The first movie to document college basketball's ultimate rivalry: Louisville vs. Kentucky. It weaves current events, including back-to-back national championships, with the history of a rivalry game that didn't even exist for decades.
A short documentary film about Anton de Kom (Paramaribo, Suriname, 1898- Sandbostel 1945) , man of resistance, writer, who fought against racism, colonialism, war and nazism. He published the book "We Slaves of Suriname) in 1934. De Kom is considered a hero in both Suriname and The Netherlands. In…
A campaign film supporting the dockers’ fight against redundancy, lay-offs and wage cuts caused by containerisation. The film charts the struggle against ruthless rationalisation, profiteering and land speculation, police harassment of pickets and finally the enforcement of the Industrial Relations…
I ricordi e le testimonianze di due personaggi: Fernando García, conosciuto come Pinolito, un attore bambino famoso negli anni Settanta, e Doña Lilia Ortega, sua madre, anche lei attrice. Fernando ha rivelato la sua identità di travestito pochi anni fa ed è ora conosciuto…
the miners’ film documents the industrial action by miners in the winter of 1973-4 which helped to bring down Edward Heath’s Tory government. The strike is seen as part of the successful opposition against Phase 3 of the government’s income policy. The film charts this crisis from inside…
The filming of the ill-fated 1996 version of H. G. Welles’ THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU is the stuff of legend. For the first time since he was unceremoniously escorted off his longtime dream project, Richard (HARDWARE) Stanley reveals in detail his spectacular original vision and how it was all ripped…
1 MAP FOR 2 is a documentary about the extraordinary motorcycle worldtour by Tartarini and Monetti in 1957. A trip through five continents, 35 countries and 4 revolutions. The story of the world of the past through two guys with two motorcycles, a 16mm camera and a pocket map. directed by Roberto Montanari…
In 2004 Checkerboard had the privilege of filming Carrie Mae Weems discussing her body of work, comprised of 17 projects spanning more than two decades (1981-2004). This dynamic presentation was accompanied by slides of the artist's photographs and excerpts from her video art. The result is a…
An inspiring, heart-warming story told through the eyes of Cory: a brilliant and talented 11 year-old boy with Asperger’s Syndrome. Follow Cory's journey from the National Dog Show to Westminster, and witness how a boy's passion for dogs has opened up his communication with the world…
Breaking Free introduces the subject of hydraulic fracturing in an easy-to-understand way, enhanced by stories of the people living in the towns, sharing the good and the bad, with the goal of informing and educating in a nonpartisan way the benefits of becoming energy independent in our lifetimes. The…
A campaign film supporting the fight to retain their jobs by the workers at Upper Clyde Shipyards who developed a new weapon for waging this fight - the occupation and the work-in. The film was screened at the time at meetings attended overall by 25,000 workers. It includes a speech by Jimmy Reid. (cinema…
Jonathan Stedall’s much acclaimed BBC series about CAMPHILL: Camphill was founded in Scotland in 1940 by a group of refugees from Vienna. The staff lived communally and without wages; there was no going on and off duty; their aim was always to live with and not just for the mentally handicapped…
