Indigenous elder living in the notorious Redfern neighbourhood called “The Block” fights to keep her home. Joyce Ingram remembers the iconic Block when it was the first urban land rights victory for Indigenous Australians in the 1970s. She battles to support the kids on the troubled Block,…
A discussion with therapists and clients. A short history of the growth of counselling and therapy is followed by discussion between therapists with a variety of orientations, and with clients who see themselves as having benefited from receiving counselling or therapy. Questions are raised concerning…
Kelly, who was badly burnt, talks with Malcolm Brown. Kelly is an 18-year-old girl who fell in a fire when she was two years old. She suffered serious burns to her face and head and has facial disfigurement. She shares her experience, and in a very sensitive and common sense way talks about what life…
This feature-length film by Robin Bell skillfully mixes rare archival footage (including electrifying live performances from Fugazi, Bikini Kill, Rites of Spring, Nation of Ulysses, Anti-Flag, and more) with new interviews of Positive Force activists including co-founder Mark Andersen (co-author of Dance…
Hats Off, a feature-length documentary, profiles the beauty and eccentricities of an extraordinary woman, 93-year-old actress Mimi Weddell. With the style and grace of Katharine Hepburn, the smoky wit and wisdom of Dorothy Parker, and her own personal philosophy, "rise above it," Mimi is…
(Price above is University rate, others pay less) Every 30 minutes a farmer in India kills himself in despair because he can no longer provide for his family. Will Ramkrishna be next? A cotton farmer at the epicenter of the suicide crisis region, he is struggling to keep his land. Manjusha, the neighbors’…
(Price above is University rate, others pay less) Shot clandestinely in China, under difficult conditions, this is a deep-access account of what both China and the international retail companies don’t want us to see – how the clothes we buy are actually made. China Blue takes us inside a…
(Price above is University rate, others pay less) A small town in Virginia is torn apart when Wal-Mart wants to build a mega-store there. What happens when the town’s coffee shop owner, carpenter and others organize to stop the world’s largest retailer. One town’s struggle with a divisive…
(Price above is University rate, others pay less) The Globalization Trilogy puts a human face on complex issues resulting from global economic forces that are shaping our life today worldwide. 11 years in the making, the trilogy generated debate about public policy and consumer choices all over the world,…
1. Sufferfest (sʌfər/fest) An activity whereby all participants ache, agonize, ail, be at a disadvantage, be racked, deteriorate, endure, grieve, languish, and/or writhe.. but by co-misery, yet co-hesiveness, will have experienced a grand time. Often survived through sarcasm. Follow Alex Honnold and…
Put on your Helmets, throw on some lycra, buckle your harness, and check your knots because this trailer is Sketchy, and the only thing sketchier... and more awesome... and hilarious, is the full short film that is coming to a film festival near you! Less than a Year after enchaining the fifteen tallest…
Live calls from the torture camps in Sinai: since Europe closed its borders in 2006, thousands of Eritrean refugees flee their military dictator-ruled country north to Israel, their gate to the west, crossing the Sinai desert. There, many are kidnapped by Bedouins and taken to one of the hidden camps. The…
