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…
Ein Dokumentarfilm von Irene Langemann, HD 94 Minuten Der Film begibt sich in das Innenleben der neuen russischen Machtelite und ist ein faszinierendes und erschreckendes gesellschaftliches Portrait von Putins Russland. Die Gegend um die 30 km lange Rubljovka-Chaussee, die von Moskau in die russische…
A boxing fan must have! This is the ONLY documentary sanctioned by the Marciano estate. This well-crafted film chronicles the life of the “Brockton Blockbuster”, the only retired undefeating boxing champion in history as seen through the eyes of those who knew him best — his friends…
Efforts to stop famine in Africa. At the end of 1984, television alerted the world to a tragedy affecting millions of people in Africa. Confronted by such terrible suffering, the public the world over responded on an unprecedented scale. In order to look at how some of this money has been spent and…
Management issues for areas of outstanding natural beauty, focusing on Hadrian's Wall. This video programme focuses on the management of Hadrian's Wall in the Northumberland National Park, and reflects on the issues and pressures associated with the day to day management of any area of outstanding…
The advantages of tenant participation. Tenant participation public housing: this video looks at what tenant participation actually means in practice, and offers suggestions as to how this can be achieved. It provides examples of housing departments liaising with tenants at the design stage of new…
Investigates the story of Polaris missiles, their successor, Trident. A British project to modify Polaris nuclear missiles so that they were capable of destroying Moscow - code-named Project Chevaline - was kept secret for ten years. The project overran its budget but its cost was never made public.…
In China, HAN has sold off all the family’s home valuables and now works in Xi’an city to make money for his son to go to college. HAN firmly believes that knowledge has power to change their destiny. “Around 2013 or so, roughly my sixties, Sheng-li will take our family to Beijing for…
Marylynn Poucachiche and Norman Matchewan faced tear gas and police batons when they joined their parents on the barricades to defend their traditional territory in the 1980s. Little did they realize they would sl be on the barricades over 20 years later, this time with their own young children at their…
Dans les années 80, Marylynn Poucachiche et Norman Matchewan ont affrontés les gaz lacrymogènes et les matraques policières en accompagnant leurs parents aux barricades, érigées pour défendre le territoire ancestral algonquin de Barriere Lake. Il était…
Drawn to the idea of reconnecting with her ancestral homeland, the filmmaker, Marlene Edoyan embarks on a road trip across the countryside and villages of Armenia and the two Armenian-populated territories of neighbouring Republics of Georgia and Nagorno-Karabakh. These regions play a decisive role in…
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…
