Movies: Health

A look back on the warning signs of the 2014 Ebola crisis as the world responds to COVID-19....

"Village of the forgetful" (original title: "Das Dorf der Vergesslichen") tells the story of European Alzheimer's disease patients who are being taken care of by natives in a small village in Thailand. The movie illustrates the intercultural encounte...

Tommy Tucker's Tooth is a live-action short film by Walt Disney at his short-lived Laugh-O-Grams studio in Kansas City from 1922. The film was one of two commissioned by Kansas City Dentist Thomas B. McCrum. It earned the Laugh-O-Gram studio $500....

The comparison of two rural families to demonstrate the need for proper hygiene and the consequences of its neglect....

As obesity progresses inexorably, Sylvie Gilman and Thierry de Lestrade investigate the causes of this planetary plague and reveal the fight waged in certain countries to stem it....

Coming in all shapes and sizes, bacteria are present in every corner of the Earth. Their purposes and types are even more diverse, with only 1% being truly harmful. Dive into the world of Bacteria to experience the latest discoveries and scientific ...

The use of antibiotics has made more and more bacteria resistant to the medicine. Dr Michael Mosley goes in search of the cause and new solutions to overcome the superbugs....

Imagine to be suddenly able to control your car, your bank account and all the electronics in your life just by thinking about it. What would you do with this power? What would you compromise for it?...

Overfed and Undernourished examines a global epidemic and our modern lifestyles through one boy's inspiring and personal journey to regain his health from the inside out....

Pastor's wife Veronica has become ill in bed, so he decides to sell his musical instrument secretly in order to buy the medicines she needs. After he sells it, Pastor arrives at home heartbroken, but he finds his wife in a better health condition. Ve...

A surreal meditation on chronic illness and anxiety, Prion follows a character's struggle with self-acceptance as their fears manifest in the form of a sickly, white deer....

A doctor persuades a group of boys to be vaccinated by explaining how it will protect them against disease. Animated sequences depict the body metaphorically as a city, defended by the blood cells, which are stimulated by vaccination to amass arms an...

In the early eighties, the tough trucker Harm married the shy, country girl Siepie. Thirty years later Harm tells her that he wants to become a woman. That is difficult to hear for Siepie. Not only because she will lose her husband, but also because...

A New Zealand man discovers the health benefits of a plant-based diet after he suffers a heart attack....

Filmmaker and homeopath Ananda More, Hom, DHMHS travelled the world to meet with scientists, practitioners, and patients to learn whether homeopathy is science-based or is an elaborate placebo that affects millions and endangers lives....

The Connection is a film about how frontier research is proving that there is a direct connection between your mind and your health....

The film "Sanitation: Why All The Fuss?" emphasizes the critical importance of sanitation in food handling for public health. It explains how bacteria, which can multiply rapidly and cause illness, are often transferred by people, pests, and contamin...

Bears and the hitherto unexplained mechanisms of their organism (such as hibernation) are the focus of medical research. As humans and bears are genetically very similar, scientists hope that more detailed research will lead to a breakthrough in the ...

Behind the scenes of news coverage during the pandemic. Follow the work of the professional press in a fight against denialism....

Dr. Alan Xenakis will show you how non-stressful exercise, proper nutrition and a positive attitude can specifically control arthritic pain and stiffness....