Six fathers whose children have rare and incurable diseases find comfort in music, and make plans to perform at the competitive Hohaiyan Rock Festival as the band "Sleepy Dads."
In 1993 the late architect and MacArthur “genius” Samuel Mockbee started the Rural Studio, a design/build architecture program, in which students create striking architecture for impoverished communities in rural Alabama. Guided by frank, passionate never-before-seen interviews with…
Winter has come to the South Pole for the Emperor Penguins, who have come to welcome new lives. Baby Emperor Penguins Pengi and Sommi awake from their egg shells: Can they overcome nature's hardships and become full-grown Emperors?
Musiques rebelles Americas nous conduit au coeur de l’autre Amérique (Colombie, Argentine, Mexique, Brésil), celle du sud, populaire et révoltée, par les rythmes et les paroles de quatre groupes d’artistes engagés dans les causes qui animent leurs sociétés:…
Anthropological study of the Pathans in Pakistan. There are 1200 Pathans. Bound by a common language, a common heritage and the all-powerful unifying spirit of Islam, they have never acknowledged the political boundaries imposed by the states in which they live. The Pathans are governed by Afghanistan…
People of both sexes explain how it feels to have a body of the wrong gender. Transsexuals -- What is it like to feel that you are a man, although you were born with a woman's body and vice versa ? One person of each sex explains his or her feelings about it, and how they are making the change.…
History of racial equality in America, beginning with the Montgomery bus boycott. This short history combines dramatised excerpts with actual footage. The Montgomery Bus Boycott which galvanised the movement for equality. His receipt of the Nobel peace prize - The FBI monitoring and bugging of King's…
A group of young Masai men attain maturity. A group of young Masai men attain maturity. This is a follow-up to anthropologist M.Llewelyn-Davies' study of Masai Women. The film traces the progress of a small group of young men through the real as well as the ceremonial obstacles to maturity or…
A record of the unity and continuity of black struggle in Britain. Underlines the fact that the 'new' black communities consist of workers from different countries in Asia and the Caribbean joined in the same struggles against racism in Britain since World War Two. The film focuses on discrimination…
The Sami people of Northern Scandinavia fight for survival. About the Sami people of Northern Scandinavia. The Sami are also known as the Lapps and number about 50,000 living in Samiland, and area crossing the current borders of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola peninsula in the USSR. The film…
A study of the Soviet educational system in 1973. A brief but comprehensive look at almost the entire Soviet education system as it was in 1973, in a typical town. Voronesh is the size of Manchester, and we are shown round schools and the universities; also the interweaving of the of the schools,…
Concern about the increasing military presence in schools and public life Step by step, and unseen, an increasing military presence is entering schools and public life across Britain. Even as the government has cut Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA), Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) and mental…
