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From the tropical rainforest in Papua New Guinea to the Mongolian taiga, people from indigenous cultures worldwide are fighting to preserve their forests. Whether through reforestation in the Amazon rainforest or the fight against pollution of the boreal forest in Canada, the series shows in five episodes the great importance of forests for our planet.
In the heart of Greenland’s vast frozen wilderness, 12-year-old Pipaluk lives with her mother and brother in an isolated village. Her dream: to compete in the most prestigious dog sled race, a challenge reserved for the greatest mushers, all men. Mocked by her peers and ignored by her family, Pipaluk develops a friendship with an adorable husky puppy named Ashia, and finds an unexpected ally in Tulok, a solitary and enigmatic old hunter. Under Tulok’s guidance, she slowly opens to the wonders of nature, discovers the true reason for his support, and soon realises that their destinies are intertwined. Will Pipaluk find the strength to defy tradition and achieve the impossible?
The man reads his newspaper on a toilet bowl. The woman presents the newspaper behind a television. In fact, he's a prisoner, she's a spy. But what terrible secret is he hiding?
In Venezuela, amidst a backdrop of poverty, murder, and corruption, the El Sistema youth orchestra offers children hope and the opportunity to pursue a life of art in spite of the harshness of the society around them. Yet the country’s spiraling collapse and political repression threatens the musicians’ dreams of a better life.
Several years after losing his father, Inuk learns the way of his people again.
Mike Magidson, an American-born film director, lived in France for 20 years with all the comforts of modern society before taking on a unique challenge: attempting to survive alone on an ice floe, subsistence fishing and hunting like an Inuit in Greenland. Alone in the heart of the polar winter battling with the Arctic ice pack and its ruthless laws, Michael turns to the techniques, know-how and reflexes of the Inuits who have thrived in the Arctic for thousands of years. A story of the human journey, Call of the Ice is a film about learning, with its failures and pain, but also victories in the face of adversity.
