Mediation in the community. The first (15 minute) section 'Mediation In The Community' is an introduction to mediation and its benefits. Mediators and people who have benefited explain the process. Part 2 (18 mins), 'Training In Community Mediation Skills', follows a mediation…
Seven homeless women in Colchester reveal their experiences. Follows the lives of seven homeless women in Colchester who reveal their experiences in their search for permanent accommodation. Made in close co-operation with the Emergency Night shelter and Colchester Borough Council, this programme…
A record of Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp, and the philosophy behind it. Beeban Kidron and Amanda Richardson spent seven months filming at the women's peace camp. The film covers the main actions during this period from December, 1982 to June 1983. It also covers more private action…
Job hunting, preparation and interviews, problems of past criminal records. This film was produced by Apex Scotland to be used as a training aid for job hunting, preparation and interviewing. It uses live situations to illustrate the skills of job search, and tackles some of the problems of criminal…
Greenpeace's action against the international oil company, Celtex, in Australia. About Greenpeace's action against the international oil company, Celtex, in Australia. The film makers were allowed into the centre of the action, to share the participants' hopes and fears and the uncertainty…
A dance project in a prison, with disabled children. Describes a unique project taking place in Blundeston Prison, Lowestoft, Suffolk. Inmates are taught dance in order to work with children from Warren Hill Special School. Two groups of children come in to the prison each week. The children in one…
Computerisation and standardisation in shops affect our choices. This impressionistic documentary draws attention to the changes which have been taking place in shopping. Computerisation and standardisation have affected our experience and our status as customers. Do we want the staff to wear the…
Animated film focusing on relationship problems faced by prisoners on release. When you are married, or living together, and one of you goes into prison, your relationship is going to change. This animated film by Leeds Animation Workshop looks at the problems faced by prisoners and their partners,…
From Ward Serrill (The Heart of the Game) and Betsy Chasse (What the Bleep Do We Know!?), Song of the New Earth features the transformative life journey of renowned sound healer, psychotherapist and modern day mystic Tom Kenyon from a young aspiring Nashville musician to an internationally revered sound…
This intimate portrait of a tight-knit group of wisecracking octogenarians features Fireball Abe, Punch Shot Al, and Shmatta Dave, all of whom literally live for handball. They play hard, recall their childhood games played against tenement walls in New York and Boston, Chicago and Detroit, and feel…
De décembre à mars, Félix, Julien, Éric et Charles, accompagnés du reste de la bande de déneigeurs saisonniers, affrontent le froid québécois pour vivre ces quelques mois en suspension. Ils sont baptisés L’Escouade des neiges. Chaque hiver depuis dix ans, on peut les apercevoir perchés…
From December to March, Felix, Julien, Eric and Charles, along with the other members of the snow removal squad, brave the cold of Quebec to live these few months in suspension. They are called L’Escouade des neiges (The Snow Squad). Every winter, for the past ten years, the squad can be seen perched…
