AGE OF CONSENT a film by Charles Lum and Todd Verow The history of the HOIST, London’s first and only gay sex fetish bar, follows the cultural evolution of gay life and sex in modern London through AIDS, gentrification, and the ongoing political struggle to decriminalize homosexual activity…
"Portrait of Wally”, Egon Schiele’s tender picture of his mistress, Walburga (“Wally”) Neuzil, is the pride of the Leopold Museum in Vienna. But for 13 years the painting was locked up in New York, caught in a legal battle between the Austrian museum and the Jewish family…
Olivier Higgins & Mélanie Carrier, 2013, Québec, 80 min, English subtitles. Distribué par/distributed by : Vidéographe For more : www.vitheque.com C’est à 30 ans, après avoir parcouru la planète, qu’Olivier et Mélanie réalisent…
Three adult adoptees describe how being transracially adopted has affected their lives. Transracial adoption: the video follows three adult adoptees as they describe how being transracially adopted has affected their lives. "My adolescence was the most important years for defining my identity…
Infant care and development in rural Nepal. A rare and important piece of infant development material, which documents in detail the development of a baby, born in winter to a subsistence farming family in rural Nepal. It shows the effects of an initially depressed mother at first not responding,…
Asylum seekers: the legal aspects. A training documentary designed to help individuals and organisations working with asylum seekers on the legal hurdles involved in seeking and obtaining asylum in the UK. DVD 2006 30 Minutes
A Palestinian and an Israeli explore the Palestinian conflict together. Palestinian Jamal and Israeli Michaelis travel to Jerusalem. It's their mutual birthplace even though they both now live in the USA. Their aim is to explore solutions to the divisive Palestinian conflict. The film travels…
Lesbians adopt a Chinese baby. For a middle-aged lesbian couple in America adopting an infant Chinese girl named Maya, the desire to raise a child is "not about passing on genes, but about creating a family". Their affecting story is told in revealing voice-over by one of the women, who…
PRECIOUS KNOWLEDGE illustrates what motivates Tucson High School students and teachers to form the front line of an epic civil rights battle. While 48 percent of Mexican American students currently drop out of high school, Tucson High's Mexican American Studies Program has become a national model…
Building bridges between different faiths in the community. This short programme describes the work of Oxford Bridgemakers, a voluntary group, the first in the UK. It consists of families or couples from different communities who meet each other in their own homes and share a simple snack, learn how…
The children of mixed cultures talk. Explores the effects of denial in the children of mixed cultures. David opens his story on culture, Geraldine closes hers on culture. Lionel and June both talk about colour, one visually and the other symbolically. Sybil confirms that there is only one race, the…
History of Caribbean women's involvement in World War II. Charts the little known story of women's involvement throughout the British Empire in World War II. Four black women now living in London provide a fascinating piece of oral history, told with insight and humour. Although made…
