Sam Green, Andy Black, 2013, USA , 10 minutes
Re-issued and updated to coincide with the COVID-19 outbreak, this documentary shows how our Edwardian forebears coped with an epidemic, drawing on letters and postcards they wrote at the time. Like COVID-19, typhoid in the water killed people of all ages and classes. There's hope for our own age…
7 Americans with strong and very different opinions about guns in the US sit down together and have a civil conversation about the most controversial topic in the country.
A documentary by award-winning filmmakers Carlos Sandoval (Farmingville, The State of Arizona) and Peter Miller (AKA Doc Pomus, Sacco and Vanzetti). The first major film to bring to life the heroic post-World War II struggles of Mexican Americans against the Jim Crow-style discrimination targeted…
PURCHASE INCLUDES PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AND CLASSROOM USE A documentary by award-winning filmmakers Carlos Sandoval (Farmingville, The State of Arizona) and Peter Miller (AKA Doc Pomus, Sacco and Vanzetti). The first major film to bring to life the heroic post-World War II struggles of Mexican Americans…
Children are taught about race discrimination in an experiment using eye colour. Brown Eyes v Blue Eyes. Which are the most clever? In the midwest of America, Jane Elliot, who conducted the unique experiment where a class of young children take turns at being underdogs because of their eye colour…
“I didn't need to watch Mad Men - I lived it." This is a documentary about legendary studio executive and producer Marcia Nasatir. She shattered Hollywood’s glass ceiling in 1974 when she became the first female vice-president at a major film studio, United Artists.
The daily lives of the Panare Indians of Venezuela. The daily lives of the Panare Indians, a primitive tribe inhabiting the jungle of Venezuela. Discusses how long their society could remain untouched by the influence of the civilisation which they try to reject. Granada Television.
In the highlands of Mongolia, against the harsh snow, the Gerituan family still tend to their camels, birth the calves, feed the livestock, and now, overcome the challenges presented by new coalmines. Each summer, the Gerituan family sells most of their livestock and makes that year’s earnings.…
Stanley Kubrick's The Shining is one of the most discussed films in Cinema History. What is it really about? A Clockwork Shining puts forth the idea that the film is really about Mind Control and how we are manipulated by larger forces.
"A Closer Walk" (2003) is the first film to provide a definitive portrayal of humankind's confrontation with the global AIDS epidemic. Directed, written, and produced by Oscar nominee Robert Bilheimer, and narrated by Glenn Close and Will Smith, the film explores the intricate relationship…
UK subs A mother and daughter confront the past after years of civil war, but end in the difficult dilemma between reconciliation and political ideals. When a peace agreement between the FARC rebel movement and the Colombian government looks like it will put an end to half a century of conflicts,…
