“…The films have been restored by The Musée national d'art moderne/Centre Pompidou.…”

“…In South Korea, one of the world’s most modern and powerful industrial economies, some unimaginable outrages of the past still persist. …”

“…In a land without electric cables and modern buildings, the ruined helicopter turned out to be unique and precious. …”

“…This film is a confession and an angry outcry at the same time, trying to decipher a society trapped half-way between tradition and modernity.…”

“…Its method - ordinary people talking straight to the camera about their lives - was an innovation in documentary, though to a modern viewer the rehearsed words sound stilted.…”

“…Verzio FF Duration: 00:30:00 Everyday situations and conversations between passengers on suburban trains around Moscow, recorded over a period of more than six months, provide an insight into contemporary Russian society, where modernity merges with traditional practices to form an open-ended story. …”

“…Soros Documentary Fund On June 27, 1969, in what is considered the birth of the modern gay civil rights movement, the homosexual, bisexual and transgender patrons of the Stonewall Bar in New York City spontaneously united and fought back against chronic police harassment, jeers and arrests. …”

“…David Bradley's Sredni Vashtar by Saki (1940-43) boasts an inadvertent post-modern attitude. Films: The House with Closed Shutters (1910)—D.W. …”

“…Despite the proliferation of modern machinery, this film captures people still performing back-breaking and dangerous work by hand.…”

“…Verzio FF A modern fairy tale about bachelors in a remote village in Romania, where there is only one girl left: Elena. …”

“…Cambodia has become almost synonymous with genocide but what most people miss out are the intransigent social problems that have arisen in relatively modern times, albeit as a result of the national tragedy. …”

“…At the end of the 20th century in Guatemala the army and police killed and abducted hundreds of thousands of people, but the unprecedented genocide in Central America’s modern history went unpunished. However, in July 2005 a huge explosion in the Guatemalan capital led to the discovery of the historic archive of Guatemala’s national police. …”

“…The film is about the encounter between tradition and modernity. The film is a successful combination of ethnographic research, deep understanding of intricate religious problems and cinematographic skills.…”

“…Duration: 00:44:00 An intimate look at Roma refugees in a Belgrade suburb who make a living by transforming Citroën's classic 2cv and Dyane cars into Mad Max-like recycling vehicles, which they use to collect cardboard, bottles and scrap metal These modern horses are much more efficient than the cart-pushing competition, but even more important -- they also mean freedom, hope and style for their crafty owners. …”

“…The film follows the dedicated young activists of the opposition movement -- the modern dissidents willing to make real sacrifices when life in a democratic society is at stake.…”

“…The films follows three years of the community’s life, where recent changes and modernization unveil the fragility and vulnerability of a traditional society.…”

“…While Eric has no doubts about the institution of marriage as it is, Margareth is split between tradition and modernity, emancipation and submission, inner rebellion and helplessness. …”

“…India is currently becoming more and more a political and economic power and Dalits are given the opportunity to fight for a dignified position in modern Indian society. However, in their struggle to exercise their human rights they are still pushed away to the margins of society. …”

“…The filmmakers present a wide range of Chinese perspectives on a defining moment in China's modern history. Carma Hinton and Richard Gordon spent six years investigating the story of the 1989 protests, working together with international scholars and participants in the events. …”

“…is a love story between two people who met in one of modern history’s worse imaginable moments, the Holocaust. …”