I am talking to you, my baby Matilda. First things first, I want you to look in the mirror and tell yourself that. I want you to believe that you are beautiful. You have so many people that love you. Especially when times are difficult. You need to remember that you will always have your friends and ...
2009-08-06 New York, USA / Heaven stood Still / Der Himmel stand Still / O céu Paro / El cielo se Detuvo
Willy DeVille was married in the early 1970's to Susan Berle who had known each other while growing up in. Half French and half Pima Indian, Toots favored a pair of nose rings, snow-white make-up and a beehive the color of tar. She had once put out a lit Marlboro in a woman's eye just for ...
1983-08-06 New York, USA / The cold Song / Das kalte Lied / A canção Fria / La canción Fría
Klaus Sperber, better known as Klaus Nomi, was a German countertenor noted for his vocal range and an unusual, otherworldly stage persona. Nomi was known for his bizarrely visionary theatrical live performances, heavy make-up, unusual costumes, and a highly stylized signature hairdo that flaunted a receding hairline. His songs were equally unusual, ranging from synthesizer laden interpretations of ...
Political Revolution / Politische Revolution / Revolução Política / Revolución Política
We need a political revolution against the 'billionaires and oligarchs' who have hijacked the political system involving millions of people who are prepared to stand up and say ‘Enough is enough'. Given the overwhelming disgust with status-quo politicians and the weakness of independent left-wing forces, people have to rally millions against the political establishment and their ...
1962-08-05 Los Angeles, USA / Summertime Sadness / Sommer Traurigkeit / Tristeza de Verão / Tristeza de Verano
Perhaps the most iconic Hollywood actress, Marilyn Monroe is best known for her beauty, talents, and personality. But beneath the looks, glamour, and fame, Marilyn led a dark life that not many knew about. Before overdosing on barbiturates, Marilyn had already been divorced three times and had been fired from several movies because of her tardiness ...
2012-08-05 Cuernavaca, Mexico / The weeping Woman / Die weinende Frau / A mulher Chorando / La Llorona
The song La Llorona appears in the film Frida about Frida Kahlo and starring Mexican actress Salma Hayek. Chavela Vargas was invited for a special appearance, singing her version. It is well known that Chavela Vargas was a close friend and a frequent house guest of Frida Kahlo and her husband Diego Rivera. Chavela Vargas was so close to Kahlo, that ...
What If ?/ Was Wenn ? / E Se ? / Y Si ?
Madam Speaker, I have a few questions for my colleagues. What if our foreign policy of the past century is deeply flawed and has not served our national security interest? What if we wake up one day and realize that the terrorist threat is the predictable consequence of our meddling in the affairs of others, and has ...
2010-08-03 Malaga, Spain / Resurrection / Auferstehung / Ressurreição / Resurrección
Resurrection is the concept of coming back to life after death. In a number of ancient religions, a dying-and-rising god is a deity which dies and resurrects. Some believe the soul is the actual vehicle by which people are resurrected. Others believe that we do not have souls and that this is a reason to deny ...
The Omega Point / Der Omegapunkt / Ponto Ômega / Punto Omega
The Omega Point is a spiritual belief and a scientific speculation that everything in the universe is fated to spiral towards a final point of divine unification. Evolution does not end with mankind: Earth's biospehre evolved before Humans existed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UfNLmLBoNA Evolution is the Earth's hominization in which one cell organisms develop into animals, but some of the members ...
The Sadness of Travel / Die Traurigkeit der Reise / A tristeza da Viagem / La tristeza del Viaje
The more places you see, the more things you see that appeal to you, none of the places has it all. The more you see, each place has a smaller and smaller percentage of the things you love. This drives you subconsciously to keep looking for a place, not that is perfect, but just for a ...
Reclaim your Mind / Fordere deine Geist Zurück / Recupere sua Mente / Recupera tu Mente
The mind is a powerful tool that works in your favour, as long as you are its controller. It is the controller of the mind, who can benefit from all of its powers and strength. If you find yourself mentally weak, unable to focus, and unable to control things around you, it is because of this ...
Change starts with You / Änderung beginnt mit Dir / Mudança começa com Você / Cambio comienza Contigo
This is about You. I am not going to suggest for you to become someone, I am not going to suggest that you have to get somewhere and I am not going to suggest for you to gain anything. I am not going to suggest anything, because the greatest gifts are already inside you, waiting to ...
Fire and Ice / Feuer und Eis / Fogo e Gelo / Fuego y Hielo
An ancient indian clan known as the Hopi tribe, which is still 18,327 strong, has described how the apocalypse will arrive. The tribe claims that we now live in the fourth World after the previous three were destroyed by fire and ice. Fire and ice are equally potent to destroy the World. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqeNdxM-gcg Fire evidently means passion or ...
