19 Jan 1988
Rock
Documentary — featuring both interviews and live footage — about underground rock music in Russia, during the last years of the Perestroika.
The Tentmakers of Cairo
Not everyone takes part in a revolution. Some are just caught in the middle of one.
Amid the tumult of the Arab Spring in Cairo, vendors in a small souk observe the political upheaval while seeking to preserve an ancient tradition of fabric making.
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