De stad was van ons - It was our city (English subtitles)

This documentary is about the history of the Amsterdam squatters between 1975 and 1988. 28 former activist tell the story of the movement which caused considerable turmoil in the Netherlands. The film is made by Joost Seelen and Eric Duivenvoorden. It was nominated for the Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam in 1996.

ADM - The Lost Free State

 

ADM - The Lost Free State - complete SUBTITLED from Suwanne CCtv on Vimeo.

ADM was a squat in the Port of Amsterdam, to the west of the city next to the North Sea Canal. The squat lasted from 1997 until its eviction in early 2019. Around 130 people lived on the terrain of 45 hectares in buildings, on boats and in vehicles. Local Amsterdam television station AT5 produced a six part series on ADM called the Lost Free State (De Verloren Vrijstaat) in 2018. This the series combined into a single program with subtitles in English. Squatting never died!

Where Eagles Fly : Seven Years with Siberian Shamans 1994-2001

7 YEARS WITH SIBERIAN SHAMANS 1994-2001 from costanzo allione on Vimeo.

From the ancient Mongol siber, Siberia means “the wonderful and pure earth”. It is a country of marvels, with great mountainous chains, golden hills and powerful rivers; it was like this at the time when the first explorers saw it, in the XVII century. It has stayed the same even now when we have ‘rediscovered’ it in our backward journey in search of Siberian shamanism: a kaleidoscope of peoples, ethnicities, religions and traditions. We wanted to lift the veil on this remote world, after seventy years of state-atheism, in order to understand whether this very ancient tradition had been able to survive the horrors of the Stalinist Regime. We travelled in the Transiberian, we trusted run-down buses, we crossed rivers on improvised barges, trying to sustain the rebirth process of ancient shamanic traditions. We helped the shamans revive and bring to light rites and ceremonies dedicated to the Master Spirits of these savage lands and we lived with them, gathering around the Sacred Fire, sharing the cold of the yurta and the magic of their shamanic chants. During these seven years of life together, we have collected the secrets of their magic arts and their spiritual testament: to respect Father Sky and Mother Earth.