Discussion starter about teenage behaviour problems 15 year old Mike apparently refuses to ‘fit in’, either at school or anywhere else, and his unconventional behaviour gets him into trouble with the law. Clearly Mike needs ‘straightening put’ – or does he? Part of a…
Discussion starter – Robert must choose between his mother and his girlfriend Just as Robert is thinking of getting married his widowed mother is struck with a disease that will leave her helpless for life. Forced to choose between his mother and his girlfriend, Robert discovers that concern…
Infant care and development in rural Nepal. A rare and important piece of infant development material, which documents in detail the development of a baby, born in winter to a subsistence farming family in rural Nepal. It shows the effects of an initially depressed mother at first not responding,…
A Palestinian and an Israeli explore the Palestinian conflict together. Palestinian Jamal and Israeli Michaelis travel to Jerusalem. It's their mutual birthplace even though they both now live in the USA. Their aim is to explore solutions to the divisive Palestinian conflict. The film travels…
Olivier Higgins & Mélanie Carrier, 2013, Québec, 80 min, English subtitles. Distribué par/distributed by : Vidéographe For more : www.vitheque.com C’est à 30 ans, après avoir parcouru la planète, qu’Olivier et Mélanie réalisent…
"Recommended. A much more intimate picture of the September 11th attacks than most of us may have ever known. A powerful and engrossing story." – Educational Media Reviews Online ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On…
2015 - Original version in Spanish and Creole with English subtitles • SYNOPSIS September 2013. The Court ruling is reached. Almost a quarter million Dominicans of Haitian descent have just become stateless because of the Dominican Constitutional Tribunal’s decision. Identified as scapegoats…
Three adult adoptees describe how being transracially adopted has affected their lives. Transracial adoption: the video follows three adult adoptees as they describe how being transracially adopted has affected their lives. "My adolescence was the most important years for defining my identity…
Asylum seekers: the legal aspects. A training documentary designed to help individuals and organisations working with asylum seekers on the legal hurdles involved in seeking and obtaining asylum in the UK. DVD 2006 30 Minutes
Lesbians adopt a Chinese baby. For a middle-aged lesbian couple in America adopting an infant Chinese girl named Maya, the desire to raise a child is "not about passing on genes, but about creating a family". Their affecting story is told in revealing voice-over by one of the women, who…
History of Caribbean women's involvement in World War II. Charts the little known story of women's involvement throughout the British Empire in World War II. Four black women now living in London provide a fascinating piece of oral history, told with insight and humour. Although made…
Building bridges between different faiths in the community. This short programme describes the work of Oxford Bridgemakers, a voluntary group, the first in the UK. It consists of families or couples from different communities who meet each other in their own homes and share a simple snack, learn how…
