Jouko Aaltonen

Kusum

Jouko Aaltonen

In India there are many ways to cure diseases. When an ordinary girl of 14, called Kusum, refuses to eat and speak and starts to have tantrums, traditional methods are put to use: exorcising spirits. Spirits are thought to be the cause of the weird disease which western medicine can’t cure. Foreman Bhagat is leading the procedures with his recipes.

Taistelu Turusta

Jouko Aaltonen

Tunteiden Temppelit

Jouko Aaltonen

Peter von Bagh, Aki Kaurismäki

Documentary about Finnish film theaters - about their past, disappearance and future. And at the same time universal story how cinema is undeniably connected with life.

Pieni punainen

Jouko Aaltonen

Mao's revolutionary thoughts have been collected into a small red book, which is one of the most widely read in the world. The Maoist movement in Finland during the 1960s and 1970s was also small and red. Where did it go?

Lauluja utopiasta

Peter von Bagh, Jouko Aaltonen

Pekka Aarnio, Kaj Chydenius

The story of Agit Prop, communist band established in 1970.