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…
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…
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…
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,…
Millionaire Mary-Anne Kenworthy is a woman of many titles: Mother, Rotarian, Entrepreneur and Brothel Madam. However she is mostly known for owning two of the largest illegal brothels in Western Australia. After a three-year stint as a prostitute, Mary-Anne aged 28 bought her first house of ill fame…
Easter Island Rises was the directorial debut of veteran documentarian Bill Benenson, shot in 1970 with the support of The International Monuments fund. The film focuses on the shipment of one these famous Moai statues to The United States, where it went on display at Seagram’s Plaza in New York…
The Marginal Way, once an old Native American trail, is now a famous south coastal Maine attraction. Like the trail, the film roams through the Ogunquit Village, following the artists, fishermen, hippies, hermits, and the pensioners who call this place home. This is a film by Benenson Productions.…
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…
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…
想田和弘 観察映画第５弾『選挙２』 Observational Film #5 by Kazuhiro Soda 2013, 149 minutes, Documentary, with English subtitles Official Selection: Cinema du Reel, MoMA Documentary Fortnight, Dubai International Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival, Seoul Independent Documentary Fesitval http://www.kazuhirosoda.com/ “Funny,…
Women's actions against nuclear weapons. Made by an all-women team, Broadside, this moving documentary about the emergence of the feminist anti-nuclear movement starts with the action of 'embracing' the Greenham Common base in December 1982, when more than 30,000 women came to protest…
How can individuals counter the threat of nuclear destruction? Asks people to consider the question "is there anything I ought to be doing to prevent the holocaust?" rather than "will I survive it ?". The people featured in the film include determined protesters, some of whom are…
