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- DirectorDheeraj AkolkarStarsLiv UllmannIngmar BergmanSamuel FrölerThe 42 year long relationship between legendary actress Liv Ullmann and master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman.
- DirectorSebastián AlfieStarsGustav --Juan Carlos AduviriSebastián AlfieThis is the story of a friendship between a young filmmaker and a blind cinematographer, between Sebas and Gabor.
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsAlexander HackeAhmed UlugCem YegulAward-winning director Fatih Akin takes us on a journey through Istanbul, the city that bridges Europe and Asia, and challenges familiar notions of east and west. He looks at the vibrant musical scene which includes traditional Turkish music plus rock and hip-hop.
- DirectorAndreas ApostolidisStarsDana Abed
- DirectorClio BarnardStarsManjinder VirkChristine BottomleyNatalie GavinPortrayal of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar.
- DirectorMariano BarrosoIsabel CoixetJavier CorcueraStarsLia ChapmanLuz-Neida PerdomoIsabelle StoffelA series of short films examining the world's overlooked problems and the people who suffer from them.
- DirectorMalik BendjelloulStarsRodriguezStephen 'Sugar' SegermanDennis CoffeyTwo South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.
- DirectorAndrew Graham-BrownStarsLorne CardinalGlen GouldIan HolmFossils found in Montana reveal a lifestyle of long-gone megafuana and paleo-indians of North America.
- StarsIan HolmWilliam HootkinsTeo Ao Tahara-ReeseThe first episode shows audiences the American Serengeti that was once North America, and the unearthing of a Clovis child who came from some of the earliest settlers of Montana. The people hunt Caribou and Mammoths as they hide from the Smilodon and run from Arctodus simus - the dreaded Short-Faced Bear. The second episode is set 65,000 years ago, Australia was a forested land of many green plants and megafauna such as Diprotodon. The continent also housed territorial large birds like genyornis and the menacing giant monitor lizard Magalania. The ancient Aborigine found their way to the shores of this strange land of giant Marsupials and Reptiles. The third and final episode is set in the 1200s, and we catch a glimpse of the Maori traveling to New Zealand after their hero Kupe first discovered this magnificent world of birds and flightless bats. They develop a taste for Giant Moa just as the amazing Haast's Eagle had a new taste for man. However, the fastest extinction process wiped the Moa out, and the Haast's Eagle would follow the bird. The episode continues to show how Hawaii and (to an even more horrifying extent) Easter Island suffered the same fate in the end of the episode.
- DirectorD. Channsin BerryBill DukeStarsSoren BakerRonald BoutelleJoni BovillDocumentary exploring the deep-seated biases and attitudes about skin color---particularly dark skinned women, outside of and within the Black American culture.
- DirectorMimmo Calopresti9 Italian Auschwitz survivors tell their moving stories of deportation, separation, suffering, survival and final liberation...
- StarsJoseph CampanellaLeo GrilloWarner PassanisiHouse cats have much in common with their larger wild relatives.
- DirectorSergi CameronVentura DurallSalvador SunyerBugarach. Nothing ever really happens in this bucolic village in Southern France at the base of the mountain that gives it its name. But the villagers' peace and quiet vanishes when the news story circulates around the globe like a viral video that this close-knit community of 194 inhabitants will be the only place on the planet to survive the December 21st apocalypse foretold by the Mayans. 'Bugarach' dives deep into the subject of the apocalypse to reflect on the fears and coping strategies of humankind in times of deep material and spiritual crisis in the Western world.
- DirectorPierre Caule
- DirectorGabriela CowperthwaiteStarsTilikumDave DuffusSamantha BergA documentary following the controversial captivity of killer whales, and its dangers for both humans and whales.
- DirectorPeter CrystalMark HendersonStarsPatsy KensitHollie CapperDanica ThrallDocumentary about women who get whatever they want from men - from life's luxuries to their gas bill paid - in a phenomenon known as 'rinsing'.
- DirectorAnca DamianStarsVlad IvanovJamie SivesSandrine BonnaireWhile being in Poland, Romanian Claudio Crulic is wrongly accused of theft. In jail he goes on a hunger strike.
