Synopsis: Alma Thorpe's bizarre views on sexuality, motherhood, God and mail-order sweepstakes, make her a living breathing shrine to Southern Gothic. In this intimate and darkly humorous film, director Ruth Leitman (Lipstick & Dynamite, Wildwood, NJ.) follows Alma's daughter Margie's…
LIPSTICK & DYNAMITE shines a spotlight on the forgotten first ladies of the ring. Gladys 'Killem' Gillem wrestled women, men, alligators and bears. At 18 Ida May Martinez took to the road to flash the only thing she knew - how to kick, punch, and defend herself. Narrowly escaping a date…
FOR HOME USE ONLY - FOR EDUCATIONAL STREAMING AND DVD SALES VISIT https://store.der.org/the-drums-of-winter-p896.aspx by Sarah Elder and Leonard Kamerling color, 90 min, 1988, digitally remastered 2015 This feature-length documentary explores the traditional dance, music and spiritual world of…
Wildwood, NJ. Directed by Ruth Leitman & Carol Weaks Cassidy This film takes you down the shore with an all-women crew to Wildwood, N.J. - the last great American blue-collar seaside carnival town. Wildwood moves beyond gum-cracking, big hair, and press-on nails to look into the souls of women…
This film was produced on the occasion of an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It provides a useful overview to the work of Roy Lichtenstein, a seminal Pop artist, and gets behind the sometimes-impenetrably-slick surfaces of Lichtenstein's canvases and prints, to show how such…
The Shaker movement in America was founded by Ann Lee, a member of a religious sect near Manchester, England, that prophesized the imminent second appearance of Christ on earth. They were referred to as "Shaking Quakers" due to their ecstatic movements during worship. Ann Lee immigrated…
In 1989, William S. Rubin, then Director Emeritus of the Museum of Modern Art's Department of Painting and Sculpture, organized its groundbreaking exhibition Picasso and Braque: Pioneering Cubism. Rubin gathered over 400 paintings and sculptures by the artists for the exhibition and charted their…
Employment of people with learning disabilities, in London. This London agency seeks out employment for people with learning disabilities, and several cases are illustrated, which are highly successful, both to employer and employee. The idea is that each person has something to give, and we should…
BAYOU MAHARAJAH explores the life, times and music of piano legend James Booker, who Dr. John described as "the best black, gay, one-eyed junkie piano genius New Orleans has ever produced." This roller coaster portrait traces Booker’s life from his early years as a chart-topping child…
Explanation and demonstration of advocacy. This film addresses the question 'what is advocacy?' It is for use with individuals who may be seeking an advocate, staff with an advocacy element to their job and for organisations looking to start their own service. It takes the day to day operation…
The Dark Side of Disney is an unauthorized feature-length documentary film that examines what happens when Disney fans take their obsessions to the extreme. In 2005, filmmaker Philip B. Swift and his mother scattered his grandmother's ashes in the moat around Cinderella castle in the Magic Kingdom.…
Desiderius a perdu la trace de Latina alors que tous deux procédaient à un culte de possession Tromba à Madagascar. Latina ayant laissé entendre qu’elle pourrait aller dans l’ « île d’Utopie », Cuba, Desiderius part à sa recherche.…