1890-07-29 Auvers-sur-Oise, France / The sadness will last Forever / Die Traurigkeit bleibt für Immer / A tristeza durará para Sempre / La tristeza durará para Siempre
Van Gogh was unsuccessful during his lifetime, and was considered a madman and a failure. He became famous after his suicide, and exists in the public imagination as the quintessential misunderstood genius, the artist where discourses on madness and creativity converge. Born into an upper-middle-class family, Van Gogh drew as a child and was serious, quiet and ...
2013-07-28 Natal, Brazil / Nothing can separate Us / Nichts kann uns Trennen / Nada pode nos Separar / Nada nos puede Separar
I am convinced – Nothing can separate us from God’s love – Death nor life – Angels nor demons can separate us – Not even our fears today – No worries about tomorrow – Not even the powers of hell – Could separate us from God’s love. Nothing can separate us from God’s love – Nothing ...
1995-07-28 Rheydt, Germany / Waterworld / Wasserwelt / Mundo de Agua / Mundo Acuático
The polar ice caps have completely melted, and the sea level has risen over 7,600m, covering nearly all of the land. The remains of Human civilization live on ramshackle floating communities known as atolls, having long forgotten about living on land. People believe that there should be a mythological 'Dryland' somewhere in the endless ocean. The plot ...
Alone by Yourself / Allein mit Dir / Sozinho por si Mesmo / Solo por ti Mismo
If given all the time in the World, when you are sitting all alone by yourself, what do you do? Because that is probably the thing you are most passionate about. That is probably the thing you should have always done. Being alone gives you a wonderful opportunity to figure out what truly makes you happy ...
Real Action Hero / Echter Actionheld / Herói de ação Real / Héroe de acción Real
The World experienced tremendous economic growth over the past one hundred years thanks to the use of coal for the generation of electricity. But that growth model has now moved into the annals of history and will never return. Coal has been displaced by cleaner, cheaper and more effective forms of energy generation, due to the ...
Gender Identity / Geschlechtsidentität / Identidade de Gênero / Identidad de Género
Why a person feels male when they are biologically female, or the other way around remains uncertain. Embryos start to become male or female at about six to eight weeks. At that time, those with an active gene called SRY starts to produce the male sex hormon, testosterone. Without the hormon, embryos remain female. With testosterone, masculinisation ...
Act like You Know / Tu so als wüsstest Du / Aja como Você Sabe / Actúa como si Supieras
Many men still feel like a teenage boy walking around in a grown man’s body. Because they do not feel like mature men, many of these young men are putting off adult responsibilities like careers, families, and civic involvement until they can look at themselves in the mirror and say: I am a man. In the meantime, ...
2000-07-25 Paris, France / Friends of the Family / Freunde der Familie / Amigos da Família / Amigos de la Familia
In Gedenken an die Familie Tellmann - Um 16.42 Uhr erteilt der Tower Starterlaubnis. Der Pilot rollt an, zieht die Maschine mit einer Geschwindigkeit von fast 340 Kilometer pro Stunde nach oben. An Bord befinden sich 109 Menschen auf dem Weg von Paris nach New York. m 16.43 Uhr wird Feuer am Heck der Concorde gemeldet. Triebwerke ...
2011-07-23 London, UK / Dying is an Art / Sterben ist eine Kunst / Morrer é uma Arte / Morir es un Arte
Celebrity addicts are a special case; they activate, through media obsession, all available circuits of admiration, envy, and schadenfreude. But in what is most interesting about the piece is not what it says about celebrity, but what it says about talent. The music she left was marked by an emotional intensity that made her a rarity ...
Out of Balance / Aus dem Gleichgewicht / Fora de Equilíbrio / Fuera de Balance
You are focused on documenting and building the history of your life, not on living the life unfolding right in front of you. It is all about the check-in, the status update, the captured moment, rather than being fully present day to day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKd2QVrQVIM Social media starts out as something you check occasionally, but before long, it takes ...
Without Words / Ohne Worte / Sem Palavras / Sin Palabras
Without words, cameras show us the World, with an emphasis not on ‘Where,’ but on ‘What is there.’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1J6TFHCevg Baraka explores themes via a compilation of natural events, life, Human activities and technological phenomena shot in 70mm. Including a mixture of photographic styles, including slow motion and time-lapse, shot in 24 countries on six continents over a 14-month ...
1968-06-06 Los Angeles, USA / I dream Things / Ich träume Dinge / Eu sonho com Coisas / Yo sueño Cosas
Some men see things as they are and say why.I dream things that never were and say why not. In the last years of Robert Kennedy's life, he also found great solace in the playwrights and poets of ancient Greece, especially of Aeschylus, suggested to him by Jacqueline after JFK's death. In his Indianapolis speech on April ...