“The Guga Hunters of Ness is poetic, haunting, its beautiful imagery making it hard to look away. It's rare to see a story so effectively combine this evocative romance with the rough reality of working men's lives. The hunters come across as utterly grounded and real, yet Sula Sgeir…
Mr Guggenheim can never find a better or more faithful curator than you are. This whole building has been built for you and around you whether you know it or not. Or whether he knows it or not.” Frank Lloyd Wright to Hilla Rebay, August 9, 1945. This is the portrait of Hilla Rebay, also known…
The architect explains the ideas behind the beautiful modern building. Frank Gehry's extraordinary building in Northern Spain resembles a gigantic abstract sculpture in titanium, glass and limestone. The luminous volumes of the exterior are as visually stimulating as the cathedral-like atrium…
The unexpected discovery by a Luthier of some wood from wine barrels that supposedly belonged to the Marquês de Pombal, launches the challenge for its transformation into musical instruments and artistic objects by 6 world- famous luthiers. At the same time, one of the huge casks (+ 5,000 litres)…
A long comprehensive survey of the notorious prison system in the Soviet Union in Stalin's years. Millions for trivial offences were worked to death building projects such as the Moscow - Volga Canal and the Nickel factories in Norilsk in the bitterly cold Artic regions. Former prisoners and guards…
THE GUYS NEXT DOOR is an intimate portrait of a "Modern Family." Erik and Sandro are a gay couple whose friend Rachel is a surrogate for their two daughters. Rachel, who is in her mid-40s, is married to Tony and they have three children. Together, they form a unique extended family. Elegantly…
“Ali”, a young Tunisian actor came to Italy hoping to find a better life. He bought special clothes and a mask and became a living STATUE. He was able to face his new way of life behind the mask. Passers-by were struck by his living statue but “Ali” felt humiliated, sad and alone. “Ali”,…
A unique look at the way of life of one of the last hunter-gatherer tribes. One of the last true hunter-gatherer tribes, the East African Hadza are fighting to maintain their sustainable lifestyle. They have lived on their land near the Rift Valley in Tanzania for over 50,000 years. Like other indigenous…
The Hadza: Last Of The First - The last remaining true hunter-gatherers and the grave challenges they face to their way of life. Available on iTunes: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/gb/movie/the-hadza-last-of-the-first/id1046360772?mt=6 The Tribal Violence Devastating South Sudan (1991): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Si_ro1dppw Tribe…
Schreiber was one of Oppenheimer's brilliant young physicists recruited for the Manhattan Project during World War II. He was entrusted to carry the Plutonium core to Tinian Island where he'd assemble the atomic bomb known to history as “Fatman”. In the mid-fifties, he was…
This film was made in Sweden during an instructor training course. It was written and directed by James McMillan MBE. President Emeritus of AST and originator of the method. It demonstrates the "10 point programme" on which the method is based and shows how without floatation aids disabled…
Speeding trains slice through the silence of the small train stop. The whistle on the locomotive and the thunder of the wheels disappear into the night, but fail to wake up people at the station. People just continue to sleep. What do they wait for? What will wake them up?
