Trawnco muestra la vida y el trabajo de un grupo de jóvenes en un lugar llamado "China Muerta", en la Patagonia Argentina, durante 2 años. Su objetivo: la búsqueda de una forma de vida alternativa en un país devastado. VSO Español Sub Inglés
The Australian poet filmed in London, reading his poems and offering his wisdom. Peter Porter has made his name as a 'social poet' with a gift for satire; the Australian abroad, free to express an outsider's views. But he has come to stand for much more than that, moving assuredly through…
Is a baby's future health decided at the time of conception? This television programme looks at recent research which suggests that a baby's health and well-being may be predetermined by the conditions prevailing at the time of its conception. It is now possible to obtain pre-conceptional…
Can a father bring up young children just as well as a mother? A discussion of how easy or otherwise it is to reverse the roles of mother and father in bringing up small children. Are there innate differences, or is it mostly culture and expectation that dictates that mothers should stay at home with…
The complex emotions of someone who has given birth to a stillborn child. The journalist Bel Mooney reveals what it is like to give birth to a stillborn child. In this forthright and perceptive interview with the actress Sheila Hancock it transpires that many hospital staff find this a very difficult…
Classification and analysis of movements. In three sections - 1. Questions 2. Actions and Words 3. Learning to Look. The arena of the circus is used to introduce a classification of movement, with two clowns raising questions concerning definition and ambiguity. A method of movement analysis is offered…
Touching study of two little girls in Delhi. A personal document of the time that the producer, Ann Richardson, spent in Delhi. Her two most regular daily companions were 11 and 12 year old Manju and Seema who came to clean the flat. The girls are at first a little cautious, then revelling in the…
Maria Burgwyn campaigns for better conditions for tenants Some years ago in an act of desperation, Maria Burgwyn chained herself to the town hall railings in Pontypridd, to draw attention to the awful conditions on her council estate. Since then, Maria has literally "come alive". She has…
Programme critical of exam oriented education. This World in Action programme argues that the examination system in our schools is actually harming children, many of whom are leaving school with hardly any education, and a chip on their shoulder, failures judged by present standards. In contrast,…
The study of language acquisition. Based on studies of language acquisition, this film notes that children world wide progress through the same sequence of language stages at about the same rate. Through animation, we see how an infant proceeds in the first few months from crying through cooing, early…
Blueberry Soup, a feature length documentary, sits in the epicenter of one of the most exciting movements to happen in our lifetime, the Icelandic "people's movement." Jaws dropped around the world on October 9, 2008 as a small collective of bankers brought an entire nation to its knees.…
Michael Walden is having one bad day after another ... and there is no end in sight. After losing his job and finding his house in foreclosure, he becomes increasingly negative and frustrated. It doesn't help that his fiancee Anne, tired of his rants, breaks off their engagement. Depressed and discouraged,…
