Antonín Dvořák: Symphony no: 9 – From the New World (43 min) | Click here to watch
Video recording of Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony no: 9 in E minor, Op. 95 “From the new World Presented by the Weiner Philharmoniker 
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan 

Popularly known as the New World Symphony, it was composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1893 while he was director of the National Conservatory of Music of America from 1892 to 1895. It is by far his most popular symphony, and one of the most popular of all symphonies. In older literature and recordings, this symphony was often numbered as Symphony No. 5.

https://vimeo.com/110433303

Why Beauty Matters (UK) | Click here to watch
(59 min; 2009; English)
Written and presented by Roger Scruton

Contemporary philosopher Roger Scruton presents a fascinating argument for the importance of beauty in our art and in our lives, and explores what truly is and is not beautiful, regardless of its beholder.

https://vimeo.com/128428182

A three-part BBC Four travelogue with Tim Mackintosh-Smith, British Arabist, writer, traveller and lecturer.  In an effort to break the west's monolithic view of Islam, Tim Mackintosh-Smith follows in the footsteps of 14th century Moroccan scholar Ibn Battuta, regarded by many to be one of the greatest travellers and explorers the world has ever seen, who covered 75,000 miles, 40 countries and three continents in a 30-year odyssey.  

Episode 2: Magicians and Mystics | (60 min; 2008; English)

In Turkey, Tim Mackintosh-Smith watches an illegal whirling dervish ceremony, and in the Taurus mountains he meets the last of the Turkoman nomads. He chats to Tatars in Crimea, while in Delhi he watches a Muslim magician performing the Indian rope trick.

Twin Sisters – A World Apart | Click here to watch

(58 min; 2015; Norwegian and English with subtitles)
Director: Mona Friis Bertheussen

Recipient of the Audience Award for Best Feature Film, Gottenborg International Film Festival 2014

The poignant true story of twin sisters from China, found as babies in a cardboard box in 2003 and adopted by two separate sets of parents - one from California, the other from a remote fishing village in Norway. The film tells the remarkable story of their parallel journey, punctuated by only the odd visit, videos and photographs - until they meet for a longer visit in Norway when they are eight years old. Despite living completely different lives and speaking different languages, they are mirrors of each other - the magical bond between them is extraordinary.

This is the story of our notions of family - the genetic ones we inherit and the ones we create.

https://watchdocumentaries.com/twin-sisters-a-world-apart/

My Time will Come: Gustav Mahler as remembered by Natalie Bauer-Lechner   | Click here to watch
Director: Beate Thalberg

Filmmaker Beate Thalberg has crafted a docu-drama based on a little- known source of information on Gustav Mahler, the diaries of Natalie Bauer-Lechner, Mahler’s long-time confidante. The film portraits Mahler’s private and professional life from his student years in Vienna up to his marriage with Alma Schindler. The diaries evoke the man behind the artist and testify not only to Mahler’s erratic character and to his humour, but also to his dramatic struggle for recognition as a composer.

https://vimeo.com/26374724

(60 min; 2006; English)
Director: Harry Hook
A BBC One Production

A docu-drama presented by Griff Rhys Jones that tells the tragic story of Jungle Book author Rudyard Kipling. Peter Guiness brings the complex character of Kipling vividly to life.

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(122 min; 2000; German/English & with subtitles)

Written and Directed by Mark Jonathan Harris
Narrated by Judi Dench

Multiple award winner including Oscar Award for Best Documentary, Features, Academy Awards, USA 2001; Audience Award for Best Documentary Film, Terezin Fort Film Festival 2001; Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Documentary, Evening Standard British Film Awards 2001; among others 

Film on the extraordinary British rescue operation known as the Kindertransport which saved the lives of over 10,000 Jewish and other children from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia. These children, or Kinder, as they came to be known were taken into foster homes and hostels in Britain, expecting to be reunited with their parents. The majority of them never saw their parents again. The film uses rare and extensive footage, photographs, and artefacts, and is told in the words of the child survivors, rescuers, parents, and foster parents
 

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Bharatanatyam Recital

By Rahul Dev Mondal from Kolkata, disciple of the late Guru Tusher Dey and Prof. Khagendra Nath Burman
 
 

At 19:00
 

Kuchipudi Recital

By Abhinaya Nagajothy from Delhi, disciple of Smt Seetha Nagajothy and Shri P. Nagajothy
 
 

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Speaker: Prof. T.V. Paul, James McGill Professor of International Relations, Dept. of Political Science, McGill University, Canada; Fellow, Royal Society of Canada; and former President, International Studies Association

Chair: Amb. K.P. Fabian