During the filming of a new documentary about the war on drugs in the Philippines, RTD's Marina Kosareva spoke with Rodrigo Duterte about his sharp statements, the Philippines' “new friends”, military alliances and President Obama.
Watch the exclusive interview here https://youtu.be/b7WeLgKWvyA
The sound of the trumpet is a traditional accompaniment to almost every major event in #Serbian life . A band will play at every birth, baptism, wedding, funeral, harvest, and state and church festival.
Trumpet music preserves and reflects the innate spirit of the country’s traditions. Every year, crowds from around the world flock to the small Serbian town of Guca, for its famous, annual trumpet festival.
The lively, upbeat music makes a great 5-day event each summer and gives less well-known bands a chance to practice, get noticed and make it big.
But behind the fun and carefree festive atmosphere, few people see the gruelling demands placed on the musicians who are dedicated to and suffer for their art https://rtd.rt.com/films/daniela-princess-of-guca/
Instead of alleged terrorists, US #drones often kill innocent civilians, including kids.
For years, Pakistani citizens have lived with ever-present drone surveillance, and in constant fear of strikes. Drone attacks are always sudden and no one can guarantee any civilian’s safety. A resident’s testimony:
‘I no longer love blue skies; I prefer grey skies. Drones do not fly when the skies are grey and for a short period of time the mental tension and fear eases. But when the sky brightens the drones return and so does the fear.’ Join us live
He's a 69-year-old secondary school student. His fellow villagers say he has gone mad, but Durge Kami's teachers hope that he will be an inspiration to children and show how Nepal's education system can be improved.
“If he passes the examinations, society will also see him differently”.
How could a 69-year-old student change the perceptions and lives of low caste society members in Nepal? Watch our film “The Long Road To School” here https://rtd.rt.com/films/the-long-road-to-school/
RTD Documentary Channel's filming crew is making a new documentary in Homs, Syria.
While filming, we met an owner of a small foodstore in a devastated area. His son is missing, taken by terrorists, and he knows nothing of his fate.
But the most amazing thing was that an orthodox cross was hung from the wall of his store. Can you imagine how he manages to trade in ISIS-controlled Homs with a cross on the wall?
...Watch more films about the situation in Syria here https://rtd.rt.com/tags/syria/
Every year, crowds from around the world flock to the small Serbian town of Guca, for its famous, annual trumpet festival. Behind the fun and carefree festive atmosphere, however, few people see the gruelling demands placed on the musicians dedicated to their art.
Today's premiere: Daniela, Princess of Guca
“Orchestra Daniela” is the first brass band in Serbia to be led by, and named after, a woman. What are the group’s expectations ahead of the famous annual Guca trumpet festival, and what is their life like behind the scenes? Watch the film premiere here https://rtd.rt.com/films/daniela-princess-of-guca/
“We’re all human and make mistakes. I have returned”
They are ready to be “Warriors of Assad”, but until recently they were anti-government militants. Why were these former combatants amnestied by the Syrian president in the middle of the war and what were their lives like previously? Watch the full documentary here https://rtd.rt.com/films/amnesty-in-wartime/
In the first 2 years of war in Chechnya, surgeon Khassan Baiyev operated on 4,600 people, after that he just lost count.
He was forced to work in terrible conditions and sometimes even to help terrorists...
Now he's still helping people, but his face has changed forever:
...'My life has changed a hundred percent… for four years all I saw was torn-off limbs, blood, and mutilated bodies…' https://rtd.rt.com/films/plastic-surgeon-khassan-baiyev/
One day, hundreds of Argentinians learned that their families, names and even their identities were a lie.
After Argentina's military Junta of 1976 many who openly spoke against the brutal regime to were kidnapped, tortured and even executed. The victims' children were then given to other families. For years they had no idea who they really were.
Decades later, hundreds of bereaved grandmothers began searching for their lost grandchildren and demanding proceedings to bring the kidnappers to justice. https://rtd.rt.com/films/argentinas-stolen-children/
The Albino people of Tanzania: feared by many, considered a curse on the family as well as being hunted and mutilated for their body parts.
RT Doc's award-winning documentary revealing the suffering of albinos in parts of Africa: https://rtd.rt.com/films/albino-africadoc/
One city's garbage obtains a second life in a community of rubbish collectors.
Visit a unique market where all the goods were once someone else’s waste.
'Zabbaleen: Trash Town': https://rtd.rt.com/films/zabbaleen-trash-town/
RT Doc looks at a rarely discussed angle on the sex tourism issue: the children of sex workers, conceived by foreign travellers. Our team journeys to Angeles City in the Philippines https://rtd.rt.com/films/fallen-angels/
A 'ghost ship' and a Nazi fighter plane: the treasures that RT Doc's James Brown discovered by diving in the cold waters of the Barents Sea: https://rtd.rt.com/films/dive-into-the-past/
‘I don’t know why I am still alive. I don’t know whether I’ll stay alive after this film.’
Osama Hajjaj is a Jordanian cartoonist. He draws caricatures that satirise the country’s social issues…and is targeted by endless threats from terrorists, just for doing his job.
RT Doc meets representatives from one of the most dangerous professions in the Middle East: cartoonists, discover what it is about their drawings that irritates terrorists: https://rtd.rt.com/films/i-am-cartoonist/