- DirectorDiana FabianovaDiana is not the only one for whom the monthly period is no fun at all. Headaches, nausea, depression -- why is it so widely accepted that women all over the world should feel so lousy on a regular basis? And why is the subject still not openly discussed? With a keen sense of perspective, humor, and self-mockery, Diana goes in search of answers. The most wide-ranging theories put forward by anthropologists, psychologists, journalists, gynecologists, and belly-dance teachers are intercut with old-fashioned information films and animated clips. The connecting factor throughout the film is 11-year-old Dominika, who keeps the audience updated about her impending menstruation, bringing up all kinds of questions. Why is blue liquid used in advertisements for sanitary napkins? Is the pill being used to adjust our body's rhythm to that of a male-dominated society? Why do we bleed when, in nature, blood is synonymous with death? Diana's quest brings her a deeper understanding and appreciation of her body. And also of her moods, because as one expert claims, whereas women are sometimes perceived to be complaining during menstruation, it is actually the hormones giving them the courage to finally say what they really always thought.
- DirectorNadia El FaniAlina Isabel PérezStarsNadia El FaniI have always considered that my films are focused on this single topic: freedom. During the shooting of Laïcité, Inch'Allah! (2011), I had no other choice than affronting Islamic fundamentalists: it was like a "war". At the same time I discovered the corridors of Tenon Hospital in Paris. I had to face cancer, a second enemy.
- DirectorCharles FergusonStarsMatt DamonGylfi ZoegaAndri Snær MagnasonTakes a closer look at what brought about the 2008 financial meltdown.
- DirectorAlastair FothergillKeith ScholeyAdam ChapmanStarsJohn C. ReillyA documentary that follows an Alaskan bear family as its young cubs are taught life's most important lessons.
- DirectorAlastair FothergillMark LinfieldStarsTim AllenMeet adorable young chimp Oscar and his fellow mayhem-creating buddies, who see the world as their playground. Full of curiosity, joy and a love for mimicking others, these are some of the most extraordinary personalities in the jungle.
- DirectorAlastair FothergillMark LinfieldStarsJames Earl JonesPatrick StewartAnggunFeature-length version of the documentary TV series Planet Earth (2006), following the migration paths of four animal families.
- DirectorLiz FriendIn this one-hour special, we'll profile families who've dedicated themselves full-time to raising "monkids", or primates that are treated as family members. Our monkey parents will share with us the unique reasons why they own primates, from wanting a 'forever baby' to coping with empty nest syndrome. We'll join our families as they try to overcome the challenges of parenting a monkey. We'll also get inside our character's heads by visiting top experts to find out the psychological impulses that may drive monkey parents to love an animal most say should be behind zoo bars or out in the wild. This is a co-production with Zig Zag Productions Ltd. (UK).
- DirectorTrevor GrahamFilmmaker Trevor Graham is an Australian 'hummus tragic'. Every week in his Bondi Beach home he observes the hummus making ritual, mashing chickpeas, lemon juice, garlic and tahina. But when the Hummus War erupted in 2008, among the usual suspects, Israel, Lebanon and Palestine, Graham was hungry for more. But this war ha no soldiers, bullets or tanks. Just chickpeas and hummus. Make Hummus Not War is a humorous homage to the chickpea's most distinguished dish. But there's a personal story, how Graham became a hummus tragic, a father who served in Palestine during WW2 and two lovers in his life, one Syrian, one Jewish, with whom he shared a great culinary passion.
- DirectorJoaquín Gutiérrez AchaPoetic documentary about the Guadalquivir, the second longest river in Spain, and a fox that lives near it.
- DirectorLutz HachmeisterStarsUdo SamelKenneth BranaghHeinrich BrüningThrough archival footage and dramatic readings of his personal writings, the life of Nazi Germany's Propaganda Minister, Josef Goebbels, is examined.
- DirectorZach HeinzerlingStarsUshio ShinoharaNoriko ShinoharaAlex ShinoharaThis candid New York love story explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of famed boxing painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife, Noriko. Anxious to shed her role as her overbearing husband's assistant, Noriko finds an identity of her own.
