Anti-nuclear protest at Sizewell in 1982. In September 1982 a group of anti-nuclear supporters walked from London to Sizewell, to draw attention to the public enquiry on the siting of a PWR type nuclear reactor. The film tries to explore the motivation of some of the marchers and to discover why they…
In 1982 the TUC organised a concert for unemployed people. In November 1982 the TUC organised a concert for unemployed people, Taking part were Tom Robinson, The Beat, Black Slate, OK Jive and Alexei Sayle. As well as a record of the concert, the film gives the angry and disillusioned young people…
The delicate balance of life in the forest. One tenth of all the world's species live on Amazonia, feeding off each other, pollinating each other, dependent in a web of life. A botanist and a zoologist explain and show the delicate balance between plant and animal life, and find that to survive…
About Jewish dissident Anatoly Shcharansky, freed after nine years in Soviet jails. In February 1986 the Jewish dissident Anatoly Shcharansky was freed after more than nine years in Soviet jails and labour camps. His wife had been campaigning for his release since their wedding night, the last time…
A successful development aid experiment in the Zambia. A rare success story in the realm of development aid. School leavers were to be trained in something, anything. Rather than 'training' without caring for the rest, the young couple of development workers combined traditional African…
Turbulent waters takes us into the murky world of today’s ships, where working conditions recall those of the galleys of another era. Ninety percent of the goods we consume are transported by sea, on vessels that shipowners register offshore in tax havens like Panama, the Bahamas, or Liberia in…
Ce documentaire primé de Martin Frigon nous conduit dans les hauteurs des Andes chiliennes, où la compagnie canadienne Barrick Gold, le plus gros producteur d'or au monde, développe son controversé projet Pascua Lama. Notre « western engagé » s'articule…
William Ging Wee Dere, un montréalais d’origine chinoise, remonte le cours de l’histoire de sa famille et de ses compatriotes au Canada. Taxe d’entrée imposée aux Chinois, loi freinant l’immigration, séparation, il lève le voile sur les années…
Mohamed, Smaël, Nacera, Jamel, Nora et des milliers d’autres, ont quitté une Algérie en guerre dans les années ’90 pour venir se réfugier au Canada. Sans statut permanent depuis des années, ils ont travaillé pour des salaires de misère,…
Mirage of El Dorado leads us into the mountains of northern Chile, where the devastating operations of Canadian mining companies threaten a fragile ecosystem in one of the driest parts of the globe. Our political cowboy flick follows the pitched battle between a farming community in the Huasco valley…
Les états inventés d’Amérique revisite le Rêve américain, confrontant ses plus grandes réussites à ses plus retentissants échecs. L’originalité du film ne réside pas tant dans les conclusions qu’il tire, mais dans…
Road trip poétique à travers le Caucase du Sud, Figure d’Armen nous plonge en plein coeur d’une région fière de son histoire riche et ancienne. Au gré des rencontres, la cinéaste explore la vie quotidienne des populations arméniennes tant…
