Fictional programme about relationships within a group of characters. This improvised drama shot on a camcorder follows the twists and turns of art therapist Sally's hunt for a faithful lover. The lives and events have been interwoven with interviews given by the fictional characters, who offer…
Talking history - childhood in a working class area. An old-age-pensioner looks back to her childhood in a working class area. She is not bitter about the much better life young people have today, but she describes the contrast, which is very enlightening. Although made a few years ago, it is useful…
Short morality tale involving race discrimination and drugs. A morality tale, or comedy of errors, involving racist rich kids, a black drug dealer, prejudice, a man who is taken for dead, panic and unjustified assumptions. Raises all sorts of questions for discussion. DVD 2003 27 Minutes
Young people who had been homeless now help others. Exeter Homeless Action was formed by a group of young people, who had all been homeless themselves, and saw the need to provide support for others in the same position. This programme was made by the group under direction of Nikki Glasbrook from…
Selling alcohol - what is not said. Examines the images used by advertisers to sell alcohol, and demonstrates how the fears and needs of young people are exploited, and how warning signs of alcoholism are covered up. USA. This film is of historical interest but the issues raised are still current. DVD 1992 30…
Theories of psychological development. This American film gives a fairly comprehensive overview of current psychological theories of development, covering Piaget's work and also the views of the Behaviourists. Piaget's stages of development are illustrated with animated sequences, and scenes…
A holiday for older people from inner London. A holiday to get away from it all - but there's more to this one than Sophie and Bob had expected. He's 82 and losing his health. She's 20 years younger and still working to support them both. And so, in reduced circumstances, they can just…
When vaccination goes wrong. Looks at the plight of the small minority of children who are damaged by vaccination against diphtheria, polio and whooping cough, and the efforts of their parents to obtain adequate compensation. Does not show current practice. Included for archival use. DVD 1982 26…
Self-advocacy groups for people with learning disabilities. Shows the power of the self-advocacy movement for people with learning disabilities. Three people from different self-advocacy groups talk about their lives and the difference that joining a group has made to them. DVD 1993 30 Minutes
The documentary film 'Out of Frame' touches on the perception of poverty that is in America today. Today, most people often still believe that poverty means being only homeless in large inner cities or small poverty stricken areas. This film is based in the Midwest in Omaha, Nebraska and…
May 6th 2002. Populist Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn seems set to win the upcoming general elections when he was shot dead as he leaves a radio studio after a live interview. Only three months earlier this wealthy businessman had been rated a rank outsider, but he’d soared in the polls and was now…
On November 3rd, 1960, Félix Moumié, the famous independence fighter of Cameroon, also called Cameroon’s Lumumba, died in Geneva. An agent of the French secret services poisoned him. His body was transferred to Conakry, Guinea, where it was embalmed and secured in a sarcophagus. To…