- DirectorAndré HellerOthmar SchmidererStarsTraudl JungeDocumentary featuring interview footage with Traudl Junge, one of Hitler's personal secretaries during WWII.
- DirectorRainer HoffmannAnne LinselStarsPina BauschBénédicte BillietJosephine Ann EndicottIn 2008, world-famous dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch selected 40 teenagers who had never heard of her to be part of her dance piece "Contact Zone".
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsTimothy TreadwellAmie HuguenardWerner HerzogA devastating and heart-rending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzly bears in Alaska.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsWerner HerzogJuliane KoepckeJuan Zaplana RamirezWerner Herzog returns to the South American jungle with Juliane Koepcke, the German woman who was the sole survivor of a plane crash there in 1971. They find the remains of the plane and recreate her journey out of the jungle.
- DirectorLuc JacquetStarsMorgan FreemanRomane BohringerCharles BerlingIn the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family.
- DirectorHenry JoostAriel SchulmanStarsNev SchulmanAriel SchulmanHenry JoostYoung filmmakers document their colleague's budding online friendship with a young woman and her family which leads to an unexpected series of discoveries.
- DirectorLorenz KnauerStarsAngelina JoliePierce BrosnanJane GoodallMore than 20 years ago, Dr. Jane Goodall, now 75, decided to give up her career as a primatologist, as well as her private life, in order to devote all her energy to saving our endangered planet. Since then she's been spending 300 days a year scouring the globe on her mission to spread hope for future generations. She has taken on the responsibilities of a UN Messenger of Peace, and has been honored with countless awards. In Jane's Journey, we accompany her on her travels across several continents, and receive unprecedented access to her intense and exciting past. From her childhood home in Bournemouth, England, we embark to Gombe National Park on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in Tanzania, her second home. It's where she began her groundbreaking research nearly half a century ago, and she still returns every year to enjoy the company of the chimpanzees that made her the internationally recognized activist so loved and deeply respected.This documentary offers an intimate portrait of the private person behind the world-famous icon, possibly the most fascinating woman of our time, whose scientific breakthroughs are considered to be among the most important of the past 100 years.
- DirectorHugo Van LawickStarsFabenFifiFlint
- DirectorBart LaytonStarsAdam O'BrianNicholas BarclayCarey GibsonA documentary centered on a young man in Spain who claims to a grieving Texas family that he is their 16-year-old son who has been missing for 3 years.
- DirectorVibeke LøkkebergIn a rough style, by way of unique footage, the brutal consequences of modern wars are exposed. The film also depicts the ability of women and children to handle their everyday life after a dramatic war experience. Many of them live in tents or in ruins without walls or roofs. They are all in need of money, food, water and electricity. Others have lost family members, or are left with seriously injured children. Can war solve conflicts or create peace? The film follows three children through the war and the period after the ceasefire.
- DirectorBen LewisStarsBrendan PriceNicolas ChapmanMolly MalcolmThe most ambitious project ever conceived on the Internet: Google's master plan to scan every book in the world and the people trying to stop them. Google say they are building a library for mankind, but they also have other intentions.
- DirectorMaría LidónStarsDaryl HannahDenise RichardsJoaquim de AlmeidaAn anthropology student exploring the nature of prostitution is drawn deeper into that profession than she expected.
- DirectorJames MarshStarsNim ChimpskyStephanie LaFargeHerbert TerraceTells the story of a chimpanzee taken from its mother at birth and raised like a human child by a family in a brownstone on the upper West Side in the 1970s.
- DirectorBarrie McLeanStarsLeonard CohenPema OzoktenTsering Sonam
- DirectorIan MackenzieAfter graduating from university, Sean Aiken struggled with the question 'What should I do with my life?' His father said to find his passion. Taking the advice to heart, Sean created The One-Week Job Project, with the goal of working 52 jobs in 52 weeks.
- DirectorJacques MalaterreJavier G. SalanovaStarsCharles BerlingPere ArquilluéPeter BataklievDocumentary presenting the evolution of first species that eventually became humans. It shows how their lives could look like, along with evolutions of certain animals they met on their way.
