Mana I Ka Leo Power of the Voice is a film that examines oli, the Hawaiian tradition of chant through the eyes of 3 contemporary practitioners who have dedicated much of their lives to preserving and perpetuating the voices and words of their kupuna. It takes the audience on a visual journey through…
How perceptual subjectivity is actually from physiological and psychological sources. In the opening scene workers in a warehouse witness the collision of two forklift trucks. The warehouse manager attempts to get the facts about the accident, and finds that there are as many different versions of…
Social workers in Karachi, Pakistan, helping many different people. Social workers in Karachi, Pakistan, helping many different people. Maulana Abdus Sattar Edhi and his wife Bilquis are social workers in Karachi, Pakistan. They try to help victims of homelessness, destitution, disease and drug addiction.…
Illustration of different postures and gaits. Walking problems in children observed. Illustrates a number of different postures and gaits in children that give clues to the diseases that cause them. A test for observation for medical students. A series of children are shown, each of whom has…
Looks at the problems caused by there being increasing numbers of older people in Britain. There are now more people of retirement age with less of the population of working age than ever before. There are around two million people over the age of 85 in Britain, and similarly in most Western countries.…
Tackles the issue of drinking in the workplace. The definitive guide to tackling the issue of drinking in the workplace, for personnel and occupational heath professionals, supervisors and trade union representatives.
This "Making of" documentary directed by Roland Gallois is an exemplary sample of the genre, observing the ideas and experiences involved in making the feature film, TRAPS, directed by Pauline Chan. TRAPS was Pauline's first feature after several award-winnng short films, and expectations…
This documentary focuses on the sacred sites in and around Mparntwe (Alice Springs) in central Australia, and the struggle of the Arrernte people to identify, document and preserve these sites in the face of rapid urban expansion and property development. Max Stuart, Thomas Stevens, Doris Stuart and…
While Lee Whitmore has contributed animation sequences to many feature films, shorts and documentaries, it is her body of four short personal works that are her most unique and original work. The four films are linked through the intimate moments of family life that they depict, the memories they record,…
A poetic trip of the Heraclitus junk, launched through a 2011-2014 expedition to explore the cultural stories of the people from the mediterranean sea harbours. From Sète to Tabarka, the author focuses on the boat which he considers as a character. He follows its intercultural crew and build…
NEW UPGRADED FILE (2023) An average two metres above sea level, the central Pacific nation of Kiribati is one of the countries in the world most vulnerable to climate change. Sea level rise and increasing salinity are threatening the lives of 105,000 people spread over 33 atolls in this remote corner…
This 1981 ground-breaking series examines the lives of four Aboriginal women over more than 150 years. The first story is set in the 1820s, the second in the 1890s, the third in the 1930s and the last in the 1980s. This drama series, made in 1981, won the United Nations Media Peace Prize and the Banff…
