Overview I am hunter - Whale catch is survival in Russia's Far East - 24 min., RT ANO TV - Novosti, 2014, Director Vitaly Buzuev (The Chukchi are an indigenous people living in Russia's far northeast. As the climate is too inhospitable to grow crops, the sea has always been their main source of food. The population of 16,000 subsists primarily on a diet of marine mammals, the meat from which provides locals with enough fat-rich food to see them through the harsh winters. By and large, hunting species...

Overview Romany Romance - 25 min., RT ANO TV - Novosti, 2012, Director Natalya Kadyrova (Kalderash Gypsies have roamed the streets of Russia for more than a century, preserving their traditions and customs despite living side-by-side with Russians. Their unique songs, dances and lifestyle have made them a true marvel for historians and researchers. Still, they're not immune to everyday distractions, like playing football, throwing a housewarming party or sewing new dresses).

Overview On women's shoulders - 22 min., RT ANO TV - Novosti, 2013, Director Aleksandr Lutsenko (Most able-bodied men leave the poverty-stricken former Soviet country of Tajikistan to seek employment in Russia, where they can earn eight times as much as at home. This leaves the small, mountainous landlocked country's tough-as-nails women to eke out a living tending cattle in the mountains. Join RTDoc as we explore the lives of these women as they work collectively to take care of cows, make dairy...

Overview They Don’t just Dance... Afghan tradition of hiring boys for sex - 27 min., RT ANO TV - Novosti, 2016 (In Afghanistan’s male-dominated society women face many restrictions. Among the many prohibitions, they are not allowed to go to parties or dance. That female social vacuum has led to an old tradition of “bachas” – dancing boys who dance in women’s clothes at men-only parties but the boy’s job description involves more than dancing. After the party, the men choose their favourite boy for sex....

Overview Albino Africa - 26 min., RT ANO TV - Novosti, 2014, Author Artyom Vorobey, Director Aleksandr Avilov (People fear them. They are outcasts, treated with contempt. They are frequently beaten and murdered simply because they are not like other people. Their skin is a different colour. This is not a film about the African-American civil rights movement in the mid-20th century. These twenty six minutes tell the story of those with the misfortune to be born an albino in Africa today. In Tanzania, on...

Overview Inferno Village - When leaving a land of fiery coal pits is scarier than burning alive - 27 min., RT ANO TV - Novosti, 2017, Director Artyom Somov, Author Artyom Vorobey (Jharia in India is like a hellish scene from a demonic horror movie: perpetually wreathed in suffocating smoke from an underground fire that has been burning for 100 years. Jharia’s coal fields represent the country’s richest reserves but the people forced to live here remain steeped in poverty. For many, pilfering and...

Overview Trapped - Life on the Donetsk frontline through the eyes of a little girl - 27 min., RT ANO TV - Novosti, 2017, Director Aleksandr Panov, Author Vyacheslav Guz (Zaitsevo village, is caught between the opposing sides. As hostilities between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) continue, the locals sleep to the sound of gunfire and use their cellars and basements as bomb shelters. They say they simply have nowhere else to go, so they continue to live in this no...