- DirectorTyler MeasomJennilyn MertenStarsBruce BarlowDeloy BatemanMichelle BenwardAn inside look at former FLDS teens who have become religious refugees in mainstream America.
- DirectorMichael MooreStarsMichael MooreGeorge W. BushBen AffleckMichael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11 and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
- DirectorMichael MooreStarsMichael MooreCharlton HestonMarilyn MansonFilmmaker Michael Moore explores the roots of America's predilection for gun violence.
- DirectorJehane NoujaimStarsAhmed HassanKhalid AbdallaMagdy AshourA group of Egyptian revolutionaries battle leaders and regimes, risking their lives to build a new society of conscience.
- DirectorMona EldaiefJehane NoujaimStarsRafea AnadBunker RoyRaouf DabbasRafea is a Bedouin woman who lives with her four daughters in one of Jordan's poorest desert villages on the Iraqi border. She is given a chance to travel to India to attend the Barefoot College, where illiterate grandmothers from around the world are trained in 6 months to be solar engineers. If Rafea succeeds, she will be able to electrify her village, train more engineers, and provide for her daughters. Even when she returns as the first female solar engineer in the country, her real challenge will have just begun. Will she find support for her new venture? Will she be able to inspire the other women in the village to join her and change their lives? And most importantly, will she be able to re-wire the traditional minds of the Bedouin community that stand in her way?
- DirectorJoshua OppenheimerAnonymousChristine CynnStarsAnwar CongoHerman KotoSyamsul ArifinA documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.
- DirectorRithy PanhStarsRandal DoucJean-Baptiste PhouRithy Panh uses clay figures, archival footage, and his narration to recreate the atrocities Cambodia's Khmer Rouge committed between 1975 and 1979.
- DirectorNicolas PhilibertStarsGeorges LopezAlizéAxel ThouveninA documentary portrait of a one-room school in rural France, where the students (ranging in age from 4 to 11) are educated by a single dedicated teacher.
- DirectorSarah PolleyStarsMichael PolleyJohn BuchanMark PolleyA film that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers.
- DirectorThomas RiedelsheimerStarsAndy GoldsworthyAnna GoldsworthyHolly GoldsworthyPortrait of Andy Goldsworthy, an artist whose specialty is ephemeral sculptures made from elements of nature.
- DirectorAgostino ImondiDietmar RatschStarsHassan AkkouchLial AkkouchMaradona AkkouchThe 3 siblings Hassan, Lial and Maradona are successful dancers and musicians. But their family is in danger of being deported out of Germany. The teenagers plan to use their artistic talents to save the family. However the pressure has put a strain on their relationships, and the way to success is long and uncertain.
- DirectorEdmon RochStarsRupert AllasonJosé Antonio EscorizaAline GriffithA compelling account of Juan Pujol, an extraordinary Spanish double agent during WWII who helped change the course of history.
- DirectorRobert SalisStarsEric BulardGaby CespedesMarc-Alain DescampsThis is a documentary, interviewing nudists of different ages and sexes. At the same time, it also clears up some misunderstandings about nudists.
- DirectorErik SantiagoStarsAlan FrowJim HoodMichael KimmelThe emotional connection between male friends.
- DirectorHubert SauperStarsElizabeth 'Eliza' Maganga NseseRaphael Tukiko WagaraDimond RemtuliaA documentary on the effect of fishing the Nile perch in Tanzania's Lake Victoria. The predatory fish, which has wiped out the native species, is sold in European supermarkets, while starving Tanzanian families have to make do with the leftovers.
- DirectorAmy SchatzStarsLily TomlinPat DerbyColleen KinzleyNarrated by Lily Tomlin, this documentary short traces mankind's long history with elephants and explores the many problems that arise when they are brought to live in captivity in zoos and circuses.
- DirectorBarbet SchroederStarsKokoPenny PattersonSaul KitchenerA documentary that follows Dr. Penny Patterson's current scientific study of Koko, a gorilla who communicates through American Sign Language.
