This week’s Op-Doc is Samuel Collardey’s “Arctic Boyhood,” a visually breathtaking portrait of a young boy growing up in a small town in Greenland. The Op-Doc is related to Collardey’s feature documentary […]
What It’s Like to Grow Up on the Greenland Tundra
The music legend who drives a taxi
This Washington taxi driver has a big secret – he is a musical star in his native Ethiopia and he still composes in the back of his car.
Is Paris ripe for a boom in alternative transport?
As French rail workers continue their rolling strikes against planned reforms, millions of passengers are looking for other ways to get around. In Paris, several private initiatives exist that allow commuters to […]
The push towards organic farming in Thailand
A third of the land in Thailand is used for agriculture. But due to a rising demand for cheap meat, more and more farmers are choosing to grow crops for animal feed. […]
Women against Hitler and the nazis
Women in Nazi Germany were expected to be housewives and mothers. Women, like Sophie Scholl, who resisted the system and these roles paid with their lives. When the National Socialists led by […]
Uganda’s oil boom
Uganda is set to become a big oil producer as internatoinal oil giants line up to exploit a new find under Lake Albert. But this, requires a lot of land. And local […]
Surf’s Up: Pōhaku
Previous NOWNESS contributor Bradley Tangonan, a Hawaiian-born director and producer, presents this thoughtful new film taken from an ongoing series exploring native Hawaiian culture, craftsmanship, and the spiritual energy (or ‘mana’) of […]
Technology instead of animal testing
An organization set up by German carmakers exposed monkeys to diesel exhaust fumes to show they weren’t carcinogenic. Animal testing is considered necessary in industries like pharmaceuticals. But why, when modern technology […]
Sand-bathing in Ibusuki, Japan
Strewn along the beach are people half buried in simmering sand, uniformed sentinels standing over them with shovels. Far from being macabre, Ibusuki beach is a rare natural spa with warm sands […]
The Real Story Of The Civil Rights Movement
The stories about Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and Muhammad Ali are well known. But how accurate are they? Often the retelling of the civil rights movement is neutered by misrepresentations […]
