In 1942, an elite group of over six hundred Canadian soldiers were trained to create a lethal battalion that would, along with their American counterparts, parachute behind German lines and wreak havoc upon the enemy. DEVIL'S BRIGADE is a compelling four-part series that chronicles the journey of…
About the marketing of cigarettes in developing countries, especially in Africa. Following the release of a War on Want report on the marketing of cigarettes in developing countries, especially in Africa, the programme investigates the British-American tobacco companies which sell cigarettes in Africa,…
The strengths and variety of lesbian parenting. This programme celebrates the strengths and varieties of lesbian parenting with and without gay men, in the light of the legislative threat to lesbian access to donor insemination (1990 Human Fertility and Embriology Bill). Made in 1990 this film…
Possible devastating effects of climate change. This controversial film puts forward the theory that the greenhouse effect is likely to have a devastating effect on our food supplies, and a combination of drought, floods, more cloud cover caused by the evaporation of the polar ice can so change the…
Animated film on the debt crisis. Brings home the facts behind the debt crisis in a graphic way, using animation. It shows how countries, like individuals, can fall into debt through factors beyond their control, and how the high interest demanded by the banks can cripple both. Produced by Leeds…
Discussion starter about media reporting of the Persian Gulf War. Featuring footage shot in Iraq by one of the first groups of Americans to enter Baghdad after the war, this film essay raises some of the questions that the media forgot about during Operation Desert Storm. It traces the evolution of…
Partly animated film about the effects of domestic violence on a young child. A domestic quarrel is seen through the drawings of a child. As the quarrel intensifies, resentment invades his tranquillity. His drawings and toys spring to life and fight mercilessly. A powerful short film which combines…
Looking back at their lives, missionaries Tim Scott and Will Decker of Travel the Road, remember where their journeys began and decide to return to the majestic islands of The Pacific. Venturing from the isolated jungles of the Solomon Islands to the erupting volcano of Vanuatu the missionaries experience…
Update | July 2016 - now available in 4K This is 'autumn' - part two of the film 'BRINDABELLAS | edge of light'. In 'autumn' the summer build-up is replaced by drifting rain and mist as shorter days and longer shadows combine to transform the mountain cloud and landscapes…
Il 12 settembre del 1990, il trentunenne di origini sanremesi non ha fatto ritorno nella sua casa nei pressi di Velletri, una cittadina alle porte di Roma, dove ad aspettarlo come tutte le sere c’erano la moglie e i due figli. Un buco nero sembra averlo inghiottito. Da quel momento di Cervia non…
The Other Man is a political thriller about Nobel laureate F.W. de Klerk, South Africa’s last apartheid-era president. In less than four years he went from being Mandela’s jailor to his vice president. Together they changed history for the better and may have prevented a civil war, yet little…
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…