- DirectorJennifer Siebel NewsomStarsJennifer Siebel NewsomJean KilbourneJim SteyerExplores the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America, and challenges the media's limited portrayal of what it means to be a powerful woman.
- DirectorElías León SiminianiStarsElías León SiminianiThis is the story of a young Spanish director burned out by his job on TV, who went to India in search of his first feature film only to discover that the real search was not for him in India but back home. However, upon return in Madrid, everything went the opposite as he expected...
- DirectorP.A. StraubingerStarsPater Josef BanzZinaida BaranovaUte BaumgartenIn the Beginning there was Light tells about the phenomenon "light nourishment", the incredible claim that there are individuals who neither eat nor drink.
- DirectorPeter WatkinsStarsGeir WestbyGro FraasKerstii AllumThis biopic of Norwegian Expressionist painter Edvard Munch focuses on the influences that shaped his art, his devastating affair with a married woman that will haunt him for the rest of his life
- DirectorWim WendersStarsPina BauschRegina AdventoMalou AiraudoA tribute to the late German choreographer Pina Bausch, as her dancers perform her most famous creations.
- DirectorSeung-jun YiStarsCho Young-ChanKim Soon-hoChoi JungahYoung-Chan comes from planet of snail where deaf blind people live slow and quiet lives. When Young-Chan came to Earth, nobody understood his language and he was desperate. Then an angel walked into his life. Soon-Ho knows how it is to be lonely and soon becomes an inseparable part of his life. Young-Chan also discovers an amazing world under his fingers as he learned to read books with braille. Hopes began to grow and he dreams of writing a book. However, Soon-Ho cannot always be there for him because of her own problem of spine disability. The couple now should learn to survive alone. While Soon-Ho uneasily spends her first day waiting for his return, Young-Chan goes out for the biggest adventure of his life.
- DirectorSeung-jun YiA documentary which follows a group of siblings who eke out their existence from the offerings and other goods found in the sacred Bagmati River.
- For centuries, the animal world and the human world have been carefully kept separate. Humans once considered themselves to be at the summit of intelligence denying "beasts" all possibility of brain and emotions. Is there an "animal mind"?
- DirectorBarbara SchroederStarsSteve ClementThomas MontgomeryKen CaseThis is the true story of a love triangle that takes place entirely online. Lies lead to murder in real life, as a teenage vixen (screen name 'talhotblond') lures men into her web. Revealing a shocking true crime story that shows the Internet's power to unleash our most dangerous fantasies.
- DirectorRobert CannanCorinna McFarlaneStarsPer FriskEwa JacobssonAnnica KarlssonThree miles north of Molkom, hidden deep in the lakeside forests of Sweden, lies Ängsbacka, a 21st Century playground for adults. Once a year, their gates open to a thousand international participants, placed in "Sharing Groups" at random. A Swedish celebrity, a Californian hippie, a Finnish grandmother and a backpacking Australian rugby coach, who stumbled on the wrong party, are amongst the group that take us on an unforgettably quirky, two-week emotional rollercoaster. Firewalking, shamanism, tantric sex and a myriad other physical, psychological and esoteric experiences guide our unlikely heroes towards enlightment, love, loathing and themselves. Will they ever be the same again?
- DirectorAlex GibneyStarsJohn BeardTim BeldenBarbara BoxerA documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.
- DirectorJohn-Paul DavidsonStarsJosé Luis GutiérrezJosé NavarTiger WoodsDespite being blocked at almost every turn in pursuit of the sport he loved, Seve Ballesteros fought against adversity to become the most spectacular and charismatic golfer to ever play the game.
- DirectorHåvard BustnesTwo Raging Grannies is a touching and thought-provoking documentary that challenges the idea that we must continue to shop, consume, amass, and keep the economy growing.
- DirectorPeter D. HutchisonKelly NyksJared P. ScottStarsNoam ChomskyAlan GreenspanMalcolm XRenowned academic and author Noam Chomsky elucidates 10 principles of concentration of wealth and power that have led to unprecedented inequality and the hollowing out of the American middle class.
