship hinges on all of their senses. Robbed of his vision and hearing, Young-Chan experiences the world in a different way than most, and uses his poetry to express his unique outlook on life. Meanwhile, his wife Soon-Ho contends with a major spinal disability. Young-Chan and Soon-Ho communicate through finger Braille, an innovative form of communicative touch. As the devoted couple's relationship deepens, we experience the world through their unique perspective, and discover just how rich their world truly is.

The Beatles In Hamburg

So I got an email from people involved in this project and to be honest I am quite eager to see what will come of it. I can imagine there are a lot of fans of Beatles in here so this is for you.

In the Pit (2006)

Director:
Juan Carlos Rulfo

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Synopsis:
The hardships of a Mexico City construction crew struggling to complete a second deck atop the massive Periférico Freeway are explored in director Juan Carlos Rulfo's studied look at the modern work ethic. As countless drivers zoom past the enormous worksite day after day, the anonymous workers toil away in a relentless drive to finish construction on the massive freeway addition by the scheduled completion date of December 2005. Despite the long hours and sometimes harsh working conditions, workers such as "Shorty" and "EL Grande" look past the sub-standard safety conditions to focus on the task at hand. Though both men know that when the project is finally completed they will likely receive little to no recognition for their monumental feat, the differing attitudes that they take towards their jobs offers a compelling look at the divisive opinions that many Mexicans hold in regards to both themselves and their country.

The Redemption of General Butt Naked (2011)

Directors:
Daniele Anastasion, Eric Strauss

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Synopsis:
Between 1989 and 2003, the African nation of Liberia was caught up in civil war, and one of the most feared insurgent leaders during the war was Joshua Milton Blahyi. A tribal priest in his younger days, Blahyi became a warlord known as "General Butt Naked" for his habit of going into battle nude except for boots and a rifle or sword, convinced his naked body would give him a cloak of invincibility while striking fear into his enemies. Leading an army largely consisting of kidnapped child soldiers, Blahyi claims to have be responsible for the death of 20,000 men, women and children, and says he practiced devil worship and committed human and animal sacrifices before taking the battlefield. With Liberia still struggling with the scars of war, Blahyi has renounced his violent past and returned to the pulpit, preaching the word of God and attempting to atone for his monstrous deeds. But while some support Blahyi's new crusade, others question the sincerity of his new guise as a man of peace. Filmmaker Eric Strauss studies the past and present of a man of tremendous contrasts in the documentary The Redemption of General Butt Naked, which was an official selection at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.

The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief (2006)

Director:
Jake Clennell

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Synopsis:
With his nonfiction film The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief, neophyte documentarist Jake Clennell probes the contemporary phenomenon of Japanese "host bars" - or upper-crust clubs where wealthy female clients buy the affections of handsome, twentysomething male escorts. As an illustration of this concept, Clennell devotes the entire running time of the film to an exploration of Café Rakkyo, the most lucrative such club in Osaka Japan. The visit yields dispiriting glimpses of self-perpetuated delusions - such as the female client who insists that she can keep spending increasingly exorbitant amounts of money until she "buys" the lifelong love of her favorite host, and the male entertainers who succeed at their job by forcing themselves to take full advantage of a woman's innocence, gullibility and naïveté. Clennell also underscores, with great poignancy, the extreme emotional turmoil taken by this profession on both employees and patrons. Clennell's greatest observed irony is simply the fact that most of the women are, themselves, prostitutes. In the grand tradition of cinema direct Clennell relegates himself to pure observation, carefully refraining from intrusive value judgements or intervention of any kind, and allowing viewers to draw their own conclusions about the participants' onscreen lifestyles.

The Corporation (2003)

Directors:
Jennifer Abbott, Mark Achbar

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Synopsis:
In the mid-1800s, corporations began to be recognized as individuals by U.S. courts, granting them unprecedented rights. The Corporation, a documentary by filmmakers Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott and author Joel Bakan, delves into that legal standard, essentially asking: if corporations were people, what kind of people would they be? Applying psychiatric principles and FBI forensic techniques, and through a series of case studies, the film determines that this entity, the corporation, which has an increasing power over the day-to-day existence of nearly every living creature on earth, would be a psychopath. The case studies include a story about how two reporters were fired from Fox News for refusing to soft-pedal a story about the dangers of a Monsanto product given to dairy cows, and another about Bolivian workers who banded together to defend their rights to their own water supply. The pervasiveness of corporate influence on our lives is explored through an examination of efforts to influence behavior, including that of children. The filmmakers interview leftist figures like Michael Moore, Howard Zinn, Naomi Klein, and Noam Chomsky, and give representatives from companies Burson Marsteller, Disney, Pfizer, and Initiative Media a chance to relay their own points-of-view. The Corporation won the Best Documentary World Cinema Audience Award at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.