Freedom is what you do with what has been done to you. Three different countries, three murder cases. Three men who have killed and three families who have lost a loved one. In our standard idea of guilt and punishment this means three who are punished and three who learn to forget. There’s no…
The life of the long-stay women prisoners in Styal. Looks at the long-stay prisoners, who have certain privileges. Barbara goes to Fry House - how will she fit in? Joan, a persistent offender with twenty-five previous convictions, comes back inside for Christmas, and bargains for a single cell. Made…
Life for women.New admissions to the prison. Part of Living in Styal, about a prison for women. Three new prisoners are admitted: Christine, 32, who has caused a breach of the peace, Jenny, 28, who has been shoplifting, and leaves behind five children including a baby in intensive care, and Barbara,…
Life for women in a secure prison - the punishment block. Part of Living in Styal, which shows the lives of women in a secure prison. Shows life in the punishment block. Anne is kept in a special cell, and wears indestructible clothing, because she assaulted two officers and then injured herself.…
Life for women in a prison. Assessment and breaking bad news. Christine and Jenny are assessed by various members of staff, and Christine goes to Brown House, an isolation unit for difficult women. Her father has just died - who should tell her, and how will she react? Jenny is worried about her baby,…
Seven-year-olds in America speak about their view of the future. 7 year-olds from all over the United States - from New York on the East coast, Georgia in the deep south, Chicago and the mid-west - tell us about their ambitions, views and dreams. Following the pattern of the 'Seven Up' series,…
Seven-year-olds in Russia speak about their view of the future. A portrait of the former Soviet Union painted by seven-year-old children from the length and breadth of the USSR. At a time of breathtaking and devastating political and economic change, how do Soviet children view their society? We meet…
The entire 57 minute documentary on the life and music of Florence B. Price. The first African-American woman to have her music performed by a major symphony orchestra. Born in 1887 in Little Rock, Arkansas to extraordinary parents, Florence B. Price became the first African-American woman to have…
En octobre 2014, la capitale du Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, était le théâtre d’énormes manifestations contre le Président du pays, Blaise Compaoré, et son projet de reforme de la constitution, visant à lui permettre de rester au pouvoir encore 15 ans.…
For many years Italian banker Roberto Calvi had been the front man in a secret Vatican operation to transfer money to Poland, supporting the Solidarity trade union in its anti-communist uprising. The Vatican was allied with America’s Reagan administration, which was also active in bringing about…
Anne Perry started out as a good writer, but has won greatness inch by inch by reading other authors, listening to editors and agents, and adapting techniques from other creators. Now you, too, can have a lesson from an author who The New York Times has called "First Rate," and who's included…
'The Weight of Chains 2' is a 2014 Canadian documentary film by Boris Malagurski which deals with neoliberal reforms in the Balkans and the effects of these reforms on all aspects of life in the former Yugoslavia, from politics, economics, military, culture and education to the media. Through…