- DirectorJacques PerrinAlexandre PoulichotJacques CluzaudStarsMickaël Jachimiak-DuffnerEyleen SchotsJacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud return to the lush green forests, when the ice retreated, and the cycle of seasons was established. SEASONS is the awe-inspiring tale of the long shared history that binds humankind and nature.
- DirectorOtto BellStarsAisholpan NurgaivDaisy RidleyRys NurgaivThirteen-year-old Aisholpan trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her nomad family to become an eagle huntress.
- DirectorYann Arthus-BertrandMichael PitiotStarsVanessa ParadisA visually stunning documentary that reflects human's relationship to other species on Earth as humanity becomes more and more isolated from Nature.
- DirectorLinda SandsStarsMark AikenAngus BarrCraig EdwardsA documentary on the lives of the Bronte family produced to mark the 200th anniversary of Charlotte's birth.
- DirectorAlex LockwoodStarsJay WildeKatja WildeA beef farmer struggles with his conscience every time he takes his cows to slaughter, and so sets about doing something extraordinary.
- DirectorMatt O'CaseyStarsFreddie MercuryBrian MayRoger TaylorThe life and times of the rock band Queen - told in two parts covering in part one the 1970's and in part two the 1980's and beyond.
- DirectorJohn FothergillStarsJohn BluntMark BrennanPaul CulshawA dramatization of the final years of the music world's most famous AIDS casualty, Freddie Mercury, which includes interviews with the people who knew him.
- DirectorJames ReedStarsDavid WattsJohn MitaniKevin LangergraberFor more than 20 years anthropologists have been researching the social behavior of a chimpanzee clan in Uganda's Kibale National Park. They gained new insights about the violence, brutal power struggles, rivalry, enmity, friendship and diplomacy within the large, strictly hierarchical primate group. The males set the tone. The intelligent individuals have the ability to network and forge alliances. War against external conspecifics and brutal hunting of other monkey species is not uncommon. The conclusion is that animals are by no means better than humans.
- DirectorElías León SiminianiStarsFlakoElías León SiminianiAinhoa RamírezNot every day you have the chance of fulfilling a dream: making a heist film.
- DirectorCeyda TorunStarsYaman BarlasSariArzu GölA profile of an ancient city and its unique people, seen through the eyes of the most mysterious and beloved animal humans have ever known, the Cat.
- DirectorKourosh AtaeeAzadeh MoussaviStarsEline Farideh Koning"Farideh" an Iranian girl who has been adopted by a Dutch couple 40 years ago, travels to her motherland Iran for the first time to meet families who claim to be her real family, and to find out about her Iranian Identity and culture...
- DirectorMatt KayStarsHiyori KonA female sumo wrestler fights against tradition and stigma to win her place in the ring.
- DirectorSergey LoznitsaA look at the 2013 and 2014 civil unrest in the Ukrainian capital's central square.
- DirectorIgor LopatonokStarsOliver StoneVladimir PutinVictor YanukovichUkraine. Across its eastern border is Russia and to its west-Europe. For centuries, it has been at the center of a tug-of-war between powers seeking to control its rich lands and access to the Black Sea. 2014's Maidan Massacre triggered a bloody uprising that ousted president Viktor Yanukovych and painted Russia as the perpetrator by Western media. But was it? "Ukraine on Fire" by Igor Lopatonok provides a historical perspective for the deep divisions in the region which lead to the 2004 Orange Revolution, 2014 uprisings, and the violent overthrow of democratically elected Yanukovych. Covered by Western media as a people's revolution, it was in fact a coup d'état scripted and staged by nationalist groups and the U.S. State Department. Investigative journalist Robert Parry reveals how U.S.-funded political NGOs and media companies have emerged since the 80s replacing the CIA in promoting America's geopolitical agenda abroad.
- DirectorJustin FolkStarsMatt WalshGert ComfreyMarci BowersPolitical commentator Matt Walsh explores the changing concepts of sex and gender in the digital age, particularly the transgender rights movement, anti-transgender bigotry, and what it means to be a woman.
- DirectorJeff GibbsStarsJeff GibbsDavid JoosKristin ZimmermanPlanet of the Humans takes a harsh look at how the environmental movement has lost the battle through well-meaning but disastrous choices.